| Election Name: | 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| 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: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 909,146 |
| Percentage1: | 48.00% |
| Nominee2: | Bob Dole |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Running Mate2: | Jack Kemp |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 863,530 |
| Percentage2: | 45.59% |
| Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Independent (United States) |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | James Campbell |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 105,918 |
| Percentage3: | 5.59% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Bill Clinton |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Clinton |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 62.77%[1] |
The 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Tennessee was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as vice president, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[2]
Tennessee weighed in for this election as 6.01 points more Republican than the national average., this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Tennessee, as well as Montgomery County, Maury County, Carroll County, Weakley County, Obion County, McNairy County, Anderson County, Coffee County, Polk County, Putnam County, Sequatchie County, Morgan County, Fayette County, Cheatham County, Roane County, Lawrence County, Dyer County, Union County, Fentress County, Meigs County, and Moore County.[3]
The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Tennessee, with nearly seven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties in Tennessee turned out for Clinton, including the highly populated Shelby County and Davidson County, by narrow margins. Both Shelby and Davidson counties have voted consistently Democratic since the prior election. In his second bid for the presidency, Reform Party candidate Ross Perot received over five percent of the votes in Tennessee, as part of the strongest national third-party presidential campaign in recent history. Tennessee nonetheless showed Perot his worst performance out of any state.[4]
| 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 909,146 | 48.00% | 11 | ||
| Republican | 863,530 | 45.59% | 0 | |||
| Independent | Ross Perot | 105,918 | 5.59% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ralph Nader | 6,427 | 0.34% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Harry Browne | 5,020 | 0.27% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,818 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Charles E. Collins | 688 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Dr. John Hagelin | 636 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Steve Michael | 408 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent | 324 | 0.02% | 0 | |||
| Write-ins | 190 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1,894,105 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | ||||||
| County | Bill Clinton[5] Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Anderson | 13,457 | 48.91% | 11,943 | 43.40% | 1,817 | 6.60% | 299 | 1.09% | 1,514 | 5.51% | 27,516 | ||||||||||||
| Bedford | 5,735 | 50.82% | 4,634 | 41.07% | 823 | 7.29% | 92 | 0.82% | 1,101 | 9.75% | 11,284 | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 4,341 | 58.27% | 2,395 | 32.15% | 663 | 8.90% | 51 | 0.68% | 1,946 | 26.12% | 7,450 | ||||||||||||
| Bledsoe | 1,621 | 45.89% | 1,626 | 46.04% | 251 | 7.11% | 34 | 0.96% | -5 | -0.15% | 3,532 | ||||||||||||
| Blount | 14,687 | 39.77% | 19,310 | 52.29% | 2,556 | 6.92% | 377 | 1.02% | -4,623 | -12.52% | 36,930 | ||||||||||||
