Bob Dole carried Indiana R+5.6.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Indiana, 1996. The state ran 14.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

2,135,842 votes counted

Clinton (D)

887,424

41.5%

Dole (R)

1,006,693

47.1%

Perot + others

241,725

11.3%

Margin

R+5.6

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1996 presidential election

Indiana, 1996

DoleR+5.6

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bob Dole ✓Republican	47.1%	1,006,693
Bill ClintonDemocratic	41.5%	887,424
Ross PerotReform	11.3%	241,725

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

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	−18.9%

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County results — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−21.5%	4,247	6,960	12,637
Allen County	R	−16.1%	41,450	59,255	110,645
Bartholomew County	R	−15.2%	9,301	13,188	25,558
Benton County	R	−16.3%	1,311	1,947	3,900
Blackford County	D	+5.2%	2,335	2,070	5,130
Boone County	R	−38.2%	4,625	11,338	17,596
Brown County	R	−9.1%	2,413	2,988	6,309
Carroll County	R	−16.4%	2,747	4,062	8,031
Cass County	R	−16.6%	5,419	8,020	15,641
Clark County	D	+9.5%	17,799	14,396	35,916
Clay County	R	−12.6%	3,605	4,858	9,915
Clinton County	R	−19.1%	3,949	6,156	11,571
Crawford County	D	+11.7%	2,324	1,759	4,810
Daviess County	R	−23.4%	3,230	5,531	9,815
Dearborn County	R	−12.5%	6,269	8,318	16,439
Decatur County	R	−16.9%	3,190	4,782	9,409
DeKalb County	R	−15.1%	4,840	6,851	13,339
Delaware County	D	+5.0%	20,385	18,126	44,863
Dubois County	R	−2.2%	6,499	6,840	15,250
Elkhart County	R	−23.9%	16,598	28,770	50,850
Fayette County	R	−2.9%	3,822	4,091	9,120
Floyd County	D	+4.6%	13,814	12,473	29,072
Fountain County	R	−22.5%	2,327	3,984	7,374
Franklin County	R	−17.0%	2,808	4,167	7,975
Fulton County	R	−12.1%	2,956	3,934	8,070
Gibson County	D	+8.1%	6,488	5,392	13,528
Grant County	R	−13.7%	9,818	13,443	26,478
Greene County	R	−3.6%	5,277	5,746	12,862
Hamilton County	R	−46.5%	14,153	42,792	61,619
Hancock County	R	−31.7%	6,123	12,907	21,428
Harrison County	R	−1.2%	5,900	6,073	13,885
Hendricks County	R	−36.5%	9,392	22,293	35,303
Henry County	R	−4.7%	7,667	8,537	18,691
Howard County	R	−14.4%	11,999	16,771	33,205
Huntington County	R	−28.3%	4,287	8,275	14,076
Jackson County	R	−5.8%	5,150	5,883	12,675
Jasper County	R	−16.1%	3,554	5,173	10,077
Jay County	R	−2.8%	3,356	3,584	8,017
Jefferson County	D	+5.2%	5,441	4,827	11,785
Jennings County	R	−2.3%	4,223	4,461	10,420
Johnson County	R	−31.7%	11,278	23,733	39,259
Knox County	D	+3.9%	7,003	6,395	15,532
Kosciusko County	R	−37.2%	6,166	15,084	23,945
LaGrange County	R	−17.2%	2,704	4,033	7,740
Lake County	D	+31.9%	100,198	47,873	163,860
LaPorte County	D	+14.7%	19,879	14,106	39,377
Lawrence County	R	−15.0%	5,703	8,107	16,009
Madison County	D	+1.2%	23,772	23,151	53,720
Marion County	R	−3.1%	124,448	133,329	282,214
Marshall County	R	−17.3%	5,486	8,158	15,440
Martin County	R	−9.2%	1,848	2,281	4,720
Miami County	R	−19.3%	4,260	6,719	12,760
Monroe County	D	+4.5%	18,531	16,744	39,609
Montgomery County	R	−29.0%	3,825	7,705	13,397
Morgan County	R	−32.7%	5,812	12,872	21,596
Newton County	R	−3.7%	1,897	2,075	4,810
Noble County	R	−12.4%	5,101	6,782	13,519
Ohio County	R	−0.6%	1,083	1,098	2,474
Orange County	R	−4.6%	3,016	3,355	7,343
Owen County	R	−13.0%	2,244	3,056	6,266
Parke County	R	−10.5%	2,453	3,151	6,619
Perry County	D	+23.6%	4,427	2,554	7,930
Pike County	D	+10.3%	2,780	2,174	5,872
Porter County	D	+2.0%	24,044	22,931	54,601
Posey County	D	+3.0%	4,965	4,638	10,954
Pulaski County	R	−12.7%	2,010	2,693	5,391
Putnam County	R	−17.2%	3,962	5,958	11,616
Randolph County	R	−6.0%	4,087	4,708	10,420
Ripley County	R	−11.3%	4,097	5,303	10,676
Rush County	R	−16.8%	2,578	3,827	7,428
Scott County	D	+16.3%	3,798	2,620	7,207
Shelby County	R	−15.9%	5,374	7,778	15,142
Spencer County	D	+3.3%	4,058	3,770	8,620
St. Joseph County	D	+8.0%	45,704	38,281	93,188
Starke County	D	+9.2%	3,854	3,108	8,150
Steuben County	R	−12.5%	4,124	5,513	11,130
Sullivan County	D	+10.1%	4,076	3,207	8,642
Switzerland County	D	+7.2%	1,496	1,266	3,187
Tippecanoe County	R	−11.7%	17,232	22,556	45,586
Tipton County	R	−20.3%	2,478	3,980	7,385
Union County	R	−11.5%	1,019	1,334	2,730
Vanderburgh County	D	+3.7%	30,934	28,509	65,961
Vermillion County	D	+13.8%	3,251	2,334	6,653
Vigo County	D	+5.8%	17,974	15,751	38,499
Wabash County	R	−18.6%	4,577	6,990	12,996
Warren County	R	−7.8%	1,394	1,678	3,647
Warrick County	D	+0.3%	9,285	9,221	21,109
Washington County	R	−2.7%	3,819	4,066	9,211
Wayne County	R	−5.0%	10,905	12,188	25,801
Wells County	R	−22.8%	3,752	6,322	11,294
White County	R	−12.8%	3,396	4,642	9,698
Whitley County	R	−15.4%	4,176	5,965	11,625