Presidential Election of 1996, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary

Updated June 26, 2019 | Infoplease Staff

This table provides information about the election results between candidates William J. Clinton and Robert J. Dole

Principal Candidates for President and Vice President:
Democratic—William J. Clinton; Albert A. Gore, Jr.
Republican—Robert J. Dole; Jack F. Kemp
Reform Party—H. Ross Perot; Pat Choate

William J. Clinton Robert J. Dole H. Ross Perot Electoral votes
Popular
vote
% Popular
vote
% Popular
vote
% D R RP
Alabama 662,16543% 769,04450% 92,1496% 09 0
Alaska 80,380 33 122,74651 26,33311 03 0
Arizona 653,28846 622,073 44 112,0728 8 00
Arkansas 475,171 54 325,416 37 69,8848 6 00
California 5,119,835 51 3,828,38038 697,8477 54 00
Colorado 671,15244 691,84846 99,629 7 08 0
Connecticut 735,74052 483,10935 139,523 10 8 0 0
Delaware 140,35552 99,0623728,719 11 3 00
D.C. 158,220 8517,3399 3,611 2 3 0 0
Florida 2,546,870 48 2,244,536 42 483,870 9 25 00
Georgia 1,053,84946 1,080,843 47 146,337 6 013 0
Hawaii 205,012 57 113,943 32 27,358 7 4 00
Idaho 165,443 34 256,59552 62,518 13 04 0
Illinois 2,341,74454 1,587,02137 346,4088 22 00
Indiana 887,42442 1,006,693 47 224,299 10 012 0
Iowa 620,258 50 492,644 40 105,159 8 7 00
Kansas 387,65936 583,24554 92,6399 0 6 0
Kentucky 636,614 46 623,283 45 120,3969 8 0 0
Louisiana 927,83752 712,58640 123,2937 9 0 0
Maine 312,78852 186,37831 85,970 14 4 00
Maryland 966,207 54 681,53038 115,8126 10 00
Massachusetts 1,571,76361 718,107 28 227,2179 12 00
Michigan 1,989,653 52 1,481,21238 336,670 9 18 00
Minnesota 1,120,43851 766,476 35 257,70412 10 00
Mississippi 394,02244 439,83849 52,2226 07 0
Missouri 1,025,93547 890,01641 217,18810 11 0 0
Montana 167,92241 179,65244 55,22913 03 0
Nebraska 236,76135 363,46754 71,27810 05 0
Nevada 203,974 44 199,24443 43,9869 4 00
New Hampshire 246,214 49 196,532 3948,39010 4 00
New Jersey 1,652,32954 1,103,07836 262,134 815 00
New Mexico 273,49549 232,751 42 32,2576 5 00
New York 3,756,177 59 1,933,49231 503,458 8 33 00
North Carolina 1,107,84944 1,225,93849 168,0597 014 0
North Dakota 106,905 40 125,05047 32,51512 03 0
Ohio 2,148,222 47 1,859,88340 483,20711 21 00
Oklahoma 488,105 40 582,31548 130,788 11 08 0
Oregon 649,641 47 538,15239 121,2219 7 00
Pennsylvania 2,215,81949 1,801,16940 430,984 10 23 00
Rhode Island 233,050 60 104,68327 43,72311 4 00
South Carolina 506,28344 573,458 50 64,386 50 8 0
South Dakota 139,333 43 150,543 46 31,25010 03 0
Tennessee 909,146 48 863,53046 105,9185 11 00
Texas 2,459,683 44 2,736,16749 378,5377 032 0
Utah 221,63333 361,91154 66,46110 05 0
Vermont 137,89453 80,35231 31,02412 3 00
Virginia 1,091,06045 1,138,35047 159,8617 013 0
Washington 1,123,32350 840,71237 201,0039 11 00
West Virginia 327,812 51 233,94637 71,63911 5 00
Wisconsin 1,071,97149 845,029 39 227,339 10 11 00
Wyoming 77,93437 105,388 50 25,92812 03 0
Total 47,402,357 49% 39,198,755 41% 8,085,402 8% 379 159 0
NOTE: Total electoral votes = 538. Total electoral votes needed to win = 270.
Source: Federal Election Commission.

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