United States presidential election in Colorado, 1996

United States presidential election in Colorado, 1996

November 5, 1996

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 8 0 0 Popular vote 691,848 671,152 99,629 Percentage 45.80% 44.43% 6.59%

County Results   Clinton—70-80%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—<50%   Dole—<50%   Dole—50-60%   Dole—60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Colorado was narrowly won by Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas over incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Dole won with a plurality of 45.80% of the vote to Clinton's 44.43%, a margin of 1.37%.^[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot of Texas, running as the Reform Party candidate, finished in third with 6.59% of the popular vote.

Dole, from neighboring Kansas, performed most strongly in the eastern parts of Colorado bordering Kansas. Clinton maintained a strong showing statewide by dominating Denver, the state's capital and largest city, by a 62-30 margin, along with winning part of suburban Denver with a 51-39 victory in Adams County. Clinton also decisively won Boulder County, home to Boulder, by a 52-35 margin, as well as winning a substantial number of traditionally Democratic counties in the eastern and southern parts of the state. However Dole edged out Clinton statewide with strong victories in several highly populated counties. Dole narrowly won the suburban Denver counties of Jefferson County and Arapahoe County, and won a commanding 59-32 victory in conservative El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs. In a notable switch from 1992, Larimer County, home to Fort Collins, flipped from a narrow Clinton victory in 1992 to a narrow victory for Bob Dole in 1996.

Dole's slim victory in the state made Colorado one of only three states (along with Georgia and Montana) to flip from voting for Clinton in 1992 to voting against him in 1996, even as Clinton increased his national margin of victory by nearly 3 points.

Results

United States presidential election in Colorado, 1996
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	691,848	45.80%	8
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore	671,152	44.43%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	99,629	6.59%	0
	Green CO	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	25,070	1.66%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	12,392	0.82%	0
	American Constitution	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	2,813	0.19%	0
	Independent	Charles Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	2,809	0.19%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	2,547	0.17%	0
	Socialist	Mary Cal Hollis	Eric Chester	669	0.04%	0
	Workers World	Monica Moorehead	Gloria La Riva	599	0.04%	0
	American	Diane Templin	Gary Van Horn	557	0.04%	0
	CO Prohibition	Earl Dodge	Rachel Kelly	375	0.02%	0
	Socialist Workers Campaign	James Harris	Laura Garza	244	0.02%	0

References

1. Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 Colorado Results

See also