1996 Presidential Election

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1996 Presidential Election: Bill Clinton Won✓

The 1996 United States presidential election was held on November 5, 1996. The election was a contest between incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and Republican nominee Bob Dole, a Senator from Kansas. Clinton secured 379 electoral votes to Dole's 159, and received over 49% of the popular vote.

379
Bill Clinton ✓

47,400,125 votes (49.2%)

159
Bob Dole

39,198,755 votes (40.7%)

270 needed to win

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Kentucky Results

✓ Bill Clinton (D) won the state of Kentucky.

Tennessee Results

✓ Bill Clinton (D) won the state of Tennessee.

Nevada Results

✓ Bill Clinton (D) won the state of Nevada.

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Full state results

State	Bill Clinton votes	Bill Clinton %	Bob Dole votes	Bob Dole %	Ross Perot votes	Ross Perot %	Total votes
Alabama	662,165	43.16%	769,044	50.12%	92,149	6.01%	1,534,349
Alaska	80,380	33.27%	122,746	50.80%	26,333	10.90%	241,620
Arizona	653,288	46.52%	622,073	44.29%	112,072	7.98%	1,404,405
Arkansas	475,171	53.74%	325,416	36.80%	69,884	7.90%	884,262
California	5,119,835	51.10%	3,828,380	38.21%	697,847	6.96%	10,019,484
Colorado	671,152	44.43%	691,848	45.80%	99,629	6.59%	1,510,704
Connecticut	735,740	52.83%	483,109	34.69%	139,523	10.02%	1,392,614
Delaware	140,355	51.82%	99,062	36.58%	28,719	10.60%	270,845
District of Columbia	158,220	85.19%	17,339	9.34%	3,611	1.94%	185,726
Florida	2,546,870	48.02%	2,244,536	42.32%	483,870	9.12%	5,303,794
Georgia	1,053,849	45.84%	1,080,843	47.01%	146,337	6.37%	2,299,071
Hawaii	205,012	56.93%	113,943	31.64%	27,358	7.60%	360,120
Idaho	165,443	33.65%	256,595	52.18%	62,518	12.71%	491,719
Illinois	2,341,744	54.32%	1,587,021	36.81%	346,408	8.03%	4,311,391
Indiana	887,424	41.56%	1,006,693	47.14%	224,299	10.50%	2,135,341
Iowa	620,258	50.26%	492,644	39.92%	105,159	8.52%	1,234,075
Kansas	387,659	36.08%	583,245	54.29%	92,639	8.62%	1,074,300
Kentucky	636,614	45.84%	623,283	44.88%	120,396	8.67%	1,388,708
Louisiana	927,837	52.01%	712,586	39.94%	123,293	6.91%	1,783,959
Maine	312,788	51.62%	186,378	30.76%	85,970	14.19%	605,897
Maryland	966,207	54.25%	681,530	38.27%	115,812	6.50%	1,780,870
Massachusetts	1,571,763	60.44%	718,107	27.61%	227,217	8.74%	2,600,654
Michigan	1,989,653	51.69%	1,481,212	38.48%	336,670	8.75%	3,848,844
Minnesota	1,120,438	51.10%	766,476	34.96%	257,704	11.75%	2,192,640
Mississippi	394,022	44.08%	439,838	49.21%	52,222	5.84%	893,857
Missouri	1,025,935	47.54%	890,016	41.24%	217,188	10.06%	2,158,065
Montana	167,922	41.23%	179,652	44.11%	55,229	13.56%	407,261
Nebraska	236,761	34.95%	363,467	53.65%	71,278	10.52%	677,415
Nevada	203,974	43.93%	199,244	42.91%	43,986	9.47%	464,279
New Hampshire	246,214	49.32%	196,532	39.37%	48,390	9.69%	499,175
New Jersey	1,652,329	53.72%	1,103,078	35.86%	262,134	8.52%	3,075,807
New Mexico	273,495	49.18%	232,751	41.86%	32,257	5.80%	556,074
New York	3,756,177	59.47%	1,933,492	30.61%	503,458	7.97%	6,316,129
North Carolina	1,107,849	44.04%	1,225,938	48.73%	168,059	6.68%	2,515,807
North Dakota	106,905	40.13%	125,050	46.94%	32,515	12.20%	266,411
Ohio	2,148,222	47.38%	1,859,883	41.02%	483,207	10.66%	4,534,434
Oklahoma	488,105	40.45%	582,315	48.26%	130,788	10.84%	1,206,713
Oregon	649,641	47.15%	538,152	39.06%	121,221	8.80%	1,377,760
Pennsylvania	2,215,819	49.17%	1,801,169	39.97%	430,984	9.56%	4,506,118
Rhode Island	233,050	59.71%	104,683	26.82%	43,723	11.20%	390,284
South Carolina	504,051	43.85%	573,458	49.89%	64,386	5.60%	1,149,457
South Dakota	139,333	43.03%	150,543	46.49%	31,250	9.65%	323,826
Tennessee	909,146	48.00%	863,530	45.59%	105,918	5.59%	1,894,105
Texas	2,459,683	43.83%	2,736,167	48.76%	378,537	6.75%	5,611,644
Utah	221,633	33.30%	361,911	54.37%	66,461	9.98%	665,629
Vermont	137,894	53.35%	80,352	31.09%	31,024	12.00%	258,449
Virginia	1,091,060	45.15%	1,138,350	47.10%	159,861	6.62%	2,416,642
Washington	1,123,323	49.84%	840,712	37.30%	201,003	8.92%	2,253,837
West Virginia	327,812	51.51%	233,946	36.76%	71,639	11.26%	636,459
Wisconsin	1,071,971	48.81%	845,029	38.48%	227,339	10.35%	2,196,169
Wyoming	77,934	36.84%	105,388	49.81%	25,928	12.25%	211,571