| Bradley | 9,095 | 34.16% | 15,478 | 58.13% | 1,856 | 6.97% | 199 | 0.75% | -6,383 | -23.97% | 26,628 | ||||||||||||
| Campbell | 6,122 | 53.77% | 4,393 | 38.59% | 785 | 6.90% | 85 | 0.75% | 1,729 | 15.18% | 11,385 | ||||||||||||
| Cannon | 2,318 | 55.39% | 1,468 | 35.08% | 361 | 8.63% | 38 | 0.91% | 850 | 20.31% | 4,185 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 4,912 | 49.87% | 4,206 | 42.70% | 697 | 7.08% | 34 | 0.35% | 706 | 7.17% | 9,849 | ||||||||||||
| Carter | 6,218 | 34.01% | 10,540 | 57.65% | 1,383 | 7.56% | 141 | 0.77% | -4,322 | -23.64% | 18,282 | ||||||||||||
| Cheatham | 4,883 | 49.01% | 4,283 | 42.98% | 705 | 7.08% | 93 | 0.93% | 600 | 6.03% | 9,964 | ||||||||||||
| Chester | 1,922 | 39.22% | 2,746 | 56.03% | 203 | 4.14% | 30 | 0.61% | -824 | -16.81% | 4,901 | ||||||||||||
| Claiborne | 3,861 | 44.49% | 4,023 | 46.35% | 727 | 8.38% | 68 | 0.78% | -162 | -1.86% | 8,679 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 1,559 | 51.86% | 1,108 | 36.86% | 316 | 10.51% | 23 | 0.77% | 451 | 15.00% | 3,006 | ||||||||||||
| Cocke | 3,326 | 38.27% | 4,481 | 51.56% | 798 | 9.18% | 86 | 0.99% | -1,155 | -13.29% | 8,691 | ||||||||||||
| Coffee | 7,951 | 48.78% | 7,038 | 43.18% | 1,205 | 7.39% | 107 | 0.66% | 913 | 5.60% | 16,301 | ||||||||||||
| Crockett | 2,256 | 51.96% | 1,872 | 43.11% | 201 | 4.63% | 13 | 0.30% | 384 | 8.85% | 4,342 | ||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 6,676 | 40.84% | 8,096 | 49.53% | 1,399 | 8.56% | 176 | 1.08% | -1,420 | -8.69% | 16,347 | ||||||||||||
| Davidson | 110,805 | 55.30% | 78,453 | 39.15% | 9,018 | 4.50% | 2,106 | 1.05% | 32,352 | 16.15% | 200,382 | ||||||||||||
| Decatur | 2,262 | 53.55% | 1,712 | 40.53% | 229 | 5.42% | 51 | 0.96% | 550 | 13.02% | 4,254 | ||||||||||||
| DeKalb | 3,213 | 60.60% | 1,696 | 31.99% | 342 | 6.45% | 21 | 0.50% | 1,517 | 28.61% | 5,272 | ||||||||||||
| Dickson | 7,458 | 53.93% | 5,283 | 38.20% | 996 | 7.20% | 92 | 0.67% | 2,175 | 15.73% | 13,829 | ||||||||||||
| Dyer | 5,602 | 49.25% | 5,059 | 44.48% | 676 | 5.94% | 37 | 0.33% | 543 | 4.77% | 11,374 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 4,655 | 48.90% | 4,406 | 46.29% | 416 | 4.37% | 42 | 0.44% | 249 | 2.61% | 9,519 | ||||||||||||
| Fentress | 2,332 | 46.12% | 2,307 | 45.63% | 386 | 7.63% | 31 | 0.61% | 25 | 0.49% | 5,056 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 6,929 | 51.79% | 5,296 | 39.58% | 1,057 | 7.90% | 97 | 0.73% | 1,633 | 12.21% | 13,379 | ||||||||||||
| Gibson | 8,851 | 53.88% | 6,614 | 40.26% | 891 | 5.42% | 72 | 0.44% | 2,237 | 13.62% | 16,428 | ||||||||||||
| Giles | 4,948 | 54.80% | 3,269 | 36.20% | 733 | 8.12% | 80 | 0.89% | 1,679 | 18.60% | 9,030 | ||||||||||||
| Grainger | 2,162 | 39.65% | 2,875 | 52.72% | 382 | 7.01% | 34 | 0.62% | -713 | -13.07% | 5,453 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 6,885 | 37.39% | 9,779 | 53.10% | 1,604 | 8.71% | 148 | 0.80% | -2,894 | -15.71% | 18,416 | ||||||||||||
| Grundy | 2,596 | 64.15% | 1,094 | 27.03% | 326 | 8.06% | 31 | 0.77% | 1,502 | 37.12% | 4,047 | ||||||||||||
| Hamblen | 7,006 | 38.71% | 9,797 | 54.13% | 1,106 | 6.11% | 190 | 1.05% | -2,791 | -15.42% | 18,099 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 48,008 | 43.55% | 55,205 | 50.08% | 6,699 | 6.08% | 325 | 0.29% | -7,197 | -6.53% | 110,237 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 760 | 35.28% | 1,259 | 58.45% | 116 | 5.39% | 19 | 0.88% | -499 | -23.17% | 2,154 | ||||||||||||
| Hardeman | 4,859 | 59.03% | 2,961 | 35.97% | 346 | 4.20% | 65 | 0.79% | 1,898 | 23.06% | 8,231 | ||||||||||||
| Hardin | 3,508 | 43.22% | 3,980 | 49.03% | 594 | 7.32% | 35 | 0.43% | -472 | -5.81% | 8,117 | ||||||||||||
