1996 Presidential Election

William J. Clinton [D]379 of 538 electoral votes

379

Electoral votes — William J. Clinton

159

Electoral votes — Bob Dole

270

Needed for a majority

49.2%

Popular vote — Bill Clinton

Electoral College record, as published by the National Archives

President

William J. Clinton [D]

Main Opponent

Bob Dole [R]

Electoral Vote

Winner: 379 · Main Opponent: 159 · Total/Majority: 538/270

Vice President

Albert Gore, Jr. (379)

V.P. Opponent

Jack Kemp (159)

Notes

Reform Party candidate H. Ross Perot received 7,866,284 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.

Popular vote — national

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Clinton	D	47,402,357	49.2%
Bob Dole	R	39,198,755	40.7%
Ross Perot	REF	8,085,403	8.4%
Ralph Nader	GRN	685,128	0.7%
Harry Browne	LBT	485,798	0.5%
Howard Phillips	UST	184,820	0.2%
John Hagelin	NL	113,670	0.1%
All other candidates and write-ins (52)	—	121,703	0.1%
Total		96,277,634	100%

National figures are the sum of the FEC's certified state-by-state results below. Candidate names and party labels are as the FEC published them; party labels can differ by state.

Popular vote — by state

State	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	Ross Perot	Others	Total
Alabama	662,16543.2%	769,04450.1%	92,1496.0%	10,9910.7%	1,534,349
Alaska	80,38033.3%	122,74650.8%	26,33310.9%	12,1615.0%	241,620
Arizona	653,28846.5%	622,07344.3%	112,0728.0%	16,9721.2%	1,404,405
Arkansas	475,17153.7%	325,41636.8%	69,8847.9%	13,7911.6%	884,262
California	5,119,83551.1%	3,828,38038.2%	697,8477.0%	373,4223.7%	10,019,484
Colorado	671,15244.4%	691,84845.8%	99,6296.6%	48,0753.2%	1,510,704
Connecticut	735,74052.8%	483,10934.7%	139,52310.0%	34,2422.5%	1,392,614
Delaware	140,35551.8%	99,06236.6%	28,72010.6%	2,7081.0%	270,845
District of Columbia	158,22085.2%	17,3399.3%	3,6111.9%	6,5563.5%	185,726
Florida	2,546,87048.0%	2,244,53642.3%	483,8709.1%	28,5180.5%	5,303,794
Georgia	1,053,84945.8%	1,080,84347.0%	146,3376.4%	18,0420.8%	2,299,071
Hawaii	205,01256.9%	113,94331.6%	27,3587.6%	13,8073.8%	360,120
Idaho	165,44333.6%	256,59552.2%	62,51812.7%	7,1631.5%	491,719
Illinois	2,341,74454.3%	1,587,02136.8%	346,4088.0%	36,2180.8%	4,311,391
Indiana	887,42441.5%	1,006,69347.1%	224,29910.5%	17,4260.8%	2,135,842
Iowa	620,25850.3%	492,64439.9%	105,1598.5%	16,0141.3%	1,234,075
Kansas	387,65936.1%	583,24554.3%	92,6398.6%	10,7571.0%	1,074,300
Kentucky	636,61445.8%	623,28344.9%	120,3968.7%	8,4150.6%	1,388,708
Louisiana	927,83752.0%	712,58639.9%	123,2936.9%	20,2431.1%	1,783,959
Maine	312,78851.6%	186,37830.8%	85,97014.2%	20,7613.4%	605,897
Maryland	966,20754.3%	681,53038.3%	115,8126.5%	17,3211.0%	1,780,870
Massachusetts	1,571,76361.5%	718,10728.1%	227,2178.9%	39,6991.6%	2,556,786
Michigan	1,989,65351.7%	1,481,21238.5%	336,6708.7%	41,3091.1%	3,848,844
Minnesota	1,120,43851.1%	766,47635.0%	257,70411.8%	48,0222.2%	2,192,640
Mississippi	394,02244.1%	439,83849.2%	52,2225.8%	7,7750.9%	893,857
Missouri	1,025,93547.5%	890,01641.2%	217,18810.1%	24,9261.2%	2,158,065
Montana	167,92241.2%	179,65244.1%	55,22913.6%	4,4581.1%	407,261
Nebraska	236,76135.0%	363,46753.7%	71,27810.5%	5,9090.9%	677,415
Nevada	203,97443.9%	199,24442.9%	43,9869.5%	17,0753.7%	464,279
New Hampshire	246,21449.3%	196,53239.4%	48,3909.7%	8,0391.6%	499,175
New Jersey	1,652,32953.7%	1,103,07835.9%	262,1348.5%	58,2661.9%	3,075,807
New Mexico	273,49549.2%	232,75141.9%	32,2575.8%	17,5713.2%	556,074
New York	3,756,17759.5%	1,933,49230.6%	503,4588.0%	123,0021.9%	6,316,129
North Carolina	1,107,84944.0%	1,225,93848.7%	168,0596.7%	13,9610.6%	2,515,807
North Dakota	106,90540.1%	125,05046.9%	32,51512.2%	1,9410.7%	266,411
Ohio	2,148,22247.4%	1,859,88341.0%	483,20710.7%	43,1221.0%	4,534,434
Oklahoma	488,10540.4%	582,31548.3%	130,78810.8%	5,5050.5%	1,206,713
Oregon	649,64147.2%	538,15239.1%	121,2218.8%	68,7465.0%	1,377,760
Pennsylvania	2,215,81949.2%	1,801,16940.0%	430,9849.6%	58,1461.3%	4,506,118
Rhode Island	233,05059.7%	104,68326.8%	43,72311.2%	8,8282.3%	390,284
South Carolina	506,28344.0%	573,45849.8%	64,3865.6%	7,5620.7%	1,151,689
South Dakota	139,33343.0%	150,54346.5%	31,2509.7%	2,7000.8%	323,826
Tennessee	909,14648.0%	863,53045.6%	105,9185.6%	15,5110.8%	1,894,105
Texas	2,459,68343.8%	2,736,16748.8%	378,5376.7%	37,2570.7%	5,611,644
Utah	221,63333.3%	361,91154.4%	66,46110.0%	15,6242.3%	665,629
Vermont	137,89453.4%	80,35231.1%	31,02412.0%	9,1793.6%	258,449
Virginia	1,091,06045.1%	1,138,35047.1%	159,8616.6%	27,3711.1%	2,416,642
Washington	1,123,32349.8%	840,71237.3%	201,0038.9%	88,7993.9%	2,253,837
West Virginia	327,81251.5%	233,94636.8%	71,63911.3%	3,0620.5%	636,459
Wisconsin	1,071,97148.8%	845,02938.5%	227,33910.4%	51,8302.4%	2,196,169
Wyoming	77,93436.8%	105,38849.8%	25,92812.3%	2,3211.1%	211,571

