United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1996

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Reform Home state Kansas Arkansas South Dakota Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 150,543 139,333 31,250 Percentage 46.49% 43.03% 9.65%

County Results   Clinton—80-90%   Clinton—70-80%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   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 South Dakota took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. South Dakota voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

South 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 and Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.^[1]

South Dakota weighed in for this election as 6% more Republican than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for South Dakota, with more than 10% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties turned out in this election for Dole, with the notable exception of the highly populated centers of Brown County, and Sioux Falls's Minnehaha County, voted in majority for Clinton.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 9% of the votes in South Dakota, 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 South Dakota, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	150,543	46.49%	3
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	139,333	43.03%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	31,250	9.65%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	1,472	0.45%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	912	0.28%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	316	0.10%	0
Totals			323,826	100.00%	3
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.