| Election Name: | 1996 United States presidential election in Alaska |
| Country: | Alaska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in Alaska |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Alaska |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bob Dole |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Kansas |
| Running Mate1: | Jack Kemp |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 122,746 |
| Percentage1: | 50.80% |
| Nominee2: | Bill Clinton |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Arkansas |
| Running Mate2: | Al Gore |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 80,380 |
| Percentage2: | 33.27% |
| Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Reform Party of the United States of America |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | Pat Choate |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 26,333 |
| Percentage3: | 10.90% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Bill Clinton |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Clinton |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1996 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alaska was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Dole winning 50.80% to 33.27% over President Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 17.53%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 10.9% of the popular vote.
With 50.8% of the popular vote, Alaska proved to be Dole's fifth strongest state in the 1996 election after Utah, Kansas, Nebraska and Idaho.[1]
| 1996 United States presidential election in Alaska | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Robert Dole | Jack Kemp | 122,746 | 50.80% | 3 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore (incumbent) | 80,380 | 33.27% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 26,333 | 10.90% | 0 | ||
| Green Party | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 7,597 | 3.14% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 2,276 | 0.94% | 0 | ||
| U.S. Taxpayers' Party | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 925 | 0.38% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | Mike Tompkins | 729 | 0.30% | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | 634 | 0.26% | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 241,620 | 100.0% | 3 | ||||