Kentucky

KENTUCKY

8 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Kentucky State Board of Elections)
Total Population, April 1, 2000                   4,041,769
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000              2,993,000    % change from '96 +2.6
Total Registration, Nov. 2000                     2,556,815
Dem. 1,539,562 (60.21%)   Rep. 846,621 (33.11%)   Other 170,632 (6.67%)
Kentucky has: 120 counties.
Largest counties: Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton, Daviess, Hardin.
Largest cities: Louisville, Lexington-Fayette, Owensboro, Bowling Green.

Government
Governor: Paul E. Patton (D) re-elected in Nov. 1999.
State Legislature: Kentucky Legislature   House: 65D, 35R   Senate: 18D, 20R
Local: Cities, Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 5R, 1D - 1. E.Whitfield (R) | 2. R.Lewis (R) | 3. A.Northup (R) | 4. K.Lucas (D) | 5. H.Rogers (R) | 6. E.Fletcher (R).
U.S. Senate: Mitch McConnell (R) up for re-election in 2002, Jim Bunning (R) elected 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 100 House seats and 19 of 38 Senate seats were up. Little change resulted -- House: 66D, 34R   Senate 18D, 20R.
U.S. House: All members re-elected.

The Bluegrass State

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Board of Elections

Green Party of KY
KY Democratic Party
Libertarian Party of KY
Natural Law Party--KY
Reform Party of KY
Republican Party of KY
Constitution Party of KY

Louisville Courier-Journal
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-KY

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Clinton (Dem.)........636,614	(45.84)
Dole (Rep.)............623,283	(44.88)
Perot (Ref.)............120,396	(8.67)
Others (3+w/ins)........8,415	(0.61)
Total........1,388,708

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1992

Clinton (Dem.)........665,104	(44.55)
Bush (Rep.)............617,178	(41.34)
Perot (Ind.)............ 203,944	(13.66)
Others (4+w/in)..........6,674	(0.45)
Total........1,492,900

Results
2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	872,492	(56.50)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	638,898	(41.38)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	23,192	(1.50)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	4,173	(0.27)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,896	(0.19)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP )	1,533	(0.10)
Phillips/Sobran (Const. )	923	(0.06)
G.D. Strickland (w/in)	80	-
Total........1,544,187

Total Voting: 1,568,058.
Turnout: 61.3% of 2,556,815 registered voters.

Overview
In 1996 Kentucky ended up as the closest state percentagewise in the presidential election, giving Clinton a margin of just 0.96%. 2000 saw a very different story as Bush handily won Kentucky's eight electoral votes, racking up a plurality of 233,594 votes (15.12 percentage points). Bush carried 105 counties to 15 for Gore. A highlight of the campaign was the vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville on Oct. 5.
General Election Activity

Primary Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000

Kentucky Revised Statutes--Chapter 118 Conduct of Elections

Republican Primary

Percent of Registered Voters: 11.1%

	Total Vote	Percent
+George W. Bush	75,783	83.0%
John McCain	4,850	6.3%
Alan Keyes	4,337	4.7%
Gary Bauer	2,408	2.6%
Uncommitted	1,829	2.0%
Steve Forbes	1,186	1.3%
Total	91,323

Total Delegates
31of 2,066 (1.5%).

Democratic Primary

Percent of Registered Voters: 14.5%

	Total Vote	Percent
+Al Gore	156,966	71.3%
Bill Bradley	32,340	14.7%
Uncommitted	26,046	11.8%
Lyndon LaRouche, Jr.	4,927	2.2%
Total	220,279

Total Pledged Delegates
49 of 3,537 (1.4%).
Total Delegates
58of 4,335 (1.3%).