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 Illinois’ Carroll 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]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	Jack Kemp	1,006,693	47.13%	12
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore (incumbent)	887,424	41.55%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	224,299	10.50%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	15,632	0.73%	0
	Write-ins	Various candidates	—	1,794	0.18%	0
Totals				2,135,842	100.00%	12

Results by county

County	Bob Dole Republican		Bill Clinton Democratic		Ross Perot Reform		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		6,960		55.08%		4,247		33.61%		1,346		10.65%		84		0.66%		2,713		21.47%		12,637
	Allen		59,255		53.55%		41,450		37.46%		8,808		7.96%		1,132		1.03%		17,805		16.09%		110,645
	Bartholomew		13,188		51.60%		9,301		36.39%		2,815		11.01%		254		1.00%		3,887		15.21%		25,558
	Benton		1,947		49.92%		1,311		33.62%		609		15.62%		33		0.84%		636		16.30%		3,900
	Blackford		2,070		40.35%		2,335		45.52%		681		13.27%		44		0.86%		-265		-5.17%		5,130
	Boone		11,338		64.44%		4,625		26.28%		1,498		8.51%		135		0.77%		6,713		38.16%		17,596
	Brown		2,988		47.36%		2,413		38.25%		802		12.71%		106		1.68%		575		9.11%		6,309
	Carroll		4,062		50.58%		2,747		34.20%		1,171		14.58%		51		0.64%		1,315		16.38%		8,031
	Cass		8,020		51.28%		5,419		34.65%		2,029		13.12%		173		0.95%		2,601		16.63%		15,641
	Clark		14,396		40.08%		17,799		49.56%		3,578		9.96%		143		0.40%		-3,403		-9.48%		35,916
	Clay		4,858		49.00%		3,605		36.36%		1,406		14.18%		46		0.46%		1,253		12.64%		9,915
	Clinton		6,156		53.20%		3,949		34.13%		1,355		11.71%		111		0.96%		2,207		19.07%		11,571
	Crawford		1,759		36.57%		2,324		48.32%		700		14.55%		27		0.56%		-565		-11.75%		4,810
	Daviess		5,531		56.35%		3,230		32.91%		994		10.13%		60		0.61%		2,301		23.44%		9,815
	Dearborn		8,318		50.60%		6,269		38.13%		1,731		10.53%		121		0.74%		2,049		12.47%		16,439
	Decatur		4,782		50.82%		3,190		33.90%		1,389		14.76%		48		0.52%		1,592		16.92%		9,409
	DeKalb		6,851		51.36%		4,840		36.28%		1,534		11.50%		114		0.86%		2,011		15.08%		13,339
	Delaware		18,126		40.40%		20,385		45.44%		6,042		13.47%		310		0.69%		-2,259		-5.04%		44,863
	Dubois		6,840		44.85%		6,499		42.62%		1,777		11.65%		134		0.88%		341		2.23%		15,250
	Elkhart		28,770		56.58%		16,598		32.64%		5,133		10.09%		349		0.69%		12,172		23.94%		50,850
	Fayette		4,091		44.86%		3,822		41.91%		1,137		12.47%		70		0.76%		269		2.95%		9,120
	Floyd		12,473		42.90%		13,814		47.52%		2,609		8.97%		176		0.61%		-1,341		-4.62%		29,072
	Fountain		3,984		54.03%		2,327		31.56%		1,033		14.01%		30		0.40%		1,657		22.47%		7,374
	Franklin		4,167		52.25%		2,808		35.21%		943		11.82%		57		0.72%		1,359		17.04%		7,975
	Fulton		3,934		48.75%		2,956		36.63%		1,143		14.16%		37		0.46%		978		12.12%		8,070
	Gibson		5,392		39.86%		6,488		47.96%		1,585		11.72%		63		0.46%		-1,096		-8.10%		13,528
	Grant		13,443		50.77%		9,818		37.08%		3,008		11.36%		209		0.79%		3,625		13.69%		26,478
