1996 United States presidential election in California
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The 1996 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
California, was won by Incumbent President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R), with Clinton winning 51.1% to 38.21% by a margin of 12.89%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party) finished in third with 6.96% of the popular vote.[1]
California is one of thirteen states where on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in Vice-Presidential candidate.[1][2]
Results
United States presidential election in California, 1996[1][3] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | William Jefferson Clinton (Incumbent) | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (Incumbent) | 5,119,835 | 51.10% | 54 | |
Republican | Robert Joseph Dole | Jack French Kemp | 3,828,380 | 38.21% | 0 | |
Reform | Henry Ross Perot | James Campbell | 697,847 | 6.96% | 0 | |
Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 237,016 | 2.37% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 73,600 | 0.73% | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | Kate McClatchy | 25,332 | 0.25% | 0 | |
Taxpayers’ | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 21,202 | 0.21% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 15,403 | 0.15% | 0 | |
Write-in | Charles Collins | 765 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Write-in | James Harris | 77 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Joel Neuberg | 13 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Willie Carter | 12 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Isabell Masters | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 242,155 | 2.36% | — | |||
Totals | 10,261,639 | 100.0% | 54 | |||
Voter turnout | 65.53% | — |
Results Breakdown
By county
County | Clinton | Votes | Dole | Votes | Perot | Votes | Nader | Votes | Others | Votes |
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San Francisco | 72.24% | 209,777 | 15.66% | 45,479 | 3.33% | 9,659 | 7.39% | 21,471 | 1.38% | 3,999 |
Alameda | 65.77% | 303,903 | 23.07% | 106,581 | 5.25% | 24,270 | 4.42% | 20,432 | 1.48% | 6,858 |
San Mateo | 60.55% | 152,304 | 29.22% | 73,508 | 5.98% | 15,047 | 2.92% | 7,336 | 1.33% | 3,337 |
Los Angeles | 59.34% | 1,430,629 | 30.96% | 746,544 | 6.54% | 157,752 | 1.91% | 45,977 | 1.25% | 30,112 |
Marin | 58.04% | 67,406 | 28.17% | 32,714 | 5.65% | 6,559 | 6.34% | 7,360 | 1.81% | 2,101 |
Yolo | 56.88% | 33,033 | 32.38% | 18,807 | 5.42% | 3,150 | 4.09% | 2,377 | 1.23% | 712 |
Santa Clara | 56.88% | 297,639 | 32.16% | 168,291 | 6.67% | 34,908 | 2.35% | 12,312 | 1.94% | 10,141 |
Santa Cruz | 56.52% | 58,250 | 26.94% | 27,766 | 6.36% | 6,555 | 7.57% | 7,803 | 2.61% | 2,688 |
Contra Costa | 55.73% | 196,512 | 35.15% | 123,954 | 5.79% | 20,416 | 2.08% | 7,334 | 1.24% | 4,386 |
Sonoma | 55.57% | 100,738 | 29.54% | 53,555 | 7.65% | 13,862 | 5.27% | 9,547 | 1.98% | 3,595 |
Imperial | 55.27% | 14,591 | 36.76% | 9,705 | 6.73% | 1,778 | 0.58% | 154 | 0.65% | 172 |
Solano | 55.12% | 64,644 | 34.74% | 40,742 | 7.40% | 8,682 | 1.59% | 1,868 | 1.15% | 1,343 |
Monterey | 53.15% | 57,700 | 36.66% | 39,794 | 6.67% | 7,240 | 2.20% | 2,391 | 1.32% | 1,433 |
Napa | 50.89% | 24,588 | 36.09% | 17,439 | 8.80% | 4,254 | 2.57% | 1,242 | 1.65% | 796 |
San Benito | 50.55% | 7,030 | 38.72% | 5,384 | 7.51% | 1,044 | 1.70% | 236 | 1.52% | 212 |
Sacramento | 49.83% | 203,019 | 40.76% | 166,049 | 5.86% | 23,856 | 2.24% | 9,142 | 1.31% | 5,348 |
Lake | 48.90% | 10,432 | 34.96% | 7,458 | 11.90% | 2,539 | 2.73% | 583 | 1.51% | 323 |
