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1996 United States presidential election in Delaware

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1996 United States presidential election in Delaware

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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Patrick Choate
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 140,355 99,062 28,719
Percentage 51.82% 36.58% 10.60%

County Results
Clinton
  40-50%
  50-60%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 51.82% to 36.58% by a margin of 15.24%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 10.60% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Sussex County voted for the Democratic candidate, and the last time a presidential candidate won every county in the state.

Results

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1996 United States presidential election in Delaware
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent) 140,355 51.82% 3
Republican Bob Dole Jack Kemp 99,062 36.58% 0
Unaffiliated Ross Perot Patrick Choate 28,719 10.60% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 2,052 0.76% 0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 348 0.13% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Mike Tompkins 274 0.10% 0
Write-in Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 18 0.01% 0
No party Write-in 17 0.01% 0

By county

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County Bill Clinton
Democratic
Bob Dole
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Kent 18,327 46.69% 15,932 40.59% 4,993 12.72% 2,395 6.10% 39,252
New Castle 98,837 55.05% 60,943 33.94% 19,766 11.01% 37,894 21.11% 179,546
Sussex 23,191 44.59% 22,187 42.66% 6,634 12.75% 1,004 1.93% 52,012
Totals 140,355 51.78% 99,062 36.54% 31,667 11.68% 41,293 15.24% 271,084

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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