1996 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

Election Name:	1996 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:	Iowa
Flag Image:	Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1992 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:	1992
Next Election:	2000 United States presidential election in Iowa
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:	7
Popular Vote1:	620,258
Percentage1:	50.26%
Nominee2:	Bob Dole
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Kansas
Running Mate2:	Jack Kemp
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	492,644
Percentage2:	39.92%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Reform Party of the United States of America
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Campbell
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	105,159
Percentage3:	8.52%
Map Size:	280px
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 Iowa took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was easily won by Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton over Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, with Clinton winning 50.26% of the vote to Dole's 39.92%, a margin of 10.34%. The Reform Party candidate, billionaire businessman Ross Perot, finished in third, with 8.52% of the popular vote.^[1] Although Clinton barely exceeded Michael Dukakis’ 1988 margin in Iowa, he was the first Democrat to carry Allamakee County and Butler County – the only Iowa counties outside the arch-conservative western fringe to back Barry Goldwater in 1964 – since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.^[2] He was indeed only the second Democratic presidential nominee to ever carry Butler County since the Civil War. Clinton was the second of three Democrats (after Roosevelt in 1936 and Barack Obama in 2012) to carry the state twice.

Iowa was one of thirteen states where on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in vice-presidential candidate.^{[1] [3]}

, this is the last time Iowa was decided by a double-digit margin. It is also the last time that the counties of Adair, Appanoose, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Dickinson, Guthrie, Hancock, Henry, Keokuk, Lucas, Madison, Monona, Monroe, Pocahontas, Ringgold, Taylor, Van Buren, Washington, Wayne, and Wright voted for the Democratic Party presidential nominee.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore (incumbent)	620,258	50.26%	7
	Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	492,644	39.92%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	James Campbell	105,159	8.52%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Anne Goeke	6,550	0.53%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	3,349	0.27%	0
	Libertarian IA	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	2,315	0.19%	0
	Taxpayer	Howard Phillips	Albion W. Knight Jr.^[4]	2,229	0.18%	0
	No party	Write-in		1,240	0.10%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	Laura Garza	331	0.03%	0
Totals				1,234,075	100.0%	7
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)						58%/69%

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton^[5] Democratic		Bob Dole Republican		Ross Perot Reform		Ralph Nader Green		John Hagelin Natural Law		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adair		1,802		45.79%		1,655		42.06%		458		11.64%		5		0.13%		2		0.05%		13		0.33%		147		3.73%		3,935
	Adams		1,070		46.00%		920		39.55%		320		13.76%		4		0.17%		2		0.09%		10		0.43%		150		6.45%		2,326
	Allamakee		2,551		44.13%		2,457		42.50%		680		11.76%		28		0.48%		10		0.17%		55		0.95%		94		1.63%		5,781
