| Election Name: | 1996 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Turnout: | 48% (VAP)[1] |
| Image1: | File:Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bob Dole |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Kansas |
| Running Mate1: | Jack Kemp |
| Electoral Vote1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 769,044 |
| Percentage1: | 50.12% |
| Nominee2: | Bill Clinton |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Arkansas |
| Running Mate2: | Al Gore |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 662,165 |
| Percentage2: | 43.16% |
| Image3: | File:RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Independent (United States) |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | Pat Choate |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 92,149 |
| Percentage3: | 6.01% |
| 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 Alabama took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alabama was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Dole winning 50.12% to 43.16% over President Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 6.96%.[2] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX, although listed as an "Independent" in Alabama) finished in third, with 6.01% of the popular vote.
President Clinton became the first Democrat to carry Montgomery County since Adlai Stevenson II in 1952.[3] As well as the first to win two terms without ever carrying the state., this is the last time a Democrat has carried any of the following counties: Butler, Chambers, Cherokee, Clarke, Coosa, Crenshaw, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Marion, Pickens, Walker and Washington.[4]
No subsequent Democratic presidential nominee has been able to match Clinton's 43.16% popular vote share. As of 2020, this remains the last time that Alabama was decided by a single-digit margin.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Alabama | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 769,044 | 50.12% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore (incumbent) | 662,165 | 43.16% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 92,149 | 6.01% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 5,290 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' Party | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 2,365 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 1,697 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-in | 1,123 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| No party | James Harris | Laura Garza | 516 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| County | Bob Dole Republican | Bill Clinton Democratic | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Autauga | 9,509 | 61.66% | 5,015 | 32.52% | 813 | 5.27% | 85 | 0.55% | 4,494 | 29.14% | 15,422 | ||||||||||||
| Baldwin | 29,487 | 62.58% | 12,776 | 27.11% | 4,520 | 9.59% | 336 | 0.71% | 16,711 | 35.47% | 47,119 | ||||||||||||
| Barbour | 3,627 | 40.51% | 4,787 | 53.47% | 515 | 5.75% | 24 | 0.27% | -1,160 | -12.96% | 8,953 | ||||||||||||
| Bibb | 3,037 | 48.20% | 2,775 | 44.04% | 455 | 7.22% | 34 | 0.54% | 262 | 4.16% | 6,301 | ||||||||||||
| Blount | 9,056 | 59.09% | 5,061 | 33.02% | 985 | 6.43% | 225 | 1.47% | 3,995 | 26.07% | 15,327 | ||||||||||||
| Bullock | 1,154 | 26.32% | 3,078 | 70.21% | 111 | 2.53% | 41 | 0.94% | -1,924 | -43.89% | 4,384 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 3,352 | 43.14% | 3,828 | 49.27% | 538 | 6.92% | 52 | 0.67% | -476 | -6.13% | 7,770 | ||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 18,088 | 49.00% | 15,725 | 42.60% | 2,613 | 7.08% | 485 | 1.31% | 2,363 | 6.40% | 36,911 | ||||||||||||
