Indiana — 1996 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1996 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentDoleR+5.6
How it voted
Share of the 1996 vote
| Bob Dole ✓Republican | 47.1% | 1,006,693 |
|---|---|---|
| Bill ClintonDemocratic | 41.5% | 887,424 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 11.3% | 241,725 |
1996presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Blackford County, IN | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+38.2 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Crawford County, IN | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+16.9 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Delaware County, IN | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Dubois County, IN | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Floyd County, IN | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Gibson County, IN | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+46.5 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Knox County, IN | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+37.2 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+31.9 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Democratic | D+14.7 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Madison County, IN | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Monroe County, IN | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+29.0 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Pike County, IN | Democratic | D+10.3 |
| Porter County, IN | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Posey County, IN | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Spencer County, IN | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+8.0 |
| Starke County, IN | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+10.1 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+13.8 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+5.8 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Warrick County, IN | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+22.8 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Bob Dole+2,713 | 6,96055.1% | 4,24733.6% | 1,43011.3% | 12,637 |
| Allen County | Bob Dole+17,805 | 59,25553.6% | 41,45037.5% | 9,9409.0% | 110,645 |
| Bartholomew County | Bob Dole+3,887 | 13,18851.6% | 9,30136.4% | 3,06912.0% | 25,558 |
| Benton County | Bob Dole+636 | 1,94749.9% | 1,31133.6% | 64216.5% | 3,900 |
| Blackford County | Bill Clinton+265 | 2,07040.4% | 2,33545.5% | 72514.1% | 5,130 |
| Boone County | Bob Dole+6,713 | 11,33864.4% | 4,62526.3% | 1,6339.3% | 17,596 |
| Brown County | Bob Dole+575 | 2,98847.4% | 2,41338.2% | 90814.4% | 6,309 |
| Carroll County | Bob Dole+1,315 | 4,06250.6% | 2,74734.2% | 1,22215.2% | 8,031 |
| Cass County | Bob Dole+2,601 | 8,02051.3% | 5,41934.6% | 2,20214.1% | 15,641 |
| Clark County | Bill Clinton+3,403 | 14,39640.1% | 17,79949.6% | 3,72110.4% | 35,916 |
| Clay County | Bob Dole+1,253 | 4,85849.0% | 3,60536.4% | 1,45214.6% | 9,915 |
| Clinton County | Bob Dole+2,207 | 6,15653.2% | 3,94934.1% | 1,46612.7% | 11,571 |
| Crawford County | Bill Clinton+565 | 1,75936.6% | 2,32448.3% | 72715.1% | 4,810 |
| Daviess County | Bob Dole+2,301 | 5,53156.4% | 3,23032.9% | 1,05410.7% | 9,815 |
| Dearborn County | Bob Dole+2,049 | 8,31850.6% | 6,26938.1% | 1,85211.3% | 16,439 |
