United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1996

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1996
South Dakota
November 5, 1996

 
Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas South Dakota
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 150,543 139,333 31,250
Percentage 46.49% 43.03% 9.65%

County Results
  Clinton—80-90%
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  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 South Dakota took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. South Dakota voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

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

South Dakota weighed in for this election as 6% more Republican than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for South Dakota, with more than 10% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties turned out in this election for Dole, with the notable exception of the highly populated centers of Brown County, and Sioux Falls's Minnehaha County, voted in majority for Clinton.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 9% of the votes in South Dakota, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.

Results

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1996
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Bob Dole 150,543 46.49% 3
Democratic Bill Clinton 139,333 43.03% 0
Reform Ross Perot 31,250 9.65% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,472 0.45% 0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 912 0.28% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 316 0.10% 0
Totals 323,826 100.00% 3
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

See also

References

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