| Chambers | 4,707 | 42.42% | 5,515 | 49.70% | 812 | 7.32% | 63 | 0.57% | -808 | -7.28% | 11,097 | ||||||||||||
| Cherokee | 3,048 | 36.20% | 4,399 | 52.24% | 899 | 10.68% | 75 | 0.89% | -1,351 | -16.04% | 8,421 | ||||||||||||
| Chilton | 7,910 | 55.40% | 5,354 | 37.50% | 929 | 6.51% | 85 | 0.60% | 2,556 | 17.90% | 14,278 | ||||||||||||
| Choctaw | 2,623 | 36.78% | 4,074 | 57.13% | 413 | 5.79% | 21 | 0.29% | -1,451 | -20.35% | 7,131 | ||||||||||||
| Clarke | 4,785 | 47.29% | 4,831 | 47.75% | 478 | 4.72% | 24 | 0.24% | -46 | -0.46% | 10,118 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 2,694 | 48.38% | 2,306 | 41.42% | 538 | 9.66% | 30 | 0.54% | 388 | 6.96% | 5,568 | ||||||||||||
| Cleburne | 2,063 | 48.64% | 1,737 | 40.96% | 385 | 9.08% | 56 | 1.32% | 326 | 7.68% | 4,241 | ||||||||||||
| Coffee | 7,805 | 55.12% | 5,168 | 36.50% | 1,042 | 7.36% | 144 | 1.02% | 2,637 | 18.62% | 14,159 | ||||||||||||
| Colbert | 8,305 | 40.88% | 10,226 | 50.33% | 1,696 | 8.35% | 91 | 0.45% | -1,921 | -9.45% | 20,318 | ||||||||||||
| Conecuh | 2,093 | 38.33% | 2,903 | 53.16% | 445 | 8.15% | 20 | 0.37% | -810 | -14.83% | 5,461 | ||||||||||||
| Coosa | 1,721 | 41.66% | 2,121 | 51.34% | 262 | 6.34% | 27 | 0.65% | -400 | -9.68% | 4,131 | ||||||||||||
| Covington | 6,035 | 50.66% | 4,543 | 38.13% | 1,098 | 9.22% | 237 | 1.99% | 1,492 | 12.53% | 11,913 | ||||||||||||
| Crenshaw | 1,939 | 43.60% | 2,172 | 48.84% | 317 | 7.13% | 19 | 0.43% | -233 | -5.24% | 4,447 | ||||||||||||
| Cullman | 14,308 | 53.88% | 9,544 | 35.94% | 2,440 | 9.19% | 261 | 0.98% | 4,764 | 17.94% | 26,553 | ||||||||||||
| Dale | 8,288 | 57.84% | 4,732 | 33.02% | 1,216 | 8.49% | 94 | 0.66% | 3,556 | 24.82% | 14,330 | ||||||||||||
| Dallas | 6,612 | 37.45% | 10,507 | 59.52% | 477 | 2.70% | 58 | 0.33% | -3,895 | -22.07% | 17,654 | ||||||||||||
| DeKalb | 9,823 | 54.14% | 6,544 | 36.07% | 1,609 | 8.87% | 167 | 0.92% | 3,279 | 18.07% | 18,143 | ||||||||||||
| Elmore | 12,937 | 61.76% | 6,530 | 31.18% | 1,368 | 6.53% | 111 | 0.53% | 6,407 | 30.58% | 20,946 | ||||||||||||
| Escambia | 5,214 | 46.96% | 4,651 | 41.89% | 867 | 7.81% | 372 | 3.35% | 563 | 5.07% | 11,104 | ||||||||||||
| Etowah | 16,835 | 44.82% | 17,976 | 47.86% | 2,529 | 6.73% | 221 | 0.59% | -1,141 | -3.04% | 37,561 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 3,191 | 44.26% | 3,381 | 46.90% | 590 | 8.18% | 47 | 0.65% | -190 | -2.64% | 7,209 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 4,449 | 42.44% | 5,028 | 47.97% | 966 | 9.22% | 39 | 0.37% | -579 | -5.53% | 10,482 | ||||||||||||
| Geneva | 4,725 | 52.60% | 3,174 | 35.33% | 857 | 9.54% | 227 | 2.53% | 1,551 | 17.27% | 8,983 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 796 | 17.99% | 3,526 | 79.70% | 55 | 1.24% | 47 | 1.06% | -2,730 | -61.71% | 4,424 | ||||||||||||
| Hale | 1,893 | 34.59% | 3,372 | 61.61% | 190 | 3.47% | 18 | 0.33% | -1,479 | -27.02% | 5,473 | ||||||||||||
| Henry | 3,082 | 46.44% | 3,019 | 45.49% | 515 | 7.76% | 21 | 0.32% | 63 | 0.95% | 6,637 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 17,476 | 62.27% | 8,791 | 31.33% | 1,653 | 5.89% | 143 | 0.51% | 8,685 | 30.94% | 28,063 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 5,650 | 36.32% | 8,204 | 52.73% | 1,573 | 10.11% | 131 | 0.84% | -2,554 | -16.41% | 15,558 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 130,980 | 50.20% | 120,208 | 46.07% | 7,997 | 3.07% | 1,721 | 0.66% | 10,772 | 4.13% | 260,906 | ||||||||||||
| Lamar | 2,955 | 46.10% | 2,843 | 44.35% | 597 | 9.31% | 15 | 0.23% | 112 | 1.75% | 6,410 | ||||||||||||
