The 1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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A Democratic-leaning state, Minnesota was comfortably won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton. Clinton took 51.10% of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 34.96%, a victory margin of 16.14%. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third, with 11.75% of the popular vote.[2]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], and despite the state's long Democratic streak – having not voted Republican since 1972 – this is the most recent election that the Republican candidate received less than forty percent of the vote in a presidential election, the most recent in which a Democrat would win the state by more than 15% of the vote, the most recent in which the Democratic candidate won more counties than the Republican, and the most recent when Anoka, Becker, Benton, Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dodge, Faribault, Goodhue, Hubbard, Isanti, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nobles, Renville, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Todd, Wabasha, Waseca, and Wright Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3]
As of 2020, this is the last presidential election in which the Democratic candidate won every single congressional district in Minnesota.
Results
edit| 1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 1,120,438 | 51.10% | 10 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | 766,476 | 34.96% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | 257,704 | 11.75% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | 24,908 | 1.14% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 8,271 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Grassroots | Dennis Peron | 4,898 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayer | Howard Phillips | 3,416 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 2,903 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 1,808 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Ind. Grassroots | John Birrenback | 787 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 684 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Socialist Equality | Jerome White | 347 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,192,640 | 100.0% | 10 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Bill Clinton DFL |
Bob Dole Republican |
Ross Perot Reform |
Ralph Nader Green |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aitkin | 3,810 | 51.46% | 2,327 | 31.43% | 1,155 | 15.60% | 48 | 0.65% | 64 | 0.86% | 1,483 | 20.03% | 7,404 |
| Anoka | 63,756 | 51.41% | 41,745 | 33.66% | 16,448 | 13.26% | 724 | 0.58% | 1,349 | 1.09% | 22,011 | 17.75% | 124,022 |
| Becker | 5,911 | 44.20% | 5,461 | 40.83% | 1,813 | 13.56% | 107 | 0.80% | 82 | 0.61% | 450 | 3.37% | 13,374 |
| Beltrami | 8,006 | 50.52% | 5,806 | 36.64% | 1,635 | 10.32% | 246 | 1.55% | 155 | 0.98% | 2,200 | 13.88% | 15,848 |
| Benton | 6,006 | 45.39% | 4,835 | 36.54% | 2,133 | 16.12% | 81 | 0.61% | 178 | 1.35% | 1,171 | 8.85% | 13,233 |
| Big Stone | 1,619 | 53.95% | 990 | 32.99% | 368 | 12.26% | 7 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.57% | 629 | 20.96% | 3,001 |
