United States presidential election in Texas, 1996

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United States presidential election in Texas, 1996

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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 32 0 0
Popular vote 2,736,167 2,459,683 378,537
Percentage 48.76% 43.83% 6.75%

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County Results
  Clinton—80-90%
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  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 Texas took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 32 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Texas 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 Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[1]

Texas weighed in for this election as 3% more Republican than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Texas, with more than 7% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. This is the last election in Texas where you see many rural counties (including a large Democratic stronghold along the border with Louisiana) voting for the Democratic Party, and one of the last ones where the populated counties, such as Houston's Harris County, voted mainly for the Republican candidate. Since the Presidential election of 1996, this demographic trend in Texas has reversed to its current form of urban Democrats and rural Republicans, in the state.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 6% of the votes in Texas, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.

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Results

United States presidential election in Texas, 1996
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Bob Dole 2,736,167 48.76% 32
Democratic Bill Clinton 2,459,683 43.83% 0
Reform Ross Perot 378,537 6.75% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 20,256 0.36% 0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 20,256 0.13% 0
Green Ralph Nader (write-in) 4,810 0.09% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 4,422 0.08% 0
Other write-ins 297 0.01% 0
Totals 5,611,644 100.00% 32
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

See also

References

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