Who won the 1996 presidential election?

Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the 1996 presidential election with 379 electoral votes and 49.2% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1996?

The 1996 Electoral College result was 379 Democratic to 159 Republican (538 total electoral votes, 269 needed to win).

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1996

Presidential Election · 1996

Elected President

Bill Clinton

Democraticdefeating Bob Dole

379

Clinton

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

159

Dole

379 EV269 needed to win159 EV

Popular Vote

Clinton(DEM)49.2%

Dole(REP)40.7%

Perot(REF)8.4%

candidates(OTH)1.7%

National margin:D+8.5%

96,270,941 total votes cast

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Clinton: 32 states · 379 EV|Dole: 19 states · 159 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Clinton %	Votes	Dole %	Votes	Perot %	Votes	Residual Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	District of Columbia	3	3	85.2%	158,220	9.3%	17,339	1.9%	3,611	—	D+75.8	↑ D+0.3
▶	Massachusetts	12	15	61.5%	1,571,763	28.1%	718,107	8.9%	227,217	—	D+33.4	↑ D+14.9
▶	Rhode Island	4	19	59.7%	233,050	26.8%	104,683	11.2%	43,723	—	D+32.9	↑ D+14.9
▶	New York	33	52	59.5%	3,756,177	30.6%	1,933,492	8.0%	503,458	—	D+28.9	↑ D+13.0
▶	Hawaii	4	56	56.9%	205,058	31.6%	113,956	7.6%	27,358	—	D+25.3	↑ D+13.9
▶	Vermont	3	59	53.4%	137,894	31.1%	80,352	12.0%	31,024	—	D+22.3	↑ D+6.6
▶	Maine	4	63	51.6%	312,788	30.8%	186,378	14.2%	85,970	—	D+20.9	↑ D+12.5
▶	Connecticut	8	71	52.8%	735,740	34.7%	483,109	10.0%	139,523	—	D+18.1	↑ D+11.7
▶	New Jersey	15	86	53.7%	1,652,329	35.9%	1,103,078	8.5%	262,134	—	D+17.9	↑ D+15.5
▶	Illinois	22	108	54.3%	2,341,744	36.8%	1,587,021	8.0%	346,408	—	D+17.5	↑ D+3.3
▶	Arkansas	6	114	53.7%	475,171	36.8%	325,416	7.9%	69,884	—	D+16.9	↓ R+0.8
▶	Minnesota	10	124	51.1%	1,120,438	35.0%	766,476	11.8%	257,704	—	D+16.1	↑ D+4.5
▶	Maryland	10	134	54.3%	966,207	38.3%	681,530	6.5%	115,812	—	D+16.0	↑ D+1.8
▶	Delaware	3	137	51.8%	140,355	36.6%	99,062	10.6%	28,719	—	D+15.3	↑ D+7.0
▶	West Virginia	5	142	51.5%	327,812	36.8%	233,946	11.3%	71,639	—	D+14.8	↑ D+1.7
▶	Michigan	18	160	51.7%	1,989,653	38.5%	1,481,212	8.8%	336,670	—	D+13.2	↑ D+5.8
▶	California	54	214	51.1%	5,119,835	38.2%	3,828,380	7.0%	697,847	—	D+12.9	↓ R+0.5
▶	Washington	11	225	49.8%	1,123,323	37.3%	840,712	8.9%	201,003	—	D+12.5	↑ D+1.1
▶	Louisiana	9	234	52.0%	927,837	39.9%	712,586	6.9%	123,293	—	D+12.1	↑ D+7.5
▶	Iowa	7	241	50.3%	620,258	39.9%	492,644	8.5%	105,159	—	D+10.3	↑ D+4.3
