1996 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

Election Name:1996 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:Indiana
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1992 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:1992
Next Election:2000 United States presidential election in Indiana
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 Vote1:12
Popular Vote1:1,006,693
Percentage1:47.13%
Nominee2:Bill Clinton
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Arkansas
Running Mate2:Al Gore
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:887,424
Percentage2:41.55%
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 Vote3:224,299
Percentage3:10.50%
Map Size:300px
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 Indiana took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS). The presidential contest in Indiana was not a surprise, with Dole winning 47.13% to 41.55% over President Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 5.58%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with a significant 10.50% of the popular vote. Indiana would stay a Republican state until 2008, in which Barack Obama won by a close margin, the first Democratic victory in Indiana since 1964.

Clinton did manage the feat of winning a plurality in exurban Chicago's Porter County, which had previously voted Republican at every presidential election since that party was founded in 1854.[1] In doing so he broke the second-last still-standing streak of voting Republican from that party's first election in 1856, leaving IllinoisCarroll County as the solitary county to have voted Republican at every presidential election since that party's formation. (Carroll County would eventually have its streak broken by Barack Obama in 2008.)

, this is the last election in which the counties of Blackford, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Gibson, Jefferson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Sullivan, Switzerland, and Warrick voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.[2] This is also the last presidential election in which Hamilton County was the most Republican county in Indiana. This was the first and currently only election where a Democrat served two terms and never carried Indiana.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Indiana[3]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanBob DoleJack Kemp1,006,69347.13%12
DemocraticBill Clinton (incumbent)Al Gore (incumbent)887,42441.55%0
ReformRoss PerotPatrick Choate224,299 10.50%0
LibertarianHarry BrowneJo Jorgensen15,6320.73% 0
Write-insVarious candidates1,7940.18% 0
Totals2,135,842100.00%12

