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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. [2] 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 ...
Presidential election year: Election day: November 5: Incumbent president: Bill Clinton (Democratic) Next Congress: 105th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Democratic hold: 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 ...
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with their own administration. [10] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on ...
The length of a full four-year presidential term of office usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If the last day is included, all numbers would be one day more, except Grover Cleveland would have two more days, as he served two non-consecutive terms. [a]
He was re-elected on November 5, 1996; his second inauguration was on January 20, 1997, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2001, with the inauguration of George W. Bush. The following articles cover the timeline of Clinton's presidency, and the time leading up to it: Pre-presidency: 1991–1993. Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign
This is a list of electors (members of the Electoral College) who cast ballots to elect the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the 1996 presidential election. There are 538 electors from the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
At the 1996 Republican National Convention in August, Dole formally became his party's nominee. He was the oldest first-time presidential nominee at the age of 73 years, 1 month on the day he was formally nominated (President Ronald Reagan was 73 years, 6 months in 1984, for his second presidential nomination).
Jimmy, the first president to use his nickname in an official capacity, rather than his first name James. [154] Jimmy Cardigan, got the nickname after he wore a sweater instead of a suit one day [17] The Peanut Farmer, [155] he owned a peanut farm and fostered this image in his early campaigns, as a contrast to elite Washington insiders.