George W. Bush carried Kentucky R+15.1.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Kentucky, 2000. The state ran 16.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+1.4 nationally).

Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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Kentucky result

1,544,187 votes counted

Gore (D)

638,898

41.4%

Bush (R)

872,492

56.5%

All others

9,605

0.6%

Margin

R+15.1

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2000 presidential election

Kentucky, 2000

BushR+15.1

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	56.5%	872,492
Al GoreDemocratic	41.4%	638,898
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	9,605

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 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 — 2000

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−50.2%	1,779	5,460	7,328
Allen County	R	−38.3%	1,950	4,415	6,429
Anderson County	R	−25.2%	2,902	4,909	7,967
Ballard County	D	+1.5%	1,880	1,824	3,770
Barren County	R	−27.5%	4,930	8,741	13,844
Bath County	R	−4.8%	2,087	2,303	4,473
Bell County	R	−7.5%	4,787	5,585	10,611
Boone County	R	−39.9%	9,248	22,016	31,984
Bourbon County	R	−11.7%	3,048	3,881	7,102
Boyd County	D	+1.5%	9,541	9,247	19,182
Boyle County	R	−20.9%	3,963	6,126	10,326
Bracken County	R	−39.0%	888	2,065	3,019
Breathitt County	D	+16.1%	2,902	2,084	5,073
Breckinridge County	R	−29.1%	2,595	4,763	7,453
Bullitt County	R	−25.8%	8,195	14,054	22,701
Butler County	R	−47.0%	1,299	3,654	5,010
Caldwell County	R	−17.1%	2,223	3,161	5,482
Calloway County	R	−15.1%	5,635	7,705	13,673
Campbell County	R	−25.9%	12,040	20,789	33,829
Carlisle County	R	−9.9%	1,149	1,405	2,593
Carroll County	R	−6.2%	1,601	1,818	3,499
Carter County	R	−4.9%	4,182	4,617	8,959
Casey County	R	−57.8%	1,122	4,284	5,469
Christian County	R	−22.6%	6,778	10,787	17,773
Clark County	R	−19.1%	4,918	7,297	12,473
Clay County	R	−47.7%	1,723	4,926	6,719
Clinton County	R	−50.9%	1,032	3,224	4,305
Crittenden County	R	−20.7%	1,610	2,469	4,154
Cumberland County	R	−49.4%	736	2,220	3,006
Daviess County	R	−20.0%	14,126	21,361	36,240
Edmonson County	R	−30.8%	1,710	3,250	4,995
Elliott County	D	+29.3%	1,525	827	2,381
Estill County	R	−30.6%	1,591	3,033	4,710
Fayette County	R	−6.8%	47,277	54,495	105,477
Fleming County	R	−28.4%	1,813	3,282	5,179
Floyd County	D	+32.6%	10,088	5,068	15,394
Franklin County	D	+3.0%	10,853	10,209	21,654
Fulton County	D	+5.7%	1,452	1,293	2,788
Gallatin County	R	−12.0%	1,049	1,345	2,459
Garrard County	R	−40.0%	1,713	4,043	5,823
Grant County	R	−25.9%	2,568	4,405	7,103
Graves County	R	−12.3%	6,097	7,849	14,231
Grayson County	R	−37.8%	2,604	5,843	8,558
Green County	R	−53.2%	1,085	3,615	4,756
Greenup County	R	−0.5%	7,164	7,233	14,663
Hancock County	R	−14.5%	1,508	2,032	3,610
Hardin County	R	−25.6%	11,095	18,964	30,690
Harlan County	D	+3.7%	5,365	4,980	10,535
Harrison County	R	−17.2%	2,658	3,793	6,611
