1996 United States presidential election in Alabama
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alabama was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Dole winning 50.12% to 43.16% over President Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 6.96%.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX, although listed as an "Independent" in Alabama) finished in third, with 6.01% of the popular vote.
President Clinton became the first Democrat to carry Montgomery County since Adlai Stevenson II in 1952.[2] As well as the first to win two terms without ever carrying the state. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last time a Democrat has carried any of the following counties: Butler, Chambers, Cherokee, Clarke, Coosa, Crenshaw, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Marion, Pickens, Walker and Washington.[3]
No subsequent Democratic presidential nominee has been able to match Clinton’s 43.16% popular vote share. As of 2020, this remains the last time that Alabama was decided by a single-digit margin. This is also the last presidential election in which Alabama did not vote the same as neighboring Tennessee.
Results
| 1996 United States presidential election in Alabama | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 769,044 | 50.12% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore | 662,165 | 43.16% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 92,149 | 6.01% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 5,290 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' Party | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 2,365 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 1,697 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-in | 1,123 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| No party | James Harris | Laura Garza | 516 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Results by county
| County | Bob Dole Republican |
Bill Clinton Democratic |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 9,509 | 61.66% | 5,015 | 32.52% | 813 | 5.27% | 85 | 0.55% | 4,494 | 29.14% | 15,422 |
| Baldwin | 29,487 | 62.58% | 12,776 | 27.11% | 4,520 | 9.59% | 336 | 0.71% | 16,711 | 35.47% | 47,119 |
| Barbour | 3,627 | 40.51% | 4,787 | 53.47% | 515 | 5.75% | 24 | 0.27% | -1,160 | -12.96% | 8,953 |
| Bibb | 3,037 | 48.20% | 2,775 | 44.04% | 455 | 7.22% | 34 | 0.54% | 262 | 4.16% | 6,301 |
| Blount | 9,056 | 59.09% | 5,061 | 33.02% | 985 | 6.43% | 225 | 1.47% | 3,995 | 26.07% | 15,327 |
| Bullock | 1,154 | 26.32% | 3,078 | 70.21% | 111 | 2.53% | 41 | 0.94% | -1,924 | -43.89% | 4,384 |
| Butler | 3,352 | 43.14% | 3,828 | 49.27% | 538 | 6.92% | 52 | 0.67% | -476 | -6.13% | 7,770 |
| Calhoun | 18,088 | 49.00% | 15,725 | 42.60% | 2,613 | 7.08% | 485 | 1.31% | 2,363 | 6.40% | 36,911 |
| Chambers | 4,707 | 42.42% | 5,515 | 49.70% | 812 | 7.32% | 63 | 0.57% | -808 | -7.28% | 11,097 |
| Cherokee | 3,048 | 36.20% | 4,399 | 52.24% | 899 | 10.68% | 75 | 0.89% | -1,351 | -16.04% | 8,421 |