| Blue Earth | 12,420 | 49.17% | 9,082 | 35.95% | 3,324 | 13.16% | 190 | 0.75% | 245 | 0.97% | 3,338 | 13.22% | 25,261 |
| Brown | 4,864 | 39.36% | 5,580 | 45.15% | 1,786 | 14.45% | 40 | 0.32% | 89 | 0.72% | -716 | -5.79% | 12,359 |
| Carlton | 8,052 | 57.87% | 4,034 | 28.99% | 1,591 | 11.43% | 115 | 0.83% | 123 | 0.88% | 4,018 | 28.88% | 13,915 |
| Carver | 11,554 | 41.02% | 12,380 | 43.95% | 3,781 | 13.42% | 163 | 0.58% | 290 | 1.03% | -826 | -2.93% | 28,168 |
| Cass | 5,437 | 45.20% | 4,791 | 39.83% | 1,620 | 13.47% | 109 | 0.91% | 72 | 0.60% | 646 | 5.37% | 12,029 |
| Chippewa | 3,178 | 51.89% | 2,119 | 34.60% | 782 | 12.77% | 20 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.41% | 1,059 | 17.29% | 6,124 |
| Chisago | 8,611 | 48.56% | 5,984 | 33.74% | 2,812 | 15.86% | 128 | 0.72% | 198 | 1.12% | 2,627 | 14.82% | 17,733 |
| Clay | 10,476 | 49.14% | 8,764 | 41.11% | 1,733 | 8.13% | 160 | 0.75% | 186 | 0.87% | 1,712 | 8.03% | 21,319 |
| Clearwater | 1,578 | 44.91% | 1,423 | 40.50% | 471 | 13.40% | 24 | 0.68% | 18 | 0.51% | 155 | 4.41% | 3,514 |
| Cook | 1,169 | 46.22% | 1,010 | 39.94% | 246 | 9.73% | 60 | 2.37% | 44 | 1.74% | 159 | 6.28% | 2,529 |
| Cottonwood | 2,737 | 44.35% | 2,633 | 42.66% | 741 | 12.01% | 19 | 0.31% | 42 | 0.68% | 104 | 1.69% | 6,172 |
| Crow Wing | 11,156 | 44.69% | 10,095 | 40.44% | 3,423 | 13.71% | 124 | 0.50% | 165 | 0.66% | 1,061 | 4.25% | 24,963 |
| Dakota | 77,297 | 50.11% | 57,244 | 37.11% | 17,095 | 11.08% | 965 | 0.63% | 1,665 | 1.08% | 20,053 | 13.00% | 154,266 |
| Dodge | 3,233 | 43.48% | 2,888 | 38.84% | 1,223 | 16.45% | 32 | 0.43% | 59 | 0.79% | 345 | 4.64% | 7,435 |
| Douglas | 6,450 | 41.71% | 6,747 | 43.63% | 2,093 | 13.53% | 66 | 0.43% | 108 | 0.70% | -297 | -1.92% | 15,464 |
| Faribault | 3,817 | 46.20% | 3,272 | 39.60% | 1,103 | 13.35% | 20 | 0.24% | 50 | 0.61% | 545 | 6.60% | 8,262 |
| Fillmore | 4,732 | 47.99% | 3,466 | 35.15% | 1,575 | 15.97% | 40 | 0.41% | 48 | 0.49% | 1,266 | 12.84% | 9,861 |
| Freeborn | 8,458 | 52.90% | 5,166 | 32.31% | 2,226 | 13.92% | 44 | 0.28% | 94 | 0.59% | 3,292 | 20.59% | 15,988 |
| Goodhue | 9,931 | 48.88% | 7,293 | 35.89% | 2,806 | 13.81% | 134 | 0.66% | 154 | 0.76% | 2,638 | 12.99% | 20,318 |
| Grant | 1,806 | 50.70% | 1,284 | 36.05% | 434 | 12.18% | 11 | 0.31% | 27 | 0.76% | 522 | 14.65% | 3,562 |
| Hennepin | 285,126 | 54.38% | 173,887 | 33.17% | 47,663 | 9.09% | 10,601 | 2.02% | 7,029 | 1.34% | 111,239 | 21.21% | 524,306 |
| Houston | 4,153 | 43.95% | 3,674 | 38.88% | 1,439 | 15.23% | 77 | 0.81% | 107 | 1.13% | 479 | 5.07% | 9,450 |
| Hubbard | 3,802 | 43.65% | 3,593 | 41.25% | 1,141 | 13.10% | 98 | 1.13% | 77 | 0.88% | 209 | 2.40% | 8,711 |
| Isanti | 6,041 | 46.63% | 4,450 | 34.35% | 2,242 | 17.31% | 72 | 0.56% | 150 | 1.16% | 1,591 | 12.28% | 12,955 |
| Itasca | 10,706 | 52.29% | 6,506 | 31.78% | 2,889 | 14.11% | 192 | 0.94% | 180 | 0.88% | 4,200 | 20.51% | 20,473 |
| Jackson | 2,727 | 46.70% | 2,153 | 36.87% | 908 | 15.55% | 15 | 0.26% | 36 | 0.62% | 574 | 9.83% | 5,839 |
| Kanabec | 2,927 | 49.21% | 1,924 | 32.35% | 996 | 16.75% | 31 | 0.52% | 70 | 1.18% | 1,003 | 16.86% | 5,948 |
| Kandiyohi | 9,009 | 48.61% | 7,119 | 38.41% | 2,229 | 12.03% | 82 | 0.44% | 93 | 0.50% | 1,890 | 10.20% | 18,532 |
