United States presidential election in North Dakota, 1996

United States presidential election in North Dakota, 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 3 0 0 Popular vote 125,050 106,905 32,515 Percentage 46.94% 40.13% 12.20%

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

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. North Dakota voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

North Dakota 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]

North Dakota weighed in for this election as 5% more third-party than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for North Dakota, with almost 13% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. All major counties in North Dakota turned out for Dole, including the (relativity) highly populated center of Cass County, which contains the city of Fargo.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 12% of the votes in North Dakota, 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 North Dakota, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	125,050	46.94%	3
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	106,905	40.13%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	32,515	12.20%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	847	0.32%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	745	0.28%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	349	0.13%	0
Totals			266,411	100.00%	3
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.