| Chilton | 7,910 | 55.40% | 5,354 | 37.50% | 929 | 6.51% | 85 | 0.60% | 2,556 | 17.90% | 14,278 |
| Choctaw | 2,623 | 36.78% | 4,074 | 57.13% | 413 | 5.79% | 21 | 0.29% | -1,451 | -20.35% | 7,131 |
| Clarke | 4,785 | 47.29% | 4,831 | 47.75% | 478 | 4.72% | 24 | 0.24% | -46 | -0.45% | 10,118 |
| Clay | 2,694 | 48.38% | 2,306 | 41.42% | 538 | 9.66% | 30 | 0.54% | 388 | 6.97% | 5,568 |
| Cleburne | 2,063 | 48.64% | 1,737 | 40.96% | 385 | 9.08% | 56 | 1.32% | 326 | 7.69% | 4,241 |
| Coffee | 7,805 | 55.12% | 5,168 | 36.50% | 1,042 | 7.36% | 144 | 1.02% | 2,637 | 18.62% | 14,159 |
| Colbert | 8,305 | 40.88% | 10,226 | 50.33% | 1,696 | 8.35% | 91 | 0.45% | -1,921 | -9.45% | 20,318 |
| Conecuh | 2,093 | 38.33% | 2,903 | 53.16% | 445 | 8.15% | 20 | 0.37% | -810 | -14.83% | 5,461 |
| Coosa | 1,721 | 41.66% | 2,121 | 51.34% | 262 | 6.34% | 27 | 0.65% | -400 | -9.68% | 4,131 |
| Covington | 6,035 | 50.66% | 4,543 | 38.13% | 1,098 | 9.22% | 237 | 1.99% | 1,492 | 12.52% | 11,913 |
| Crenshaw | 1,939 | 43.60% | 2,172 | 48.84% | 317 | 7.13% | 19 | 0.43% | -233 | -5.24% | 4,447 |
| Cullman | 14,308 | 53.88% | 9,544 | 35.94% | 2,440 | 9.19% | 261 | 0.98% | 4,764 | 17.94% | 26,553 |
| Dale | 8,288 | 57.84% | 4,732 | 33.02% | 1,216 | 8.49% | 94 | 0.66% | 3,556 | 24.82% | 14,330 |
| Dallas | 6,612 | 37.45% | 10,507 | 59.52% | 477 | 2.70% | 58 | 0.33% | -3,895 | -22.06% | 17,654 |
| DeKalb | 9,823 | 54.14% | 6,544 | 36.07% | 1,609 | 8.87% | 167 | 0.92% | 3,279 | 18.07% | 18,143 |
| Elmore | 12,937 | 61.76% | 6,530 | 31.18% | 1,368 | 6.53% | 111 | 0.53% | 6,407 | 30.59% | 20,946 |
| Escambia | 5,214 | 46.96% | 4,651 | 41.89% | 867 | 7.81% | 372 | 3.35% | 563 | 5.07% | 11,104 |
| Etowah | 16,835 | 44.82% | 17,976 | 47.86% | 2,529 | 6.73% | 221 | 0.59% | -1,141 | -3.04% | 37,561 |
| Fayette | 3,191 | 44.26% | 3,381 | 46.90% | 590 | 8.18% | 47 | 0.65% | -190 | -2.64% | 7,209 |
| Franklin | 4,449 | 42.44% | 5,028 | 47.97% | 966 | 9.22% | 39 | 0.37% | -579 | -5.52% | 10,482 |
| Geneva | 4,725 | 52.60% | 3,174 | 35.33% | 857 | 9.54% | 227 | 2.53% | 1,551 | 17.27% | 8,983 |
| Greene | 796 | 17.99% | 3,526 | 79.70% | 55 | 1.24% | 47 | 1.06% | -2,730 | -61.71% | 4,424 |
| Hale | 1,893 | 34.59% | 3,372 | 61.61% | 190 | 3.47% | 18 | 0.33% | -1,479 | -27.02% | 5,473 |
| Henry | 3,082 | 46.44% | 3,019 | 45.49% | 515 | 7.76% | 21 | 0.32% | 63 | 0.95% | 6,637 |
| Houston | 17,476 | 62.27% | 8,791 | 31.33% | 1,653 | 5.89% | 143 | 0.51% | 8,685 | 30.95% | 28,063 |
| Jackson | 5,650 | 36.32% | 8,204 | 52.73% | 1,573 | 10.11% | 131 | 0.84% | -2,554 | -16.42% | 15,558 |
| Jefferson | 130,980 | 50.20% | 120,208 | 46.07% | 7,997 | 3.07% | 1,721 | 0.66% | 10,772 | 4.13% | 260,906 |
| Lamar | 2,955 | 46.10% | 2,843 | 44.35% | 597 | 9.31% | 15 | 0.23% | 112 | 1.75% | 6,410 |
| Lauderdale | 14,058 | 46.19% | 13,619 | 44.75% | 2,574 | 8.46% | 185 | 0.61% | 439 | 1.44% | 30,436 |
| Lawrence | 3,893 | 38.38% | 5,254 | 51.80% | 964 | 9.50% | 32 | 0.32% | -1,361 | -13.42% | 10,143 |
| Lee | 17,985 | 54.15% | 12,919 | 38.90% | 1,949 | 5.87% | 361 | 1.09% | 5,066 | 15.25% | 33,214 |
