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)

National popular vote

96,268,907 votes counted

Clinton (D)

47,400,088

49.2%

Dole (R)

39,197,261

40.7%

Perot (I)

7,374,813

7.7%

All others

2,157,223

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. 369 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.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−17.5%	80,377	122,743	241,617
Alabama	R	−7.0%	662,165	769,044	1,534,349
Arkansas	D	+16.9%	475,171	325,416	884,262
Arizona	D	+2.2%	653,288	622,073	1,404,405
California	D	+12.9%	5,119,835	3,828,380	10,019,484
Colorado	R	−1.4%	671,152	691,848	1,510,704
Connecticut	D	+18.1%	735,725	483,094	1,392,573
District of Columbia	D	+75.9%	158,220	17,339	185,726
Delaware	D	+15.2%	140,355	99,062	270,810
Florida	D	+5.7%	2,546,870	2,244,536	5,303,794
Georgia	R	−1.2%	1,053,849	1,080,843	2,298,899
Hawaii	D	+25.3%	205,012	113,943	360,120
Iowa	D	+10.3%	620,258	492,644	1,234,075
Idaho	R	−18.5%	165,443	256,595	491,711
Illinois	D	+17.5%	2,341,744	1,587,021	4,311,391
Indiana	R	−5.6%	887,424	1,006,693	2,135,842
Kansas	R	−18.2%	387,659	583,245	1,074,300
Kentucky	D	+1.0%	636,614	623,283	1,388,708
Louisiana	D	+12.1%	927,837	712,586	1,783,959
Massachusetts	D	+33.4%	1,571,763	718,107	2,556,785
Maryland	D	+16.0%	966,207	681,530	1,780,870
Maine	D	+20.9%	312,788	186,378	605,897
Michigan	D	+13.2%	1,989,653	1,481,212	3,848,844
Minnesota	D	+16.1%	1,120,438	766,476	2,192,640
Missouri	D	+6.3%	1,025,935	890,016	2,158,065
Mississippi	R	−5.1%	394,022	439,838	893,857
Montana	R	−2.9%	167,922	179,652	407,083
North Carolina	R	−4.7%	1,107,849	1,225,938	2,515,807
North Dakota	R	−6.8%	106,905	125,050	266,411
Nebraska	R	−18.7%	236,761	363,467	677,415
New Hampshire	D	+10.3%	248,234	196,532	501,195
New Jersey	D	+17.9%	1,652,329	1,103,078	3,075,807
New Mexico	D	+7.3%	273,495	232,751	556,074
Nevada	D	+1.0%	203,974	199,244	464,279
New York	D	+28.9%	3,756,177	1,933,492	6,316,129
Ohio	D	+6.4%	2,148,222	1,859,883	4,534,434
Oklahoma	R	−7.8%	488,105	582,315	1,206,713
Oregon	D	+8.1%	649,641	538,152	1,377,760
Pennsylvania	D	+9.2%	2,215,819	1,801,169	4,501,307
Rhode Island	D	+32.9%	233,050	104,683	390,247
South Carolina	R	−6.0%	504,051	573,458	1,149,457
South Dakota	R	−3.5%	139,333	150,543	323,826
Tennessee	D	+2.4%	909,146	863,530	1,894,105
Texas	R	−4.9%	2,459,683	2,736,167	5,611,644
Utah	R	−21.1%	221,633	361,911	665,629
Virginia	R	−2.0%	1,089,021	1,136,874	2,412,690
Vermont	D	+22.3%	137,894	80,352	258,449
Washington	D	+12.5%	1,123,323	840,712	2,254,560
Wisconsin	D	+10.3%	1,071,971	845,029	2,196,169
West Virginia	D	+14.7%	327,812	233,946	636,459
Wyoming	R	−13.0%	77,934	105,388	211,571