Santa Barbara | 46.87% | 70,650 | 42.40% | 63,915 | 6.27% | 9,457 | 3.17% | 4,774 | 1.29% | 1,949 |
Merced | 46.41% | 21,786 | 44.41% | 20,847 | 7.30% | 3,427 | 0.98% | 462 | 0.89% | 416 |
San Joaquin | 46.34% | 67,253 | 44.87% | 65,131 | 6.68% | 9,692 | 1.03% | 1,501 | 1.08% | 1,563 |
Stanislaus | 45.93% | 53,738 | 44.79% | 52,403 | 7.14% | 8,360 | 1.00% | 1,172 | 1.14% | 1,334 |
Mendocino | 45.74% | 14,952 | 29.87% | 9,765 | 11.27% | 3,685 | 11.04% | 3,608 | 2.09% | 682 |
Fresno | 45.32% | 94,448 | 47.42% | 98,813 | 5.26% | 10,962 | 1.21% | 2,523 | 0.79% | 1,647 |
San Bernardino | 44.36% | 183,372 | 43.58% | 180,135 | 9.51% | 39,330 | 1.25% | 5,150 | 1.30% | 5,368 |
Humboldt | 44.17% | 24,628 | 35.52% | 19,803 | 10.42% | 5,811 | 8.34% | 4,651 | 1.55% | 864 |
San Diego | 44.11% | 389,964 | 45.57% | 402,876 | 7.13% | 63,037 | 1.79% | 15,858 | 1.40% | 12,416 |
Ventura | 44.10% | 110,772 | 43.47% | 109,202 | 9.18% | 23,054 | 1.88% | 4,732 | 1.37% | 3,434 |
Kings | 43.59% | 11,254 | 47.91% | 12,368 | 6.76% | 1,745 | 0.79% | 205 | 0.94% | 243 |
Riverside | 43.05% | 168,579 | 45.61% | 178,611 | 9.06% | 35,481 | 1.23% | 4,814 | 1.05% | 4,128 |
Alpine | 42.02% | 258 | 43.00% | 264 | 10.26% | 63 | 3.09% | 19 | 1.63% | 10 |
Del Norte | 41.08% | 3,652 | 41.29% | 3,670 | 13.78% | 1,225 | 2.24% | 199 | 1.61% | 143 |
Tuolumne | 40.73% | 8,950 | 47.27% | 10,386 | 8.76% | 1,925 | 1.94% | 427 | 1.29% | 284 |
Amador | 40.60% | 5,868 | 47.54% | 6,870 | 8.77% | 1,267 | 1.83% | 264 | 1.27% | 183 |
San Luis Obispo | 40.19% | 40,395 | 46.50% | 46,733 | 8.16% | 8,204 | 3.83% | 3,854 | 1.31% | 1,314 |
Calaveras | 38.63% | 6646 | 48.12% | 8,279 | 9.37% | 1,612 | 1.96% | 338 | 1.92% | 331 |
Mono | 38.62% | 1,580 | 46.00% | 1,882 | 10.93% | 447 | 2.35% | 96 | 2.10% | 86 |
Butte | 38.53% | 30,651 | 48.98% | 38,961 | 8.04% | 6,393 | 3.03% | 2,409 | 1.43% | 1,136 |
Siskiyou | 38.39% | 7,022 | 47.30% | 8,653 | 10.27% | 1,879 | 2.03% | 372 | 2.01% | 367 |
Tulare | 38.06% | 32,669 | 53.90% | 46,272 | 5.95% | 5,106 | 0.86% | 737 | 1.24% | 1,062 |
Orange | 37.88% | 327,485 | 51.67% | 446,717 | 7.66% | 66,195 | 1.37% | 11,842 | 1.43% | 12,337 |
Yuba | 37.42% | 5,789 | 51.53% | 7,971 | 8.46% | 1,308 | 1.30% | 201 | 1.30% | 201 |
Trinity | 37.38% | 2,203 | 42.93% | 2,530 | 14.53% | 856 | 2.70% | 159 | 2.46% | 145 |
Placer | 37.05% | 34,981 | 52.75% | 49,808 | 6.93% | 6,542 | 1.99% | 1,875 | 1.29% | 1,221 |
Mariposa | 36.73% | 2,920 | 50.02% | 3,976 | 9.17% | 729 | 2.42% | 192 | 1.66% | 132 |
Madera | 36.70% | 11,254 | 53.85% | 16,510 | 7.15% | 2,192 | 1.23% | 376 | 1.08% | 330 |
Colusa | 36.60% | 2,054 | 54.29% | 3,047 | 7.20% | 404 | 0.75% | 42 | 1.16% | 65 |
Kern | 36.56% | 62,658 | 53.77% | 92,151 | 7.85% | 13,452 | 0.75% | 1,289 | 1.07% | 1,841 |
El Dorado | 36.33% | 22,957 | 51.84% | 32,759 | 8.03% | 5,077 | 2.28% | 1,439 | 1.53% | 964 |
Plumas | 36.31% | 3,540 | 50.31% | 4,905 | 9.43% | 919 | 2.19% | 214 | 1.76% | 172 |
Tehama | 35.66% | 7,290 | 50.34% | 10,292 | 11.37% | 2,325 | 1.20% | 245 | 1.42% | 291 |
Nevada | 35.56% | 15,369 | 50.40% | 21,784 | 7.70% | 3,330 | 4.85% | 2,097 | 1.48% | 639 |
Sutter | 34.37% | 8,504 | 57.64% | 14,264 | 6.20% | 1,533 | 0.84% | 208 | 0.95% | 236 |
Inyo | 34.36% | 2,601 | 51.84% | 3,924 | 10.71% | 811 | 1.68% | 127 | 1.40% | 106 |
Lassen | 33.60% | 3,318 | 52.60% | 5,194 | 10.94% | 1,080 | 1.33% | 131 | 1.54% | 152 |
Sierra | 33.57% | 573 | 51.38% | 877 | 9.96% | 170 | 2.34% | 40 | 2.75% | 47 |
Shasta | 33.11% | 20,848 | 55.17% | 34,736 | 9.33% | 5,875 | 1.07% | 675 | 1.31% | 827 |
Glenn | 32.04% | 2,841 | 56.86% | 5,041 | 8.89% | 788 | 0.96% | 85 | 1.25% | 111 |
Modoc | 31.79% | 1,368 | 53.10% | 2,285 | 12.27% | 528 | 1.14% | 49 | 1.70% | 73 |