Bill Clinton carried Kentucky D+1.0.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Kentucky, 1996. The state ran 7.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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Kentucky result

1,388,708 votes counted

Clinton (D)

636,614

45.8%

Dole (R)

623,283

44.9%

Perot (I)

120,396

8.7%

All others

8,415

0.6%

Margin

D+1.0

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1996 presidential election

Kentucky, 1996

ClintonD+1.0

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	45.8%	636,614
Bob DoleRepublican	44.9%	623,283
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	8,415

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1996

120 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adair County	R	−31.4%	1,821	3,876	790	6,538
Allen County	R	−23.9%	1,781	3,032	393	5,230
Anderson County	R	−1.1%	2,898	2,972	751	6,653
Ballard County	D	+31.8%	2,255	1,064	411	3,742
Barren County	R	−5.5%	5,044	5,700	1,065	11,844
Bath County	D	+18.4%	1,886	1,229	428	3,570
Bell County	D	+11.4%	5,058	3,917	940	10,008
Boone County	R	−26.2%	8,379	15,085	1,900	25,607
Bourbon County	D	+7.0%	3,030	2,592	603	6,258
Boyd County	D	+13.8%	9,668	7,054	2,070	18,893
Boyle County	R	−3.2%	3,877	4,157	709	8,782
Bracken County	R	−11.6%	1,055	1,371	271	2,720
Breathitt County	D	+44.7%	3,106	1,058	397	4,578
Breckinridge County	R	−2.9%	2,956	3,151	670	6,797
Bullitt County	R	−5.7%	7,651	8,697	1,973	18,395
Butler County	R	−30.6%	1,260	2,531	348	4,149
Caldwell County	D	+7.1%	2,434	2,067	637	5,155
Calloway County	D	+2.5%	5,281	4,989	1,223	11,566
Campbell County	R	−15.0%	11,957	16,640	2,312	31,216
Carlisle County	D	+22.2%	1,355	816	245	2,427
Carroll County	D	+16.0%	1,689	1,170	351	3,237
Carter County	D	+6.3%	3,728	3,240	781	7,771
Casey County	R	−42.7%	1,106	3,187	525	4,873
Christian County	R	−8.9%	6,843	8,285	1,064	16,260
Clark County	D	+2.3%	4,987	4,739	1,095	10,896
Clay County	R	−24.7%	2,135	3,716	478	6,401
Clinton County	R	−36.4%	1,072	2,521	350	3,976
Crittenden County	R	−0.9%	1,480	1,509	400	3,404
Cumberland County	R	−33.8%	753	1,654	227	2,662
Daviess County	R	−1.4%	15,366	15,844	3,344	34,930
Edmonson County	R	−22.7%	1,595	2,619	298	4,519
Elliott County	D	+43.5%	1,298	421	284	2,015
Estill County	R	−11.1%	1,724	2,220	479	4,450
Fayette County	D	+0.8%	43,632	42,930	5,345	92,664
Fleming County	R	−8.4%	1,913	2,313	522	4,764
Floyd County	D	+45.3%	9,655	3,139	1,518	14,384
Franklin County	D	+20.2%	11,251	7,132	1,873	20,367
Fulton County	D	+27.7%	1,614	863	223	2,710
Gallatin County	D	+15.0%	1,189	838	299	2,346
Garrard County	R	−24.1%	1,486	2,540	337	4,371
Grant County	R	−2.6%	2,541	2,697	661	5,937
Graves County	D	+13.5%	6,991	5,130	1,596	13,803
Grayson County	R	−19.9%	2,716	4,249	677	7,722
Green County	R	−32.6%	1,285	2,763	475	4,540
Greenup County	D	+10.8%	6,883	5,370	1,627	13,956
Hancock County	D	+5.7%	1,547	1,356	418	3,339
Hardin County	R	−6.1%	11,031	12,642	2,815	26,617
Harlan County	D	+25.1%	5,874	3,337	884	10,127
Harrison County	D	+8.1%	2,934	2,433	801	6,204
Hart County	R	−3.0%	2,527	2,701	501	5,758
Henderson County	D	+20.0%	8,051	5,092	1,556	14,806
