Bill Clinton carried Missouri D+6.3.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Missouri, 1996. The state ran 2.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

2,158,065 votes counted

Clinton (D)

1,025,935

47.5%

Dole (R)

890,016

41.2%

Perot (I)

217,188

10.1%

All others

24,926

1.2%

Margin

D+6.3

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1996 presidential election

Missouri, 1996

ClintonD+6.3

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	47.5%	1,025,935
Bob DoleRepublican	41.2%	890,016
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	24,926

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adair County	R	−2.1%	4,441	4,656	1,170	10,397
Andrew County	R	−6.7%	2,807	3,281	964	7,101
Atchison County	R	−2.0%	1,266	1,327	367	2,978
Audrain County	D	+7.5%	4,690	3,955	1,046	9,778
Barry County	R	−12.7%	4,352	5,855	1,494	11,799
Barton County	R	−23.5%	1,625	2,812	563	5,045
Bates County	D	+4.5%	3,224	2,904	949	7,137
Benton County	D	+1.5%	2,996	2,895	764	6,715
Bollinger County	R	−7.4%	2,044	2,420	506	5,047
Boone County	D	+5.7%	24,984	22,047	4,083	51,920
Buchanan County	D	+9.8%	15,848	12,610	4,248	33,018
Butler County	R	−8.5%	5,780	6,996	1,414	14,343
Caldwell County	D	+0.7%	1,487	1,464	468	3,468
Callaway County	D	+2.4%	5,880	5,567	1,530	13,137
Camden County	R	−11.1%	5,566	7,190	1,809	14,694
Cape Girardeau County	R	−20.3%	9,957	15,557	1,861	27,622
Carroll County	D	+5.3%	2,080	1,839	580	4,515
Carter County	R	−0.3%	1,172	1,180	301	2,677
Cass County	R	−6.0%	11,743	13,495	3,474	29,010
Cedar County	R	−8.8%	2,027	2,484	658	5,222
Chariton County	D	+14.0%	2,072	1,508	423	4,032
Christian County	R	−15.3%	6,627	9,477	2,301	18,595
Clark County	D	+20.2%	1,749	1,081	458	3,313
Clay County	D	+5.3%	32,603	28,935	7,048	69,147
Clinton County	D	+9.3%	3,445	2,780	848	7,165
Cole County	R	−18.0%	10,857	16,140	2,121	29,342
Cooper County	R	−2.2%	2,753	2,900	891	6,629
Crawford County	D	+4.7%	3,349	2,990	1,223	7,656
Dade County	R	−16.3%	1,243	1,822	447	3,545
Dallas County	R	−4.9%	2,277	2,554	787	5,674
Daviess County	D	+6.4%	1,534	1,321	466	3,353
DeKalb County	D	+1.4%	1,679	1,627	492	3,846
Dent County	R	−5.6%	2,234	2,542	693	5,538
Douglas County	R	−16.5%	1,744	2,601	775	5,184
Dunklin County	D	+16.3%	5,428	3,766	934	10,173
Franklin County	D	+0.6%	13,908	13,715	5,517	33,734
Gasconade County	R	−15.0%	2,104	2,997	820	5,971
Gentry County	D	+4.0%	1,493	1,361	416	3,291
Greene County	R	−9.2%	39,300	48,193	8,569	97,164
Grundy County	D	+4.0%	2,073	1,883	631	4,698
Harrison County	R	−2.8%	1,628	1,737	484	3,880
Henry County	D	+14.4%	4,579	3,260	1,231	9,137
Hickory County	D	+9.4%	1,858	1,491	531	3,912
Holt County	R	−6.4%	1,144	1,323	314	2,806
Howard County	D	+11.2%	2,014	1,545	568	4,203
Howell County	R	−5.4%	5,261	5,991	2,066	13,524
Iron County	D	+21.5%	2,221	1,328	568	4,160
Jackson County	D	+21.9%	140,317	85,534	21,047	249,658
Jasper County	R	−20.4%	11,462	18,361	3,545	33,761
Jefferson County	D	+12.4%	32,073	23,877	8,893	66,102
Johnson County	R	−0.4%	6,220	6,276	1,911	14,574