| Limestone | 10,862 | 52.52% | 8,045 | 38.90% | 1,659 | 8.02% | 116 | 0.56% | 2,817 | 13.62% | 20,682 |
| Lowndes | 1,369 | 25.16% | 3,970 | 72.96% | 72 | 1.32% | 30 | 0.55% | -2,601 | -47.80% | 5,441 |
| Macon | 987 | 12.03% | 7,018 | 85.55% | 150 | 1.83% | 48 | 0.59% | -6,031 | -73.52% | 8,203 |
| Madison | 50,390 | 49.96% | 42,259 | 41.90% | 7,437 | 7.37% | 772 | 0.77% | 8,131 | 8.06% | 100,858 |
| Marengo | 4,013 | 43.18% | 4,899 | 52.71% | 337 | 3.63% | 45 | 0.48% | -886 | -9.53% | 9,294 |
| Marion | 4,742 | 43.79% | 5,049 | 46.62% | 979 | 9.04% | 60 | 0.55% | -307 | -2.83% | 10,830 |
| Marshall | 12,323 | 52.89% | 8,722 | 37.43% | 2,150 | 9.23% | 105 | 0.45% | 3,601 | 15.45% | 23,300 |
| Mobile | 66,775 | 51.32% | 54,749 | 42.08% | 7,555 | 5.81% | 1,024 | 0.79% | 12,026 | 9.24% | 130,103 |
| Monroe | 4,382 | 50.38% | 3,815 | 43.86% | 486 | 5.59% | 15 | 0.17% | 567 | 6.52% | 8,698 |
| Montgomery | 37,784 | 47.98% | 38,382 | 48.74% | 2,036 | 2.59% | 542 | 0.69% | -598 | -0.76% | 78,744 |
| Morgan | 21,765 | 54.39% | 14,616 | 36.53% | 3,348 | 8.37% | 284 | 0.71% | 7,149 | 17.87% | 40,013 |
| Perry | 1,703 | 28.85% | 4,053 | 68.66% | 119 | 2.02% | 28 | 0.47% | -2,350 | -39.81% | 5,903 |
| Pickens | 3,322 | 42.74% | 4,018 | 51.69% | 403 | 5.18% | 30 | 0.39% | -696 | -8.95% | 7,773 |
| Pike | 5,281 | 51.07% | 4,514 | 43.65% | 503 | 4.86% | 43 | 0.42% | 767 | 7.42% | 10,341 |
| Randolph | 3,304 | 47.41% | 3,023 | 43.38% | 603 | 8.65% | 39 | 0.56% | 281 | 4.03% | 6,969 |
| Russell | 5,025 | 36.69% | 7,834 | 57.20% | 792 | 5.78% | 44 | 0.32% | -2,809 | -20.51% | 13,695 |
| St. Clair | 12,762 | 62.29% | 6,187 | 30.20% | 1,417 | 6.92% | 123 | 0.60% | 6,575 | 32.09% | 20,489 |
| Shelby | 37,090 | 73.05% | 11,280 | 22.22% | 2,035 | 4.01% | 368 | 0.72% | 25,810 | 50.83% | 50,773 |
| Sumter | 1,561 | 24.18% | 4,706 | 72.89% | 172 | 2.66% | 17 | 0.26% | -3,145 | -48.71% | 6,456 |
| Talladega | 10,931 | 47.99% | 10,385 | 45.59% | 1,335 | 5.86% | 127 | 0.56% | 546 | 2.40% | 22,778 |
| Tallapoosa | 7,627 | 51.48% | 6,071 | 40.98% | 1,038 | 7.01% | 79 | 0.53% | 1,556 | 10.50% | 14,815 |
| Tuscaloosa | 27,939 | 51.38% | 23,067 | 42.42% | 3,048 | 5.60% | 328 | 0.60% | 4,872 | 8.96% | 54,382 |
| Walker | 9,837 | 39.44% | 12,929 | 51.84% | 2,012 | 8.07% | 161 | 0.65% | -3,092 | -12.40% | 24,939 |
| Washington | 2,900 | 37.68% | 3,935 | 51.12% | 819 | 10.64% | 43 | 0.56% | -1,035 | -13.45% | 7,697 |
| Wilcox | 1,454 | 30.00% | 3,303 | 68.15% | 71 | 1.46% | 19 | 0.39% | -1,849 | -38.15% | 4,847 |
| Winston | 4,728 | 54.80% | 3,120 | 36.17% | 723 | 8.38% | 56 | 0.65% | 1,608 | 18.64% | 8,627 |
| Totals | 769,044 | 50.12% | 662,165 | 43.16% | 92,149 | 6.01% | 10,991 | 0.72% | 106,879 | 6.97% | 1,534,349 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References
- ^ Dave Leip’s Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results – 1996 Alabama Results
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 145-147 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
