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Elections / 1996 · President

Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R), with Ross Perot (Reform) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

1996 presidential election
ClintonD+8.5
1996 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1996 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+7.0 · 9 electoral votesAlaska · R+17.5 · 3 electoral votesArizona · D+2.2 · 8 electoral votesColorado · R+1.4 · 8 electoral votesFlorida · D+5.7 · 25 electoral votesGeorgia · R+1.2 · 13 electoral votesIndiana · R+5.6 · 12 electoral votesKansas · R+18.2 · 6 electoral votesMaine · D+20.9 · 4 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+33.4 · 12 electoral votesMinnesota · D+16.1 · 10 electoral votesNew Jersey · D+17.9 · 15 electoral votesNorth Carolina · R+4.7 · 14 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+6.8 · 3 electoral votesOklahoma · R+7.8 · 8 electoral votesPennsylvania · D+9.2 · 23 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+3.5 · 3 electoral votesTexas · R+4.9 · 32 electoral votesWyoming · R+13.0 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+18.1 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+6.3 · 11 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+14.7 · 5 electoral votesIllinois · D+17.5 · 22 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+7.3 · 5 electoral votesArkansas · D+16.9 · 6 electoral votesCalifornia · D+12.9 · 54 electoral votesDelaware · D+15.2 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · D+75.9 · 3 electoral votesHawaii · D+25.3 · 4 electoral votesIowa · D+10.3 · 7 electoral votesKentucky · D+1.0 · 8 electoral votesMaryland · D+16.0 · 10 electoral votesMichigan · D+13.2 · 18 electoral votesMississippi · R+5.1 · 7 electoral votesMontana · R+2.9 · 3 electoral votesNew Hampshire · D+10.3 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+28.9 · 33 electoral votesOhio · D+6.4 · 21 electoral votesOregon · D+8.1 · 7 electoral votesTennessee · D+2.4 · 11 electoral votesUtah · R+21.1 · 5 electoral votesVirginia · R+2.0 · 13 electoral votesWashington · D+12.5 · 11 electoral votesWisconsin · D+10.3 · 11 electoral votesNebraska · R+18.7 · 5 electoral votesSouth Carolina · R+6.0 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · R+18.5 · 4 electoral votesNevada · D+1.0 · 4 electoral votesVermont · D+22.3 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · D+12.1 · 9 electoral votesRhode Island · D+32.9 · 4 electoral votes
1996presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1996 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTD+22.33 EVNHD+10.34 EVMAD+33.412 EVRID+32.94 EVCTD+18.18 EVNJD+17.915 EVDED+15.23 EVMDD+16.010 EVDCD+75.93 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
538 electors · 270 for a majority

Clinton won 379 of 538 electoral votes.

Clinton379Dole159
National popular vote
96,268,818 votes counted
Clinton (D)
47,400,088
49.2%
Dole (R)
39,197,261
40.7%
Perot (I)
7,374,733
7.7%
All others
2,157,214
2.2%
Margin
D+8.5
The county map
3,142 county-level results on record for 1996

Democrats carried 1,537 counties, Republicans 1,605. 359 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Russell County, KS (R+56.0 swing) · Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK (R+34.8 swing) · Stewart County, GA (D+33.5 swing) · Osborne County, KS (R+32.1 swing) · Rush County, KS (R+31.6 swing) · Sheridan County, KS (R+31.6 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−17.5%
80,377122,743241,617
AlabamaR
−7.0%
662,165769,0441,534,349
ArkansasD
+16.9%
475,171325,416884,262
ArizonaD
+2.2%
653,288622,0731,404,405
CaliforniaD
+12.9%
5,119,8353,828,38010,019,484
ColoradoR
−1.4%
671,152691,8481,510,704
ConnecticutD
+18.1%
735,725483,0941,392,573
District of ColumbiaD
+75.9%
158,22017,339185,726
DelawareD
+15.2%
140,35599,062270,810
FloridaD
+5.7%
2,546,8702,244,5365,303,794
GeorgiaR
−1.2%
1,053,8491,080,8432,298,899
HawaiiD
+25.3%
205,012113,943360,120
IowaD
+10.3%
620,258492,6441,234,075
IdahoR
−18.5%
165,443256,595491,711
IllinoisD
+17.5%
2,341,7441,587,0214,311,391
IndianaR
−5.6%
887,4241,006,6932,135,842
KansasR
−18.2%
387,659583,2451,074,300
KentuckyD
+1.0%
636,614623,2831,388,708
LouisianaD
+12.1%
927,837712,5861,783,959
MassachusettsD
+33.4%
1,571,763718,1072,556,785
MarylandD
+16.0%
966,207681,5301,780,870
MaineD
+20.9%
312,788186,378605,897
MichiganD
+13.2%
1,989,6531,481,2123,848,844
MinnesotaD
+16.1%
1,120,438766,4762,192,640
MissouriD
+6.3%
1,025,935890,0162,158,065
MississippiR
−5.1%
394,022439,838893,857
MontanaR
−2.9%
167,922179,652407,083
North CarolinaR
−4.7%
1,107,8491,225,9382,515,807
North DakotaR
−6.8%
106,905125,050266,411
NebraskaR
−18.7%
236,761363,467677,415
New HampshireD
+10.3%
248,234196,532501,195
New JerseyD
+17.9%
1,652,3291,103,0783,075,807
New MexicoD
+7.3%
273,495232,751556,074
NevadaD
+1.0%
203,974199,244464,279
New YorkD
+28.9%
3,756,1771,933,4926,316,129
OhioD
+6.4%
2,148,2221,859,8834,534,434
OklahomaR
−7.8%
488,105582,3151,206,713
OregonD
+8.1%
649,641538,1521,377,760
PennsylvaniaD
+9.2%
2,215,8191,801,1694,501,307
Rhode IslandD
+32.9%
233,050104,683390,247
South CarolinaR
−6.0%
504,051573,4581,149,457
South DakotaR
−3.5%
139,333150,543323,737
TennesseeD
+2.4%
909,146863,5301,894,105
TexasR
−4.9%
2,459,6832,736,1675,611,644
UtahR
−21.1%
221,633361,911665,629
VirginiaR
−2.0%
1,089,0211,136,8742,412,690
VermontD
+22.3%
137,89480,352258,449
WashingtonD
+12.5%
1,123,323840,7122,254,560
WisconsinD
+10.3%
1,071,971845,0292,196,169
West VirginiaD
+14.7%
327,812233,946636,459
WyomingR
−13.0%
77,934105,388211,571