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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate, incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore were re-elected to a second and final term, defeating the Republican ticket of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp and the Reform ticket of ...
The 1996 United States elections were held on November 5, 1996. Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election, while the Republicans maintained their majorities in both houses of the United States Congress .
Voter turnout in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election by race/ethnicity. Race and ethnicity has had an effect on voter turnout in recent years, with data from recent elections such as 2008 showing much lower turnout among people identifying as Hispanic or Asian ethnicity than other voters (see chart to the right).
November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1996: Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term. This election had the lowest voter turnout since 1924. November 7 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. November 11 – Discovery Kids debuts. November 15
This is the first election since 1964 that Democrats swept all five boroughs of New York City, which also occurred in 2000 and 2012. In this process of sweeping traditionally Republican suburbs around New York City, Clinton increased his lead in Westchester County – where he later moved in 2000 – from an 8.5% win in 1992 to a 21-point sweep ...
Although traditionally a Republican state, 1996 would mark the second presidential election in a row that New Hampshire was won by Democrat Bill Clinton, by then the incumbent president. Clinton took 49.32% of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole , who took 39.37%, a victory margin of 9.95%.
In the next election in 1978, youth were under-represented by 50 percent. "Seven out of ten young people…did not vote in the 1996 presidential election… 20 percent below the general turnout." [7] In 1998, out of the 13 percent of eligible youth voters in America, only five percent voted. [1]
The 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia participated in the 1996 United States presidential election . Voters chose 18 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .