Bill Clinton carried California D+12.9.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in California, 1996. The state ran 4.4 points more Democratic than the nation (D+8.5 nationally).

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

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California result

10,019,484 votes counted

Clinton (D)

5,119,835

51.1%

Dole (R)

3,828,380

38.2%

Perot (I)

697,847

7.0%

All others

373,422

3.7%

Margin

D+12.9

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1996 presidential election

California, 1996

ClintonD+12.9

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	51.1%	5,119,835
Bob DoleRepublican	38.2%	3,828,380
Ross PerotReform	3.7%	373,422

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1996 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1996

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Alameda County	D	+42.7%	303,903	106,581	24,270	462,044
Alpine County	R	−1.0%	258	264	63	614
Amador County	R	−6.9%	5,868	6,870	1,267	14,452
Butte County	R	−10.4%	30,651	38,961	6,393	79,550
Calaveras County	R	−9.5%	6,646	8,279	1,612	17,206
Colusa County	R	−17.7%	2,054	3,047	404	5,612
Contra Costa County	D	+20.6%	196,512	123,954	20,416	352,602
Del Norte County	R	−0.2%	3,652	3,670	1,225	8,889
El Dorado County	R	−15.5%	22,957	32,759	5,077	63,196
Fresno County	R	−2.1%	94,448	98,813	10,962	208,393
Glenn County	R	−24.8%	2,841	5,041	788	8,866
Humboldt County	D	+8.7%	24,628	19,803	5,811	55,757
Imperial County	D	+18.5%	14,591	9,705	1,778	26,400
Inyo County	R	−17.5%	2,601	3,924	811	7,569
Kern County	R	−17.2%	62,658	92,151	13,452	171,391
Kings County	R	−4.3%	11,254	12,368	1,745	25,815
Lake County	D	+13.9%	10,432	7,458	2,539	21,335
Lassen County	R	−19.0%	3,318	5,194	1,080	9,875
Los Angeles County	D	+28.4%	1,430,629	746,544	157,752	2,411,014
Madera County	R	−17.1%	11,254	16,510	2,192	30,662
Marin County	D	+29.9%	67,406	32,714	6,559	116,140
Mariposa County	R	−13.3%	2,920	3,976	729	7,949
Mendocino County	D	+15.9%	14,952	9,765	3,685	32,692
Merced County	D	+2.0%	21,786	20,847	3,427	46,938
Modoc County	R	−21.3%	1,368	2,285	528	4,303
Mono County	R	−7.4%	1,580	1,882	447	4,091
Monterey County	D	+16.5%	57,700	39,794	7,240	108,558
Napa County	D	+14.8%	24,588	17,439	4,254	48,319
Nevada County	R	−14.8%	15,369	21,784	3,330	43,219
Orange County	R	−13.8%	327,485	446,717	66,195	864,576
Placer County	R	−15.7%	34,981	49,808	6,542	94,427
Plumas County	R	−14.0%	3,540	4,905	919	9,750
Riverside County	R	−2.6%	168,579	178,611	35,481	391,613
Sacramento County	D	+9.1%	203,019	166,049	23,856	407,414
San Benito County	D	+11.8%	7,030	5,384	1,044	13,906
San Bernardino County	D	+0.8%	183,372	180,135	39,330	413,355
San Diego County	R	−1.5%	389,964	402,876	63,037	884,151
San Francisco County	D	+56.6%	209,777	45,479	9,659	290,385
San Joaquin County	D	+1.5%	67,253	65,131	9,692	145,140
San Luis Obispo County	R	−6.3%	40,395	46,733	8,204	100,500
San Mateo County	D	+31.3%	152,304	73,508	15,047	251,532
Santa Barbara County	D	+4.5%	70,650	63,915	9,457	150,745
Santa Clara County	D	+24.7%	297,639	168,291	34,908	523,291
Santa Cruz County	D	+29.6%	58,250	27,766	6,555	103,062
Shasta County	R	−22.1%	20,848	34,736	5,875	62,961
Sierra County	R	−17.8%	573	877	170	1,707
Siskiyou County	R	−8.9%	7,022	8,653	1,879	18,293
Solano County	D	+20.4%	64,644	40,742	8,682	117,279
Sonoma County	D	+26.0%	100,738	53,555	13,862	181,297
Stanislaus County	D	+1.1%	53,738	52,403	8,360	117,007
Sutter County	R	−23.3%	8,504	14,264	1,533	24,745
Tehama County	R	−14.7%	7,290	10,292	2,325	20,443
Trinity County	R	−5.5%	2,203	2,530	856	5,893
Tulare County	R	−15.8%	32,669	46,272	5,106	85,846
Tuolumne County	R	−6.5%	8,950	10,386	1,925	21,972
Ventura County	D	+0.6%	110,772	109,202	23,054	251,194
Yolo County	D	+24.5%	33,033	18,807	3,150	58,079
Yuba County	R	−14.1%	5,789	7,971	1,308	15,470