Bush dominated in rural Kentucky, particularly the Pennyroyal Plateau, and won five of the state's six congressional districts.

Gore only won the Louisville-based 3rd congressional district, though he also performed well in parts of the Eastern Coalfield.

Kentucky was one of nine states to vote for Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996 that Gore lost.

It was also the only state to back Clinton in 1996 that Gore lost by a double digit margin.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson County since Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.