	Appanoose		2,747		49.12%		2,233		39.93%		554		9.91%		12		0.21%		6		0.11%		40		0.72%		514		9.19%		5,592
	Audubon		1,827		52.38%		1,314		37.67%		314		9.00%		8		0.23%		6		0.17%		19		0.54%		513		14.71%		3,488
	Benton		5,546		53.95%		3,835		37.31%		846		8.23%		13		0.13%		11		0.11%		28		0.27%		1,711		16.64%		10,279
	Black Hawk		29,651		55.83%		19,322		36.38%		3,623		6.82%		253		0.48%		36		0.07%		224		0.42%		10,329		19.45%		53,109
	Boone		6,446		54.47%		4,293		36.27%		987		8.34%		58		0.49%		13		0.11%		38		0.32%		2,153		18.20%		11,835
	Bremer		5,023		49.38%		4,213		41.42%		862		8.47%		33		0.32%		14		0.14%		27		0.27%		810		7.96%		10,172
	Buchanan		4,997		55.83%		3,043		34.00%		836		9.34%		20		0.22%		19		0.21%		36		0.40%		1,954		21.83%		8,951
	Buena Vista		3,420		42.94%		3,636		45.65%		831		10.43%		19		0.24%		12		0.15%		47		0.59%		-216		-2.71%		7,965
	Butler		3,061		46.16%		3,036		45.78%		489		7.37%		12		0.18%		8		0.12%		25		0.38%		25		0.38%		6,631
	Calhoun		2,193		45.89%		2,077		43.46%		462		9.67%		16		0.33%		7		0.15%		24		0.50%		116		2.43%		4,779
	Carroll		4,333		49.29%		3,392		38.59%		998		11.35%		20		0.23%		11		0.13%		36		0.41%		941		10.70%		8,790
	Cass		2,616		38.11%		3,384		49.29%		809		11.78%		15		0.22%		8		0.12%		33		0.48%		-768		-11.18%		6,865
	Cedar		3,856		50.23%		2,966		38.64%		756		9.85%		42		0.55%		22		0.29%		34		0.44%		890		11.59%		7,676
	Cerro Gordo		11,943		56.26%		7,427		34.99%		1,689		7.96%		60		0.28%		14		0.07%		94		0.44%		4,516		21.27%		21,227
	Cherokee		2,853		44.79%		2,629		41.27%		834		13.09%		15		0.24%		6		0.09%		33		0.52%		224		3.52%		6,370
	Chickasaw		3,355		52.75%		2,191		34.45%		759		11.93%		14		0.22%		11		0.17%		30		0.47%		1,164		18.30%		6,360
	Clarke		2,053		52.33%		1,401		35.71%		440		11.22%		11		0.28%		3		0.08%		15		0.38%		652		16.62%		3,923
	Clay		3,659		47.80%		3,129		40.88%		802		10.48%		20		0.26%		8		0.10%		37		0.48%		530		6.92%		7,655
	Clayton		4,284		52.28%		2,944		35.93%		912		11.13%		32		0.39%		3		0.04%		19		0.23%		1,340		16.35%		8,194
	Clinton		11,481		53.17%		7,624		35.30%		2,300		10.65%		77		0.36%		32		0.15%		81		0.38%		3,857		17.87%		21,595
	Crawford		3,140		46.76%		2,686		40.00%		847		12.61%		10		0.15%		8		0.12%		24		0.36%		454		6.76%		6,715
	Dallas		8,017		50.07%		6,647		41.52%		1,198		7.48%		55		0.34%		24		0.15%		69		0.43%		1,370		8.55%		16,010
	Davis		1,894		50.39%		1,445		38.44%		382		10.16%		10		0.27%		8		0.21%		20		0.53%		449		11.95%		3,759
	Decatur		1,846		50.95%		1,287		35.52%		452		12.48%		17		0.47%		4		0.11%		17		0.47%		559		15.43%		3,623
	Delaware		3,704		49.41%		3,065		40.88%		679		9.06%		20		0.27%		4		0.05%		25		0.33%		639		8.53%		7,497
	Des Moines		10,761		57.94%		5,778		31.11%		1,792		9.65%		83		0.45%		31		0.17%		129		0.69%		4,983		26.83%		18,574
	Dickinson		3,562		46.59%		3,129		40.92%		901		11.78%		23		0.30%		10		0.13%		21		0.27%		433		5.67%		7,646
	Dubuque		20,839		54.77%		13,391		35.19%		3,304		8.68%		254		0.67%		66		0.17%		197		0.52%		7,448		19.58%		38,051
	Emmet		2,270		51.46%		1,641		37.20%		470		10.66%		11		0.25%		8		0.18%		11		0.25%		629		14.26%		4,411
	Fayette		4,832		50.21%		3,848		39.98%		890		9.25%		17		0.18%		9		0.09%		28		0.29%		984		10.23%		9,624
	Floyd		3,769		54.73%		2,379		34.54%		689		10.00%		15		0.22%		15		0.22%		20		0.29%		1,390		20.19%		6,887
	Franklin		2,232		47.16%		2,054		43.40%		417		8.81%		14		0.30%		5		0.11%		11		0.23%		178		3.76%		4,733
	Fremont		1,481		41.58%		1,576		44.24%		480		13.48%		3		0.08%		6		0.17%		16		0.45%		-95		-2.66%		3,562
	Greene		2,519		52.49%		1,861		38.78%		396		8.25%		9		0.19%		1		0.02%		13		0.27%		658		13.71%		4,799
	Grundy		2,322		40.83%		2,928		51.49%		401		7.05%		11		0.19%		3		0.05%		22		0.39%		-606		-10.66%		5,687
