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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 ...
The first presidential debate between President Bill Clinton and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole took place on Sunday, October 6, 1996, in the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Connecticut. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour, who posed the questions for each candidate.
Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election, while the Republicans maintained their majorities in both houses of the United States Congress. Clinton defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and independent candidate Ross Perot in the presidential election, taking 379 of the 538 electoral votes .
A solidly blue state, Massachusetts was won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton in a landslide. Clinton took 61.47% of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 28.09%, a victory margin of 33.39%. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third, with 8.89% of the popular vote. [1]
Arizona was won by President Bill Clinton over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 46.5% to 44.3% by a margin of 2.2%. [1] [2] Clinton had come fairly close to winning Arizona four years earlier. In his re-election bid, he was able to gain a larger share of the vote in Democratic-trending Pima County as well as most of northern Arizona.
Kentucky was won by President Bill Clinton over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 45.84% to 44.88% by a slim margin of 0.96%, thus marking Kentucky the closest contest in the entire election.
Kansas was won by former home state Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) over President Bill Clinton , with Dole winning 54.29 percent to 36.08 percent for a margin of 18.21 points.
Alabama was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Dole winning 50.12% to 43.16% over President Bill Clinton by a margin of 6.96%. [2] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX, although listed as an "Independent" in Alabama) finished in third, with 6.01% of the popular vote.