Kentucky presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Kentucky by 15.13 points (233,594 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 8
Votes counted: 1,544,187
KY result: R+15.1
Compared with the nation: 15.6 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 16.1 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	872,492	56.50%	8
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	638,898	41.40%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	23,192	1.50%	—
Total votes		1,544,187

Sources: 2000

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Albert Gore, Jr.	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adair	1,779	5,460	89	7,328	50.2
Allen	1,950	4,415	64	6,429	38.3
Anderson	2,902	4,909	156	7,967	25.2
Ballard	1,880	1,824	66	3,770	1.5
Barren	4,930	8,741	173	13,844	27.5
Bath	2,087	2,303	83	4,473	4.8
Bell	4,787	5,585	239	10,611	7.5
Boone	9,248	22,016	720	31,984	39.9
Bourbon	3,048	3,881	173	7,102	11.7
Boyd	9,541	9,247	394	19,182	1.5
Boyle	3,963	6,126	237	10,326	20.9
Bracken	888	2,065	66	3,019	39.0
Breathitt	2,902	2,084	87	5,073	16.1
Breckinridge	2,595	4,763	95	7,453	29.1
Bullitt	8,195	14,054	452	22,701	25.8
Butler	1,299	3,654	57	5,010	47.0
Caldwell	2,223	3,161	98	5,482	17.1
Calloway	5,635	7,705	333	13,673	15.1
Campbell	12,040	20,789	1,000	33,829	25.9
Carlisle	1,149	1,405	39	2,593	9.9
Carroll	1,601	1,818	80	3,499	6.2
Carter	4,182	4,617	160	8,959	4.9
Casey	1,122	4,284	63	5,469	57.8
Christian	6,778	10,787	208	17,773	22.6
Clark	4,918	7,297	258	12,473	19.1
Clay	1,723	4,926	70	6,719	47.7
Clinton	1,032	3,224	49	4,305	50.9
Crittenden	1,610	2,469	75	4,154	20.7
Cumberland	736	2,220	50	3,006	49.4
Daviess	14,126	21,361	753	36,240	20.0
Edmonson	1,710	3,250	35	4,995	30.8
Elliott	1,525	827	29	2,381	29.3
Estill	1,591	3,033	86	4,710	30.6
Fayette	47,277	54,495	3,705	105,477	6.8
Fleming	1,813	3,282	84	5,179	28.4
Floyd	10,088	5,068	238	15,394	32.6
Franklin	10,853	10,209	592	21,654	3.0
Fulton	1,452	1,293	43	2,788	5.7
Gallatin	1,049	1,345	65	2,459	12.0
Garrard	1,713	4,043	67	5,823	40.0
Grant	2,568	4,405	130	7,103	25.9
Graves	6,097	7,849	285	14,231	12.3
Grayson	2,604	5,843	111	8,558	37.8
Green	1,085	3,615	56	4,756	53.2
Greenup	7,164	7,233	266	14,663	0.5
Hancock	1,508	2,032	70	3,610	14.5
Hardin	11,095	18,964	631	30,690	25.6
Harlan	5,365	4,980	190	10,535	3.7
Harrison	2,658	3,793	160	6,611	17.2
Hart	2,201	3,725	93	6,019	25.3
Henderson	8,054	7,698	287	16,039	2.2
Henry	2,117	3,244	112	5,473	20.6
Hickman	940	1,151	33	2,124	9.9
Hopkins	6,734	9,490	265	16,489	16.7
Jackson	701	4,079	75	4,855	69.6
Jefferson	149,901	145,052	7,409	302,362	1.6
Jessamine	4,633	10,074	354	15,061	36.1
Johnson	3,251	4,783	146	8,180	18.7
Kenton	19,100	35,363	1,786	56,249	28.9
Knott	4,349	2,029	80	6,458	35.9
Knox	3,690	6,058	162	9,910	23.9
Larue	1,727	3,384	68	5,179	32.0
Laurel	4,856	13,029	235	18,120	45.1
Lawrence	2,258	2,969	80	5,307	13.4
Lee	836	1,893	35	2,764	38.2
Leslie	1,210	3,159	65	4,434	44.0
Letcher	4,698	4,092	195	8,985	6.7
Lewis	1,293	3,217	58	4,568	42.1
Lincoln	2,678	4,795	124	7,597	27.9
Livingston	2,022	2,118	90	4,230	2.3
Logan	3,885	5,344	103	9,332	15.6
Lyon	1,680	1,688	52	3,420	0.2
Madison	9,309	13,682	675	23,666	18.5
Magoffin	2,603	2,785	65	5,453	3.3
Marion	2,778	3,259	139	6,176	7.8
Marshall	6,203	7,294	264	13,761	7.9
Martin	1,714	2,667	75	4,456	21.4
Mason	2,178	3,572	123	5,873	23.7
McCracken	11,412	14,745	532	26,689	12.5
McCreary	1,418	3,321	60	4,799	39.7
McLean	1,747	2,219	56	4,022	11.7
Meade	3,596	5,319	156	9,071	19.0
Menifee	1,038	1,170	41	2,249	5.9
Mercer	3,092	5,362	178	8,632	26.3
Metcalfe	1,318	2,476	55	3,849	30.1
Monroe	1,158	4,377	34	5,569	57.8
Montgomery	3,833	4,534	152	8,519	8.2
Morgan	1,875	2,295	70	4,240	9.9
Muhlenberg	6,295	5,518	143	11,956	6.5
Nelson	5,481	7,714	293	13,488	16.6
Nicholas	994	1,613	66	2,673	23.2
Ohio	3,303	5,413	166	8,882	23.8
Oldham	6,236	13,580	452	20,268	36.2
Owen	1,394	2,582	94	4,070	29.2
Owsley	339	1,466	21	1,826	61.7
Pendleton	1,670	3,044	89	4,803	28.6
Perry	5,514	5,300	186	11,000	1.9
Pike	13,611	11,005	319	24,935	10.5
Powell	2,008	2,258	96	4,362	5.7
Pulaski	5,415	15,845	281	21,541	48.4
Robertson	341	630	27	998	29.0
Rockcastle	1,174	3,992	81	5,247	53.7
Rowan	3,505	3,546	175	7,226	0.6
Russell	1,710	5,268	96	7,074	50.3
Scott	5,472	7,952	362	13,786	18.0
Shelby	4,435	8,068	235	12,738	28.5
Simpson	2,583	3,169	72	5,824	10.1
Spencer	1,554	3,150	68	4,772	33.4
Taylor	2,790	6,151	110	9,051	37.1
Todd	1,496	2,646	45	4,187	27.5
Trigg	2,110	3,130	104	5,344	19.1
Trimble	1,181	1,837	63	3,081	21.3
Union	2,547	2,749	72	5,368	3.8
Warren	12,180	20,235	560	32,975	24.4
Washington	1,458	3,044	86	4,588	34.6
Wayne	2,312	4,069	93	6,474	27.1
Webster	2,388	2,599	85	5,072	4.2
Whitley	4,101	7,502	171	11,774	28.9
Wolfe	1,136	1,267	22	2,425	5.4
Woodford	3,995	5,890	252	10,137	18.7

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Kentucky in 2000?

George W. Bush won Kentucky by 15.13 percentage points (233,594 votes).

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 2000?

Kentucky cast 8 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Kentucky in 2000?

1,544,187 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Kentucky in 2000?

George W. Bush 105, Albert Gore, Jr. 15 (out of 120 counties with results).

How did Kentucky change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 16.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 1.0 points to Republican by 15.1 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data