▶	Wisconsin	11	252	48.8%	1,071,971	38.5%	845,029	10.3%	227,339	—	D+10.3	↑ D+6.0
▶	New Hampshire	4	256	49.3%	246,214	39.4%	196,532	9.7%	48,390	—	D+9.9	↑ D+8.7
▶	Pennsylvania	23	279	49.2%	2,215,819	40.0%	1,801,169	9.6%	430,984	—	D+9.2	↑ D+0.2
▶	Oregon	7	286	47.1%	649,641	39.1%	538,152	8.8%	121,221	—	D+8.1	↓ R+1.9
▶	New Mexico	5	291	49.2%	273,495	41.9%	232,751	5.8%	32,257	—	D+7.3	↓ R+1.2
▶	Ohio	21	312	47.4%	2,148,222	41.0%	1,859,883	10.7%	483,207	—	D+6.4	↑ D+4.5
▶	Missouri	11	323	47.5%	1,025,935	41.2%	890,016	10.1%	217,188	—	D+6.3	↓ R+3.9
▶	Florida	25	348	48.0%	2,546,870	42.3%	2,244,536	9.1%	483,870	—	D+5.7	↑ D+7.6
▶	Tennessee	11	359	48.0%	909,146	45.6%	863,530	5.6%	105,918	—	D+2.4	↓ R+2.2
▶	Arizona	8	367	46.5%	653,288	44.3%	622,073	8.0%	112,072	—	D+2.2	↑ D+4.2
▶	Nevada	4	371	43.9%	203,974	42.9%	199,244	9.5%	43,986	—	D+1.0	↓ R+1.6
▶	Kentucky	8	379	45.8%	636,614	44.9%	623,283	8.7%	120,396	—	D+1.0	↓ R+2.3
▶	Utah	5	5	33.3%	221,633	54.4%	361,911	10.0%	66,461	—	R+21.1	↓ R+2.4
▶	Nebraska	5	10	35.0%	236,761	53.6%	363,467	10.5%	71,278	—	R+18.7	↓ R+1.5
▶	Idaho	4	14	33.6%	165,443	52.2%	256,595	12.7%	62,518	—	R+18.5	↓ R+4.9
▶	Kansas	6	20	36.1%	387,659	54.3%	583,245	8.6%	92,639	—	R+18.2	↓ R+13.1
▶	Alaska	3	23	33.3%	80,380	50.8%	122,746	—	—	15.9%	R+17.5	↓ R+8.4
▶	Wyoming	3	26	36.8%	77,934	49.8%	105,388	12.3%	25,928	—	R+13.0	↓ R+7.4
▶	Oklahoma	8	34	40.5%	488,105	48.3%	582,315	10.8%	130,788	—	R+7.8	↑ D+0.8
▶	Alabama	9	43	43.2%	662,165	50.1%	769,044	6.0%	92,149	—	R+7.0	↓ R+0.2
▶	North Dakota	3	46	40.1%	106,905	46.9%	125,050	12.2%	32,515	—	R+6.8	↑ D+5.2
▶	South Carolina	8	54	43.9%	504,051	49.9%	573,458	5.6%	64,386	—	R+6.0	↑ D+2.1
▶	Indiana	12	66	41.5%	887,424	47.1%	1,006,693	10.5%	224,299	—	R+5.6	↑ D+0.5
▶	Mississippi	7	73	44.1%	394,022	49.2%	439,838	5.8%	52,222	—	R+5.1	↑ D+3.8
▶	Texas	32	105	43.8%	2,459,683	48.8%	2,736,167	6.8%	378,537	—	R+4.9	↓ R+1.4
▶	North Carolina	14	119	44.0%	1,107,849	48.7%	1,225,938	6.7%	168,059	—	R+4.7	↓ R+3.9
▶	South Dakota	3	122	43.0%	139,333	46.5%	150,543	9.7%	31,250	—	R+3.5	↑ D+0.1
▶	Montana	3	125	41.3%	167,922	44.1%	179,652	13.6%	55,229	—	R+2.9	↓ R+5.4
▶	Virginia	13	138	45.1%	1,091,060	47.1%	1,138,350	6.6%	159,502	—	R+2.0	↑ D+2.4
▶	Colorado	8	146	44.4%	671,152	45.8%	691,848	6.6%	99,629	—	R+1.4	↓ R+5.6
▶	Georgia	13	159	45.8%	1,053,849	47.0%	1,080,843	6.4%	146,337	—	R+1.2	↓ R+1.8

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1992 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Residual Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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