| Kittson | 1,394 | 50.71% | 1,055 | 38.38% | 270 | 9.82% | 8 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.80% | 339 | 12.33% | 2,749 |
| Koochiching | 3,472 | 51.59% | 2,080 | 30.91% | 1,098 | 16.32% | 41 | 0.61% | 39 | 0.58% | 1,392 | 20.68% | 6,730 |
| Lac qui Parle | 2,420 | 54.20% | 1,447 | 32.41% | 561 | 12.56% | 14 | 0.31% | 23 | 0.52% | 973 | 21.79% | 4,465 |
| Lake | 3,388 | 56.20% | 1,684 | 27.93% | 752 | 12.47% | 115 | 1.91% | 90 | 1.49% | 1,704 | 28.27% | 6,029 |
| Lake of the Woods | 888 | 44.16% | 814 | 40.48% | 287 | 14.27% | 11 | 0.55% | 11 | 0.55% | 74 | 3.68% | 2,011 |
| Le Sueur | 5,457 | 48.68% | 3,902 | 34.81% | 1,699 | 15.16% | 55 | 0.49% | 96 | 0.86% | 1,555 | 13.87% | 11,209 |
| Lincoln | 1,641 | 48.58% | 1,199 | 35.49% | 504 | 14.92% | 12 | 0.36% | 22 | 0.65% | 442 | 13.09% | 3,378 |
| Lyon | 5,062 | 44.11% | 4,932 | 42.97% | 1,351 | 11.77% | 62 | 0.54% | 70 | 0.61% | 130 | 1.14% | 11,477 |
| Mahnomen | 1,026 | 46.45% | 877 | 39.70% | 270 | 12.22% | 24 | 1.09% | 12 | 0.54% | 149 | 6.75% | 2,209 |
| Marshall | 2,333 | 45.27% | 2,068 | 40.12% | 710 | 13.78% | 14 | 0.27% | 29 | 0.56% | 265 | 5.15% | 5,154 |
| Martin | 4,718 | 44.86% | 4,303 | 40.91% | 1,405 | 13.36% | 28 | 0.27% | 63 | 0.60% | 415 | 3.95% | 10,517 |
| McLeod | 6,027 | 42.86% | 5,474 | 38.92% | 2,402 | 17.08% | 48 | 0.34% | 112 | 0.80% | 553 | 3.94% | 14,063 |
| Meeker | 4,531 | 47.01% | 3,428 | 35.56% | 1,571 | 16.30% | 32 | 0.33% | 77 | 0.80% | 1,103 | 11.45% | 9,639 |
| Mille Lacs | 4,336 | 48.86% | 2,948 | 33.22% | 1,467 | 16.53% | 54 | 0.61% | 70 | 0.79% | 1,388 | 15.64% | 8,875 |
| Morrison | 5,728 | 43.11% | 5,054 | 38.03% | 2,310 | 17.38% | 75 | 0.56% | 121 | 0.91% | 674 | 5.08% | 13,288 |
| Mower | 10,413 | 57.65% | 4,994 | 27.65% | 2,464 | 13.64% | 72 | 0.40% | 120 | 0.66% | 5,419 | 30.00% | 18,063 |
| Murray | 2,173 | 44.63% | 1,907 | 39.17% | 753 | 15.47% | 14 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.45% | 266 | 5.46% | 4,869 |
| Nicollet | 6,772 | 48.92% | 5,057 | 36.53% | 1,737 | 12.55% | 151 | 1.09% | 125 | 0.90% | 1,715 | 12.39% | 13,842 |
| Nobles | 4,106 | 45.32% | 3,769 | 41.60% | 1,132 | 12.49% | 18 | 0.20% | 36 | 0.40% | 337 | 3.72% | 9,061 |
| Norman | 1,875 | 50.30% | 1,392 | 37.34% | 425 | 11.40% | 14 | 0.38% | 22 | 0.59% | 483 | 12.96% | 3,728 |
| Olmsted | 22,857 | 43.92% | 22,860 | 43.92% | 5,640 | 10.84% | 299 | 0.57% | 388 | 0.75% | -3 | -0.00% | 52,044 |
| Otter Tail | 10,519 | 40.69% | 11,808 | 45.68% | 3,191 | 12.34% | 128 | 0.50% | 204 | 0.79% | -1,289 | -4.99% | 25,850 |
| Pennington | 2,814 | 47.57% | 2,129 | 35.99% | 910 | 15.38% | 27 | 0.46% | 35 | 0.59% | 685 | 11.58% | 5,915 |
| Pine | 5,432 | 52.70% | 3,080 | 29.88% | 1,597 | 15.49% | 89 | 0.86% | 110 | 1.07% | 2,352 | 22.82% | 10,308 |
| Pipestone | 1,999 | 42.33% | 2,096 | 44.39% | 599 | 12.69% | 8 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.42% | -97 | -2.06% | 4,722 |
| Polk | 6,369 | 46.88% | 5,563 | 40.94% | 1,502 | 11.05% | 59 | 0.43% | 94 | 0.69% | 806 | 5.94% | 13,587 |
| Pope | 2,803 | 50.70% | 1,992 | 36.03% | 665 | 12.03% | 26 | 0.47% | 43 | 0.78% | 811 | 14.67% | 5,529 |
| Ramsey | 133,878 | 58.66% | 66,954 | 29.34% | 20,351 | 8.92% | 4,203 | 1.84% | 2,827 | 1.24% | 66,924 | 29.32% | 228,213 |
