Kentucky

Congressional Races:
Districts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 3,627,000 (up 3.8% from 1990), 1.5% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 2,857,000; 1994 turnout, 27%

Median age: 33.0 years

Median household Income: $26,595 ($5,669 below the U.S. median)

Unemployment: 5.1% (0.5% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 45%

Bush (R): 41%

Perot (I): 14%

Congressional delegation: Three Democrats, five Republicans

The Bluegrass State still tends to vote geographically, as it has for more than a century. Western Kentucky is Democratic, but the eastern mountains, which were pro-Union during the Civil War, vote Republican, as does Louisville, which was an antislavery town. The population has grown only 30% in the past 50 years, and many residents are descendants of settlers and still make their living in the tobacco, coal, whiskey and auto industries. But Kentucky is best known for its Derby, and this year the hottest political horse race is the one for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat. His past two victories were both close. [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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