Hart County	R	−25.3%	2,201	3,725	6,019
Henderson County	D	+2.2%	8,054	7,698	16,039
Henry County	R	−20.6%	2,117	3,244	5,473
Hickman County	R	−9.9%	940	1,151	2,124
Hopkins County	R	−16.7%	6,734	9,490	16,489
Jackson County	R	−69.6%	701	4,079	4,855
Jefferson County	D	+1.6%	149,901	145,052	302,362
Jessamine County	R	−36.1%	4,633	10,074	15,061
Johnson County	R	−18.7%	3,251	4,783	8,180
Kenton County	R	−28.9%	19,100	35,363	56,249
Knott County	D	+35.9%	4,349	2,029	6,458
Knox County	R	−23.9%	3,690	6,058	9,910
Larue County	R	−32.0%	1,727	3,384	5,179
Laurel County	R	−45.1%	4,856	13,029	18,120
Lawrence County	R	−13.4%	2,258	2,969	5,307
Lee County	R	−38.2%	836	1,893	2,764
Leslie County	R	−44.0%	1,210	3,159	4,434
Letcher County	D	+6.7%	4,698	4,092	8,985
Lewis County	R	−42.1%	1,293	3,217	4,568
Lincoln County	R	−27.9%	2,678	4,795	7,597
Livingston County	R	−2.3%	2,022	2,118	4,230
Logan County	R	−15.6%	3,885	5,344	9,332
Lyon County	R	−0.2%	1,680	1,688	3,420
Madison County	R	−18.5%	9,309	13,682	23,666
Magoffin County	R	−3.3%	2,603	2,785	5,453
Marion County	R	−7.8%	2,778	3,259	6,176
Marshall County	R	−7.9%	6,203	7,294	13,761
Martin County	R	−21.4%	1,714	2,667	4,456
Mason County	R	−23.7%	2,178	3,572	5,873
McCracken County	R	−12.5%	11,412	14,745	26,689
McCreary County	R	−39.7%	1,418	3,321	4,799
McLean County	R	−11.7%	1,747	2,219	4,022
Meade County	R	−19.0%	3,596	5,319	9,071
Menifee County	R	−5.9%	1,038	1,170	2,249
Mercer County	R	−26.3%	3,092	5,362	8,632
Metcalfe County	R	−30.1%	1,318	2,476	3,849
Monroe County	R	−57.8%	1,158	4,377	5,569
Montgomery County	R	−8.2%	3,833	4,534	8,519
Morgan County	R	−9.9%	1,875	2,295	4,240
Muhlenberg County	D	+6.5%	6,295	5,518	11,956
Nelson County	R	−16.6%	5,481	7,714	13,488
Nicholas County	R	−23.2%	994	1,613	2,673
Ohio County	R	−23.8%	3,303	5,413	8,882
Oldham County	R	−36.2%	6,236	13,580	20,268
Owen County	R	−29.2%	1,394	2,582	4,070
Owsley County	R	−61.7%	339	1,466	1,826
Pendleton County	R	−28.6%	1,670	3,044	4,803
Perry County	D	+1.9%	5,514	5,300	11,000
Pike County	D	+10.5%	13,611	11,005	24,935
Powell County	R	−5.7%	2,008	2,258	4,362
Pulaski County	R	−48.4%	5,415	15,845	21,541
Robertson County	R	−29.0%	341	630	998
Rockcastle County	R	−53.7%	1,174	3,992	5,247
Rowan County	R	−0.6%	3,505	3,546	7,226
Russell County	R	−50.3%	1,710	5,268	7,074
Scott County	R	−18.0%	5,472	7,952	13,786
Shelby County	R	−28.5%	4,435	8,068	12,738
Simpson County	R	−10.1%	2,583	3,169	5,824
Spencer County	R	−33.4%	1,554	3,150	4,772
Taylor County	R	−37.1%	2,790	6,151	9,051
Todd County	R	−27.5%	1,496	2,646	4,187
Trigg County	R	−19.1%	2,110	3,130	5,344
Trimble County	R	−21.3%	1,181	1,837	3,081
Union County	R	−3.8%	2,547	2,749	5,368
Warren County	R	−24.4%	12,180	20,235	32,975
Washington County	R	−34.6%	1,458	3,044	4,588
Wayne County	R	−27.1%	2,312	4,069	6,474
Webster County	R	−4.2%	2,388	2,599	5,072
Whitley County	R	−28.9%	4,101	7,502	11,774
Wolfe County	R	−5.4%	1,136	1,267	2,425
Woodford County	R	−18.7%	3,995	5,890	10,137