Bob Dole carried Texas R+4.9.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Texas, 1996. The state ran 13.4 points more Republican 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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Texas result

5,611,644 votes counted

Clinton (D)

2,459,683

43.8%

Dole (R)

2,736,167

48.8%

Perot (I)

378,537

6.7%

All others

37,257

0.7%

Margin

R+4.9

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1996 presidential election

Texas, 1996

DoleR+4.9

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bob Dole ✓Republican	48.8%	2,736,167
Bill ClintonDemocratic	43.8%	2,459,683
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	37,257

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Anderson County	R	−5.7%	5,693	6,458	1,170	13,400
Andrews County	R	−29.5%	1,181	2,360	431	4,001
Angelina County	R	−1.7%	11,346	11,789	2,160	25,421
Aransas County	R	−10.8%	2,964	3,769	655	7,440
Archer County	R	−20.2%	1,235	1,974	437	3,655
Armstrong County	R	−33.1%	272	582	75	936
Atascosa County	D	+1.7%	4,259	4,102	813	9,254
Austin County	R	−24.4%	2,719	4,669	577	8,001
Bailey County	R	−26.1%	706	1,246	109	2,066
Bandera County	R	−40.8%	1,383	3,700	520	5,673
Bastrop County	D	+3.1%	6,773	6,323	1,342	14,585
Baylor County	D	+4.6%	955	860	262	2,086
Bee County	D	+10.8%	4,561	3,611	539	8,766
Bell County	R	−13.5%	22,638	30,348	3,666	57,049
Bexar County	D	+5.2%	180,308	161,619	17,822	362,489
Blanco County	R	−26.9%	1,028	1,919	330	3,316
Borden County	R	−30.2%	93	194	45	334
Bosque County	R	−6.9%	2,427	2,840	739	6,026
Bowie County	D	+3.1%	13,657	12,750	2,760	29,270
Brazoria County	R	−20.5%	22,959	36,392	5,869	65,638
Brazos County	R	−21.0%	13,968	22,082	2,215	38,644
Brewster County	D	+5.9%	1,643	1,438	299	3,452
Briscoe County	R	−0.9%	408	416	65	892
Brooks County	D	+72.6%	2,945	413	108	3,488
Brown County	R	−20.2%	4,138	6,524	1,081	11,787
Burleson County	D	+4.9%	2,419	2,174	347	4,953
Burnet County	R	−14.7%	4,123	5,744	1,108	11,049
Caldwell County	D	+9.2%	3,961	3,239	545	7,821
Calhoun County	R	−1.3%	2,753	2,832	507	6,113
Callahan County	R	−17.3%	1,666	2,480	534	4,695
Cameron County	D	+29.1%	34,891	18,434	2,760	56,493
Camp County	D	+11.6%	1,912	1,488	252	3,662
Carson County	R	−36.6%	742	1,742	227	2,730
Cass County	D	+15.0%	5,691	4,066	1,038	10,839
Castro County	R	−5.0%	1,107	1,231	144	2,501
Chambers County	R	−15.6%	2,876	4,101	818	7,831
Cherokee County	R	−10.2%	5,185	6,483	971	12,694
Childress County	R	−18.0%	719	1,072	165	1,962
Clay County	R	−7.4%	1,690	1,997	465	4,160
Cochran County	R	−9.4%	541	667	127	1,336
Coke County	R	−12.6%	595	790	157	1,546
Coleman County	R	−8.4%	1,488	1,793	349	3,645
Collin County	R	−34.5%	37,854	83,750	10,443	132,925
Collingsworth County	R	−10.3%	581	729	118	1,431
Colorado County	R	−8.6%	2,795	3,381	574	6,775
Comal County	R	−37.0%	7,132	16,763	1,903	26,057
Comanche County	D	+0.3%	2,138	2,123	511	4,779
Concho County	R	−5.2%	434	488	107	1,032
Cooke County	R	−28.8%	3,782	7,320	1,150	12,297
Coryell County	R	−13.2%	5,300	7,143	1,443	13,944
Cottle County	D	+8.9%	404	331	77	818
