United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2016

United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2016
Kentucky
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 1,202,971 628,854
Percentage 62.5% 32.7%

County Results
  Clinton—50-60%
  Trump—<50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%
  Trump—80-90%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Kentucky was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Kentucky voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On March 5 and May 17, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Kentucky voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated were unable to vote.

Although Kentucky was won twice by southern Democrat Bill Clinton in the 1990s, Donald Trump easily carried Kentucky with 62.54% of the vote, to 32.69% of the vote for Hillary Clinton. Trump won Kentucky by the largest margin of any Republican in history, and swept counties across the state.[1] Clinton only carried the state's two most urban and populous counties, Jefferson County, home to Louisville, and Fayette County, home to Lexington.

Trump made history when he won Elliott County. In the 150-year history of the county, it had voted Democratic in every presidential election, never Republican. Trump ended that tradition and he won Elliott County handedly with 2,000 votes to Clinton's 740.

Primary elections

Republican caucus

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
  Ted Cruz


In order to avoid a local law forbidding one candidate to run for two offices in the same primary, Rand Paul paid to have a presidential caucus, which took place on March 5. Paul dropped out prior to this.[2]

Kentucky Republican caucuses, March 5, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 82,493 35.92% 17 0 17
Ted Cruz 72,503 31.57% 15 0 15
Marco Rubio 37,579 16.36% 7 0 7
John Kasich 33,134 14.43% 7 0 7
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 1,951 0.85% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 872 0.38% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 496 0.22% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 305 0.13% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 174 0.08% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 65 0.03% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 64 0.03% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 31 0.03% 0 0 0
Total: 229,667 100.00% 40 0 40
Source: The Green Papers, Republican Party of Kentucky

Democratic primary

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:

Kentucky Democratic primary, May 17, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 212,534 46.76% 28 2 30
Bernie Sanders 210,623 46.33% 27 0 27
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 5,713 1.26%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 1,594 0.35%
Uncommitted 24,104 5.30% 0 3 3
Total 454,568 100% 55 5 60
Source: The Green Papers, Kentucky Secretary of State

Polling

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison - Kentucky". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Kentucky caucus moves forward without Rand Paul | News". Richmondregister.com. 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

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