	Greene		5,746		44.67%		5,277		41.03%		1,690		13.14%		149		1.16%		469		3.64%		12,862
	Hamilton		42,792		69.45%		14,153		22.97%		4,234		6.87%		440		0.71%		28,639		46.48%		61,619
	Hancock		12,907		60.23%		6,123		28.57%		2,258		10.54%		140		0.66%		6,784		31.66%		21,428
	Harrison		6,073		43.74%		5,900		42.49%		1,839		13.24%		73		0.53%		173		1.25%		13,885
	Hendricks		22,293		63.15%		9,392		26.60%		3,405		9.65%		213		0.60%		12,901		36.55%		35,303
	Henry		8,537		45.67%		7,667		41.02%		2,381		12.74%		106		0.57%		870		4.65%		18,691
	Howard		16,771		50.51%		11,999		36.14%		4,172		12.56%		263		0.79%		4,772		14.37%		33,205
	Huntington		8,275		58.79%		4,287		30.46%		1,400		9.95%		114		0.80%		3,988		28.33%		14,076
	Jackson		5,883		46.41%		5,150		40.63%		1,590		12.54%		52		0.41%		733		5.78%		12,675
	Jasper		5,173		51.33%		3,554		35.27%		1,271		12.61%		79		0.79%		1,619		16.06%		10,077
	Jay		3,584		44.71%		3,356		41.86%		1,022		12.75%		55		0.68%		228		2.85%		8,017
	Jefferson		4,827		40.96%		5,441		46.17%		1,438		12.20%		79		0.67%		-614		-5.21%		11,785
	Jennings		4,461		42.81%		4,223		40.53%		1,629		15.63%		107		1.03%		238		2.28%		10,420
	Johnson		23,733		60.45%		11,278		28.73%		3,975		10.13%		273		0.69%		12,455		31.72%		39,259
	Knox		6,395		41.17%		7,003		45.09%		2,022		13.02%		112		0.72%		-608		-3.92%		15,532
	Kosciusko		15,084		62.99%		6,166		25.75%		2,531		10.57%		164		0.69%		8,918		37.24%		23,945
	LaGrange		4,033		52.11%		2,704		34.94%		949		12.26%		54		0.69%		1,329		17.17%		7,740
	Lake		47,873		29.22%		100,198		61.15%		15,051		9.19%		738		0.44%		-52,325		-31.93%		163,860
	LaPorte		14,106		35.82%		19,879		50.48%		5,133		13.04%		259		0.66%		-5,773		-14.66%		39,377
	Lawrence		8,107		50.64%		5,703		35.62%		2,063		12.89%		136		0.85%		2,404		15.02%		16,009
	Madison		23,151		43.10%		23,772		44.25%		6,447		12.00%		350		0.65%		-621		-1.15%		53,720
	Marion		133,329		47.24%		124,448		44.10%		21,358		7.57%		3,079		1.09%		8,881		3.14%		282,214
	Marshall		8,158		52.84%		5,486		35.53%		1,698		11.00%		98		0.63%		2,672		17.31%		15,440
	Martin		2,281		48.33%		1,848		39.15%		485		10.28%		106		2.24%		433		9.18%		4,720
	Miami		6,719		52.66%		4,260		33.39%		1,657		12.99%		124		0.96%		2,459		19.27%		12,760
	Monroe		16,744		42.27%		18,531		46.78%		3,179		8.03%		1,155		2.92%		-1,787		-4.51%		39,609
	Montgomery		7,705		57.51%		3,825		28.55%		1,766		13.18%		101		0.76%		3,880		28.96%		13,397
	Morgan		12,872		59.60%		5,812		26.91%		2,755		12.76%		157		0.73%		7,060		32.69%		21,596
	Newton		2,075		43.14%		1,897		39.44%		801		16.65%		37		0.77%		178		3.70%		4,810
	Noble		6,782		50.17%		5,101		37.73%		1,521		11.25%		115		0.85%		1,681		12.44%		13,519
	Ohio		1,098		44.38%		1,083		43.78%		281		11.36%		12		0.48%		15		0.60%		2,474
	Orange		3,355		45.69%		3,016		41.07%		938		12.77%		34		0.47%		339		4.62%		7,343
	Owen		3,056		48.77%		2,244		35.81%		874		13.95%		92		1.47%		812		12.96%		6,266
	Parke		3,151		47.61%		2,453		37.06%		981		14.82%		34		0.51%		698		10.55%		6,619
	Perry		2,554		32.21%		4,427		55.83%		913		11.51%		36		0.45%		-1,873		-23.62%		7,930
