1996 United States presidential election in North Dakota

The 1996 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1996 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic–NPL Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 125,050 106,905 32,515
Percentage 46.94% 40.13% 12.20%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic-NPL

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic-NPL

North Dakota was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[1]

North Dakota weighed in for this election as 5% more third-party than the national average. The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for North Dakota, with almost 13% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. All major counties in North Dakota turned out for Dole, including the (relatively) highly populated center of Cass County, which contains the city of Fargo.

In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 12% of the votes in North Dakota, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for the U.S. presidency in recent times. His performance in the state was his fifth-strongest in the election after Maine, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.[2]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Divide County and Ramsey County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Primaries

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Results

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1996 United States presidential election in North Dakota
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Bob Dole 125,050 46.94% 3
Democratic-NPL Bill Clinton (incumbent) 106,905 40.13% 0
Reform Ross Perot 32,515 12.20% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 847 0.32% 0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 745 0.28% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 349 0.13% 0
Totals 266,411 100.00% 3
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

Results by county

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County[3] Bob Dole
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic-NPL
Ross Perot
Reform
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Howard Phillips
U.S. Taxpayers
John Hagelin
Natural Law
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 575 49.91% 366 31.77% 200 17.36% 5 0.43% 6 0.52% 0 0.00% 209 18.14% 1,152
Barnes 2,449 44.79% 2,317 42.37% 666 12.18% 13 0.24% 15 0.27% 8 0.15% 132 2.42% 5,468
Benson 850 39.13% 1,059 48.76% 252 11.60% 5 0.23% 5 0.23% 1 0.05% -209 -9.63% 2,172
Billings 281 55.42% 116 22.88% 107 21.10% 3 0.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 165 32.54% 507
Bottineau 1,682 47.80% 1,280 36.37% 536 15.23% 15 0.43% 3 0.09% 3 0.09% 402 11.43% 3,519
Bowman 710 48.20% 489 33.20% 261 17.72% 3 0.20% 8 0.54% 2 0.14% 221 15.00% 1,473
Burke 483 44.35% 416 38.20% 176 16.16% 3 0.28% 11 1.01% 0 0.00% 67 6.15% 1,089
Burleigh 15,464 51.74% 10,679 35.73% 3,535 11.83% 102 0.34% 77 0.26% 33 0.11% 4,785 16.01% 29,890
Cass 24,238 48.02% 21,693 42.98% 4,116 8.16% 217 0.43% 139 0.28% 68 0.13% 2,545 5.04% 50,471
Cavalier 1,188 47.85% 941 37.90% 326 13.13% 13 0.52% 13 0.52% 2 0.08% 247 9.95% 2,483
Dickey 1,418 53.21% 953 35.76% 276 10.36% 6 0.23% 9 0.34% 3 0.11% 465 17.45% 2,665
Divide 488 36.42% 637 47.54% 209 15.60% 1 0.07% 4 0.30% 1 0.07% -149 -11.12% 1,340
Dunn 830 47.62% 587 33.68% 304 17.44% 4 0.23% 17 0.98% 1 0.06% 243 13.94% 1,743
Eddy 517 40.36% 553 43.17% 201 15.69% 2 0.16% 7 0.55% 1 0.08% -36 -2.81% 1,281
Emmons 1,148 53.54% 544 25.37% 441 20.57% 2 0.09% 6 0.28% 3 0.14% 604 28.17% 2,144
