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United States presidential election, 1996

Election NameUnited States presidential election, 1996
CountryUnited States
Typepresidential
Ongoingno
Previous ElectionUnited States presidential election, 1992
Previous Year1992
Next ElectionUnited States presidential election, 2000
Next Year2000
Election DateNovember 5, 1996
Nominee1Bill Clinton
Party1Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1Arkansas
Running Mate1Al Gore
OfficePresident
Electoral Vote1379
States Carried131 + DC
Popular Vote147,401,185
Percentage149.2%
Nominee2Bob Dole
Party2Republican Party (United States)
Home State2Kansas
Running Mate2Jack Kemp
OfficeSenator
Electoral Vote2159
States Carried219
Popular Vote239,197,469
Percentage240.7%
Nominee3Ross Perot
Party3Reform Party (United States)
Home State3Texas
Running Mate3Patrick Choate
Electoral Vote30
States Carried30
Popular Vote38,085,294
Percentage38.4%
TitlePresident
Map ImageElectoralCollege1996.svg
Map Size350px
Map CaptionPresidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Dole/Kemp, Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Gore.
Before ElectionBill Clinton
Before PartyDemocratic Party (United States)
After ElectionBill Clinton
After PartyDemocratic Party (United States)

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The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp of New York for Vice President. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by U.S. standards, did not renew his success of the 1992 election. Clinton benefited from an economy which recovered from the early 1990s recession and a relatively stable world stage. On November 5, 1996, President Clinton went on to win re-election with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college.

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Results : Results by state
Bill Clinton
Democratic		 Bob Dole
Republican		 Ross Perot
Reform		 Others State Total
State electoral
votes		 # % electoral
votes		 # % electoral
votes		 # % electoral
votes		 # % electoral
votes		 #
style"text-align:left"Alabama 9 662,165 43.16
769,044 50.12 9 92,149 6.01
10,991 0.72
1,534,349 AL
style"text-align:left"Alaska 3 78,294 30.29
122,746 50.80 3 26,333 10.90
12,161 5.03
241,620 AK
style"text-align:left"Arizona 8 653,288 46.52 8 622,073 44.29
112,072 7.98
16,972 1.21
1,404,405 AZ
style"text-align:left"Arkansas 6 475,171 53.74 6 325,416 36.80
69,884 7.90
13,791 1.56
884,262 AR
style"text-align:left"California 54 5,119,835 51.10 54 3,828,380 38.21
697,847 6.96
373,422 3.73
10,019,484 CA
style"text-align:left"Colorado 8 671,152 44.33
691,848 45.80 8 99,629 6.59
48,075 3.18
1,510,704 CO
style"text-align:left"Connecticut 8 735,740 52.83 8 483,109 34.69
139,523 10.02
34,242 2.46
1,392,614 CT
style"text-align:left"Delaware 3 140,355 51.80 3 99,062 36.58
28,719 10.60
2,709 1
41,293 DE
style"text-align:left"D.C. 3 158,220 85.19 3 17,339 9.34
3,611 1.94
6,556 3.53
185,726 DC
style"text-align:left"Florida 25 2,546,870 48.02 25 2,244,536 42.32
483,870 9.12
28,518 0.54
5,303,794 FL
style"text-align:left"Georgia 13 1,053,849 45.84
1,080,843 47.01 13 146,337 6.37
18,042 0.78
2,299,071 GA
style"text-align:left"Hawaii 4 205,012 56.93 4 113,943 31.64
27,358 7.60
13,807 3.83
360,120 HI
style"text-align:left"Idaho 4 165,443 33.65
256,595 52.18 4 62,518 12.71
7,163 1.46
491,719 ID
style"text-align:left"Illinois 22 2,341,744 54.32 22 1,587,021 36.81
840,515 8.03
36,218 0.84
4,311,391 IL
style"text-align:left"Indiana 12 887,424 41.55
1,006,693 47.13 12 224,299 10.50
17,426 0.82
2,135,842 IN
style"text-align:left"Iowa 7 620,258 50.26 7 492,644 39.92
105,159 8.52
16,014 1.30
1,234,075 IA
style"text-align:left"Kansas 6 387,659 36.08
583,245 54.29 6 92,639 8.62
10,757 1
1,074,300 KS
style"text-align:left"Kentucky 8 636,614 45.84 8 623,283 44.88
120,396 8.67
8,415 0.61
1,388,708 KY
style"text-align:left"Louisiana 9 927,837 52.01 9 712,586 39.94
211,478 11.81
123,293 6.91
1,783,959 LA
style"text-align:left"Maine 4 312,788 51.62 4 186,378 30.76
85,970 14.19
20,761 3.43
605,897 ME
style"text-align:left"Maryland 10 966,207 54.25 10 681,530 38.27
115,812 6.50
17,321 0.97
1,780,870 MD
style"text-align:left"Massachusetts 12 1,571,763 61.47 12 718,107 28.09
227,217 8.89
39,698 1.55
2,556,785 MA
style"text-align:left"Michigan 18 1,989,653 51.69 18 1,481,212 38.48
336,670 8.75
41,309 1.07
3,848,844 MI
style"text-align:left"Minnesota 10 1,120,438 51.10 10 766,476 34.96
257,704 11.75
48,022 2.19
2,192,640 MN
style"text-align:left"Mississippi 7 394,022 44.08
439,838 49.21 7 52,222 5.84
7,775 0.87
893,857 MS
style"text-align:left"Missouri 11 1,025,935 47.54 11 890,016 41.24
217,188 10.06
24,926 1.16
2,158,065 MO
style"text-align:left"Montana 3 167,922 41.23
179,652 44.11 3 55,229 13.56
4,458 1.09
410,583 MT
style"text-align:left"Nebraska 5 236,761 34.95
363,467 53.65 5 71,278 10.52
5,909 0.87
677,415 NE
style"text-align:left"Nevada 4 203,974 43.93 4 199,244 42.91
43,986 9.47
17,075 3.68
464,279 NV
style"text-align:left"New Hampshire 4 246,214 49.32 4 196,532 39.37
48,390 9.69
8,039 1.61
499,175 NH
style"text-align:left"New Jersey 15 1,652,329 53.72 15 1,103,078 35.86
262,134 8.52
58,266 1.89
3,075,807 NJ
style"text-align:left"New Mexico 5 273,495 49.18 5 232,751 41.86
32,257 5.80
17,571 3.16
556,074 NM
style"text-align:left"New York 33 3,756,177 59.47 33 1,933,492 30.61
503,458 7.97
123,002 1.95
6,316,129 NY
style"text-align:left"North Carolina 14 1,107,849 44.04
1,225,938 48.73 14 168,059 6.68
13,961 0.55
2,515,807 NC
style"text-align:left"North Dakota 3 106,905 40.13
125,050 46.94 3 32,515 12.20
1,941 0.73
266,411 ND
style"text-align:left"Ohio 21 2,148,222 47.38 21 1,859,883 41.02
483,207 10.66
43,122 0.95
4,534,434 OH
style"text-align:left"Oklahoma 8 488,105 40.45
582,315 48.26 8 130,788 10.84
5,505 0.46
1,206,713 OK
style"text-align:left"Oregon 7 649,641 47.15 7 538,152 39.06
121,221 8.80
68,746 4.99
1,377,760 OR
style"text-align:left"Pennsylvania 23 2,215,819 49.17 23 1,801,169 39.97
430,984 9.56
58,146 1.29
4,506,118 PA
style"text-align:left"Rhode Island 4 233,050 59.71 4 104,683 26.82
43,723 11.20
8,828 2.26
390,284 RI
style"text-align:left"South Carolina 8 504,051 43.85
573,458 49.89 8 64,386 5.60
7,562 0.66
1,149,457 SC
style"text-align:left"South Dakota 3 139,333 43.03
150,543 46.49 3 31,250 9.65
2,700 0.83
323,826 SD
style"text-align:left"Tennessee 11 909,146 48 11 863,530 45.59
105,918 5.59
15,511 0.82
1,894,105 TN
style"text-align:left"Texas 32 2,459,683 43.83
2,736,167 48.76
378,537 6.75
37,257 0.66
5,611,644 TX
style"text-align:left"Utah 5 221,633 33.30
361,911 54.37 5 66,461 9.98
15,624 2.35
665,629 UT
style"text-align:left"Vermont 3 137,894 53.35 3 80,352 31.09
31,024 12
9,179 3.55
258,449 VT
style"text-align:left"Virginia 13 1,091,060 45.15
1,138,350 47.10 13 159,861 6.62
27,371 1.13
2,416,642 VA
style"text-align:left"Washington 11 1,123,323 49.84 11 840,712 37.30
201,003 8.92
88,799 3.94
2,253,837 WA
style"text-align:left"West Virginia 5 327,812 51.51 5 233,946 36.76
71,639 11.26
3,062 0.48
636,459 WV
style"text-align:left"Wisconsin 11 1,071,971 48.81 11 845,029 38.48
227,339 10.35
51,830 2.36
2,196,169 WI
style"text-align:left"Wyoming 3 77,934 36.84
105,388 49.81 3 25,928 12.25
2,321 1.10
211,571 WY
TOTALS: 538 47,401,185 49.24 379 39,197,469 40.71 159 8,085,294 8.40 - 1,591,119 1.65 - 96,275,401