Knox County	D	+1.4%	891	862	254	2,021
Laclede County	R	−16.0%	4,047	5,887	1,459	11,499
Lafayette County	D	+4.8%	6,118	5,489	1,516	13,203
Lawrence County	R	−13.3%	4,465	6,099	1,613	12,332
Lewis County	D	+14.3%	2,050	1,453	644	4,176
Lincoln County	D	+5.9%	5,644	4,897	1,881	12,611
Linn County	D	+14.8%	2,967	2,097	781	5,891
Livingston County	D	+8.6%	2,913	2,384	777	6,130
Macon County	D	+4.7%	2,937	2,634	848	6,480
Madison County	D	+16.2%	2,351	1,595	625	4,663
Maries County	R	−0.6%	1,540	1,560	516	3,636
Marion County	D	+2.5%	4,924	4,653	1,082	10,721
McDonald County	R	−17.2%	1,980	3,008	923	5,973
Mercer County	D	+2.5%	700	660	208	1,581
Miller County	R	−14.6%	3,110	4,387	1,185	8,739
Mississippi County	D	+31.2%	3,235	1,595	380	5,249
Moniteau County	R	−8.7%	2,129	2,603	693	5,465
Monroe County	D	+15.8%	1,938	1,333	532	3,831
Montgomery County	D	+2.9%	2,277	2,124	772	5,225
Morgan County	R	−0.7%	3,006	3,059	1,006	7,133
New Madrid County	D	+26.9%	4,451	2,417	663	7,570
Newton County	R	−23.4%	5,840	10,067	1,995	18,085
Nodaway County	D	+7.1%	3,966	3,362	1,043	8,461
Oregon County	D	+7.6%	1,795	1,502	475	3,841
Osage County	R	−15.2%	2,045	2,890	608	5,568
Ozark County	R	−11.0%	1,445	1,882	595	3,989
Pemiscot County	D	+27.3%	3,371	1,820	458	5,677
Perry County	R	−13.4%	2,517	3,427	777	6,781
Pettis County	R	−8.4%	6,057	7,336	1,716	15,265
Phelps County	R	−3.8%	6,405	6,990	1,703	15,297
Pike County	D	+19.2%	3,495	2,209	916	6,693
Platte County	R	−2.1%	12,705	13,332	3,035	29,389
Polk County	R	−13.4%	3,307	4,521	1,169	9,089
Pulaski County	R	−3.4%	3,783	4,089	1,141	9,079
Putnam County	R	−10.4%	857	1,091	276	2,245
Ralls County	D	+12.0%	1,998	1,513	520	4,052
Randolph County	D	+13.7%	4,502	3,274	1,130	8,985
Ray County	D	+20.8%	4,714	2,884	1,113	8,787
Reynolds County	D	+24.6%	1,631	903	386	2,960
Ripley County	D	+2.0%	2,081	1,988	530	4,658
Saline County	D	+20.7%	4,765	2,931	1,090	8,854
Schuyler County	D	+4.1%	857	777	287	1,933
Scotland County	D	+10.3%	990	773	326	2,106
Scott County	D	+2.4%	7,011	6,641	1,483	15,252
Shannon County	D	+14.3%	1,882	1,339	524	3,796
Shelby County	D	+6.4%	1,410	1,213	413	3,060
St. Charles County	R	−6.2%	41,369	47,705	11,591	102,246
St. Clair County	D	+3.6%	1,974	1,815	650	4,473
St. Francois County	D	+16.0%	9,034	6,200	2,266	17,726
St. Louis city	D	+56.6%	91,233	22,121	7,276	122,003
St. Louis County	D	+6.4%	225,524	196,096	34,850	462,278
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+22.6%	3,597	2,078	942	6,727
Stoddard County	R	−1.2%	4,883	5,020	1,185	11,176
Stone County	R	−17.0%	3,497	5,223	1,353	10,161
Sullivan County	D	+4.2%	1,402	1,275	340	3,054
Taney County	R	−16.9%	4,623	6,844	1,580	13,160
Texas County	R	−1.8%	3,897	4,065	1,335	9,440
Vernon County	D	+3.1%	3,363	3,123	1,135	7,674
Warren County	R	−3.8%	3,443	3,768	1,254	8,607
Washington County	D	+26.2%	4,315	2,259	1,169	7,850
Wayne County	D	+10.3%	2,754	2,172	674	5,649
Webster County	R	−10.9%	3,855	4,958	1,214	10,152
Worth County	D	+2.5%	572	540	150	1,273
Wright County	R	−21.1%	2,280	3,754	890	6,995