United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996
Michigan
November 5, 1996
 
Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate
Electoral vote 18 0 0
Popular vote 1,989,653 1,481,212 336,670
Percentage 51.69% 38.48% 8.75%

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 Michigan took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose 18 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Michigan was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. 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]

Michigan weighed in for this election as 2% more Democratic than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Michigan, with nearly 10% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. In typical form for the State, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan turned out mainly Democratic, and the Lower Peninsula turned out divided, but more Republican - with the notable exception of Detroit's highly populated Wayne County, which voted overwhelmingly Democratic.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot lead the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 8% of the votes in Michigan, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.

Elections in Michigan

Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 1,989,653 51.69% 18
Republican Bob Dole 1,481,212 38.48% 0
Reform Ross Perot 336,670 8.75% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 27,670 0.72% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 4,254 0.11% 0
Workers World Monica Moorehead 3,153 0.08% 0
Green Ralph Nader (write-in) 2,322 0.06% 0
Other write-ins 2,316 0.06% 0
Socialist Equality Jerome White 1,554 0.04% 0
Totals 3,848,844 100.00% 18
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.