| Hawkins | 6,367 | 39.94% | 8,164 | 51.21% | 1,282 | 8.04% | 128 | 0.80% | -1,797 | -11.27% | 15,941 | ||||||||||||
| Haywood | 3,565 | 59.12% | 2,293 | 38.03% | 154 | 2.55% | 18 | 0.30% | 1,272 | 21.09% | 6,030 | ||||||||||||
| Henderson | 2,841 | 39.01% | 4,002 | 54.96% | 408 | 5.60% | 31 | 0.43% | -1,161 | -15.95% | 7,282 | ||||||||||||
| Henry | 6,153 | 53.50% | 4,272 | 37.14% | 992 | 8.63% | 84 | 0.73% | 1,881 | 16.36% | 11,501 | ||||||||||||
| Hickman | 3,917 | 61.03% | 2,002 | 31.19% | 460 | 7.17% | 39 | 0.61% | 1,915 | 29.84% | 6,418 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 1,868 | 66.31% | 742 | 26.34% | 182 | 6.46% | 25 | 0.89% | 1,126 | 39.97% | 2,817 | ||||||||||||
| Humphreys | 3,675 | 61.05% | 1,892 | 31.43% | 423 | 7.03% | 30 | 0.50% | 1,783 | 29.62% | 6,020 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 2,889 | 69.43% | 944 | 22.69% | 289 | 6.95% | 39 | 0.94% | 1,945 | 46.74% | 4,161 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 4,688 | 38.57% | 6,446 | 53.03% | 882 | 7.26% | 139 | 1.14% | -1,758 | -14.46% | 12,155 | ||||||||||||
| Johnson | 1,698 | 31.69% | 3,137 | 58.54% | 489 | 9.12% | 35 | 0.65% | -1,439 | -26.85% | 5,359 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 61,158 | 43.67% | 70,761 | 50.53% | 6,402 | 4.57% | 1,724 | 1.23% | -9,603 | -6.86% | 140,045 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 1,273 | 64.23% | 589 | 29.72% | 110 | 5.55% | 10 | 0.50% | 684 | 34.51% | 1,982 | ||||||||||||
| Lauderdale | 4,349 | 60.71% | 2,481 | 34.63% | 308 | 4.30% | 26 | 0.36% | 1,868 | 26.08% | 7,164 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 6,188 | 46.32% | 6,115 | 45.77% | 973 | 7.28% | 83 | 0.62% | 73 | 0.55% | 13,359 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis | 1,971 | 54.78% | 1,298 | 36.08% | 316 | 8.78% | 13 | 0.36% | 673 | 18.70% | 3,598 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 4,361 | 44.74% | 4,551 | 46.69% | 761 | 7.81% | 74 | 0.76% | -190 | -1.95% | 9,747 | ||||||||||||
| Loudon | 5,552 | 40.43% | 7,098 | 51.69% | 889 | 6.47% | 192 | 1.40% | -1,546 | -11.26% | 13,731 | ||||||||||||
| Macon | 2,240 | 43.36% | 2,481 | 48.03% | 421 | 8.15% | 24 | 0.46% | -241 | -4.67% | 5,166 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 13,577 | 45.92% | 14,908 | 50.42% | 968 | 3.27% | 112 | 0.38% | -1,331 | -4.50% | 29,565 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 5,194 | 56.51% | 3,166 | 34.45% | 768 | 8.36% | 63 | 0.69% | 2,028 | 22.06% | 9,191 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 4,447 | 56.20% | 2,781 | 35.14% | 603 | 7.62% | 82 | 1.04% | 1,666 | 21.06% | 7,913 | ||||||||||||
| Maury | 10,367 | 50.39% | 8,737 | 42.47% | 1,366 | 6.64% | 104 | 0.51% | 1,630 | 7.92% | 20,574 | ||||||||||||
| McMinn | 5,987 | 40.50% | 7,655 | 51.78% | 1,033 | 6.99% | 109 | 0.74% | -1,668 | -11.28% | 14,784 | ||||||||||||
| McNairy | 4,050 | 47.22% | 3,960 | 46.18% | 519 | 6.05% | 47 | 0.55% | 90 | 1.04% | 8,576 | ||||||||||||
| Meigs | 1,476 | 49.73% | 1,228 | 41.37% | 245 | 8.25% | 19 | 0.64% | 248 | 8.36% | 2,968 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 4,872 | 44.58% | 5,257 | 48.11% | 713 | 6.52% | 86 | 0.79% | -385 | -3.53% | 10,928 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 16,498 | 49.06% | 15,133 | 45.01% | 1,781 | 5.30% | 213 | 0.63% | 1,365 | 4.05% | 33,625 | ||||||||||||
| Moore | 935 | 47.22% | 846 | 42.73% | 177 | 8.94% | 22 | 1.11% | 89 | 4.49% | 1,980 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,767 | 51.97% | 2,070 | 38.88% | 446 | 8.38% | 41 | 0.77% | 697 | 13.09% | 5,324 | ||||||||||||