: Voter demographics
The Presidential vote in social groups (percentages)
Social group  Clinton  Dole  Perot % of
total vote
Total vote 49 41 8 100
Party and ideology
Liberal Republicans 44 48 9 2
Moderate Republicans 20 72 7 13
Conservative Republicans 6 88 5 21
Liberal independents 58 15 18 4
Moderate independents 50 30 17 15
Conservative independents 19 60 19 7
Liberal Democrats 89 5 4 13
Moderate Democrats 84 10 5 20
Conservative Democrats 69 23 7 6
Gender and marital status
Married men 40 48 10 33
Married women 63 28 7 33
Unmarried men 49 35 12 15
Unmarried women 62 28 7 20
Race
White 43 46 9 83
Black 84 12 4 10
Hispanic 72 21 6 5
Asian 43 48 8 1
Religion
White Protestant 36 53 10 46
Catholic 53 37 9 29
Jewish 78 16 3 3
Born again/religious right 26 65 8 17
Age
18 � 29 years old 53 34 10 17
30 � 44 years old 48 41 9 33
45 � 59 years old 48 41 9 26
60 and older 48 44 7 24
Education
Not a high school graduate 59 28 11 6
High school graduate 51 35 13 24
Some college education 48 40 10 27
College graduate 44 46 8 26
Postgraduate education 52 40 5 17
Family income
Under $15,000 59 28 11 11
$15,000 � $29,999 53 36 9 23
$30,000 � $49,999 48 40 10 27
Over $50,000 44 48 7 39
Over $75,000 41 51 7 18
Over $100,000 38 54 6 9
Region
East 55 34 9 23
Midwest 48 41 10 26
South 46 46 7 30
West 48 40 8 20
Community size
Population over 500,000 68 25 6 10
Population 50,000 to 500,000 50 39 8 21
Suburbs 47 42 8 39
Rural areas, towns 45 44 10 30

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