1996 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1996 United States presidential election in Iowa
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp James Campbell
Electoral vote700
Popular vote620,258492,644105,159
Percentage50.26%39.92%8.52%

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County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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.

Contents

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 Dukakis1988 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]

As of the 2020 presidential election , 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 [4]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent)620,25850.26%7
Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 492,64439.92%0
Reform Ross Perot James Campbell105,1598.52%0
Green Ralph Nader Anne Goeke [1] [lower-alpha 1] 6,5500.53%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 3,3490.27%0
Libertarian IA Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 2,3150.19%0
Taxpayer Howard Phillips Albion W. Knight Jr. [1] [5] 2,2290.18%0
No party Write-in 1,2400.10%0
Socialist Workers James Harris Laura Garza 331 [lower-alpha 2] 0.03%0
Totals1,234,075100.0%7
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)58%/69%

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton [4]
Democratic
Bob Dole [4]
Republican
Ross Perot [4]
Reform
Ralph Nader [4]
Green
John Hagelin [4]
Natural Law
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 1,80245.79%1,65542.06%45811.64%50.13%20.05%130.33%1473.73%3,935
Adams 1,07046.00%92039.55%32013.76%40.17%20.09%100.43%1506.45%2,326
Allamakee 2,55144.13%2,45742.50%68011.76%280.48%100.17%550.95%941.63%5,781
Appanoose 2,74749.12%2,23339.93%5549.91%120.21%60.11%400.72%5149.19%5,592
Audubon 1,82752.38%1,31437.67%3149.00%80.23%60.17%190.54%51314.71%3,488
Benton 5,54653.95%3,83537.31%8468.23%130.13%110.11%280.27%1,71116.64%10,279
Black Hawk 29,65155.83%19,32236.38%3,6236.82%2530.48%360.07%2240.42%10,32919.45%53,109
Boone 6,44654.47%4,29336.27%9878.34%580.49%130.11%380.32%2,15318.20%11,835
Bremer 5,02349.38%4,21341.42%8628.47%330.32%140.14%270.27%8107.96%10,172
Buchanan 4,99755.83%3,04334.00%8369.34%200.22%190.21%360.40%1,95421.83%8,951
Buena Vista 3,42042.94%3,63645.65%83110.43%190.24%120.15%470.59%-216-2.71%7,965
Butler 3,06146.16%3,03645.78%4897.37%120.18%80.12%250.38%250.38%6,631
Calhoun 2,19345.89%2,07743.46%4629.67%160.33%70.15%240.50%1162.43%4,779
Carroll 4,33349.29%3,39238.59%99811.35%200.23%110.13%360.41%94110.70%8,790
Cass 2,61638.11%3,38449.29%80911.78%150.22%80.12%330.48%-768-11.18%6,865
Cedar 3,85650.23%2,96638.64%7569.85%420.55%220.29%340.44%89011.59%7,676
Cerro Gordo 11,94356.26%7,42734.99%1,6897.96%600.28%140.07%940.44%4,51621.27%21,227
Cherokee 2,85344.79%2,62941.27%83413.09%150.24%60.09%330.52%2243.52%6,370
Chickasaw 3,35552.75%2,19134.45%75911.93%140.22%110.17%300.47%1,16418.30%6,360
Clarke 2,05352.33%1,40135.71%44011.22%110.28%30.08%150.38%65216.62%3,923
Clay 3,65947.80%3,12940.88%80210.48%200.26%80.10%370.48%5306.92%7,655
Clayton 4,28452.28%2,94435.93%91211.13%320.39%30.04%190.23%1,34016.35%8,194
Clinton 11,48153.17%7,62435.30%2,30010.65%770.36%320.15%810.38%3,85717.87%21,595
Crawford 3,14046.76%2,68640.00%84712.61%100.15%80.12%240.36%4546.76%6,715
Dallas 8,01750.07%6,64741.52%1,1987.48%550.34%240.15%690.43%1,3708.55%16,010
Davis 1,89450.39%1,44538.44%38210.16%100.27%80.21%200.53%44911.95%3,759
Decatur 1,84650.95%1,28735.52%45212.48%170.47%40.11%170.47%55915.43%3,623
Delaware 3,70449.41%3,06540.88%6799.06%200.27%40.05%250.33%6398.53%7,497
Des Moines 10,76157.94%5,77831.11%1,7929.65%830.45%310.17%1290.69%4,98326.83%18,574
