1996 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

Election Name:	1996 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1992 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1992
Next Election:	2000 United States presidential election in Kansas
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:	6
Popular Vote1:	583,245
Percentage1:	54.29%
Nominee2:	Bill Clinton
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Arkansas
Running Mate2:	Al Gore
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	387,659
Percentage2:	36.08%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Reform Party of the United States of America
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Campbell^[1] ^[2]
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	92,639
Percentage3:	8.62%
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 Kansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by former home state Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) over President Bill Clinton (D), with Dole winning 54.29 percent to 36.08 percent for a margin of 18.21 points. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.62 percent of the popular vote,^[1] a sharp decline from 1992, when Perot captured 27% of the state's votes and helped hold George H.W. Bush’s victory margin to just over five percentage points., this is the last election in which Atchison County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[3] Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Ellis County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944.

With 54.29 percent of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Dole's second strongest state in the 1996 election after Utah.^[4] As of the 2020 election, this marks the only occasion since 1984 in which a Republican nominee for President won his state of birth.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	Jack Kemp	583,245	54.29%	6
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore (incumbent)	387,659	36.08%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	James Campbell	92,639	8.62%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	4,557	0.42%	0
	Independent	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	3,519	0.33%	0
	Independent	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	1,655	0.15%	0
	Write-in	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	914	0.09%	0
	Write-in	Charles Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	112	0.01%	0