	Pike		2,174		37.02%		2,780		47.34%		884		15.05%		34		0.59%		-606		-10.32%		5,872
	Porter		22,931		42.00%		24,044		44.04%		7,169		13.13%		457		0.83%		-1,113		-2.04%		54,601
	Posey		4,638		42.34%		4,965		45.33%		1,304		11.90%		47		0.43%		-327		-2.99%		10,954
	Pulaski		2,693		49.95%		2,010		37.28%		634		11.76%		54		1.01%		683		12.67%		5,391
	Putnam		5,958		51.29%		3,962		34.11%		1,619		13.94%		77		0.66%		1,996		17.18%		11,616
	Randolph		4,708		45.18%		4,087		39.22%		1,557		14.94%		68		0.66%		621		5.96%		10,420
	Ripley		5,303		49.67%		4,097		38.38%		1,216		11.39%		60		0.56%		1,206		11.29%		10,676
	Rush		3,827		51.52%		2,578		34.71%		973		13.10%		50		0.67%		1,249		16.81%		7,428
	Scott		2,620		36.35%		3,798		52.70%		760		10.55%		29		0.40%		-1,178		-16.35%		7,207
	Shelby		7,778		51.37%		5,374		35.49%		1,874		12.38%		116		0.76%		2,404		15.88%		15,142
	Spencer		3,770		43.74%		4,058		47.08%		739		8.57%		53		0.61%		-288		-3.34%		8,620
	St. Joseph		38,281		41.08%		45,704		49.04%		8,379		8.99%		824		0.89%		-7,423		-7.96%		93,188
	Starke		3,108		38.13%		3,854		47.29%		1,096		13.45%		92		1.13%		-746		-9.16%		8,150
	Steuben		5,513		49.53%		4,124		37.05%		1,390		12.49%		103		0.93%		1,389		12.48%		11,130
	Sullivan		3,207		37.11%		4,076		47.17%		1,178		13.63%		181		2.09%		-869		-10.06%		8,642
	Switzerland		1,266		39.72%		1,496		46.94%		403		12.65%		22		0.69%		-230		-7.22%		3,187
	Tippecanoe		22,556		49.48%		17,232		37.80%		5,394		11.83%		404		0.89%		5,324		11.68%		45,586
	Tipton		3,980		53.89%		2,478		33.55%		861		11.66%		66		0.90%		1,502		20.34%		7,385
	Union		1,334		48.86%		1,019		37.33%		364		13.33%		13		0.48%		315		11.53%		2,730
	Vanderburgh		28,509		43.22%		30,934		46.90%		6,132		9.30%		386		0.58%		-2,425		-3.68%		65,961
	Vermillion		2,334		35.08%		3,251		48.87%		1,029		15.47%		39		0.58%		-917		-13.79%		6,653
	Vigo		15,751		40.91%		17,974		46.69%		4,508		11.71%		266		0.69%		-2,223		-5.78%		38,499
	Wabash		6,990		53.79%		4,577		35.22%		1,294		9.96%		135		1.03%		2,413		18.57%		12,996
	Warren		1,678		46.01%		1,394		38.22%		560		15.36%		15		0.41%		284		7.79%		3,647
	Warrick		9,221		43.68%		9,285		43.99%		2,471		11.71%		132		0.62%		-64		-0.31%		21,109
	Washington		4,066		44.14%		3,819		41.46%		1,264		13.72%		62		0.68%		247		2.68%		9,211
	Wayne		12,188		47.24%		10,905		42.27%		2,525		9.79%		183		0.70%		1,283		4.97%		25,801
	Wells		6,322		55.98%		3,752		33.22%		1,157		10.24%		63		0.56%		2,570		22.76%		11,294
	White		4,642		47.87%		3,396		35.02%		1,610		16.60%		50		0.51%		1,246		12.85%		9,698
	Whitley		5,965		51.31%		4,176		35.92%		1,392		11.97%		92		0.80%		1,789		15.39%		11,625
Totals	1,006,693	47.13%	887,424	41.55%	224,299	10.50%	17,426	0.82%	119,269	5.58%	2,135,842

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Greene
• Harrison
• Washington

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Blackford
• Delaware
• Madison
• Porter

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

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