Bill Clinton carried Minnesota D+16.1.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Minnesota, 1996. The state ran 7.6 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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Minnesota result

2,192,640 votes counted

Clinton (D)

1,120,438

51.1%

Dole (R)

766,476

35.0%

Perot (I)

257,704

11.8%

All others

48,022

2.2%

Margin

D+16.1

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1996 presidential election

Minnesota, 1996

ClintonD+16.1

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	51.1%	1,120,438
Bob DoleRepublican	35.0%	766,476
Ross PerotReform	2.2%	48,022

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Aitkin County	D	+20.0%	3,810	2,327	1,155	7,404
Anoka County	D	+17.7%	63,756	41,745	16,448	124,022
Becker County	D	+3.4%	5,911	5,461	1,813	13,374
Beltrami County	D	+13.9%	8,006	5,806	1,635	15,848
Benton County	D	+8.8%	6,006	4,835	2,133	13,233
Big Stone County	D	+21.0%	1,619	990	368	3,001
Blue Earth County	D	+13.2%	12,420	9,082	3,324	25,261
Brown County	R	−5.8%	4,864	5,580	1,786	12,359
Carlton County	D	+28.9%	8,052	4,034	1,591	13,915
Carver County	R	−2.9%	11,554	12,380	3,781	28,168
Cass County	D	+5.4%	5,437	4,791	1,620	12,029
Chippewa County	D	+17.3%	3,178	2,119	782	6,124
Chisago County	D	+14.8%	8,611	5,984	2,812	17,733
Clay County	D	+8.0%	10,476	8,764	1,733	21,319
Clearwater County	D	+4.4%	1,578	1,423	471	3,514
Cook County	D	+6.3%	1,169	1,010	246	2,529
Cottonwood County	D	+1.7%	2,737	2,633	741	6,172
Crow Wing County	D	+4.3%	11,156	10,095	3,423	24,963
Dakota County	D	+13.0%	77,297	57,244	17,095	154,266
Dodge County	D	+4.6%	3,233	2,888	1,223	7,435
Douglas County	R	−1.9%	6,450	6,747	2,093	15,464
Faribault County	D	+6.6%	3,817	3,272	1,103	8,262
Fillmore County	D	+12.8%	4,732	3,466	1,575	9,861
Freeborn County	D	+20.6%	8,458	5,166	2,226	15,988
Goodhue County	D	+13.0%	9,931	7,293	2,806	20,318
Grant County	D	+14.7%	1,806	1,284	434	3,562
Hennepin County	D	+21.2%	285,126	173,887	47,663	524,306
Houston County	D	+5.1%	4,153	3,674	1,439	9,450
Hubbard County	D	+2.4%	3,802	3,593	1,141	8,711
Isanti County	D	+12.3%	6,041	4,450	2,242	12,955
Itasca County	D	+20.5%	10,706	6,506	2,889	20,473
Jackson County	D	+9.8%	2,727	2,153	908	5,839
Kanabec County	D	+16.9%	2,927	1,924	996	5,948
Kandiyohi County	D	+10.2%	9,009	7,119	2,229	18,532
Kittson County	D	+12.3%	1,394	1,055	270	2,749
Koochiching County	D	+20.7%	3,472	2,080	1,098	6,730
Lac qui Parle County	D	+21.8%	2,420	1,447	561	4,465
Lake County	D	+28.3%	3,388	1,684	752	6,029
Lake of the Woods County	D	+3.7%	888	814	287	2,011
Le Sueur County	D	+13.9%	5,457	3,902	1,699	11,209
Lincoln County	D	+13.1%	1,641	1,199	504	3,378
Lyon County	D	+1.1%	5,062	4,932	1,351	11,477
Mahnomen County	D	+6.7%	1,026	877	270	2,209
Marshall County	D	+5.1%	2,333	2,068	710	5,154
Martin County	D	+3.9%	4,718	4,303	1,405	10,517
McLeod County	D	+3.9%	6,027	5,474	2,402	14,063
Meeker County	D	+11.4%	4,531	3,428	1,571	9,639
Mille Lacs County	D	+15.6%	4,336	2,948	1,467	8,875
Morrison County	D	+5.1%	5,728	5,054	2,310	13,288
Mower County	D	+30.0%	10,413	4,994	2,464	18,063
Murray County	D	+5.5%	2,173	1,907	753	4,869
Nicollet County	D	+12.4%	6,772	5,057	1,737	13,842
Nobles County	D	+3.7%	4,106	3,769	1,132	9,061
Norman County	D	+13.0%	1,875	1,392	425	3,722
Olmsted County	R	−0.0%	22,857	22,860	5,640	52,044
Otter Tail County	R	−5.0%	10,519	11,808	3,191	25,850
Pennington County	D	+11.6%	2,814	2,129	910	5,915
Pine County	D	+22.8%	5,432	3,080	1,597	10,308
Pipestone County	R	−2.1%	1,999	2,096	599	4,722
Polk County	D	+5.9%	6,369	5,563	1,502	13,587
Pope County	D	+14.7%	2,803	1,992	665	5,529
Ramsey County	D	+29.3%	133,878	66,954	20,351	228,213
Red Lake County	D	+17.0%	1,053	695	334	2,106
Redwood County	R	−9.0%	2,997	3,700	1,053	7,851
Renville County	D	+13.0%	3,956	2,887	1,311	8,238
Rice County	D	+24.9%	12,821	7,016	2,872	23,320
Rock County	R	−0.6%	2,142	2,169	554	4,904
Roseau County	R	−3.3%	2,759	2,988	1,081	6,909
Scott County	D	+5.9%	14,657	12,734	4,886	32,847
Sherburne County	D	+8.0%	10,551	8,699	3,665	23,275
Sibley County	D	+2.7%	2,769	2,590	1,226	6,647
St. Louis County	D	+35.1%	60,736	25,553	11,308	100,196
Stearns County	D	+5.0%	24,238	21,474	8,150	55,045
Steele County	D	+9.1%	6,974	5,617	2,197	14,964
Stevens County	D	+11.0%	2,741	2,141	467	5,455
Swift County	D	+28.4%	3,054	1,541	690	5,330
Todd County	D	+4.1%	4,520	4,078	1,958	10,701
Traverse County	D	+16.2%	1,135	775	295	2,229
Wabasha County	D	+11.2%	4,523	3,452	1,474	9,573
Wadena County	R	−3.6%	2,480	2,696	801	6,040
Waseca County	D	+7.6%	3,819	3,171	1,385	8,472
Washington County	D	+15.8%	45,119	31,219	10,106	88,057
Watonwan County	D	+10.1%	2,534	1,997	711	5,291
Wilkin County	R	−5.9%	1,319	1,508	358	3,220
Winona County	D	+10.7%	10,272	7,955	2,907	21,616
Wright County	D	+6.6%	15,542	13,224	5,550	34,874
Yellow Medicine County	D	+13.1%	2,741	2,006	818	5,624