1996 Presidential Election
November 5, 1996 · The Post-Cold-War Era · 538 electoral votes, 270 to win
Clinton cruised past Dole in a campaign without great stakes, the first re-elected Democratic president since Roosevelt, while turnout fell below half the voting-age population for the first time since 1924.
Elected
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Electoral vote
379 of 538
Popular vote
49.2%
47,401,185 votes
Turnout
51.7%
VEP 51.7% · VAP 49.8%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Clinton | Democratic | Al Gore | 379 | 47,401,185 | 49.20% | 32 | |
| Bob Dole | Republican | Jack Kemp | 159 | 39,197,469 | 40.70% | 19 | |
| Ross Perot | Reform | Pat Choate | — | 8,085,294 | 8.40% | — | |
| Ralph Nader | Green | Winona LaDuke | — | 684,871 | 0.71% | — | |
| Harry Browne | Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen | — | 485,759 | 0.50% | — | |
| Howard Phillips | Constitution | Herbert Titus | — | 184,656 | 0.19% | — |
96,039,234 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | Bob Dole | 50.1% | 9 | Bill Clinton · 43.2% |
| Alaska | Bob Dole | 50.8% | 3 | Bill Clinton · 33.3% |
| Arizona | Bill Clinton | 46.5% | 8 | Bob Dole · 44.3% |
| Arkansas | Bill Clinton | 53.7% | 6 | Bob Dole · 36.8% |
| California | Bill Clinton | 51.1% | 54 | Bob Dole · 38.2% |
| Colorado | Bob Dole | 45.8% | 8 | Bill Clinton · 44.4% |
| Connecticut | Bill Clinton | 52.8% | 8 | Bob Dole · 34.7% |
| D of Columbia | Bill Clinton | 85.2% | 3 | Bob Dole · 9.3% |
| Delaware | Bill Clinton | 51.8% | 3 | Bob Dole · 36.6% |
| Florida | Bill Clinton | 48.0% | 25 | Bob Dole · 42.3% |
| Georgia | Bob Dole | 47.0% | 13 | Bill Clinton · 45.8% |
| Hawaii | Bill Clinton | 56.9% | 4 | Bob Dole · 31.6% |
| Idaho | Bob Dole | 52.2% | 4 | Bill Clinton · 33.6% |
| Illinois | Bill Clinton | 54.3% | 22 | Bob Dole · 36.8% |
| Indiana | Bob Dole | 47.1% | 12 | Bill Clinton · 41.5% |
| Iowa | Bill Clinton | 50.3% | 7 | Bob Dole · 39.9% |
| Kansas | Bob Dole | 54.3% | 6 | Bill Clinton · 36.1% |
| Kentucky | Bill Clinton | 45.8% | 8 | Bob Dole · 44.9% |
| Louisiana | Bill Clinton | 52.0% | 9 | Bob Dole · 39.9% |
| Maine | Bill Clinton | 51.6% | 4 | Bob Dole · 30.8% |
| Maryland | Bill Clinton | 54.2% | 10 | Bob Dole · 38.3% |
| Massachusetts | Bill Clinton | 61.5% | 12 | Bob Dole · 28.1% |
| Michigan | Bill Clinton | 51.7% | 18 | Bob Dole · 38.5% |
| Minnesota | Bill Clinton | 51.1% | 10 | Bob Dole · 35.0% |
| Mississippi | Bob Dole | 49.2% | 7 | Bill Clinton · 44.1% |
| Missouri | Bill Clinton | 47.5% | 11 | Bob Dole · 41.2% |
| Montana | Bob Dole | 44.1% | 3 | Bill Clinton · 41.2% |
| Nebraska | Bob Dole | 53.7% | 5 | Bill Clinton · 34.9% |
| Nevada | Bill Clinton | 43.9% | 4 | Bob Dole · 42.9% |
| New Hampshire | Bill Clinton | 49.3% | 4 | Bob Dole · 39.4% |
| New Jersey | Bill Clinton | 53.7% | 15 | Bob Dole · 35.9% |
| New Mexico | Bill Clinton | 49.2% | 5 | Bob Dole · 41.9% |
| New York | Bill Clinton | 59.5% | 33 | Bob Dole · 30.6% |
| North Carolina | Bob Dole | 48.7% | 14 | Bill Clinton · 44.0% |
| North Dakota | Bob Dole | 46.9% | 3 | Bill Clinton · 40.1% |
| Ohio | Bill Clinton | 47.4% | 21 | Bob Dole · 41.0% |
| Oklahoma | Bob Dole | 48.3% | 8 | Bill Clinton · 40.5% |
| Oregon | Bill Clinton | 47.1% | 7 | Bob Dole · 39.1% |
| Pennsylvania | Bill Clinton | 49.2% | 23 | Bob Dole · 40.0% |
| Rhode Island | Bill Clinton | 59.7% | 4 | Bob Dole · 26.8% |
| South Carolina | Bob Dole | 49.8% | 8 | Bill Clinton · 44.0% |
| South Dakota | Bob Dole | 46.5% | 3 | Bill Clinton · 43.0% |
| Tennessee | Bill Clinton | 48.0% | 11 | Bob Dole · 45.6% |
| Texas | Bob Dole | 48.8% | 32 | Bill Clinton · 43.8% |
| Utah | Bob Dole | 54.4% | 5 | Bill Clinton · 33.3% |
| Vermont | Bill Clinton | 53.3% | 3 | Bob Dole · 31.1% |
| Virginia | Bob Dole | 47.1% | 13 | Bill Clinton · 45.1% |
| Washington | Bill Clinton | 49.8% | 11 | Bob Dole · 37.3% |
| West Virginia | Bill Clinton | 51.5% | 5 | Bob Dole · 36.8% |
| Wisconsin | Bill Clinton | 48.8% | 11 | Bob Dole · 38.5% |
| Wyoming | Bob Dole | 49.8% | 3 | Bill Clinton · 36.8% |
The Congress it seated
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