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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 ...
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 ...
1996 Arizona Republican presidential primary ← 1992 February 20, 1996 (1996-02-20) 2000 → 38 pledged Republican National Convention delegates Candidate Steve Forbes Bob Dole Home state New Jersey Kansas Delegate count 14 12 Popular vote 115,962 102,980 Percentage 33.37% 29.64% Candidate Pat Buchanan Lamar Alexander Home state Virginia Tennessee Delegate count 12 0 Popular vote 95,742 ...
The 1996 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary took place on February 20, 1996, as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 United States presidential election.
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
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%.