“Others” is the state's certified total minus the candidates shown. Every candidate's state result is in the archived FEC workbook.

Electoral votes by state

State	Electoral Vote of each State	For President		For Vice-President
State	Electoral Vote of each State	William J. Clinton, of Arkansas	Robert Dole, of Kansas	Albert Gore, Jr., of Tennessee	Jack Kemp, of New York
Alabama	9	-	9	-	9
Alaska	3	-	3	-	3
Arizona	8	8	-	8	-
Arkansas	6	6	-	6	-
California	54	54	-	54	-
Colorado	8	-	8	-	8
Connecticut	8	8	-	8	-
Delaware	3	3	-	3	-
District of Columbia	3	3	-	3	-
Florida	25	25	-	25	-
Georgia	13	-	13	-	13
Hawaii	4	4	-	4	-
Idaho	4	-	4	-	4
Illinois	22	22	-	22	-
Indiana	12	-	12	-	12
Iowa	7	7	-	7	-
Kansas	6	-	6	-	6
Kentucky	8	8	-	8	-
Louisiana	9	9	-	9	-
Maine	4	4	-	4	-
Maryland	10	10	-	10	-
Massachusetts	12	12	-	12	-
Michigan	18	18	-	18	-
Minnesota	10	10	-	10	-
Mississippi	7	-	7	-	7
Missouri	11	11	-	11	-
Montana	3	-	3	-	3
Nebraska	5	-	5	-	5
Nevada	4	4	-	4	-
New Hampshire	4	4	-	4	-
New Jersey	15	15	-	15	-
New Mexico	5	5	-	5	-
New York	33	33	-	33	-
North Carolina	14	-	14	-	14
North Dakota	3	-	3	-	3
Ohio	21	21	-	21	-
Oklahoma	8	-	8	-	8
Oregon	7	7	-	7	-
Pennsylvania	23	23	-	23	-
Rhode Island	4	4	-	4	-
South Carolina	8	-	8	-	8
South Dakota	3	-	3	-	3
Tennessee	11	11	-	11	-
Texas	32	-	32	-	32
Utah	5	-	5	-	5
Vermont	3	3	-	3	-
Virginia	13	-	13	-	13
Washington	11	11	-	11	-
West Virginia	5	5	-	5	-
Wisconsin	11	11	-	11	-
Wyoming	3	-	3	-	3
Total	538	379	159	379	159

Official records

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1996PDF, 3.5 MB · Official source · Archived copy

Federal Election Commission

Electoral and popular vote summaryPDF, 23 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Federal Elections — complete reportPDF, 40.3 MB · Official source · Archived copy
General election votes for President, Senate, and HousePDF, 21 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Guide to party labelsPDF, 17 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Popular vote summaryPDF, 47 KB · Official source · Archived copy
PrefacePDF, 45 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Presidential general election resultsExcel, 58 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Presidential general election resultsPDF, 75 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Presidential primary election resultsExcel, 100 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Presidential primary election resultsPDF, 63 KB · Official source · Archived copy
Primary and general election votes for CongressPDF, 20 KB · Official source · Archived copy
U.S. Senate resultsExcel, 81 KB · Official source · Archived copy
U.S. Senate resultsPDF, 55 KB · Official source · Archived copy
U.S. Senate votes by partyPDF, 19 KB · Official source · Archived copy

National Archives — Office of the Federal Register

1996 Electoral College ResultsHTML, 49 KB · Official source · Archived copy

Provenance

Electoral College record

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Popular vote — Table 1

https://www.fec.gov/documents/1721/FederalElections96_PresidentialGeneralElectionResults.xlsx
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License

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