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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Kentucky

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Kentucky in 1996, 45.8% to 44.9%, a margin of 1.0 point and 13,331 votes.

Kentucky voted 7.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Republicans led in 61 of the 120 counties and Democrats in 59. The largest, Jefferson, cast 279,913 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.5 points. The closest was Robertson, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Clinton won	Democratic	636,614	45.8%
Bob Dole	Republican	623,283	44.9%
Ross Perot	Reform	120,396	8.7%
All other candidates		8,415	0.6%
Total		1,388,708

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	144,207 51.5%	114,860 41.0%	20,846	279,913	D+10.5
Fayette	43,632 47.1%	42,930 46.3%	6,102	92,664	D+0.8
Kenton	19,407 37.2%	28,579 54.8%	4,194	52,180	R+17.6
Daviess	15,366 44.0%	15,844 45.4%	3,720	34,930	R+1.4
Campbell	11,957 38.3%	16,640 53.3%	2,619	31,216	R+15.0
Warren	11,642 39.6%	15,784 53.7%	1,980	29,406	R+14.1
Hardin	11,031 41.4%	12,642 47.5%	2,944	26,617	R+6.1
Boone	8,379 32.7%	15,085 58.9%	2,143	25,607	R+26.2
McCracken	12,670 50.1%	10,221 40.4%	2,396	25,287	D+9.7
Pike	14,126 60.1%	7,160 30.5%	2,209	23,495	D+29.6
Franklin	11,251 55.2%	7,132 35.0%	1,984	20,367	D+20.2
Madison	8,142 42.6%	9,212 48.2%	1,748	19,102	R+5.6
Boyd	9,668 51.2%	7,054 37.3%	2,171	18,893	D+13.8
Pulaski	5,340 28.4%	11,945 63.4%	1,544	18,829	R+35.1
Bullitt	7,651 41.6%	8,697 47.3%	2,047	18,395	R+5.7
Oldham	6,202 33.9%	10,477 57.2%	1,622	18,301	R+23.4
Christian	6,843 42.1%	8,285 51.0%	1,132	16,260	R+8.9
Hopkins	7,239 47.7%	6,363 41.9%	1,588	15,190	D+5.8
Laurel	4,306 28.5%	9,454 62.7%	1,330	15,090	R+34.1
Henderson	8,051 54.4%	5,092 34.4%	1,663	14,806	D+20.0
Floyd	9,655 67.1%	3,139 21.8%	1,590	14,384	D+45.3
Greenup	6,883 49.3%	5,370 38.5%	1,703	13,956	D+10.8
Graves	6,991 50.6%	5,130 37.2%	1,682	13,803	D+13.5
Jessamine	4,428 36.3%	6,686 54.8%	1,096	12,210	R+18.5
Marshall	6,054 50.1%	4,579 37.9%	1,445	12,078	D+12.2
Barren	5,044 42.6%	5,700 48.1%	1,100	11,844	R+5.5
Calloway	5,281 45.7%	4,989 43.1%	1,296	11,566	D+2.5
Muhlenberg	6,564 57.6%	3,569 31.3%	1,253	11,386	D+26.3
Nelson	5,392 48.3%	4,645 41.6%	1,122	11,159	D+6.7
Clark	4,987 45.8%	4,739 43.5%	1,170	10,896	D+2.3
Shelby	4,629 43.0%	5,307 49.3%	825	10,761	R+6.3
Whitley	4,174 39.1%	5,402 50.6%	1,104	10,680	R+11.5
Perry	6,015 58.3%	3,382 32.8%	926	10,323	D+25.5
Harlan	5,874 58.0%	3,337 33.0%	916	10,127	D+25.1
Bell	5,058 50.5%	3,917 39.1%	1,033	10,008	D+11.4
Scott	4,258 44.3%	4,349 45.2%	1,008	9,615	R+0.9
Knox	3,736 41.1%	4,502 49.5%	857	9,095	R+8.4
Woodford	3,910 43.6%	4,270 47.6%	797	8,977	R+4.0
Logan	4,181 47.5%	3,888 44.1%	738	8,807	D+3.3
Boyle	3,877 44.1%	4,157 47.3%	748	8,782	R+3.2
Taylor	2,897 34.8%	4,573 54.9%	865	8,335	R+20.1
Ohio	3,487 43.2%	3,475 43.1%	1,110	8,072	D+0.1
Carter	3,728 48.0%	3,240 41.7%	803	7,771	D+6.3
Grayson	2,716 35.2%	4,249 55.0%	757	7,722	R+19.9
Johnson	3,348 43.7%	3,262 42.6%	1,054	7,664	D+1.1
Meade	3,653 49.0%	2,855 38.3%	941	7,449	D+10.7
Mercer	3,179 43.7%	3,264 44.8%	839	7,282	R+1.2
Letcher	4,160 57.6%	2,222 30.8%	844	7,226	D+26.8
Breckinridge	2,956 43.5%	3,151 46.4%	690	6,797	R+2.9
Montgomery	3,372 49.6%	2,681 39.4%	743	6,796	D+10.2
Anderson	2,898 43.6%	2,972 44.7%	783	6,653	R+1.1
Knott	4,842 73.3%	1,201 18.2%	564	6,607	D+55.1
Adair	1,821 27.9%	3,876 59.3%	841	6,538	R+31.4
Russell	1,582 24.5%	4,017 62.2%	857	6,456	R+37.7
Clay	2,135 33.4%	3,716 58.1%	550	6,401	R+24.7
Rowan	3,215 51.0%	2,309 36.6%	780	6,304	D+14.4
Bourbon	3,030 48.4%	2,592 41.4%	636	6,258	D+7.0
Harrison	2,934 47.3%	2,433 39.2%	837	6,204	D+8.1
Lincoln	2,550 41.7%	3,006 49.2%	555	6,111	R+7.5
Wayne	2,422 40.0%	3,122 51.6%	511	6,055	R+11.6
Grant	2,541 42.8%	2,697 45.4%	699	5,937	R+2.6
Hart	2,527 43.9%	2,701 46.9%	530	5,758	R+3.0
Marion	2,922 51.2%	2,013 35.3%	775	5,710	D+15.9
Mason	2,444 44.1%	2,588 46.7%	507	5,539	R+2.6
Simpson	2,749 51.3%	2,186 40.8%	423	5,358	D+10.5
Allen	1,781 34.1%	3,032 58.0%	417	5,230	R+23.9
Caldwell	2,434 47.2%	2,067 40.1%	654	5,155	D+7.1
Webster	2,852 55.9%	1,568 30.7%	682	5,102	D+25.2
Union	2,913 57.3%	1,554 30.6%	617	5,084	D+26.7
