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.
1996 United States presidential election in Indiana[3] | ||||||
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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 | |||
County | Bob Dole Republican | Bill Clinton Democratic | Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||||||||||||||
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% | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
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 |