Henry County	D	+4.3%	2,324	2,110	564	5,010
Hickman County	D	+24.2%	1,220	695	247	2,173
Hopkins County	D	+5.8%	7,239	6,363	1,512	15,190
Jackson County	R	−47.9%	960	3,045	299	4,351
Jefferson County	D	+10.5%	144,207	114,860	19,413	279,913
Jessamine County	R	−18.5%	4,428	6,686	1,040	12,210
Johnson County	D	+1.1%	3,348	3,262	1,010	7,664
Kenton County	R	−17.6%	19,407	28,579	3,680	52,180
Knott County	D	+55.1%	4,842	1,201	517	6,607
Knox County	R	−8.4%	3,736	4,502	811	9,095
Larue County	R	−2.1%	2,040	2,140	469	4,658
Laurel County	R	−34.1%	4,306	9,454	1,211	15,090
Lawrence County	D	+8.5%	2,195	1,812	481	4,503
Lee County	R	−11.1%	1,023	1,302	181	2,522
Leslie County	R	−20.3%	1,466	2,296	304	4,090
Letcher County	D	+26.8%	4,160	2,222	782	7,226
Lewis County	R	−21.7%	1,415	2,365	561	4,370
Lincoln County	R	−7.5%	2,550	3,006	526	6,111
Livingston County	D	+24.4%	2,228	1,258	449	3,968
Logan County	D	+3.3%	4,181	3,888	704	8,807
Lyon County	D	+21.9%	1,641	999	284	2,936
Madison County	R	−5.6%	8,142	9,212	1,613	19,102
Magoffin County	D	+20.1%	2,249	1,434	337	4,045
Marion County	D	+15.9%	2,922	2,013	757	5,710
Marshall County	D	+12.2%	6,054	4,579	1,391	12,078
Martin County	D	+5.1%	1,807	1,612	401	3,845
Mason County	R	−2.6%	2,444	2,588	484	5,539
McCracken County	D	+9.7%	12,670	10,221	2,268	25,287
McCreary County	R	−17.0%	1,710	2,527	488	4,795
McLean County	D	+13.0%	1,834	1,368	385	3,595
Meade County	D	+10.7%	3,653	2,855	912	7,449
Menifee County	D	+20.8%	979	608	179	1,781
Mercer County	R	−1.2%	3,179	3,264	738	7,282
Metcalfe County	R	−8.9%	1,349	1,651	355	3,377
Monroe County	R	−45.1%	1,114	3,300	415	4,851
Montgomery County	D	+10.2%	3,372	2,681	705	6,796
Morgan County	D	+10.9%	1,843	1,439	380	3,695
Muhlenberg County	D	+26.3%	6,564	3,569	1,218	11,386
Nelson County	D	+6.7%	5,392	4,645	1,067	11,159
Nicholas County	D	+6.1%	1,092	950	265	2,311
Ohio County	D	+0.1%	3,487	3,475	1,076	8,072
Oldham County	R	−23.4%	6,202	10,477	1,521	18,301
Owen County	R	−2.8%	1,603	1,709	454	3,796
Owsley County	R	−15.8%	647	920	153	1,728
Pendleton County	R	−5.4%	1,926	2,177	462	4,612
Perry County	D	+25.5%	6,015	3,382	894	10,323
Pike County	D	+29.6%	14,126	7,160	2,148	23,495
Powell County	D	+14.9%	2,156	1,526	523	4,239
Pulaski County	R	−35.1%	5,340	11,945	1,420	18,829
Robertson County	R	−0.9%	360	368	117	850
Rockcastle County	R	−41.8%	1,160	3,106	338	4,650
Rowan County	D	+14.4%	3,215	2,309	724	6,304
Russell County	R	−37.7%	1,582	4,017	837	6,456
Scott County	R	−0.9%	4,258	4,349	977	9,615
Shelby County	R	−6.3%	4,629	5,307	780	10,761
Simpson County	D	+10.5%	2,749	2,186	401	5,358
Spencer County	R	−6.2%	1,404	1,614	341	3,368
Taylor County	R	−20.1%	2,897	4,573	829	8,335
Todd County	R	−4.1%	1,744	1,912	424	4,118
Trigg County	D	+2.5%	2,087	1,975	394	4,474
Trimble County	D	+9.6%	1,245	999	308	2,568
Union County	D	+26.7%	2,913	1,554	598	5,084
Warren County	R	−14.1%	11,642	15,784	1,835	29,406
Washington County	R	−11.5%	1,639	2,116	383	4,161
Wayne County	R	−11.6%	2,422	3,122	481	6,055
Webster County	D	+25.2%	2,852	1,568	660	5,102
Whitley County	R	−11.5%	4,174	5,402	1,027	10,680
Wolfe County	D	+22.9%	1,297	772	202	2,297
Woodford County	R	−4.0%	3,910	4,270	746	8,977