Crane County	R	−20.3%	616	984	201	1,815
Crockett County	R	−1.9%	684	714	147	1,553
Crosby County	D	+6.7%	1,122	968	189	2,287
Culberson County	D	+38.3%	804	329	99	1,241
Dallam County	R	−29.8%	483	970	170	1,634
Dallas County	R	−0.8%	255,766	260,058	36,759	555,953
Dawson County	R	−16.9%	1,612	2,319	232	4,176
Deaf Smith County	R	−27.7%	1,655	3,051	310	5,048
Delta County	D	+6.0%	849	744	146	1,743
Denton County	R	−26.1%	36,138	65,313	9,294	111,596
DeWitt County	R	−24.4%	2,074	3,577	483	6,164
Dickens County	D	+8.4%	509	421	117	1,053
Dimmit County	D	+54.8%	2,242	604	128	2,991
Donley County	R	−31.1%	495	988	97	1,585
Duval County	D	+73.3%	3,958	543	136	4,660
Eastland County	R	−10.3%	2,594	3,272	705	6,596
Ector County	R	−17.5%	12,017	17,746	2,511	32,686
Edwards County	R	−7.3%	437	511	60	1,013
El Paso County	D	+30.2%	83,964	43,255	6,300	134,710
Ellis County	R	−17.5%	10,832	16,046	2,750	29,766
Erath County	R	−11.3%	3,664	4,750	1,134	9,598
Falls County	D	+16.6%	3,256	2,260	479	6,012
Fannin County	D	+8.9%	4,276	3,495	980	8,796
Fayette County	R	−13.3%	3,119	4,195	708	8,068
Fisher County	D	+32.7%	1,142	537	170	1,849
Floyd County	R	−20.5%	986	1,530	126	2,648
Foard County	D	+33.0%	355	166	52	573
Fort Bend County	R	−12.7%	38,163	49,945	4,363	92,856
Franklin County	R	−2.6%	1,484	1,575	386	3,452
Freestone County	R	−4.2%	2,630	2,888	568	6,097
Frio County	D	+33.4%	2,593	1,225	253	4,092
Gaines County	R	−25.0%	1,012	1,812	353	3,194
Galveston County	D	+4.0%	38,458	35,251	5,897	80,089
Garza County	R	−13.9%	703	946	103	1,754
Gillespie County	R	−51.7%	1,655	5,867	542	8,151
Glasscock County	R	−64.5%	70	382	30	484
Goliad County	R	−7.6%	1,135	1,335	148	2,635
Gonzales County	R	−11.1%	2,110	2,687	354	5,182
Gray County	R	−45.2%	2,114	6,102	568	8,824
Grayson County	R	−8.0%	14,338	17,169	3,745	35,411
Gregg County	R	−21.2%	13,659	21,611	2,079	37,478
Grimes County	D	+0.4%	2,584	2,564	538	5,701
Guadalupe County	R	−25.3%	8,079	14,254	1,811	24,403
Hale County	R	−27.7%	3,204	5,905	605	9,746
Hall County	D	+8.4%	750	626	94	1,472
Hamilton County	R	−9.7%	1,200	1,493	323	3,031
Hansford County	R	−59.2%	343	1,493	105	1,944
Hardeman County	D	+9.1%	750	610	168	1,531
Hardin County	R	−7.5%	7,179	8,529	2,112	17,900
Harris County	R	−4.1%	386,726	421,462	42,364	855,893
Harrison County	D	+2.2%	10,307	9,835	1,427	21,655
Hartley County	R	−43.1%	463	1,242	101	1,809
Haskell County	D	+15.9%	1,374	966	225	2,572
Hays County	R	−4.8%	11,580	12,865	1,990	26,840
Hemphill County	R	−44.6%	344	986	104	1,438
Henderson County	R	−1.1%	10,085	10,345	2,274	22,772
Hidalgo County	D	+37.6%	56,335	24,437	3,536	84,727
Hill County	R	−4.4%	3,988	4,401	1,052	9,473
Hockley County	R	−29.6%	2,170	4,230	519	6,950
Hood County	R	−14.5%	5,459	7,575	1,445	14,550
Hopkins County	D	+1.8%	4,522	4,341	1,034	9,929
Houston County	R	−0.8%	3,383	3,443	585	7,439
Howard County	R	−12.9%	3,732	5,007	1,037	9,857
Hudspeth County	D	+6.7%	427	367	92	898
Hunt County	R	−8.9%	8,801	10,746	2,225	21,876
Hutchinson County	R	−38.7%	2,553	6,350	864	9,803
Irion County	R	−25.1%	213	386	86	690
Jack County	R	−5.7%	1,019	1,162	301	2,487
