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From January 29 to June 4, 1996, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1996 United States presidential election.Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, the former Senate majority leader, was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Republican National Convention held from August 12 to 15, 1996, in San Diego, California.
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. As the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's ...
Popular vote margin: Democratic +8.5%: Electoral vote: Bill Clinton (D) 379: Bob Dole (R) 159: 1996 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Dole, blue denotes states won by Clinton. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested: 35 of 100 seats
Roosevelt founded a new party, the Progressive Party, and challenged Taft and the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson in the general election. Wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the Electoral College and winning 42% of the popular vote, while Roosevelt won 27% and Taft 23%. See also 1912 United States presidential election
Bob Dole, the U.S. Republican presidential nominee in 1996, endorsed Trump on Friday saying he's the GOP's best chance at winning back the White House.
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 ...
In 1996, Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith easily defeated Rex Early and George Witwer in the primary with 55% of the vote. “We just came through a primary where two-thirds of the Republican ...
The 1996 Texas Republican presidential primary was held on March 12, 1996, in the U.S. state of Texas, as part of the Republican Party's statewide nomination process for the 1996 U.S. presidential election. Senator Bob Dole won the contest by 55.62% of the popular votes.