	Guthrie		2,552		49.65%		2,034		39.57%		515		10.02%		11		0.21%		4		0.08%		24		0.47%		518		10.08%		5,140
	Hamilton		3,455		47.48%		3,109		42.72%		661		9.08%		23		0.32%		7		0.10%		22		0.30%		346		4.76%		7,277
	Hancock		2,399		45.19%		2,353		44.32%		529		9.96%		11		0.21%		6		0.11%		11		0.21%		46		0.87%		5,309
	Hardin		4,053		48.69%		3,505		42.11%		713		8.57%		25		0.30%		5		0.06%		23		0.28%		548		6.58%		8,324
	Harrison		2,576		39.47%		3,070		47.04%		820		12.56%		10		0.15%		14		0.21%		37		0.57%		-494		-7.57%		6,527
	Henry		3,798		45.90%		3,478		42.03%		914		11.05%		23		0.28%		24		0.29%		38		0.46%		320		3.87%		8,275
	Howard		2,303		52.28%		1,528		34.69%		555		12.60%		3		0.07%		2		0.05%		14		0.32%		775		17.59%		4,405
	Humboldt		2,080		42.17%		2,236		45.33%		590		11.96%		9		0.18%		4		0.08%		14		0.28%		-156		-3.16%		4,933
	Ida		1,589		42.58%		1,684		45.12%		436		11.68%		6		0.16%		3		0.08%		14		0.38%		-95		-2.54%		3,732
	Iowa		3,354		47.68%		3,042		43.24%		575		8.17%		24		0.34%		11		0.16%		29		0.41%		312		4.44%		7,035
	Jackson		4,609		54.47%		2,827		33.41%		936		11.06%		37		0.44%		18		0.21%		34		0.40%		1,782		21.06%		8,461
	Jasper		8,776		52.92%		6,414		38.67%		1,263		7.62%		63		0.38%		18		0.11%		51		0.31%		2,362		14.25%		16,585
	Jefferson		2,597		35.11%		2,541		34.35%		571		7.72%		47		0.64%		1,574		21.28%		67		0.91%		56		0.76%		7,397
	Johnson		27,888		60.98%		13,402		29.31%		2,313		5.06%		1,491		3.26%		199		0.44%		439		0.96%		14,486		31.67%		45,732
	Jones		4,668		54.40%		3,083		35.93%		765		8.92%		27		0.31%		6		0.07%		32		0.37%		1,585		18.47%		8,581
	Keokuk		2,545		49.89%		2,080		40.78%		432		8.47%		10		0.20%		10		0.20%		24		0.47%		465		9.11%		5,101
	Kossuth		4,031		47.40%		3,477		40.88%		932		10.96%		23		0.27%		16		0.19%		26		0.31%		554		6.52%		8,505
	Lee		8,831		56.38%		4,932		31.49%		1,734		11.07%		64		0.41%		27		0.17%		74		0.47%		3,899		24.89%		15,662
	Linn		45,497		54.79%		30,958		37.28%		5,607		6.75%		453		0.55%		91		0.11%		429		0.52%		14,539		17.51%		83,035
	Louisa		2,081		48.68%		1,565		36.61%		590		13.80%		7		0.16%		6		0.14%		26		0.61%		516		12.07%		4,275
	Lucas		2,168		51.51%		1,586		37.68%		433		10.29%		6		0.14%		3		0.07%		13		0.31%		582		13.83%		4,209
	Lyon		1,489		27.82%		3,396		63.45%		422		7.88%		12		0.22%		7		0.13%		26		0.49%		-1,907		-35.63%		5,352
	Madison		3,070		48.52%		2,550		40.30%		654		10.34%		18		0.28%		6		0.09%		29		0.46%		520		8.22%		6,327
	Mahaska		3,737		41.80%		4,473		50.03%		656		7.34%		24		0.27%		17		0.19%		34		0.38%		-736		-8.23%		8,941
	Marion		5,978		45.80%		6,100		46.74%		871		6.67%		52		0.40%		14		0.11%		37		0.28%		-122		-0.94%		13,052
	Marshall		8,669		50.04%		7,017		40.50%		1,455		8.40%		80		0.46%		26		0.15%		77		0.44%		1,652		9.54%		17,324
	Mills		2,068		35.83%		2,958		51.25%		683		11.83%		17		0.29%		10		0.17%		36		0.62%		-890		-15.42%		5,772
	Mitchell		2,596		51.19%		1,877		37.01%		563		11.10%		16		0.32%		7		0.14%		12		0.24%		719		14.18%		5,071
	Monona		1,952		46.06%		1,674		39.50%		580		13.69%		11		0.26%		8		0.19%		13		0.31%		278		6.56%		4,238
	Monroe		1,884		53.63%		1,272		36.21%		329		9.37%		9		0.26%		7		0.20%		12		0.34%		612		17.42%		3,513
	Montgomery		1,912		36.79%		2,583		49.70%		663		12.76%		5		0.10%		13		0.25%		21		0.40%		-671		-12.91%		5,197
	Muscatine		7,674		49.88%		5,858		38.07%		1,705		11.08%		68		0.44%		21		0.14%		60		0.39%		1,816		11.81%		15,386
	O'Brien		2,236		33.20%		3,877		57.56%		578		8.58%		13		0.19%		8		0.12%		23		0.34%		-1,641		-24.36%		6,735
	Osceola		1,010		33.10%		1,736		56.90%		274		8.98%		6		0.20%		2		0.07%		23		0.75%		-726		-23.80%		3,051