Jackson County	R	−16.1%	1,785	2,533	309	4,640
Jasper County	D	+4.8%	5,039	4,523	1,041	10,640
Jeff Davis County	R	−11.6%	370	482	99	963
Jefferson County	D	+15.4%	45,854	32,821	5,314	84,426
Jim Hogg County	D	+62.4%	1,437	307	64	1,812
Jim Wells County	D	+39.0%	7,116	2,989	430	10,572
Johnson County	R	−10.6%	12,817	16,246	3,250	32,473
Jones County	D	+1.3%	2,422	2,351	614	5,410
Karnes County	D	+6.6%	2,154	1,869	291	4,334
Kaufman County	R	−7.3%	7,383	8,697	1,831	17,993
Kendall County	R	−43.8%	2,092	5,940	620	8,781
Kenedy County	D	+29.8%	133	71	4	208
Kent County	D	+14.2%	260	187	67	515
Kerr County	R	−41.6%	4,192	11,173	1,236	16,775
Kimble County	R	−24.1%	521	898	131	1,563
King County	R	−28.0%	46	97	29	182
Kinney County	R	−11.7%	503	650	97	1,256
Kleberg County	D	+19.4%	5,136	3,391	431	8,999
Knox County	D	+12.1%	785	599	149	1,537
La Salle County	D	+43.6%	1,522	570	85	2,184
Lamar County	R	−2.3%	6,075	6,393	1,198	13,722
Lamb County	R	−19.9%	1,683	2,593	283	4,574
Lampasas County	R	−22.2%	1,819	3,008	509	5,362
Lavaca County	R	−16.4%	2,575	3,697	551	6,855
Lee County	R	−7.2%	2,008	2,354	421	4,804
Leon County	R	−11.2%	2,217	2,839	499	5,566
Liberty County	R	−5.4%	6,877	7,784	2,011	16,773
Limestone County	D	+8.2%	3,236	2,691	693	6,646
Lipscomb County	R	−38.1%	357	869	115	1,344
Live Oak County	R	−15.4%	1,372	1,929	292	3,612
Llano County	R	−21.4%	2,633	4,290	762	7,737
Loving County	R	−44.2%	14	48	15	77
Lubbock County	R	−32.9%	22,786	47,304	3,996	74,489
Lynn County	R	−11.3%	903	1,151	136	2,197
Madison County	R	−3.2%	1,470	1,576	293	3,351
Marion County	D	+21.0%	2,028	1,260	353	3,657
Martin County	R	−18.6%	643	973	140	1,773
Mason County	R	−19.1%	618	949	151	1,735
Matagorda County	R	−4.0%	5,374	5,876	1,190	12,494
Maverick County	D	+64.6%	5,307	1,050	202	6,586
McCulloch County	R	−7.8%	1,231	1,465	296	3,008
McLennan County	R	−5.7%	27,050	30,666	5,131	63,083
McMullen County	R	−36.5%	117	274	35	430
Medina County	R	−17.6%	3,880	5,710	715	10,377
Menard County	D	+4.5%	490	443	102	1,043
Midland County	R	−42.5%	9,513	25,382	2,079	37,320
Milam County	D	+11.2%	3,869	3,019	657	7,567
Mills County	R	−14.6%	748	1,044	230	2,033
Mitchell County	D	+11.0%	1,213	949	232	2,405
Montague County	R	−4.7%	2,718	3,029	842	6,626
Montgomery County	R	−38.7%	20,722	51,011	6,065	78,202
Moore County	R	−39.2%	1,358	3,353	359	5,083
Morris County	D	+31.6%	2,973	1,449	402	4,828
Motley County	R	−35.7%	164	380	56	605
Nacogdoches County	R	−14.0%	7,641	10,361	1,352	19,458
Navarro County	D	+6.7%	6,078	5,236	1,140	12,502
Newton County	D	+25.7%	2,554	1,409	474	4,456
Nolan County	D	+7.7%	2,582	2,166	613	5,391
Nueces County	D	+13.5%	50,009	37,470	5,103	93,168
Ochiltree County	R	−64.1%	467	2,448	167	3,091
Oldham County	R	−42.0%	213	583	77	881
Orange County	D	+4.0%	13,741	12,560	2,836	29,311
Palo Pinto County	D	+3.1%	3,938	3,666	1,011	8,655
Panola County	D	+1.8%	4,168	4,008	777	8,988
Parker County	R	−19.1%	9,447	14,580	2,703	26,855
Parmer County	R	−47.3%	676	2,042	160	2,888
Pecos County	D	+2.2%	1,816	1,730	369	3,942
Polk County	R	−0.8%	6,360	6,473	1,347	14,244