| Decatur County | Bob Dole+1,592 | 4,78250.8% | 3,19033.9% | 1,43715.3% | 9,409 |
| DeKalb County | Bob Dole+2,011 | 6,85151.4% | 4,84036.3% | 1,64812.4% | 13,339 |
| Delaware County | Bill Clinton+2,259 | 18,12640.4% | 20,38545.4% | 6,35214.2% | 44,863 |
| Dubois County | Bob Dole+341 | 6,84044.9% | 6,49942.6% | 1,91112.5% | 15,250 |
| Elkhart County | Bob Dole+12,172 | 28,77056.6% | 16,59832.6% | 5,48210.8% | 50,850 |
| Fayette County | Bob Dole+269 | 4,09144.9% | 3,82241.9% | 1,20713.2% | 9,120 |
| Floyd County | Bill Clinton+1,341 | 12,47342.9% | 13,81447.5% | 2,7859.6% | 29,072 |
| Fountain County | Bob Dole+1,657 | 3,98454.0% | 2,32731.6% | 1,06314.4% | 7,374 |
| Franklin County | Bob Dole+1,359 | 4,16752.3% | 2,80835.2% | 1,00012.5% | 7,975 |
| Fulton County | Bob Dole+978 | 3,93448.7% | 2,95636.6% | 1,18014.6% | 8,070 |
| Gibson County | Bill Clinton+1,096 | 5,39239.9% | 6,48848.0% | 1,64812.2% | 13,528 |
| Grant County | Bob Dole+3,625 | 13,44350.8% | 9,81837.1% | 3,21712.1% | 26,478 |
| Greene County | Bob Dole+469 | 5,74644.7% | 5,27741.0% | 1,83914.3% | 12,862 |
| Hamilton County | Bob Dole+28,639 | 42,79269.4% | 14,15323.0% | 4,6747.6% | 61,619 |
| Hancock County | Bob Dole+6,784 | 12,90760.2% | 6,12328.6% | 2,39811.2% | 21,428 |
| Harrison County | Bob Dole+173 | 6,07343.7% | 5,90042.5% | 1,91213.8% | 13,885 |
| Hendricks County | Bob Dole+12,901 | 22,29363.1% | 9,39226.6% | 3,61810.2% | 35,303 |
| Henry County | Bob Dole+870 | 8,53745.7% | 7,66741.0% | 2,48713.3% | 18,691 |
| Howard County | Bob Dole+4,772 | 16,77150.5% | 11,99936.1% | 4,43513.4% | 33,205 |
| Huntington County | Bob Dole+3,988 | 8,27558.8% | 4,28730.5% | 1,51410.8% | 14,076 |
| Jackson County | Bob Dole+733 | 5,88346.4% | 5,15040.6% | 1,64213.0% | 12,675 |
| Jasper County | Bob Dole+1,619 | 5,17351.3% | 3,55435.3% | 1,35013.4% | 10,077 |
| Jay County | Bob Dole+228 | 3,58444.7% | 3,35641.9% | 1,07713.4% | 8,017 |
| Jefferson County | Bill Clinton+614 | 4,82741.0% | 5,44146.2% | 1,51712.9% | 11,785 |
| Jennings County | Bob Dole+238 | 4,46142.8% | 4,22340.5% | 1,73616.7% | 10,420 |
| Johnson County | Bob Dole+12,455 | 23,73360.5% | 11,27828.7% | 4,24810.8% | 39,259 |
| Knox County | Bill Clinton+608 | 6,39541.2% | 7,00345.1% | 2,13413.7% | 15,532 |
| Kosciusko County | Bob Dole+8,918 | 15,08463.0% | 6,16625.8% | 2,69511.3% | 23,945 |
| LaGrange County | Bob Dole+1,329 | 4,03352.1% | 2,70434.9% | 1,00313.0% | 7,740 |
| Lake County | Bill Clinton+52,325 | 47,87329.2% | 100,19861.1% | 15,7899.6% | 163,860 |
| LaPorte County | Bill Clinton+5,773 | 14,10635.8% | 19,87950.5% | 5,39213.7% | 39,377 |
| Lawrence County | Bob Dole+2,404 | 8,10750.6% | 5,70335.6% | 2,19913.7% | 16,009 |
| Madison County | Bill Clinton+621 | 23,15143.1% | 23,77244.3% | 6,79712.7% | 53,720 |
| Marion County | Bob Dole+8,881 | 133,32947.2% | 124,44844.1% | 24,4378.7% | 282,214 |
| Marshall County | Bob Dole+2,672 | 8,15852.8% | 5,48635.5% | 1,79611.6% | 15,440 |
| Martin County | Bob Dole+433 | 2,28148.3% | 1,84839.2% | 59112.5% | 4,720 |
| Miami County | Bob Dole+2,459 | 6,71952.7% | 4,26033.4% | 1,78114.0% | 12,760 |
| Monroe County | Bill Clinton+1,787 | 16,74442.3% | 18,53146.8% | 4,33410.9% | 39,609 |
| Montgomery County | Bob Dole+3,880 | 7,70557.5% | 3,82528.6% | 1,86713.9% | 13,397 |