| Lauderdale | 14,058 | 46.19% | 13,619 | 44.75% | 2,574 | 8.46% | 185 | 0.61% | 439 | 1.44% | 30,436 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 3,893 | 38.38% | 5,254 | 51.80% | 964 | 9.50% | 32 | 0.32% | -1,361 | -13.42% | 10,143 | ||||||||||||
| Lee | 17,985 | 54.15% | 12,919 | 38.90% | 1,949 | 5.87% | 361 | 1.09% | 5,066 | 15.25% | 33,214 | ||||||||||||
| Limestone | 10,862 | 52.52% | 8,045 | 38.90% | 1,659 | 8.02% | 116 | 0.56% | 2,817 | 13.62% | 20,682 | ||||||||||||
| Lowndes | 1,369 | 25.16% | 3,970 | 72.96% | 72 | 1.32% | 30 | 0.55% | -2,601 | -47.80% | 5,441 | ||||||||||||
| Macon | 987 | 12.03% | 7,018 | 85.55% | 150 | 1.83% | 48 | 0.59% | -6,031 | -73.52% | 8,203 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 50,390 | 49.96% | 42,259 | 41.90% | 7,437 | 7.37% | 772 | 0.77% | 8,131 | 8.06% | 100,858 | ||||||||||||
| Marengo | 4,013 | 43.18% | 4,899 | 52.71% | 337 | 3.63% | 45 | 0.48% | -886 | -9.53% | 9,294 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 4,742 | 43.79% | 5,049 | 46.62% | 979 | 9.04% | 60 | 0.55% | -307 | -2.83% | 10,830 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 12,323 | 52.89% | 8,722 | 37.43% | 2,150 | 9.23% | 105 | 0.45% | 3,601 | 15.46% | 23,300 | ||||||||||||
| Mobile | 66,775 | 51.32% | 54,749 | 42.08% | 7,555 | 5.81% | 1,024 | 0.79% | 12,026 | 9.24% | 130,103 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 4,382 | 50.38% | 3,815 | 43.86% | 486 | 5.59% | 15 | 0.17% | 567 | 6.52% | 8,698 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 37,784 | 47.98% | 38,382 | 48.74% | 2,036 | 2.59% | 542 | 0.69% | -598 | -0.76% | 78,744 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 21,765 | 54.39% | 14,616 | 36.53% | 3,348 | 8.37% | 284 | 0.71% | 7,149 | 17.86% | 40,013 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 1,703 | 28.85% | 4,053 | 68.66% | 119 | 2.02% | 28 | 0.47% | -2,350 | -39.81% | 5,903 | ||||||||||||
| Pickens | 3,322 | 42.74% | 4,018 | 51.69% | 403 | 5.18% | 30 | 0.39% | -696 | -8.95% | 7,773 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 5,281 | 51.07% | 4,514 | 43.65% | 503 | 4.86% | 43 | 0.42% | 767 | 7.42% | 10,341 | ||||||||||||
| Randolph | 3,304 | 47.41% | 3,023 | 43.38% | 603 | 8.65% | 39 | 0.56% | 281 | 4.03% | 6,969 | ||||||||||||
| Russell | 5,025 | 36.69% | 7,834 | 57.20% | 792 | 5.78% | 44 | 0.32% | -2,809 | -20.51% | 13,695 | ||||||||||||
| St. Clair | 12,762 | 62.29% | 6,187 | 30.20% | 1,417 | 6.92% | 123 | 0.60% | 6,575 | 32.09% | 20,489 | ||||||||||||
| Shelby | 37,090 | 73.05% | 11,280 | 22.22% | 2,035 | 4.01% | 368 | 0.72% | 25,810 | 50.83% | 50,773 | ||||||||||||
| Sumter | 1,561 | 24.18% | 4,706 | 72.89% | 172 | 2.66% | 17 | 0.26% | -3,145 | -48.71% | 6,456 | ||||||||||||
| Talladega | 10,931 | 47.99% | 10,385 | 45.59% | 1,335 | 5.86% | 127 | 0.56% | 546 | 2.40% | 22,778 | ||||||||||||
| Tallapoosa | 7,627 | 51.48% | 6,071 | 40.98% | 1,038 | 7.01% | 79 | 0.53% | 1,556 | 10.50% | 14,815 | ||||||||||||
| Tuscaloosa | 27,939 | 51.38% | 23,067 | 42.42% | 3,048 | 5.60% | 328 | 0.60% | 4,872 | 8.96% | 54,382 | ||||||||||||
| Walker | 9,837 | 39.44% | 12,929 | 51.84% | 2,012 | 8.07% | 161 | 0.65% | -3,092 | -12.40% | 24,939 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 2,900 | 37.68% | 3,935 | 51.12% | 819 | 10.64% | 43 | 0.56% | -1,035 | -13.44% | 7,697 | ||||||||||||
| Wilcox | 1,454 | 30.00% | 3,303 | 68.15% | 71 | 1.46% | 19 | 0.39% | -1,849 | -38.15% | 4,847 | ||||||||||||
| Winston | 4,728 | 54.80% | 3,120 | 36.17% | 723 | 8.38% | 56 | 0.65% | 1,608 | 18.63% | 8,627 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 769,044 | 50.12% | 662,165 | 43.16% | 92,149 | 6.01% | 10,991 | 0.72% | 106,879 | 6.96% | 1,534,349 | ||||||||||||