Results by county

CountyBob Dole
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast[4]
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Adams6,96055.08%4,24733.61%1,34610.65%840.66%2,71321.47%12,637
Allen59,25553.55%41,45037.46%8,8087.96%1,1321.03%17,80516.09%110,645
Bartholomew13,18851.60%9,30136.39%2,81511.01%2541.00%3,88715.21%25,558
Benton1,94749.92%1,31133.62%60915.62%330.84%63616.30%3,900
Blackford2,07040.35%2,33545.52%68113.27%440.86%-265-5.17%5,130
Boone11,33864.44%4,62526.28%1,4988.51%1350.77%6,71338.16%17,596
Brown2,98847.36%2,41338.25%80212.71%1061.68%5759.11%6,309
Carroll4,06250.58%2,74734.20%1,17114.58%510.64%1,31516.38%8,031
Cass8,02051.28%5,41934.65%2,02913.12%1730.95%2,60116.63%15,641
Clark14,39640.08%17,79949.56%3,5789.96%1430.40%-3,403-9.48%35,916
Clay4,85849.00%3,60536.36%1,40614.18%460.46%1,25312.64%9,915
Clinton6,15653.20%3,94934.13%1,35511.71%1110.96%2,20719.07%11,571
Crawford1,75936.57%2,32448.32%70014.55%270.56%-565-11.75%4,810
Daviess5,53156.35%3,23032.91%99410.13%600.61%2,30123.44%9,815
Dearborn8,31850.60%6,26938.13%1,73110.53%1210.74%2,04912.47%16,439
Decatur4,78250.82%3,19033.90%1,38914.76%480.52%1,59216.92%9,409
DeKalb6,85151.36%4,84036.28%1,53411.50%1140.86%2,01115.08%13,339
Delaware18,12640.40%20,38545.44%6,04213.47%3100.69%-2,259-5.04%44,863
Dubois6,84044.85%6,49942.62%1,77711.65%1340.88%3412.23%15,250
Elkhart28,77056.58%16,59832.64%5,13310.09%3490.69%12,17223.94%50,850
Fayette4,09144.86%3,82241.91%1,13712.47%700.76%2692.95%9,120
Floyd12,47342.90%13,81447.52%2,6098.97%1760.61%-1,341-4.62%29,072
Fountain3,98454.03%2,32731.56%1,03314.01%300.40%1,65722.47%7,374
Franklin4,16752.25%2,80835.21%94311.82%570.72%1,35917.04%7,975
Fulton3,93448.75%2,95636.63%1,14314.16%370.46%97812.12%8,070
Gibson5,39239.86%6,48847.96%1,58511.72%630.46%-1,096-8.10%13,528
Grant13,44350.77%9,81837.08%3,00811.36%2090.79%3,62513.69%26,478
Greene5,74644.67%5,27741.03%1,69013.14%1491.16%4693.64%12,862
Hamilton42,79269.45%14,15322.97%4,2346.87%4400.71%28,63946.48%61,619
Hancock12,90760.23%6,12328.57%2,25810.54%1400.66%6,78431.66%21,428
Harrison6,07343.74%5,90042.49%1,83913.24%730.53%1731.25%13,885
Hendricks22,29363.15%9,39226.60%3,4059.65%2130.60%12,90136.55%35,303
Henry8,53745.67%7,66741.02%2,38112.74%1060.57%8704.65%18,691
Howard16,77150.51%11,99936.14%4,17212.56%2630.79%4,77214.37%33,205
Huntington8,27558.79%4,28730.46%1,4009.95%1140.80%3,98828.33%14,076
Jackson5,88346.41%5,15040.63%1,59012.54%520.41%7335.78%12,675
Jasper5,17351.33%3,55435.27%1,27112.61%790.79%1,61916.06%10,077
Jay3,58444.71%3,35641.86%1,02212.75%550.68%2282.85%8,017
Jefferson4,82740.96%5,44146.17%1,43812.20%790.67%-614-5.21%11,785
Jennings4,46142.81%4,22340.53%1,62915.63%1071.03%2382.28%10,420
Johnson23,73360.45%11,27828.73%3,97510.13%2730.69%12,45531.72%39,259
Knox6,39541.17%7,00345.09%2,02213.02%1120.72%-608-3.92%15,532
Kosciusko15,08462.99%6,16625.75%2,53110.57%1640.69%8,91837.24%23,945
LaGrange4,03352.11%2,70434.94%94912.26%540.69%1,32917.17%7,740
Lake47,87329.22%100,19861.15%15,0519.19%7380.44%-52,325-31.93%163,860
LaPorte14,10635.82%19,87950.48%5,13313.04%2590.66%-5,773-14.66%39,377
Lawrence8,10750.64%5,70335.62%2,06312.89%1360.85%2,40415.02%16,009
Madison23,15143.10%23,77244.25%6,44712.00%3500.65%-621-1.15%53,720
Marion133,32947.24%124,44844.10%21,3587.57%3,0791.09%8,8813.14%282,214
Marshall8,15852.84%5,48635.53%1,69811.00%980.63%2,67217.31%15,440
Martin2,28148.33%1,84839.15%48510.28%1062.24%4339.18%4,720
Miami6,71952.66%4,26033.39%1,65712.99%1240.96%2,45919.27%12,760
Monroe16,74442.27%18,53146.78%3,1798.03%1,1552.92%-1,787-4.51%39,609
Montgomery7,70557.51%3,82528.55%1,76613.18%1010.76%3,88028.96%13,397
Morgan12,87259.60%5,81226.91%2,75512.76%1570.73%7,06032.69%21,596
Newton2,07543.14%1,89739.44%80116.65%370.77%1783.70%4,810
Noble6,78250.17%5,10137.73%1,52111.25%1150.85%1,68112.44%13,519
Ohio1,09844.38%1,08343.78%28111.36%120.48%150.60%2,474
Orange3,35545.69%3,01641.07%93812.77%340.47%3394.62%7,343
Owen3,05648.77%2,24435.81%87413.95%921.47%81212.96%6,266
Parke3,15147.61%2,45337.06%98114.82%340.51%69810.55%6,619
Perry2,55432.21%4,42755.83%91311.51%360.45%-1,873-23.62%7,930
Pike2,17437.02%2,78047.34%88415.05%340.59%-606-10.32%5,872
Porter22,93142.00%24,04444.04%7,16913.13%4570.83%-1,113-2.04%54,601
Posey4,63842.34%4,96545.33%1,30411.90%470.43%-327-2.99%10,954
Pulaski2,69349.95%2,01037.28%63411.76%541.01%68312.67%5,391
Putnam5,95851.29%3,96234.11%1,61913.94%770.66%1,99617.18%11,616
Randolph4,70845.18%4,08739.22%1,55714.94%680.66%6215.96%10,420
Ripley5,30349.67%4,09738.38%1,21611.39%600.56%1,20611.29%10,676
Rush3,82751.52%2,57834.71%97313.10%500.67%1,24916.81%7,428
Scott2,62036.35%3,79852.70%76010.55%290.40%-1,178-16.35%7,207
Shelby7,77851.37%5,37435.49%1,87412.38%1160.76%2,40415.88%15,142
Spencer3,77043.74%4,05847.08%7398.57%530.61%-288-3.34%8,620
St. Joseph38,28141.08%45,70449.04%8,3798.99%8240.89%-7,423-7.96%93,188
Starke3,10838.13%3,85447.29%1,09613.45%921.13%-746-9.16%8,150
Steuben5,51349.53%4,12437.05%1,39012.49%1030.93%1,38912.48%11,130
Sullivan3,20737.11%4,07647.17%1,17813.63%1812.09%-869-10.06%8,642
Switzerland1,26639.72%1,49646.94%40312.65%220.69%-230-7.22%3,187
Tippecanoe22,55649.48%17,23237.80%5,39411.83%4040.89%5,32411.68%45,586
Tipton3,98053.89%2,47833.55%86111.66%660.90%1,50220.34%7,385
Union1,33448.86%1,01937.33%36413.33%130.48%31511.53%2,730
Vanderburgh28,50943.22%30,93446.90%6,1329.30%3860.58%-2,425-3.68%65,961
Vermillion2,33435.08%3,25148.87%1,02915.47%390.58%-917-13.79%6,653
Vigo15,75140.91%17,97446.69%4,50811.71%2660.69%-2,223-5.78%38,499
Wabash6,99053.79%4,57735.22%1,2949.96%1351.03%2,41318.57%12,996
Warren1,67846.01%1,39438.22%56015.36%150.41%2847.79%3,647
Warrick9,22143.68%9,28543.99%2,47111.71%1320.62%-64-0.31%21,109
Washington4,06644.14%3,81941.46%1,26413.72%620.68%2472.68%9,211
Wayne12,18847.24%10,90542.27%2,5259.79%1830.70%1,2834.97%25,801
Wells6,32255.98%3,75233.22%1,15710.24%630.56%2,57022.76%11,294
White4,64247.87%3,39635.02%1,61016.60%500.51%1,24612.85%9,698
Whitley5,96551.31%4,17635.92%1,39211.97%920.80%1,78915.39%11,625
Totals1,006,69347.13%887,42441.55%224,29910.50%17,4260.82%119,2695.58%2,135,842

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes and References

  1. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 117
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Web site: 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2019-10-19.
  4. Our Campaigns; IN US President 1996