Potter County	R	−21.8%	9,273	14,995	1,799	26,245
Presidio County	D	+47.9%	1,205	383	111	1,716
Rains County	D	+5.2%	1,265	1,123	335	2,733
Randall County	R	−48.2%	9,177	28,266	1,985	39,627
Reagan County	R	−20.4%	407	645	101	1,168
Real County	R	−29.8%	414	845	178	1,447
Red River County	D	+12.2%	2,339	1,783	433	4,565
Reeves County	D	+35.9%	2,279	1,007	245	3,546
Refugio County	D	+8.0%	1,635	1,376	222	3,249
Roberts County	R	−51.2%	122	421	40	584
Robertson County	D	+18.7%	2,912	1,944	315	5,175
Rockwall County	R	−39.3%	3,289	8,319	1,121	12,796
Runnels County	R	−13.9%	1,417	1,941	396	3,763
Rusk County	R	−15.7%	5,988	8,423	1,072	15,534
Sabine County	D	+6.4%	1,913	1,660	334	3,925
San Augustine County	D	+17.6%	1,924	1,296	324	3,561
San Jacinto County	R	−1.6%	2,771	2,878	810	6,485
San Patricio County	D	+2.7%	8,132	7,678	1,085	16,983
San Saba County	R	−13.8%	726	991	194	1,916
Schleicher County	R	−6.8%	505	587	111	1,206
Scurry County	R	−14.2%	2,099	2,929	813	5,864
Shackelford County	R	−19.7%	502	792	169	1,471
Shelby County	D	+3.0%	3,720	3,482	815	8,048
Sherman County	R	−49.5%	243	809	89	1,143
Smith County	R	−25.9%	18,265	32,171	2,933	53,643
Somervell County	R	−4.5%	993	1,099	273	2,377
Starr County	D	+76.5%	6,312	756	157	7,260
Stephens County	R	−15.1%	1,218	1,714	336	3,279
Sterling County	R	−31.1%	186	394	86	669
Stonewall County	D	+17.9%	487	323	105	917
Sutton County	R	−13.8%	508	688	102	1,302
Swisher County	D	+2.5%	1,224	1,159	195	2,592
Tarrant County	R	−9.2%	170,431	208,312	28,715	409,644
Taylor County	R	−26.2%	13,213	23,682	2,912	40,021
Terrell County	D	+17.9%	278	185	47	519
Terry County	R	−20.8%	1,272	2,013	269	3,567
Throckmorton County	R	−10.2%	285	360	90	737
Titus County	D	+3.6%	3,725	3,438	744	7,928
Tom Green County	R	−19.3%	11,782	18,112	2,757	32,808
Travis County	D	+12.4%	128,970	98,454	14,008	246,301
Trinity County	D	+13.5%	2,774	2,058	460	5,310
Tyler County	D	+7.9%	3,340	2,804	645	6,821
Upshur County	R	−1.3%	5,032	5,174	1,086	11,320
Upton County	R	−21.7%	424	685	88	1,204
Uvalde County	R	−1.3%	3,397	3,494	403	7,333
Val Verde County	D	+11.9%	5,623	4,357	548	10,600
Van Zandt County	R	−11.3%	5,752	7,453	1,756	15,026
Victoria County	R	−25.8%	8,238	14,457	1,197	24,119
Walker County	R	−7.5%	6,088	7,177	1,186	14,567
Waller County	D	+11.3%	4,535	3,559	499	8,622
Ward County	D	+0.6%	1,644	1,620	446	3,732
Washington County	R	−27.4%	3,460	6,319	601	10,419
Webb County	D	+57.7%	18,997	4,712	936	24,777
Wharton County	R	−8.1%	5,176	6,163	871	12,234
Wheeler County	R	−26.4%	750	1,355	174	2,289
Wichita County	R	−11.8%	15,775	20,495	3,371	39,950
Wilbarger County	R	−7.2%	1,730	2,037	465	4,268
Willacy County	D	+45.4%	3,789	1,332	241	5,411
Williamson County	R	−19.0%	24,175	36,836	4,931	66,522
Wilson County	R	−9.0%	3,713	4,530	760	9,067
Winkler County	R	−6.5%	872	1,009	218	2,103
Wise County	R	−9.8%	5,056	6,330	1,516	12,968
Wood County	R	−12.5%	4,711	6,228	1,184	12,161
Yoakum County	R	−30.4%	738	1,485	218	2,454
Young County	R	−18.7%	2,394	3,647	639	6,697
Zapata County	D	+51.6%	1,786	521	131	2,450
Zavala County	D	+67.8%	2,629	463	91	3,193