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 any of these 36 counties: Powell, Montgomery, Nicholas, Lawrence, Bourbon, Nelson, Simpson, McCracken, Hopkins, Calloway, Graves, Greenup, Clark, Marshall, Meade, Bell, Logan, Ohio, Johnson, Marion, Harrison, Henry, Union, Trigg, Morgan, Webster, Caldwell, Martin, Carroll, McLean, Livingston, Trimble, Gallatin, Lyon, Carlisle, and Hickman. This is also the last time that the Republican presidential nominee did not win more than 56% of the vote in Kentucky.

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