United States presidential election in Nebraska, 1996

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Reform Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate Electoral vote 5 0 0 Popular vote 363,467 236,761 71,278 Percentage 53.65% 34.95% 10.52%

County Results   Clinton—40-50%   Dole—40-50%   Dole—50-60%   Dole—60-70%   Dole—70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Nebraska voters chose 5 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Nebraska was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator and Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.^[1]

Nebraska weighed in for this election as 3% more third-party than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Nebraska, with more than 11% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. As was typical for the time, nearly every county in Nebraska turned out primarily for the Republican candidate - with the exception of the consistent Democratic stronghold of Saline County, and a few counties conglomerate with Sioux City, Iowa, in the Northeastern corner of Nebraska, which tended to vote Democratic at this time.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 10% of the votes in Nebraska, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.

Results

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	363,467	53.65%	5
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	236,761	34.95%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	71,278	10.52%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,792	0.41%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	1,928	0.28%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,189	0.18%	0
Totals			677,415	100.00%	5
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

See also

• Yugoslav Wars
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.