United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Reform Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate Electoral vote 18 0 0 Popular vote 1,989,653 1,481,212 336,670 Percentage 51.7% 38.5% 8.8%

County Results   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Dole—40-50%   Dole—50-60%   Dole—60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose 18 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

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

Michigan weighed in for this election as 2% more Democratic than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Michigan, with nearly 10% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. In typical form for the State, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan turned out mainly Democratic, and the Lower Peninsula turned out divided, but more Republican - with the notable exception of Detroit's highly populated Wayne County, which voted overwhelmingly Democratic.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot lead the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 8% of the votes in Michigan, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.

Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,989,653	51.69%	18
	Republican	Bob Dole	1,481,212	38.48%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	336,670	8.75%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	27,670	0.72%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	4,254	0.11%	0
	Workers World	Monica Moorehead	3,153	0.08%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader (write-in)	2,322	0.06%	0
	Other write-ins		2,316	0.06%	0
	Socialist Equality	Jerome White	1,554	0.04%	0
Totals			3,848,804	100.00%	18
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

See also

• Yugoslav Wars
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.