Kentucky State Results Election 2016

— -- Kentucky holds its Democratic primary on May 17, 2016 and held its Republican caucuses on March 5, 2016. 46 delegates were at stake for the Republicans and 61 delegates for the Democrats.

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Why the state is significant:

• The Bluegrass state is a solidly red state; about 86 percent of the electorate are white voters.

• Kentucky voters have a nearly perfect record backing the general election winner in eight of the last ten presidential elections.

Fast facts:

• Instead of holding a primary like it usually does, Kentucky held its first Republican presidential caucus thanks to Sen. Rand Paul. To get around a Kentucky law that says no candidate’s name can be listed more than once on a ballot, Paul convinced GOP state party leadership to hold a caucus instead of a primary -- that way Paul could run for president and for re-election for his Senate seat. (Paul has since suspended his presidential campaign).

• Though voters in the state tend to favor the GOP candidate in the general election, there have been a few notable exceptions in recent electoral history: Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996.