| Obion | 6,226 | 53.97% | 4,310 | 37.36% | 932 | 8.08% | 68 | 0.59% | 1,916 | 16.61% | 11,536 | ||||||||||||
| Overton | 3,800 | 63.00% | 1,756 | 29.11% | 431 | 7.15% | 45 | 0.75% | 2,044 | 33.89% | 6,032 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 1,444 | 60.52% | 747 | 31.31% | 178 | 7.46% | 17 | 0.71% | 697 | 29.21% | 2,386 | ||||||||||||
| Pickett | 901 | 43.51% | 1,046 | 50.51% | 116 | 5.60% | 8 | 0.39% | -145 | -7.00% | 2,071 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 2,450 | 51.36% | 1,910 | 40.04% | 377 | 7.90% | 33 | 0.69% | 540 | 11.32% | 4,770 | ||||||||||||
| Putnam | 10,047 | 48.10% | 9,093 | 43.53% | 1,487 | 7.12% | 261 | 1.25% | 954 | 4.57% | 20,888 | ||||||||||||
| Rhea | 3,969 | 43.20% | 4,476 | 48.72% | 694 | 7.55% | 49 | 0.53% | -507 | -5.52% | 9,188 | ||||||||||||
| Roane | 9,744 | 47.57% | 9,044 | 44.15% | 1,438 | 7.02% | 259 | 1.26% | 700 | 3.42% | 20,485 | ||||||||||||
| Robertson | 8,465 | 52.16% | 6,685 | 41.19% | 993 | 6.12% | 86 | 0.53% | 1,780 | 10.97% | 16,229 | ||||||||||||
| Rutherford | 22,815 | 44.22% | 24,565 | 47.61% | 3,787 | 7.34% | 427 | 0.83% | -1,750 | -3.39% | 51,594 | ||||||||||||
| Scott | 2,506 | 44.46% | 2,646 | 46.94% | 431 | 7.65% | 54 | 0.96% | -140 | -2.48% | 5,637 | ||||||||||||
| Sequatchie | 1,598 | 48.45% | 1,391 | 42.18% | 288 | 8.73% | 21 | 0.64% | 207 | 6.27% | 3,298 | ||||||||||||
| Sevier | 7,136 | 34.23% | 11,847 | 56.83% | 1,650 | 7.92% | 213 | 1.02% | -4,711 | -22.60% | 20,846 | ||||||||||||
| Shelby | 179,663 | 55.05% | 136,315 | 41.77% | 8,307 | 2.55% | 2,095 | 0.64% | 43,348 | 13.28% | 326,380 | ||||||||||||
| Smith | 3,812 | 62.94% | 1,857 | 30.66% | 346 | 5.71% | 42 | 0.69% | 1,955 | 32.28% | 6,057 | ||||||||||||
| Stewart | 2,962 | 63.02% | 1,306 | 27.79% | 386 | 8.21% | 46 | 0.98% | 1,656 | 35.23% | 4,700 | ||||||||||||
| Sullivan | 20,571 | 38.21% | 29,296 | 54.42% | 3,555 | 6.60% | 415 | 0.77% | -8,725 | -16.21% | 53,837 | ||||||||||||
| Sumner | 19,205 | 44.50% | 20,863 | 48.35% | 2,783 | 6.45% | 303 | 0.70% | -1,658 | -3.85% | 43,154 | ||||||||||||
| Tipton | 6,596 | 43.82% | 7,585 | 50.40% | 799 | 5.31% | 71 | 0.47% | -989 | -6.58% | 15,051 | ||||||||||||
| Trousdale | 1,615 | 64.63% | 683 | 27.33% | 190 | 7.60% | 11 | 0.44% | 932 | 37.30% | 2,499 | ||||||||||||
| Unicoi | 2,131 | 37.03% | 3,122 | 54.25% | 447 | 7.77% | 55 | 0.96% | -991 | -17.22% | 5,755 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 2,421 | 47.37% | 2,253 | 44.08% | 385 | 7.53% | 52 | 1.02% | 168 | 3.29% | 5,111 | ||||||||||||
| Van Buren | 1,010 | 60.73% | 504 | 30.31% | 128 | 7.70% | 21 | 1.26% | 506 | 30.42% | 1,663 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 6,389 | 54.92% | 4,226 | 36.33% | 917 | 7.88% | 101 | 0.87% | 2,163 | 18.59% | 11,633 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 13,259 | 38.06% | 18,960 | 54.42% | 2,237 | 6.42% | 384 | 1.10% | -5,701 | -16.36% | 34,840 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 1,574 | 33.85% | 2,715 | 58.39% | 323 | 6.95% | 38 | 0.82% | -1,141 | -24.54% | 4,650 | ||||||||||||
| Weakley | 5,657 | 50.45% | 4,622 | 41.22% | 872 | 7.78% | 63 | 0.56% | 1,035 | 9.23% | 11,214 | ||||||||||||
| White | 3,592 | 54.14% | 2,498 | 37.65% | 505 | 7.61% | 40 | 0.60% | 1,094 | 16.49% | 6,635 | ||||||||||||
| Williamson | 15,231 | 33.57% | 27,699 | 61.04% | 2,071 | 4.56% | 375 | 0.83% | -12,468 | -27.47% | 45,376 | ||||||||||||
| Wilson | 13,655 | 46.22% | 13,817 | 46.77% | 1,841 | 6.23% | 230 | 0.78% | -162 | -0.55% | 29,543 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 909,146 | 48.00% | 863,530 | 45.59% | 105,918 | 5.59% | 15,511 | 0.82% | 45,616 | 2.41% | 1,894,105 | ||||||||||||