United States presidential election in New Mexico, 1996

United States presidential election in New Mexico, 1996

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 5 0 0 Popular vote 273,495 232,751 32,257 Percentage 49.18% 41.86% 5.80%

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

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

New Mexico weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for New Mexico, with nearly 10% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates, and two third-party candidates receiving more than 1% of the vote. The majority of counties in New Mexico turned out for Clinton, including the highly populated areas of Doña Ana County, Santa Fe County and Albuquerque's Bernalillo County.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot lead the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 5% of the votes in New Mexico, 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

See also

• Presidency of Bill Clinton

References

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