Results by county

County	Bob Dole Republican		Bill Clinton Democratic		Ross Perot Reform		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		2,797		47.06%		2,299		38.68%		793		13.34%		54		0.91%		498		8.38%		5,943
	Anderson		1,636		46.66%		1,367		38.99%		449		12.81%		54		1.54%		269		7.67%		3,506
	Atchison		2,828		43.25%		2,926		44.75%		727		11.12%		57		0.87%		-98		-1.50%		6,538
	Barber		1,696		62.15%		730		26.75%		279		10.22%		24		0.88%		966		35.40%		2,729
	Barton		7,855		64.92%		3,121		25.80%		1,004		8.30%		119		0.98%		4,734		39.12%		12,099
	Bourbon		3,318		50.17%		2,491		37.66%		760		11.49%		45		0.68%		827		12.51%		6,614
	Brown		2,688		56.58%		1,529		32.18%		497		10.46%		37		0.78%		1,159		24.40%		4,751
	Butler		13,979		58.70%		7,294		30.63%		2,274		9.55%		269		1.13%		6,685		28.07%		23,816
	Chase		778		50.19%		496		32.00%		259		16.71%		17		1.10%		282		18.19%		1,550
	Chautauqua		1,142		58.27%		568		28.98%		222		11.33%		28		1.43%		574		29.29%		1,960
	Cherokee		4,138		45.76%		3,771		41.70%		1,072		11.85%		62		0.69%		367		4.06%		9,043
	Cheyenne		1,211		66.83%		422		23.29%		174		9.60%		5		0.28%		789		43.54%		1,812
	Clark		855		65.02%		334		25.40%		109		8.29%		17		1.29%		521		39.62%		1,315
	Clay		2,793		66.87%		963		23.05%		389		9.31%		32		0.77%		1,830		43.82%		4,177
	Cloud		2,743		54.66%		1,615		32.18%		609		12.14%		51		1.02%		1,128		22.48%		5,018
	Coffey		2,369		57.92%		1,118		27.33%		572		13.99%		31		0.76%		1,251		30.59%		4,090
	Comanche		691		61.31%		298		26.44%		133		11.80%		5		0.44%		393		34.87%		1,127
	Cowley		7,872		50.79%		5,588		36.05%		1,904		12.28%		135		0.87%		2,284		14.74%		15,499
	Crawford		6,447		40.60%		7,504		47.25%		1,785		11.24%		144		0.91%		-1,057		-6.65%		15,880
	Decatur		1,255		68.06%		417		22.61%		156		8.46%		16		0.87%		838		45.45%		1,844
	Dickinson		5,174		60.53%		2,423		28.35%		888		10.39%		63		0.74%		2,751		32.18%		8,548
	Doniphan		1,962		64.24%		1,050		34.38%		0		0.00%		42		1.38%		912		29.86%		3,054
	Douglas		16,116		42.63%		18,116		47.93%		2,630		6.96%		938		2.48%		-2,000		-5.30%		37,800
	Edwards		1,088		59.94%		539		29.70%		180		9.92%		8		0.44%		549		30.24%		1,815
	Elk		933		56.79%		488		29.70%		206		12.54%		16		0.97%		445		27.09%		1,643
	Ellis		6,809		56.97%		4,142		34.66%		894		7.48%		107		0.90%		2,667		22.31%		11,952
	Ellsworth		2,078		64.14%		899		27.75%		245		7.56%		18		0.56%		1,179		36.39%		3,240
	Finney		6,188		65.43%		2,420		25.59%		805		8.51%		44		0.47%		3,768		39.84%		9,457
	Ford		5,681		61.30%		2,628		28.36%		914		9.86%		44		0.47%		3,053		32.94%		9,267
	Franklin		5,007		50.91%		3,552		36.12%		1,184		12.04%		92		0.94%		1,455		14.79%		9,835
	Geary		3,686		54.29%		2,444		35.99%		618		9.10%		42		0.62%		1,242		18.30%		6,790
	Gove		1,123		69.19%		351		21.63%		141		8.69%		8		0.49%		772		47.56%		1,623
	Graham		1,031		63.41%		432		26.57%		152		9.35%		11		0.68%		599		36.84%		1,626
	Grant		1,772		66.52%		633		23.76%		250		9.38%		9		0.34%		1,139		42.76%		2,664
	Gray		1,457		71.53%		404		19.83%		164		8.05%		12		0.59%		1,053		51.70%		2,037
	Greeley		567		71.95%		161		20.43%		47		5.96%		13		1.65%		406		51.52%		788
	Greenwood		1,932		53.15%		1,108		30.48%		552		15.19%		43		1.18%		824		22.67%		3,635
	Hamilton		811		64.93%		342		27.38%		84		6.73%		12		0.96%		469		37.55%		1,249
	Harper		1,941		61.44%		836		26.46%		355		11.24%		27		0.85%		1,105		34.98%		3,159
	Harvey		8,382		57.79%		4,918		33.91%		1,023		7.05%		181		1.25%		3,464		23.88%		14,504
	Haskell		1,143		73.55%		304		19.56%		96		6.18%		11		0.71%		839		53.99%		1,554
	Hodgeman		808		69.42%		251		21.56%		99		8.51%		6		0.52%		557		47.86%		1,164
	Jackson		2,682		49.12%		1,983		36.32%		735		13.46%		60		1.10%		699		12.80%		5,460
	Jefferson		3,781		49.31%		2,757		35.95%		1,030		13.43%		100		1.30%		1,024		13.36%		7,668
	Jewell		1,374		69.01%		417		20.94%		188		9.44%		12		0.60%		957		48.07%		1,991
	Johnson		110,368		57.82%		68,129		35.69%		10,425		5.46%		1,972		1.03%		42,239		22.13%		190,894
	Kearny		1,041		70.05%		335		22.54%		106		7.13%		4		0.27%		706		47.51%		1,486
	Kingman		2,659		64.65%		1,006		24.46%		409		9.94%		39		0.95%		1,653		40.19%		4,113
	Kiowa		1,264		70.97%		331		18.59%		170		9.55%		16		0.90%		933		52.38%		1,781
	Labette		4,283		45.66%		3,931		41.91%		1,091		11.63%		75		0.80%		352		3.75%		9,380
	Lane		865		70.67%		271		22.14%		86		7.03%		2		0.16%		594		48.53%		1,224
	Leavenworth		10,778		47.90%		9,098		40.44%		2,419		10.75%		205		0.91%		1,680		7.46%		22,500
	Lincoln		1,372		64.47%		528		24.81%		212		9.96%		16		0.75%		844		39.66%		2,128
	Linn		2,077		49.04%		1,590		37.54%		535		12.63%		33		0.78%		487		11.50%		4,235
	Logan		1,155		73.47%		296		18.83%		112		7.12%		9		0.57%		859		54.64%		1,572
	Lyon		6,612		50.01%		4,884		36.94%		1,584		11.98%		141		1.07%		1,728		13.07%		13,221
	McPherson		8,142		63.20%		3,536		27.45%		1,115		8.65%		90		0.70%		4,606		35.75%		12,883