	Page		2,220		31.52%		4,032		57.25%		753		10.69%		16		0.23%		11		0.16%		11		0.16%		-1,812		-25.73%		7,043
	Palo Alto		2,371		50.41%		1,817		38.63%		477		10.14%		11		0.23%		4		0.09%		23		0.49%		554		11.78%		4,703
	Plymouth		3,745		37.62%		5,117		51.40%		997		10.01%		16		0.16%		12		0.12%		69		0.69%		-1,372		-13.78%		9,956
	Pocahontas		1,981		47.00%		1,707		40.50%		478		11.34%		9		0.21%		8		0.19%		32		0.76%		274		6.50%		4,215
	Polk		83,877		53.73%		60,884		39.00%		9,516		6.10%		786		0.50%		197		0.13%		846		0.54%		22,993		14.73%		156,106
	Pottawattamie		13,276		40.45%		15,648		47.68%		3,534		10.77%		96		0.29%		66		0.20%		201		0.61%		-2,372		-7.23%		32,821
	Poweshiek		4,183		50.93%		3,221		39.21%		681		8.29%		73		0.89%		12		0.15%		44		0.54%		962		11.72%		8,214
	Ringgold		1,439		52.52%		967		35.29%		310		11.31%		8		0.29%		5		0.18%		11		0.40%		472		17.23%		2,740
	Sac		2,170		43.43%		2,209		44.21%		579		11.59%		15		0.30%		3		0.06%		21		0.42%		-39		-0.78%		4,997
	Scott		32,694		50.14%		26,751		41.03%		4,991		7.65%		295		0.45%		86		0.13%		385		0.59%		5,943		9.11%		65,202
	Shelby		2,176		36.63%		3,056		51.44%		652		10.97%		16		0.27%		8		0.13%		33		0.56%		-880		-14.81%		5,941
	Sioux		2,392		16.95%		10,864		77.00%		718		5.09%		42		0.30%		9		0.06%		85		0.60%		-8,472		-60.05%		14,110
	Story		17,234		52.71%		12,468		38.13%		2,091		6.40%		601		1.84%		59		0.18%		242		0.74%		4,766		14.58%		32,695
	Tama		3,994		51.52%		2,986		38.52%		713		9.20%		18		0.23%		13		0.17%		28		0.36%		1,008		13.00%		7,752
	Taylor		1,458		44.51%		1,419		43.32%		379		11.57%		7		0.21%		1		0.03%		12		0.37%		39		1.19%		3,276
	Union		2,787		49.27%		2,156		38.11%		660		11.67%		18		0.32%		2		0.04%		34		0.60%		631		11.16%		5,657
	Van Buren		1,536		45.51%		1,460		43.26%		347		10.28%		6		0.18%		8		0.24%		18		0.53%		76		2.25%		3,375
	Wapello		8,437		57.12%		4,828		32.69%		1,376		9.32%		54		0.37%		29		0.20%		46		0.31%		3,609		24.43%		14,770
	Warren		9,120		52.20%		6,905		39.52%		1,267		7.25%		61		0.35%		20		0.11%		99		0.57%		2,215		12.68%		17,472
	Washington		3,828		46.84%		3,600		44.05%		636		7.78%		38		0.46%		27		0.33%		44		0.54%		228		2.79%		8,173
	Wayne		1,650		50.51%		1,295		39.64%		310		9.49%		3		0.09%		4		0.12%		5		0.15%		355		10.87%		3,267
	Webster		8,380		51.32%		6,275		38.43%		1,580		9.68%		40		0.24%		9		0.06%		44		0.27%		2,105		12.89%		16,328
	Winnebago		2,679		48.52%		2,211		40.05%		590		10.69%		10		0.18%		8		0.14%		23		0.42%		468		8.47%		5,521
	Winneshiek		4,122		47.00%		3,532		40.27%		973		11.09%		102		1.16%		14		0.16%		27		0.31%		590		6.73%		8,770
	Woodbury		17,224		45.97%		16,368		43.69%		3,436		9.17%		142		0.38%		72		0.19%		222		0.59%		856		2.28%		37,464
	Worth		2,293		57.15%		1,284		32.00%		403		10.04%		14		0.35%		5		0.12%		13		0.32%		1,009		25.15%		4,012
	Wright		2,912		48.87%		2,473		41.50%		536		8.99%		9		0.15%		4		0.07%		25		0.42%		439		7.37%		5,959
Totals	620,258	50.26%	492,644	39.92%	105,159	8.52%	6,550	0.53%	3,349	0.27%	6,115	0.50%	127,614	10.34%	1,234,075

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• • Adair Allamakee
  • Butler Calhoun
    • • • • • • • Cherokee Delaware Dickinson Franklin Hancock Iowa Washington Winnebago Woodbury

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 193-197
3. Web site: Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate . 2012-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517003858/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/ . 2008-05-17 . dead .
4. Web site: President Elect - 1996 . 2012-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114094655/http://www.presidentelect.org/e1996.html . 2012-01-14 . dead .
5. Web site: IA US President Race, November 05, 1996. Our Campaigns.