Clinton379
Dole159
1996 electoral votes. Popular vote: Clinton 49.2%, Dole 40.7%, others 10.0%.
Electoral votes by state
By state
| State | EV | Won by | Clinton % | Dole % | Others % | Margin, all votes | Margin, two-party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 9 | R 9 | 43.2 | 50.1 | 6.7 | R+7.0 | R+7.5 | 1,534,349 |
| Alaska | 3 | R 3 | 33.3 | 50.8 | 15.9 | R+17.5 | R+20.9 | 241,620 |
| Arizona | 8 | D 8 | 46.5 | 44.3 | 9.2 | D+2.2 | D+2.4 | 1,404,405 |
| Arkansas | 6 | D 6 | 53.7 | 36.8 | 9.5 | D+16.9 | D+18.7 | 884,262 |
| California | 54 | D 54 | 51.1 | 38.2 | 10.7 | D+12.9 | D+14.4 | 10,019,469 |
| Colorado | 8 | R 8 | 44.4 | 45.8 | 9.8 | R+1.4 | R+1.5 | 1,510,702 |
| Connecticut | 8 | D 8 | 52.8 | 34.7 | 12.5 | D+18.1 | D+20.7 | 1,392,614 |
| Delaware | 3 | D 3 | 51.8 | 36.6 | 11.6 | D+15.2 | D+17.2 | 270,810 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | D 3 | 85.2 | 9.3 | 5.5 | D+75.9 | D+80.2 | 185,726 |
| Florida | 25 | D 25 | 48.0 | 42.3 | 9.6 | D+5.7 | D+6.3 | 5,303,154 |
| Georgia | 13 | R 13 | 45.8 | 47.0 | 7.1 | R+1.2 | R+1.3 | 2,298,899 |
| Hawaii | 4 | D 4 | 56.9 | 31.6 | 11.4 | D+25.3 | D+28.6 | 360,120 |
| Idaho | 4 | R 4 | 33.6 | 52.2 | 14.2 | R+18.5 | R+21.6 | 491,711 |
| Illinois | 22 | D 22 | 54.3 | 36.8 | 8.9 | D+17.5 | D+19.2 | 4,311,391 |
| Indiana | 12 | R 12 | 41.6 | 47.1 | 11.3 | R+5.6 | R+6.3 | 2,135,431 |
| Iowa | 7 | D 7 | 50.3 | 39.9 | 9.8 | D+10.3 | D+11.5 | 1,234,075 |
| Kansas | 6 | R 6 | 36.1 | 54.3 | 9.6 | R+18.2 | R+20.1 | 1,074,300 |
| Kentucky | 8 | D 8 | 45.8 | 44.9 | 9.3 | D+1.0 | D+1.1 | 1,388,708 |
| Louisiana | 9 | D 9 | 52.0 | 39.9 | 8.0 | D+12.1 | D+13.1 | 1,783,959 |
| Maine | 4 | D 4 | 51.6 | 30.8 | 17.6 | D+20.9 | D+25.3 | 605,897 |
| Maryland | 10 | D 10 | 54.3 | 38.3 | 7.5 | D+16.0 | D+17.3 | 1,780,870 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | D 12 | 61.5 | 28.1 | 10.4 | D+33.4 | D+37.3 | 2,556,459 |
| Michigan | 18 | D 18 | 51.7 | 38.5 | 9.8 | D+13.2 | D+14.6 | 3,848,844 |
| Minnesota | 10 | D 10 | 51.1 | 35.0 | 13.9 | D+16.1 | D+18.8 | 2,192,492 |
| Mississippi | 7 | R 7 | 44.1 | 49.2 | 6.7 | R+5.1 | R+5.5 | 893,857 |
| Missouri | 11 | D 11 | 47.5 | 41.2 | 11.2 | D+6.3 | D+7.1 | 2,158,065 |
| Montana | 3 | R 3 | 41.3 | 44.1 | 14.6 | R+2.9 | R+3.4 | 407,083 |
| Nebraska | 5 | R 5 | 35.0 | 53.7 | 11.4 | R+18.7 | R+21.1 | 677,415 |
| Nevada | 4 | D 4 | 43.9 | 42.9 | 13.2 | D+1.0 | D+1.2 | 464,279 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | D 4 | 49.6 | 39.6 | 10.9 | D+10.0 | D+11.2 | 496,597 |
| New Jersey | 15 | D 15 | 53.7 | 35.9 | 10.4 | D+17.9 | D+19.9 | 3,075,860 |
| New Mexico | 5 | D 5 | 49.2 | 41.9 | 9.0 | D+7.3 | D+8.0 | 556,074 |
| New York | 33 | D 33 | 59.5 | 30.6 | 9.9 | D+28.9 | D+32.0 | 6,316,129 |
| North Carolina | 14 | R 14 | 44.0 | 48.7 | 7.2 | R+4.7 | R+5.1 | 2,515,807 |
| North Dakota | 3 | R 3 | 40.1 | 46.9 | 12.9 | R+6.8 | R+7.8 | 266,411 |
| Ohio | 21 | D 21 | 47.4 | 41.0 | 11.6 | D+6.4 | D+7.2 | 4,534,434 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | R 8 | 40.4 | 48.3 | 11.3 | R+7.8 | R+8.8 | 1,206,713 |
| Oregon | 7 | D 7 | 47.2 | 39.1 | 13.8 | D+8.1 | D+9.4 | 1,377,760 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | D 23 | 49.2 | 40.0 | 10.8 | D+9.2 | D+10.3 | 4,501,307 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | D 4 | 59.7 | 26.8 | 13.5 | D+32.9 | D+38.0 | 390,247 |
| South Carolina | 8 | R 8 | 44.0 | 49.8 | 6.1 | R+5.8 | R+6.2 | 1,150,182 |
| South Dakota | 3 | R 3 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 10.5 | R+3.5 | R+3.9 | 323,826 |
| Tennessee | 11 | D 11 | 48.0 | 45.6 | 6.4 | D+2.4 | D+2.6 | 1,894,105 |
| Texas | 32 | R 32 | 43.8 | 48.8 | 7.4 | R+4.9 | R+5.3 | 5,611,644 |
| Utah | 5 | R 5 | 33.3 | 54.4 | 12.3 | R+21.1 | R+24.0 | 665,629 |
| Vermont | 3 | D 3 | 53.4 | 31.1 | 15.6 | D+22.3 | D+26.4 | 258,449 |
| Virginia | 13 | R 13 | 45.1 | 47.1 | 7.7 | R+2.0 | R+2.1 | 2,416,642 |
| Washington | 11 | D 11 | 49.8 | 37.3 | 12.9 | D+12.5 | D+14.4 | 2,253,837 |
| West Virginia | 5 | D 5 | 51.5 | 36.8 | 11.7 | D+14.7 | D+16.7 | 636,459 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | D 11 | 48.8 | 38.5 | 12.7 | D+10.3 | D+11.8 | 2,196,169 |
| Wyoming | 3 | R 3 | 36.8 | 49.8 | 13.4 | R+13.0 | R+15.0 | 211,571 |
| United States | 538 | D 379, R 159 | 49.2 | 40.7 | 10.0 | D+8.5 | D+9.5 | 96,266,818 |
MEDSL and VEST results files and National Archives electoral votes: fixed historic releases.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
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- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
- Photos: official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.
Final results.