| Red Lake | 1,053 | 50.00% | 695 | 33.00% | 334 | 15.86% | 9 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.71% | 358 | 17.00% | 2,106 |
| Redwood | 2,997 | 38.17% | 3,700 | 47.13% | 1,053 | 13.41% | 28 | 0.36% | 73 | 0.93% | -703 | -8.96% | 7,851 |
| Renville | 3,956 | 48.02% | 2,887 | 35.04% | 1,311 | 15.91% | 31 | 0.38% | 53 | 0.64% | 1,069 | 12.98% | 8,238 |
| Rice | 12,821 | 54.98% | 7,016 | 30.09% | 2,872 | 12.32% | 364 | 1.56% | 247 | 1.06% | 5,805 | 24.89% | 23,320 |
| Rock | 2,142 | 43.68% | 2,169 | 44.23% | 554 | 11.30% | 15 | 0.31% | 24 | 0.49% | -27 | -0.55% | 4,904 |
| Roseau | 2,759 | 39.93% | 2,988 | 43.25% | 1,081 | 15.65% | 16 | 0.23% | 65 | 0.94% | -229 | -3.32% | 6,909 |
| St. Louis | 60,736 | 60.62% | 25,553 | 25.50% | 11,308 | 11.29% | 1,592 | 1.59% | 1,007 | 1.01% | 35,183 | 35.12% | 100,196 |
| Scott | 14,657 | 44.62% | 12,734 | 38.77% | 4,886 | 14.88% | 164 | 0.50% | 406 | 1.24% | 1,923 | 5.85% | 32,847 |
| Sherburne | 10,551 | 45.33% | 8,699 | 37.37% | 3,665 | 15.75% | 133 | 0.57% | 227 | 0.98% | 1,852 | 7.96% | 23,275 |
| Sibley | 2,769 | 41.66% | 2,590 | 38.96% | 1,226 | 18.44% | 15 | 0.23% | 47 | 0.71% | 179 | 2.70% | 6,647 |
| Stearns | 24,238 | 44.03% | 21,474 | 39.01% | 8,150 | 14.81% | 496 | 0.90% | 687 | 1.25% | 2,764 | 5.02% | 55,045 |
| Steele | 6,974 | 46.61% | 5,617 | 37.54% | 2,197 | 14.68% | 65 | 0.43% | 111 | 0.74% | 1,357 | 9.07% | 14,964 |
| Stevens | 2,741 | 50.25% | 2,141 | 39.25% | 467 | 8.56% | 53 | 0.97% | 53 | 0.97% | 600 | 11.00% | 5,455 |
| Swift | 3,054 | 57.30% | 1,541 | 28.91% | 690 | 12.95% | 10 | 0.19% | 35 | 0.66% | 1,513 | 28.39% | 5,330 |
| Todd | 4,520 | 42.24% | 4,078 | 38.11% | 1,958 | 18.30% | 48 | 0.45% | 97 | 0.91% | 442 | 4.13% | 10,701 |
| Traverse | 1,135 | 50.92% | 775 | 34.77% | 295 | 13.23% | 2 | 0.09% | 22 | 0.99% | 360 | 16.15% | 2,229 |
| Wabasha | 4,523 | 47.25% | 3,452 | 36.06% | 1,474 | 15.40% | 48 | 0.50% | 76 | 0.79% | 1,071 | 11.19% | 9,573 |
| Wadena | 2,480 | 41.06% | 2,696 | 44.64% | 801 | 13.26% | 26 | 0.43% | 37 | 0.61% | -216 | -3.58% | 6,040 |
| Waseca | 3,819 | 45.08% | 3,171 | 37.43% | 1,385 | 16.35% | 29 | 0.34% | 68 | 0.80% | 648 | 7.65% | 8,472 |
| Washington | 45,119 | 51.24% | 31,219 | 35.45% | 10,106 | 11.48% | 737 | 0.84% | 876 | 0.99% | 13,900 | 15.79% | 88,057 |
| Watonwan | 2,534 | 47.89% | 1,997 | 37.74% | 711 | 13.44% | 17 | 0.32% | 32 | 0.60% | 537 | 10.15% | 5,291 |
| Wilkin | 1,319 | 40.96% | 1,508 | 46.83% | 358 | 11.12% | 16 | 0.50% | 19 | 0.59% | -189 | -5.87% | 3,220 |
| Winona | 10,272 | 47.52% | 7,955 | 36.80% | 2,907 | 13.45% | 249 | 1.15% | 233 | 1.08% | 2,317 | 10.72% | 21,616 |
| Wright | 15,542 | 44.57% | 13,224 | 37.92% | 5,550 | 15.91% | 179 | 0.51% | 379 | 1.09% | 2,318 | 6.65% | 34,874 |
| Yellow Medicine | 2,741 | 48.74% | 2,006 | 35.67% | 818 | 14.54% | 20 | 0.36% | 39 | 0.69% | 735 | 13.07% | 5,624 |
| Totals | 1,120,438 | 51.10% | 766,476 | 34.96% | 257,704 | 11.75% | 24,908 | 1.14% | 23,114 | 1.05% | 353,962 | 16.14% | 2,192,640 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "1996 Presidential General Election Results - Minnesota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1996 Presidential General Election Results - Minnesota".