| Election Name: | 1996 United States presidential election in Maine |
| Country: | Maine |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in Maine |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Maine |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | Bill Clinton.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bill Clinton |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Arkansas |
| Running Mate1: | Al Gore |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 312,788 |
| Percentage1: | 51.62% |
| Nominee2: | Bob Dole |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Running Mate2: | Jack Kemp |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 186,378 |
| Percentage2: | 30.76% |
| Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Reform Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | James Campbell |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 85,970 |
| Percentage3: | 14.19% |
| 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 Maine took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that chooses two of its four representatives in the Electoral College based on the plurality vote in both its congressional districts instead of all four electors being chosen based on the statewide plurality vote.
Maine confirmed its status as a blue state, with Democratic nominee President Bill Clinton carrying the state with 51.62% of the vote over Republican Bob Dole, who received 30.76%. As of 2020, Clinton's 20.86% margin of victory is the widest for a Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, although several subsequent Democrats have won a higher vote percentage.
Maine has voted Democratic since 1992, and is the only state other than Nebraska to split its electoral votes. The last time Maine went Republican was for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle in 1988. Third Party candidate Ross Perot had a lesser impact this time, only drawing 14% of the vote, compared to 30% in 1992. This would still be where Perot received the highest percentage of votes in 1996.[1], this is the last election in which Piscataquis County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2] This is also the most recent election in which all the counties of Maine voted for the same party.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Maine | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore (incumbent) | 312,788 | 51.62% | 4 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 186,378 | 30.76% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | James Campbell | 85,970 | 14.19% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 15,279 | 2.52% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 2,996 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' Party | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 1,517 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | Mike Tompkins | 825 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-in | 144 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| district | Clinton | Dole | Perot | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.1% | 31.8% | 12.6% | James B. Longley Jr. (104th Congress) | |||
| Tom Allen (105th Congress) | ||||||
| rowpsan="2" | 51.2% | 29.6% | 16.0% | John Baldacci | ||
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Androscoggin | 26,428 | 56.55% | 12,053 | 25.79% | 7,079 | 15.15% | 1,171 | 2.51% | 14,375 | 30.76% | 46,731 | ||||||||||
| Aroostook | 18,022 | 51.80% | 10,400 | 29.89% | 5,747 | 16.52% | 623 | 1.79% | 7,622 | 21.91% | 34,792 | ||||||||||
| Cumberland | 69,496 | 53.62% | 42,620 | 32.88% | 12,696 | 9.80% | 4,798 | 3.70% | 26,876 | 20.74% | 129,610 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 7,759 | 53.16% | 3,757 | 25.74% | 2,567 | 17.59% | 513 | 3.51% | 4,002 | 27.42% | 14,596 | ||||||||||
| Hancock | 12,256 | 46.34% | 8,345 | 31.55% | 4,094 | 15.48% | 1,753 | 6.63% | 3,911 | 14.79% | 26,448 | ||||||||||
| Kennebec | 30,257 | 54.37% | 15,403 | 27.68% | 8,281 | 14.88% | 1,713 | 3.08% | 14,854 | 26.69% | 55,654 | ||||||||||
| Knox | 8,839 | 46.81% | 6,192 | 32.79% | 2,780 | 14.72% | 1,072 | 5.68% | 2,647 | 14.02% | 18,883 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 8,130 | 44.74% | 6,372 | 35.06% | 2,923 | 16.08% | 748 | 4.12% | 1,758 | 9.68% | 18,173 | ||||||||||
| Oxford | 13,580 | 52.05% | 7,238 | 27.74% | 4,589 | 17.59% | 684 | 2.62% | 6,342 | 24.31% | 26,091 | ||||||||||
| Penobscot | 35,961 | 51.00% | 22,885 | 32.45% | 9,673 | 13.72% | 1,998 | 2.83% | 13,076 | 18.55% | 70,517 | ||||||||||
| Piscataquis | 4,343 | 48.69% | 2,815 | 31.56% | 1,524 | 17.09% | 238 | 2.67% | 1,528 | 17.13% | 8,920 | ||||||||||
| Sagadahoc | 8,417 | 49.73% | 5,346 | 31.59% | 2,451 | 14.48% | 710 | 4.20% | 3,071 | 18.14% | 16,924 | ||||||||||
| Somerset | 11,773 | 50.94% | 6,247 | 27.03% | 4,449 | 19.25% | 642 | 2.78% | 5,526 | 23.91% | 23,111 | ||||||||||
| Waldo | 8,012 | 46.37% | 5,318 | 30.78% | 2,816 | 16.30% | 1,133 | 6.56% | 2,694 | 15.59% | 17,279 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 7,198 | 47.39% | 4,793 | 31.56% | 2,721 | 17.91% | 477 | 3.14% | 2,405 | 15.83% | 15,189 | ||||||||||
| York | 42,317 | 51.00% | 26,594 | 32.05% | 11,580 | 13.96% | 2,488 | 3.00% | 15,723 | 18.95% | 82,979 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 312,788 | 51.62% | 186,378 | 30.76% | 85,970 | 14.19% | 20,761 | 3.43% | 126,410 | 20.86% | 605,897 | ||||||||||