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1996 United States presidential election in Montana

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1996 United States presidential election in Montana

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Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 179,652 167,922 55,229
Percentage 44.11% 41.23% 13.56%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana voted for Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole over President Bill Clinton by a slim margin of 2.88%.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 13.56% of the popular vote in Montana.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Sheridan County, Dawson County, and Mineral County voted for the Democratic candidate.

With 13.56% of the popular vote, Montana would prove to be Ross Perot's second strongest state in the 1996 election after Maine.[2]

Montana was one of three states won by Clinton in 1992 that Bob Dole was able to flip, the others being Colorado and Georgia. This was also the first election since 1912 in which Montana voted differently than nearby California.

Results

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1996 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Bob Dole Jack Kemp 179,652 44.11% 3
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent) 167,922 41.23% 0
Reform Ross Perot James Campbell 55,229 13.56% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 2,526 0.62% 0
Natural Law (write in) John Hagelin Mike Tompkins 1,754 0.43% 0
Constitutional (write in) Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 152 0.04% 0
(write in) Charles E. Collins Rosemary Giumarra 20 0.00% 0
Independent (write in) Write-ins 5 0.00 0
Socialist (write in) Mary Cal Hollis Eric Chester 1 0.00 0

By county

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County Bob Dole
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Beaverhead 2,414 60.06% 1,164 28.96% 441 10.98% 1,250 31.10% 4,019
Big Horn 1,336 31.52% 2,453 57.87% 450 10.61% -1,117 -26.35% 4,239
Blaine 1,127 38.96% 1,316 45.49% 450 15.55% -189 -6.53% 2,893
Broadwater 1,029 52.34% 603 30.67% 334 16.99% 426 21.67% 1,966
Carbon 2,147 45.09% 1,854 38.93% 761 15.98% 293 6.16% 4,762
Carter 522 68.24% 150 19.61% 93 12.15% 372 48.63% 765
Cascade 14,291 40.82% 15,707 44.87% 5,008 14.31% -1,416 -4.05% 35,006
Chouteau 1,660 52.58% 1,039 32.91% 458 14.51% 621 19.67% 3,157
Custer 2,467 46.29% 2,115 39.69% 747 14.02% 352 6.60% 5,329
Daniels 558 42.53% 510 38.87% 244 18.60% 48 3.66% 1,312
Dawson 1,890 40.45% 1,903 40.72% 880 18.83% -13 -0.27% 4,673
Deer Lodge 883 17.62% 3,331 66.49% 796 15.89% -2,448 -48.87% 5,010
Fallon 778 51.32% 452 29.82% 286 18.86% 326 21.50% 1,516
Fergus 3,671 59.27% 1,866 30.13% 657 10.60% 1,805 29.14% 6,194
Flathead 16,542 51.33% 10,452 32.43% 5,231 16.24% 6,090 18.90% 32,225
Gallatin 14,559 50.07% 10,972 37.73% 3,547 12.20% 3,587 12.34% 29,078
Garfield 562 75.34% 107 14.34% 77 10.32% 455 61.00% 746
Glacier 1,270 31.01% 2,292 55.97% 533 13.02% -1,022 -24.96% 4,095
Golden Valley 284 58.20% 128 26.23% 76 15.57% 156 31.97% 488
Granite 733 52.10% 429 30.49% 245 17.41% 304 21.61% 1,407
Hill 2,601 36.58% 3,517 49.46% 993 13.96% -916 -12.88% 7,111
Jefferson 2,248 46.82% 1,775 36.97% 778 16.21% 473 9.85% 4,801
Judith Basin 753 56.28% 452 33.78% 133 9.94% 301 22.50% 1,338
Lake 4,723 43.57% 4,195 38.70% 1,922 17.73% 528 4.87% 10,840
Lewis and Clark 11,665 43.94% 11,535 43.45% 3,347 12.61% 130 0.49% 26,547
Liberty 634 54.56% 379 32.62% 149 12.82% 255 21.94% 1,162
Lincoln 3,552 45.16% 2,705 34.39% 1,609 20.45% 847 10.77% 7,866
Madison 1,984 56.77% 955 27.32% 556 15.91% 1,029 29.45% 3,495
McCone 615 48.96% 390 31.05% 251 19.99% 225 17.91% 1,256
Meagher 505 53.95% 281 30.02% 150 16.03% 224 23.93% 936
Mineral 549 33.99% 658 40.74% 408 25.27% -109 -6.75% 1,615
Missoula 16,034 36.13% 21,874 49.29% 6,474 14.58% -5,840 -13.16% 44,382
Musselshell 1,121 54.00% 652 31.41% 303 14.59% 469 22.59% 2,076
Park 3,837 51.52% 2,564 34.43% 1,047 14.05% 1,273 17.09% 7,448
Petroleum 186 64.14% 62 21.38% 42 14.48% 124 42.76% 290
Phillips 1,392 55.44% 705 28.08% 414 16.48% 687 27.36% 2,511
Pondera 1,438 48.53% 1,123 37.90% 402 13.57% 315 10.63% 2,963
Powder River 663 63.44% 236 22.58% 146 13.98% 427 40.86% 1,045
Powell 1,274 45.47% 952 33.98% 576 20.55% 322 11.49% 2,802
Prairie 417 53.46% 259 33.21% 104 13.33% 158 20.25% 780
Ravalli 8,138 50.11% 5,200 32.02% 2,902 17.87% 2,938 18.09% 16,240
Richland 2,021 44.24% 1,614 35.33% 933 20.43% 407 8.91% 4,568
Roosevelt 1,209 30.25% 2,118 52.99% 670 16.76% -909 -22.74% 3,997
Rosebud 1,413 38.37% 1,681 45.64% 589 15.99% -268 -7.27% 3,683
Sanders 2,043 43.83% 1,573 33.75% 1,045 22.42% 470 10.08% 4,661
Sheridan 832 34.17% 1,187 48.75% 416 17.08% -355 -14.58% 2,435
Silver Bow 3,909 22.11% 11,199 63.35% 2,569 14.54% -7,290 -41.24% 17,677
Stillwater 1,871 49.24% 1,282 33.74% 647 17.02% 589 15.50% 3,800
Sweet Grass 1,109 62.23% 469 26.32% 204 11.45% 640 35.91% 1,782
Teton 1,701 51.14% 1,188 35.72% 437 13.14% 513 15.42% 3,326
Toole 1,203 48.47% 874 35.21% 405 16.32% 329 13.26% 2,482
Treasure 237 47.59% 171 34.34% 90 18.07% 66 13.25% 498
Valley 1,838 43.69% 1,674 39.79% 695 16.52% 164 3.90% 4,207
Wheatland 563 51.75% 391 35.94% 134 12.31% 172 15.81% 1,088
Wibaux 284 46.33% 197 32.14% 132 21.53% 87 14.19% 613
Yellowstone 26,367 47.18% 22,992 41.14% 6,523 11.68% 3,375 6.04% 55,882
Totals 179,652 44.11% 167,922 41.23% 59,687 14.66% 11,730 2.88% 407,261

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  2. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.