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1996 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1996 United States presidential election in Kansas

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Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore James Campbell[1][2]
Electoral vote 6 0 0
Popular vote 583,245 387,659 92,639
Percentage 54.29% 36.08% 8.62%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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. As of the 2024 presidential election, 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 2024 election, this marks the only occasion since 1984 in which a Republican nominee for President won his state of birth.

Results

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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[1][2] 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

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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

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Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip’s Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results.
  2. ^ a b "Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate". Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  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. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.