	Marion		4,173		65.32%		1,673		26.19%		492		7.70%		51		0.80%		2,500		39.13%		6,389
	Marshall		2,811		51.11%		1,932		35.13%		713		12.96%		44		0.80%		879		15.98%		5,500
	Meade		1,443		70.08%		426		20.69%		173		8.40%		17		0.83%		1,017		49.39%		2,059
	Miami		5,256		47.98%		4,237		38.68%		1,339		12.22%		123		1.12%		1,019		9.30%		10,955
	Mitchell		2,435		68.71%		833		23.50%		246		6.94%		30		0.85%		1,602		45.21%		3,544
	Montgomery		7,428		51.71%		5,269		36.68%		1,528		10.64%		140		0.97%		2,159		15.03%		14,365
	Morris		1,553		51.96%		965		32.29%		451		15.09%		20		0.67%		588		19.67%		2,989
	Morton		1,073		67.87%		376		23.78%		124		7.84%		8		0.51%		697		44.09%		1,581
	Nemaha		3,014		56.07%		1,648		30.66%		676		12.58%		37		0.69%		1,366		25.41%		5,375
	Neosho		3,409		49.43%		2,527		36.64%		907		13.15%		54		0.78%		882		12.79%		6,897
	Ness		1,336		68.16%		428		21.84%		186		9.49%		10		0.51%		908		46.32%		1,960
	Norton		1,814		66.42%		640		23.43%		265		9.70%		12		0.44%		1,174		42.99%		2,731
	Osage		3,487		48.80%		2,502		35.01%		1,101		15.41%		56		0.78%		985		13.79%		7,146
	Osborne		1,582		66.14%		608		25.42%		191		7.98%		11		0.46%		974		40.72%		2,392
	Ottawa		1,846		63.88%		752		26.02%		261		9.03%		31		1.07%		1,094		37.86%		2,890
	Pawnee		1,927		61.10%		932		29.55%		275		8.72%		20		0.63%		995		31.55%		3,154
	Phillips		2,005		66.30%		758		25.07%		242		8.00%		19		0.63%		1,247		41.23%		3,024
	Pottawatomie		4,504		58.16%		1,997		25.79%		1,035		13.37%		208		2.69%		2,507		32.37%		7,744
	Pratt		2,591		58.87%		1,367		31.06%		408		9.27%		35		0.80%		1,224		27.81%		4,401
	Rawlins		1,393		73.78%		335		17.74%		146		7.73%		14		0.74%		1,058		56.04%		1,888
	Reno		14,275		54.28%		9,108		34.63%		2,661		10.12%		256		0.97%		5,167		19.65%		26,300
	Republic		2,283		69.97%		688		21.08%		268		8.21%		24		0.74%		1,595		48.89%		3,263
	Rice		2,842		59.34%		1,434		29.94%		482		10.06%		31		0.65%		1,408		29.40%		4,789
	Riley		11,113		56.68%		6,746		34.41%		1,478		7.54%		270		1.38%		4,367		22.27%		19,607
	Rooks		1,864		66.88%		650		23.32%		251		9.01%		22		0.79%		1,214		43.56%		2,787
	Rush		1,239		62.29%		547		27.50%		185		9.30%		18		0.90%		692		34.79%		1,989
	Russell		3,347		78.98%		705		16.64%		164		3.87%		22		0.52%		2,642		62.34%		4,238
	Saline		12,475		55.34%		7,728		34.28%		2,192		9.72%		146		0.65%		4,747		21.06%		22,541
	Scott		1,750		73.41%		458		19.21%		160		6.71%		16		0.67%		1,292		54.20%		2,384
	Sedgwick		93,397		56.06%		59,643		35.80%		11,875		7.13%		1,684		1.01%		33,754		20.26%		166,599
	Seward		3,812		68.40%		1,309		23.49%		396		7.11%		56		1.00%		2,503		44.91%		5,573
	Shawnee		34,845		46.05%		32,803		43.35%		7,304		9.65%		711		0.94%		2,042		2.70%		75,663
	Sheridan		1,053		74.15%		264		18.59%		95		6.69%		8		0.56%		789		55.56%		1,420
	Sherman		2,110		68.42%		736		23.87%		220		7.13%		18		0.58%		1,374		44.55%		3,084
	Smith		1,628		65.38%		638		25.62%		213		8.55%		11		0.44%		990		39.76%		2,490
	Stafford		1,604		63.03%		651		25.58%		276		10.84%		14		0.55%		953		37.45%		2,545
	Stanton		628		71.20%		189		21.43%		60		6.80%		5		0.57%		439		49.77%		882
	Stevens		1,548		70.88%		405		18.54%		213		9.75%		18		0.82%		1,143		52.34%		2,184
	Sumner		5,952		54.22%		3,638		33.14%		1,260		11.48%		127		1.16%		2,314		21.08%		10,977
	Thomas		2,725		69.75%		866		22.17%		295		7.55%		21		0.54%		1,859		47.58%		3,907
	Trego		1,205		61.11%		548		27.79%		209		10.60%		10		0.51%		657		33.32%		1,972
	Wabaunsee		1,884		55.67%		966		28.55%		479		14.15%		55		1.63%		918		27.12%		3,384
	Wallace		738		76.24%		160		16.53%		65		6.71%		5		0.52%		578		59.71%		968
	Washington		2,397		67.39%		804		22.60%		326		9.17%		30		0.84%		1,593		44.79%		3,557
	Wichita		796		71.13%		239		21.36%		80		7.15%		4		0.36%		557		49.77%		1,119
	Wilson		2,458		56.41%		1,297		29.77%		562		12.90%		40		0.92%		1,161		26.64%		4,357
	Woodson		953		52.02%		598		32.64%		269		14.68%		12		0.66%		355		19.38%		1,832
	Wyandotte		14,011		28.22%		31,252		62.94%		3,931		7.92%		460		0.93%		-17,241		-34.72%		49,654
Totals	583,245	54.29%	387,659	36.08%	92,639	8.62%	10,757	1.00%	195,586	18.21%	1,074,300

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Cherokee
• Ellis
• Labette
• Leavenworth
• Miami
• Shawnee

Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican

• Anderson
• Jefferson
• Morris (tied in 1992)
• Wabaunsee

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dave Leip’s Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results. 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas.
2. Web site: Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate. 2012-01-25. 2008-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517003858/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/. dead.
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
4. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.