Foster 801 45.93% 664 38.07% 265 15.19% 5 0.29% 6 0.34% 3 0.17% 137 7.86% 1,744
Golden Valley 520 56.28% 235 25.43% 163 17.64% 1 0.11% 3 0.32% 2 0.22% 285 30.85% 924
Grand Forks 11,606 44.92% 11,376 44.03% 2,663 10.31% 130 0.50% 31 0.12% 30 0.12% 230 0.89% 25,836
Grant 760 55.51% 300 21.91% 295 21.55% 4 0.29% 8 0.58% 2 0.15% 460 33.60% 1,369
Griggs 731 46.53% 670 42.65% 162 10.31% 6 0.38% 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 61 3.88% 1,571
Hettinger 765 53.65% 418 29.31% 238 16.69% 2 0.14% 1 0.07% 2 0.14% 347 24.34% 1,426
Kidder 691 50.00% 434 31.40% 242 17.51% 4 0.29% 9 0.65% 2 0.14% 257 18.60% 1,382
LaMoure 1,220 51.15% 880 36.90% 276 11.57% 5 0.21% 3 0.13% 1 0.04% 340 14.25% 2,385
Logan 705 53.09% 360 27.11% 254 19.13% 4 0.30% 4 0.30% 1 0.08% 345 25.98% 1,328
McHenry 1,187 43.07% 1,096 39.77% 453 16.44% 7 0.25% 10 0.36% 3 0.11% 91 3.30% 2,756
McIntosh 1,005 56.43% 470 26.39% 295 16.56% 3 0.17% 5 0.28% 3 0.17% 535 30.04% 1,781
McKenzie 1,338 49.50% 928 34.33% 428 15.83% 3 0.11% 4 0.15% 2 0.07% 410 15.17% 2,703
McLean 1,988 45.39% 1,759 40.16% 618 14.11% 5 0.11% 6 0.14% 4 0.09% 229 5.23% 4,380
Mercer 1,953 48.32% 1,300 32.16% 764 18.90% 9 0.22% 11 0.27% 5 0.12% 653 16.16% 4,042
Morton 4,699 46.66% 3,745 37.19% 1,566 15.55% 19 0.19% 25 0.25% 16 0.16% 954 9.47% 10,070
Mountrail 965 36.90% 1,277 48.83% 360 13.77% 3 0.11% 9 0.34% 1 0.04% -312 -11.93% 2,615
Nelson 745 41.41% 827 45.97% 206 11.45% 9 0.50% 8 0.44% 4 0.22% -82 -4.56% 1,799
Oliver 499 48.83% 333 32.58% 183 17.91% 1 0.10% 6 0.59% 0 0.00% 166 16.25% 1,022
Pembina 1,678 50.94% 1,191 36.16% 400 12.14% 16 0.49% 6 0.18% 3 0.09% 487 14.78% 3,294
Pierce 1,017 51.52% 671 33.99% 270 13.68% 5 0.25% 10 0.51% 1 0.05% 346 17.53% 1,974
Ramsey 2,077 43.51% 2,123 44.47% 549 11.50% 8 0.17% 11 0.23% 6 0.13% -46 -0.96% 4,774
Ransom 920 37.78% 1,199 49.24% 303 12.44% 6 0.25% 4 0.16% 3 0.12% -279 -11.46% 2,435
Renville 576 42.54% 562 41.51% 210 15.51% 2 0.15% 3 0.22% 1 0.07% 14 1.03% 1,354
Richland 3,345 47.32% 2,890 40.88% 782 11.06% 22 0.31% 15 0.21% 15 0.21% 455 6.44% 7,069
Rolette 823 22.85% 2,299 63.84% 448 12.44% 8 0.22% 14 0.39% 9 0.25% -1,476 -40.99% 3,601
Sargent 814 39.38% 1,003 48.52% 241 11.66% 5 0.24% 2 0.10% 2 0.10% -189 -9.14% 2,067
Sheridan 566 60.15% 252 26.78% 121 12.86% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 314 33.37% 941
Sioux 207 30.00% 393 56.96% 82 11.88% 4 0.58% 2 0.29% 2 0.29% -186 -26.96% 690
Slope 260 58.43% 123 27.64% 60 13.48% 1 0.22% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 137 30.79% 445
Stark 4,086 46.94% 3,095 35.55% 1,456 16.73% 25 0.29% 31 0.36% 12 0.14% 991 11.39% 8,705
Steele 486 39.67% 620 50.61% 115 9.39% 2 0.16% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% -134 -10.94% 1,225
Stutsman 3,784 44.04% 3,589 41.77% 1,141 13.28% 28 0.33% 28 0.33% 23 0.27% 195 2.27% 8,593
Towner 542 39.08% 649 46.79% 187 13.48% 4 0.29% 2 0.14% 3 0.22% -107 -7.71% 1,387
Traill 1,820 45.03% 1,822 45.08% 380 9.40% 13 0.32% 4 0.10% 3 0.07% -2 -0.05% 4,042
Walsh 2,222 44.99% 2,082 42.15% 599 12.13% 10 0.20% 24 0.49% 2 0.04% 140 2.84% 4,939
Ward 10,546 48.01% 8,660 39.43% 2,587 11.78% 54 0.25% 74 0.34% 43 0.20% 1,886 8.58% 21,964
Wells 1,192 46.89% 962 37.84% 373 14.67% 1 0.04% 11 0.43% 3 0.12% 230 9.05% 2,542
Williams 3,590 45.79% 3,018 38.49% 1,174 14.97% 21 0.27% 27 0.34% 10 0.13% 572 7.30% 7,840
Totals 125,050 46.94% 106,905 40.13% 32,515 12.20% 847 0.32% 745 0.28% 349 0.13% 18,145 6.81% 266,411

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "ND US President Race, November 05, 1996". Our Campaigns.