Henry	2,324 46.4%	2,110 42.1%	576	5,010	D+4.3
Casey	1,106 22.7%	3,187 65.4%	580	4,873	R+42.7
Monroe	1,114 23.0%	3,300 68.0%	437	4,851	R+45.1
McCreary	1,710 35.7%	2,527 52.7%	558	4,795	R+17.0
Fleming	1,913 40.2%	2,313 48.6%	538	4,764	R+8.4
Larue	2,040 43.8%	2,140 45.9%	478	4,658	R+2.1
Rockcastle	1,160 24.9%	3,106 66.8%	384	4,650	R+41.8
Pendleton	1,926 41.8%	2,177 47.2%	509	4,612	R+5.4
Breathitt	3,106 67.8%	1,058 23.1%	414	4,578	D+44.7
Green	1,285 28.3%	2,763 60.9%	492	4,540	R+32.6
Edmonson	1,595 35.3%	2,619 58.0%	305	4,519	R+22.7
Lawrence	2,195 48.7%	1,812 40.2%	496	4,503	D+8.5
Trigg	2,087 46.6%	1,975 44.1%	412	4,474	D+2.5
Estill	1,724 38.7%	2,220 49.9%	506	4,450	R+11.1
Garrard	1,486 34.0%	2,540 58.1%	345	4,371	R+24.1
Lewis	1,415 32.4%	2,365 54.1%	590	4,370	R+21.7
Jackson	960 22.1%	3,045 70.0%	346	4,351	R+47.9
Powell	2,156 50.9%	1,526 36.0%	557	4,239	D+14.9
Washington	1,639 39.4%	2,116 50.9%	406	4,161	R+11.5
Butler	1,260 30.4%	2,531 61.0%	358	4,149	R+30.6
Todd	1,744 42.4%	1,912 46.4%	462	4,118	R+4.1
Leslie	1,466 35.8%	2,296 56.1%	328	4,090	R+20.3
Magoffin	2,249 55.6%	1,434 35.5%	362	4,045	D+20.1
Clinton	1,072 27.0%	2,521 63.4%	383	3,976	R+36.4
Livingston	2,228 56.1%	1,258 31.7%	482	3,968	D+24.4
Martin	1,807 47.0%	1,612 41.9%	426	3,845	D+5.1
Owen	1,603 42.2%	1,709 45.0%	484	3,796	R+2.8
Ballard	2,255 60.3%	1,064 28.4%	423	3,742	D+31.8
Morgan	1,843 49.9%	1,439 38.9%	413	3,695	D+10.9
McLean	1,834 51.0%	1,368 38.1%	393	3,595	D+13.0
Bath	1,886 52.8%	1,229 34.4%	455	3,570	D+18.4
Crittenden	1,480 43.5%	1,509 44.3%	415	3,404	R+0.9
Metcalfe	1,349 39.9%	1,651 48.9%	377	3,377	R+8.9
Spencer	1,404 41.7%	1,614 47.9%	350	3,368	R+6.2
Hancock	1,547 46.3%	1,356 40.6%	436	3,339	D+5.7
Carroll	1,689 52.2%	1,170 36.1%	378	3,237	D+16.0
Lyon	1,641 55.9%	999 34.0%	296	2,936	D+21.9
Bracken	1,055 38.8%	1,371 50.4%	294	2,720	R+11.6
Fulton	1,614 59.6%	863 31.8%	233	2,710	D+27.7
Cumberland	753 28.3%	1,654 62.1%	255	2,662	R+33.8
Trimble	1,245 48.5%	999 38.9%	324	2,568	D+9.6
Lee	1,023 40.6%	1,302 51.6%	197	2,522	R+11.1
Carlisle	1,355 55.8%	816 33.6%	256	2,427	D+22.2
Gallatin	1,189 50.7%	838 35.7%	319	2,346	D+15.0
Nicholas	1,092 47.3%	950 41.1%	269	2,311	D+6.1
Wolfe	1,297 56.5%	772 33.6%	228	2,297	D+22.9
Hickman	1,220 56.1%	695 32.0%	258	2,173	D+24.2
Elliott	1,298 64.4%	421 20.9%	296	2,015	D+43.5
Menifee	979 55.0%	608 34.1%	194	1,781	D+20.8
Owsley	647 37.4%	920 53.2%	161	1,728	R+15.8
Robertson	360 42.4%	368 43.3%	122	850	R+0.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kentucky in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+25.9
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+29.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+22.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+16.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.9
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+15.1
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+1.0
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+3.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+11.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.4
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+7.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+6.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.1
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+15.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.9
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+18.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+3.0
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+0.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+5.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+23.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+2.7
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.7
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+0.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+11.7
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+8.3
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+12.4
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+15.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+24.0
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+49.4

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