1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky
The 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kentucky was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 45.84% to 44.88% by a slim margin of 0.96%, thus marking Kentucky the closest contest in the entire election. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 8.67% of the popular vote. , this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Kentucky, as well as Powell County, Montgomery County, Nicholas County, Lawrence County, Bourbon County, Nelson County, Simpson County, McCracken County, Hopkins County, Calloway County, Graves County, Greenup County, Clark County, Marshall County, Meade County, Bell County, Logan County, Ohio County, Johnson County, Marion County, Harrison County, Henry County, Union County, Trigg County, Morgan County, Webster County, Caldwell County, Martin County, Carroll County, McLean County, Livingston County, Trimble County, Gallatin County, Lyon County, Carlisle County, and Hickman County. Clinton became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Owen or Robertson Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Todd County since James Buchanan in 1856, the first to do so without carrying Barren, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Fleming, Hart, Larue, Mason, Metcalfe, or Spencer Counties since John F. Kennedy in 1960, and the first to do so without carrying Crittenden County since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. In fact, Republicans have carried the Bluegrass State by double-digits in every subsequent election, with the party's margin of victory almost exclusively increasing in the 21st century. This is also the last time that Kentucky would vote to the left of Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia, and neighboring Virginia. This was the first time since 1952 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections. Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 

 Barren
 Bracken
 Breckinridge
 Bullitt
 Crittenden
 Daviess
 Fleming
 Hart
 Larue
 Mason
 Metcalfe
 Owen
 Robertson
 Spencer
 Todd

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 

 Fayette
 Martin

See also
United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1996

References

Kentucky
1996
1996 Kentucky elections