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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 ...
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. Clinton defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and independent candidate Ross Perot in the presidential election, taking 379 of the 538 electoral votes.
Bill Clinton for President 1996; Clinton–Gore campaign logo. Campaign: 1996 Democratic primaries 1996 US presidential election: Candidate: Bill Clinton 42nd President of the United States (1993–2001) Al Gore 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) Affiliation: Democratic Party: Status: Announced: April 14, 1995 Presumptive ...
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).
Washington, D.C. was won by President Bill Clinton over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 85.19% to 9.34% by a margin of 75.85%. Political activist Ralph Nader ( Green Party ) finished in third, with 2.57% of the popular vote, and businessman Ross Perot ( Reform Party ) finished in fourth, with 1.94%.
Pages in category "Candidates in the 1996 United States presidential election" ... This page was last edited on 20 January 2022, at 23:11 (UTC).
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.
New York, a reliable blue state that no Republican presidential candidate has won since 1984, was won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee, over the Republican ticket of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas and Representative Jack Kemp of New York. Clinton carried New York by a landslide 28.86 ...