Bill Clinton carried Iowa D+10.3.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Iowa, 1996. The state ran 1.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

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

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Iowa result

1,234,075 votes counted

Clinton (D)

620,258

50.3%

Dole (R)

492,644

39.9%

Perot (I)

105,159

8.5%

All others

16,014

1.3%

Margin

D+10.3

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1996 presidential election

Iowa, 1996

ClintonD+10.3

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	50.3%	620,258
Bob DoleRepublican	39.9%	492,644
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	16,014

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adair County	D	+3.7%	1,802	1,655	458	3,935
Adams County	D	+6.4%	1,070	920	320	2,326
Allamakee County	D	+1.6%	2,551	2,457	680	5,781
Appanoose County	D	+9.2%	2,747	2,233	554	5,592
Audubon County	D	+14.7%	1,827	1,314	314	3,488
Benton County	D	+16.6%	5,546	3,835	846	10,279
Black Hawk County	D	+19.4%	29,651	19,322	3,623	53,109
Boone County	D	+18.2%	6,446	4,293	987	11,835
Bremer County	D	+8.0%	5,023	4,213	862	10,172
Buchanan County	D	+21.8%	4,997	3,043	836	8,951
Buena Vista County	R	−2.7%	3,420	3,636	831	7,965
Butler County	D	+0.4%	3,061	3,036	489	6,631
Calhoun County	D	+2.4%	2,193	2,077	462	4,779
Carroll County	D	+10.7%	4,333	3,392	998	8,790
Cass County	R	−11.2%	2,616	3,384	809	6,865
Cedar County	D	+11.6%	3,856	2,966	756	7,676
Cerro Gordo County	D	+21.3%	11,943	7,427	1,689	21,227
Cherokee County	D	+3.5%	2,853	2,629	834	6,370
Chickasaw County	D	+18.3%	3,355	2,191	759	6,360
Clarke County	D	+16.6%	2,053	1,401	440	3,923
Clay County	D	+6.9%	3,659	3,129	802	7,655
Clayton County	D	+16.4%	4,284	2,944	912	8,194
Clinton County	D	+17.9%	11,481	7,624	2,300	21,595
Crawford County	D	+6.8%	3,140	2,686	847	6,715
Dallas County	D	+8.6%	8,017	6,647	1,198	16,010
Davis County	D	+11.9%	1,894	1,445	382	3,759
Decatur County	D	+15.4%	1,846	1,287	452	3,623
Delaware County	D	+8.5%	3,704	3,065	679	7,497
Des Moines County	D	+26.8%	10,761	5,778	1,792	18,574
Dickinson County	D	+5.7%	3,562	3,129	901	7,646
Dubuque County	D	+19.6%	20,839	13,391	3,304	38,051
Emmet County	D	+14.3%	2,270	1,641	470	4,411
Fayette County	D	+10.2%	4,832	3,848	890	9,624
Floyd County	D	+20.2%	3,769	2,379	689	6,887
Franklin County	D	+3.8%	2,232	2,054	417	4,733
Fremont County	R	−2.7%	1,481	1,576	480	3,562
Greene County	D	+13.7%	2,519	1,861	396	4,799
Grundy County	R	−10.7%	2,322	2,928	401	5,687
Guthrie County	D	+10.1%	2,552	2,034	515	5,140
Hamilton County	D	+4.8%	3,455	3,109	661	7,277
Hancock County	D	+0.9%	2,399	2,353	529	5,309
Hardin County	D	+6.6%	4,053	3,505	713	8,324
Harrison County	R	−7.6%	2,576	3,070	820	6,527
Henry County	D	+3.9%	3,798	3,478	914	8,275
Howard County	D	+17.6%	2,303	1,528	555	4,405
Humboldt County	R	−3.2%	2,080	2,236	590	4,933
Ida County	R	−2.5%	1,589	1,684	436	3,732
Iowa County	D	+4.4%	3,354	3,042	575	7,035
Jackson County	D	+21.1%	4,609	2,827	936	8,461
Jasper County	D	+14.2%	8,776	6,414	1,263	16,585
Jefferson County	D	+0.8%	2,597	2,541	571	7,397
Johnson County	D	+31.7%	27,888	13,402	2,313	45,732
Jones County	D	+18.5%	4,668	3,083	765	8,581
Keokuk County	D	+9.1%	2,545	2,080	432	5,101
Kossuth County	D	+6.5%	4,031	3,477	932	8,505
Lee County	D	+24.9%	8,831	4,932	1,734	15,662
Linn County	D	+17.5%	45,497	30,958	5,607	83,035
Louisa County	D	+12.1%	2,081	1,565	590	4,275
Lucas County	D	+13.8%	2,168	1,586	433	4,209
Lyon County	R	−35.6%	1,489	3,396	422	5,352
Madison County	D	+8.2%	3,070	2,550	654	6,327
Mahaska County	R	−8.2%	3,737	4,473	656	8,941
Marion County	R	−0.9%	5,978	6,100	871	13,052
Marshall County	D	+9.5%	8,669	7,017	1,455	17,324
Mills County	R	−15.4%	2,068	2,958	683	5,772
Mitchell County	D	+14.2%	2,596	1,877	563	5,071
Monona County	D	+6.6%	1,952	1,674	580	4,238
Monroe County	D	+17.4%	1,884	1,272	329	3,513
Montgomery County	R	−12.9%	1,912	2,583	663	5,198
Muscatine County	D	+11.8%	7,674	5,858	1,705	15,386
O'Brien County	R	−24.4%	2,236	3,877	578	6,735
Osceola County	R	−23.8%	1,010	1,736	274	3,051
Page County	R	−25.7%	2,220	4,032	753	7,043
Palo Alto County	D	+11.8%	2,371	1,817	477	4,703
Plymouth County	R	−13.8%	3,745	5,117	997	9,956
Pocahontas County	D	+6.5%	1,981	1,707	478	4,215
Polk County	D	+14.7%	83,877	60,884	9,516	156,106
Pottawattamie County	R	−7.2%	13,276	15,648	3,534	32,821
Poweshiek County	D	+11.7%	4,183	3,221	681	8,214
Ringgold County	D	+17.2%	1,439	967	310	2,740
Sac County	R	−0.8%	2,170	2,209	579	4,997
Scott County	D	+9.1%	32,694	26,751	4,991	65,202
Shelby County	R	−14.8%	2,176	3,056	652	5,941
Sioux County	R	−60.0%	2,392	10,864	718	14,110
Story County	D	+14.6%	17,234	12,468	2,091	32,695
Tama County	D	+13.0%	3,994	2,986	713	7,752
Taylor County	D	+1.2%	1,458	1,419	379	3,276
Union County	D	+11.2%	2,787	2,156	660	5,657
Van Buren County	D	+2.3%	1,536	1,460	347	3,375
Wapello County	D	+24.4%	8,437	4,828	1,376	14,770
Warren County	D	+12.7%	9,120	6,905	1,267	17,472
Washington County	D	+2.8%	3,828	3,600	636	8,173
Wayne County	D	+10.9%	1,650	1,295	310	3,267
Webster County	D	+12.9%	8,380	6,275	1,580	16,328
Winnebago County	D	+8.5%	2,679	2,211	590	5,521
Winneshiek County	D	+6.7%	4,122	3,532	973	8,770
Woodbury County	D	+2.3%	17,224	16,368	3,436	37,464
Worth County	D	+25.1%	2,293	1,284	403	4,012
Wright County	D	+7.4%	2,912	2,473	536	5,959