| Morgan County | Bob Dole+7,060 | 12,87259.6% | 5,81226.9% | 2,91213.5% | 21,596 |
| Newton County | Bob Dole+178 | 2,07543.1% | 1,89739.4% | 83817.4% | 4,810 |
| Noble County | Bob Dole+1,681 | 6,78250.2% | 5,10137.7% | 1,63612.1% | 13,519 |
| Ohio County | Bob Dole+15 | 1,09844.4% | 1,08343.8% | 29311.8% | 2,474 |
| Orange County | Bob Dole+339 | 3,35545.7% | 3,01641.1% | 97213.2% | 7,343 |
| Owen County | Bob Dole+812 | 3,05648.8% | 2,24435.8% | 96615.4% | 6,266 |
| Parke County | Bob Dole+698 | 3,15147.6% | 2,45337.1% | 1,01515.3% | 6,619 |
| Perry County | Bill Clinton+1,873 | 2,55432.2% | 4,42755.8% | 94912.0% | 7,930 |
| Pike County | Bill Clinton+606 | 2,17437.0% | 2,78047.3% | 91815.6% | 5,872 |
| Porter County | Bill Clinton+1,113 | 22,93142.0% | 24,04444.0% | 7,62614.0% | 54,601 |
| Posey County | Bill Clinton+327 | 4,63842.3% | 4,96545.3% | 1,35112.3% | 10,954 |
| Pulaski County | Bob Dole+683 | 2,69350.0% | 2,01037.3% | 68812.8% | 5,391 |
| Putnam County | Bob Dole+1,996 | 5,95851.3% | 3,96234.1% | 1,69614.6% | 11,616 |
| Randolph County | Bob Dole+621 | 4,70845.2% | 4,08739.2% | 1,62515.6% | 10,420 |
| Ripley County | Bob Dole+1,206 | 5,30349.7% | 4,09738.4% | 1,27612.0% | 10,676 |
| Rush County | Bob Dole+1,249 | 3,82751.5% | 2,57834.7% | 1,02313.8% | 7,428 |
| Scott County | Bill Clinton+1,178 | 2,62036.4% | 3,79852.7% | 78910.9% | 7,207 |
| Shelby County | Bob Dole+2,404 | 7,77851.4% | 5,37435.5% | 1,99013.1% | 15,142 |
| Spencer County | Bill Clinton+288 | 3,77043.7% | 4,05847.1% | 7929.2% | 8,620 |
| St. Joseph County | Bill Clinton+7,423 | 38,28141.1% | 45,70449.0% | 9,2039.9% | 93,188 |
| Starke County | Bill Clinton+746 | 3,10838.1% | 3,85447.3% | 1,18814.6% | 8,150 |
| Steuben County | Bob Dole+1,389 | 5,51349.5% | 4,12437.1% | 1,49313.4% | 11,130 |
| Sullivan County | Bill Clinton+869 | 3,20737.1% | 4,07647.2% | 1,35915.7% | 8,642 |
| Switzerland County | Bill Clinton+230 | 1,26639.7% | 1,49646.9% | 42513.3% | 3,187 |
| Tippecanoe County | Bob Dole+5,324 | 22,55649.5% | 17,23237.8% | 5,79812.7% | 45,586 |
| Tipton County | Bob Dole+1,502 | 3,98053.9% | 2,47833.6% | 92712.6% | 7,385 |
| Union County | Bob Dole+315 | 1,33448.9% | 1,01937.3% | 37713.8% | 2,730 |
| Vanderburgh County | Bill Clinton+2,425 | 28,50943.2% | 30,93446.9% | 6,5189.9% | 65,961 |
| Vermillion County | Bill Clinton+917 | 2,33435.1% | 3,25148.9% | 1,06816.1% | 6,653 |
| Vigo County | Bill Clinton+2,223 | 15,75140.9% | 17,97446.7% | 4,77412.4% | 38,499 |
| Wabash County | Bob Dole+2,413 | 6,99053.8% | 4,57735.2% | 1,42911.0% | 12,996 |
| Warren County | Bob Dole+284 | 1,67846.0% | 1,39438.2% | 57515.8% | 3,647 |
| Warrick County | Bill Clinton+64 | 9,22143.7% | 9,28544.0% | 2,60312.3% | 21,109 |
| Washington County | Bob Dole+247 | 4,06644.1% | 3,81941.5% | 1,32614.4% | 9,211 |
| Wayne County | Bob Dole+1,283 | 12,18847.2% | 10,90542.3% | 2,70810.5% | 25,801 |
| Wells County | Bob Dole+2,570 | 6,32256.0% | 3,75233.2% | 1,22010.8% | 11,294 |
| White County | Bob Dole+1,246 | 4,64247.9% | 3,39635.0% | 1,66017.1% | 9,698 |
| Whitley County | Bob Dole+1,789 | 5,96551.3% | 4,17635.9% | 1,48412.8% | 11,625 |
Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Same ballot, 1996IN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1996 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.