November 5, 1996

Bill Clinton Wins 1996

Bill Clinton defeats Bob Dole with 364 electoral votes, winning 32 states.

Bill Clinton

364 EV

270 to win

Bob Dole

174 EV

364

174

270

Bill Clinton wins

364

Electoral Votes

49.3%

Popular Vote

States Carried

97,661,552

Total Votes Cast

Bill Clinton won the 1996 presidential election with 364 electoral votes to Bob Dole's 174. Bill Clinton received 49.3% of the popular vote and carried 32 states. Compared to the previous election, 360 counties changed parties—177 flipped Republican and 183 flipped Democratic.

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1996 National Results

Electoral College

270 needed to win

Democrat

Bill Clinton

364

electoral votes

Republican

Bob Dole

174

electoral votes

364

174

270

Popular Vote

97,661,552 total votes

Bill Clinton49.3%

48,135,843 votes

Bob Dole40.6%

39,680,385 votes

D+8.7% margin

(8,455,458 vote difference)

Source: Official state election returnsBill Clinton elected president

State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1996	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	364-174	D+8.7%	DEM
1992	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush	353-185	D+5.6%	DEM
1988	Michael Dukakis	George H.W. Bush	100-438	R+7.7%	GOP
1984	Walter Mondale	Ronald Reagan	13-525	R+18.2%	GOP
1980	Jimmy Carter	Ronald Reagan	51-487	R+9.7%	GOP

State-by-State Results

32 Dem19 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1996	1992	1988	1984	1980
District of Columbia	3	D+75.8	D+75.5	D+68.3	D+71.7	D+61.5
Massachusetts	11	D+33.4	D+18.5	D+7.8	R+2.8	R+0.1
Rhode Island	4	D+32.9	D+18.0	D+11.7	R+3.6	D+10.5
New York	28	D+28.9	D+15.8	D+4.1	R+8.0	R+2.7
Hawaii	4	D+25.3	D+11.4	D+9.5	R+11.3	D+1.9
Vermont	3	D+22.3	D+15.7	R+3.5	R+17.1	R+6.0
Maine	4	D+20.9	D+8.4	R+11.4	R+22.1	R+3.4
Connecticut	7	D+18.1	D+6.4	R+5.1	R+21.9	R+9.6
New Jersey	14	D+17.9	D+2.4	R+13.6	R+20.9	R+13.4
Illinois	19	D+17.5	D+14.2	R+2.1	R+12.9	R+7.9
Arkansas	6	D+16.9	D+17.7	R+14.2	R+22.2	R+0.6
Minnesota	10	D+16.1	D+11.6	D+7.0	D+0.2	D+3.9
Maryland	10	D+16.0	D+14.2	R+2.9	R+5.5	D+3.0
Delaware	3	D+15.3	D+8.2	R+12.4	R+19.9	R+2.3
West Virginia	4	D+14.8	D+13.0	D+4.7	R+10.5	D+4.5
Michigan	15	D+13.2	D+7.4	R+7.9	R+19.0	R+6.5
California	54	D+12.9	D+13.4	R+3.6	R+16.3	R+16.8
Washington	12	D+12.5	D+11.4	D+1.6	R+13.0	R+12.3
Louisiana	8	D+12.1	D+4.6	R+10.2	R+22.6	R+5.5
Iowa	6	D+10.3	D+6.0	D+10.2	R+7.4	R+12.7
Wisconsin	10	D+10.3	D+4.3	D+3.6	R+9.2	R+4.7
New Hampshire	4	D+10.3	D+1.2	R+26.2	R+37.7	R+29.4
Pennsylvania	19	D+9.2	D+9.0	R+2.3	R+7.3	R+7.1
Oregon	8	D+8.1	D+9.9	D+4.7	R+12.2	R+9.7
New Mexico	5	D+7.3	D+8.6	R+5.0	R+20.5	R+18.2
Ohio	17	D+6.4	D+1.8	R+10.8	R+18.8	R+10.6
Missouri	10	D+6.3	D+10.2	R+4.0	R+20.1	R+6.8
Florida	30	D+5.7	R+1.9	R+22.4	R+30.7	R+17.0
Tennessee	11	D+2.4	D+4.7	R+16.3	R+16.3	R+0.3
Arizona	11	D+2.2	R+1.9	R+21.2	R+33.9	R+32.4
Nevada	6	D+1.0	D+2.6	R+20.9	R+33.9	R+35.6
Kentucky	8	D+1.0	D+3.2	R+11.6	R+20.7	R+1.5
Georgia	16	R+1.2	D+0.6	R+20.3	R+20.4	D+14.8
Colorado	10	R+1.4	D+4.3	R+7.8	R+28.3	R+24.0
Virginia	13	R+2.0	R+4.4	R+20.5	R+25.2	R+12.7
Montana	4	R+2.9	D+2.5	R+5.9	R+22.3	R+24.4
South Dakota	3	R+3.5	R+3.5	R+6.3	R+26.5	R+28.8
North Carolina	16	R+4.7	R+0.8	R+16.3	R+24.0	R+2.1
Texas	40	R+4.9	R+3.5	R+12.6	R+27.5	R+13.9
Mississippi	6	R+5.1	R+8.9	R+20.8	R+24.5	R+1.3
Indiana	11	R+5.6	R+6.1	R+20.2	R+24.0	R+18.4
South Carolina	9	R+6.0	R+8.2	R+23.9	R+28.0	R+1.5
North Dakota	3	R+6.8	R+12.0	R+13.1	R+31.0	R+38.0
Alabama	9	R+7.0	R+6.8	R+19.3	R+22.4	R+1.3
Oklahoma	7	R+7.8	R+8.6	R+16.6	R+37.9	R+25.5
Wyoming	3	R+13.0	R+5.6	R+22.5	R+42.3	R+34.7
Alaska	3	R+17.5	R+9.2	R+23.3	R+36.8	R+27.9
Kansas	6	R+18.2	R+5.1	R+13.2	R+33.7	R+24.6
Idaho	4	R+18.5	R+13.6	R+26.1	R+46.0	R+41.3
Nebraska	5	R+18.7	R+17.2	R+21.0	R+41.7	R+39.5
Utah	6	R+21.1	R+18.7	R+34.2	R+49.8	R+52.2

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

177 total

Ellis County, KSR+26.8%Owen County, KYR+23.0%Hanson County, SDR+20.0%Greene County, NCR+19.2%Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKR+18.6%

172 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

183 total

Bethel Census Area, AKD+27.4%Kusilvak Census Area, AKD+26.5%Tyler County, WVD+26.2%Lake and Peninsula Borough, AKD+23.1%Passaic County, NJD+21.8%

178 more counties(Seeker)

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