Dickinson 3,56246.59%3,12940.92%90111.78%230.30%100.13%210.27%4335.67%7,646
Dubuque 20,83954.77%13,39135.19%3,3048.68%2540.67%660.17%1970.52%7,44819.58%38,051
Emmet 2,27051.46%1,64137.20%47010.66%110.25%80.18%110.25%62914.26%4,411
Fayette 4,83250.21%3,84839.98%8909.25%170.18%90.09%280.29%98410.23%9,624
Floyd 3,76954.73%2,37934.54%68910.00%150.22%150.22%200.29%1,39020.19%6,887
Franklin 2,23247.16%2,05443.40%4178.81%140.30%50.11%110.23%1783.76%4,733
Fremont 1,48141.58%1,57644.24%48013.48%30.08%60.17%160.45%-95-2.66%3,562
Greene 2,51952.49%1,86138.78%3968.25%90.19%10.02%130.27%65813.71%4,799
Grundy 2,32240.83%2,92851.49%4017.05%110.19%30.05%220.39%-606-10.66%5,687
Guthrie 2,55249.65%2,03439.57%51510.02%110.21%40.08%240.47%51810.08%5,140
Hamilton 3,45547.48%3,10942.72%6619.08%230.32%70.10%220.30%3464.76%7,277
Hancock 2,39945.19%2,35344.32%5299.96%110.21%60.11%110.21%460.87%5,309
Hardin 4,05348.69%3,50542.11%7138.57%250.30%50.06%230.28%5486.58%8,324
Harrison 2,57639.47%3,07047.04%82012.56%100.15%140.21%370.57%-494-7.57%6,527
Henry 3,79845.90%3,47842.03%91411.05%230.28%240.29%380.46%3203.87%8,275
Howard 2,30352.28%1,52834.69%55512.60%30.07%20.05%140.32%77517.59%4,405
Humboldt 2,08042.17%2,23645.33%59011.96%90.18%40.08%140.28%-156-3.16%4,933
Ida 1,58942.58%1,68445.12%43611.68%60.16%30.08%140.38%-95-2.54%3,732
Iowa 3,35447.68%3,04243.24%5758.17%240.34%110.16%290.41%3124.44%7,035
Jackson 4,60954.47%2,82733.41%93611.06%370.44%180.21%340.40%1,78221.06%8,461
Jasper 8,77652.92%6,41438.67%1,2637.62%630.38%180.11%510.31%2,36214.25%16,585
Jefferson 2,59735.11%2,54134.35%5717.72%470.64%1,57421.28%670.91%560.76%7,397
Johnson 27,88860.98%13,40229.31%2,3135.06%1,4913.26%1990.44%4390.96%14,48631.67%45,732
Jones 4,66854.40%3,08335.93%7658.92%270.31%60.07%320.37%1,58518.47%8,581
Keokuk 2,54549.89%2,08040.78%4328.47%100.20%100.20%240.47%4659.11%5,101
Kossuth 4,03147.40%3,47740.88%93210.96%230.27%160.19%260.31%5546.52%8,505
Lee 8,83156.38%4,93231.49%1,73411.07%640.41%270.17%740.47%3,89924.89%15,662
Linn 45,49754.79%30,95837.28%5,6076.75%4530.55%910.11%4290.52%14,53917.51%83,035
Louisa 2,08148.68%1,56536.61%59013.80%70.16%60.14%260.61%51612.07%4,275
Lucas 2,16851.51%1,58637.68%43310.29%60.14%30.07%130.31%58213.83%4,209
Lyon 1,48927.82%3,39663.45%4227.88%120.22%70.13%260.49%-1,907-35.63%5,352
Madison 3,07048.52%2,55040.30%65410.34%180.28%60.09%290.46%5208.22%6,327
Mahaska 3,73741.80%4,47350.03%6567.34%240.27%170.19%340.38%-736-8.23%8,941
Marion 5,97845.80%6,10046.74%8716.67%520.40%140.11%370.28%-122-0.94%13,052
Marshall 8,66950.04%7,01740.50%1,4558.40%800.46%260.15%770.44%1,6529.54%17,324
Mills 2,06835.83%2,95851.25%68311.83%170.29%100.17%360.62%-890-15.42%5,772
Mitchell 2,59651.19%1,87737.01%56311.10%160.32%70.14%120.24%71914.18%5,071
Monona 1,95246.06%1,67439.50%58013.69%110.26%80.19%130.31%2786.56%4,238
Monroe 1,88453.63%1,27236.21%3299.37%90.26%70.20%120.34%61217.42%3,513
Montgomery 1,91236.79%2,58349.70%66312.76%50.10%130.25%210.40%-671-12.91%5,197
Muscatine 7,67449.88%5,85838.07%1,70511.08%680.44%210.14%600.39%1,81611.81%15,386
O'Brien 2,23633.20%3,87757.56%5788.58%130.19%80.12%230.34%-1,641-24.36%6,735
Osceola 1,01033.10%1,73656.90%2748.98%60.20%20.07%230.75%-726-23.80%3,051
Page 2,22031.52%4,03257.25%75310.69%160.23%110.16%110.16%-1,812-25.73%7,043
Palo Alto 2,37150.41%1,81738.63%47710.14%110.23%40.09%230.49%55411.78%4,703
Plymouth 3,74537.62%5,11751.40%99710.01%160.16%120.12%690.69%-1,372-13.78%9,956
Pocahontas 1,98147.00%1,70740.50%47811.34%90.21%80.19%320.76%2746.50%4,215
Polk 83,87753.73%60,88439.00%9,5166.10%7860.50%1970.13%8460.54%22,99314.73%156,106
Pottawattamie 13,27640.45%15,64847.68%3,53410.77%960.29%660.20%2010.61%-2,372-7.23%32,821
Poweshiek 4,18350.93%3,22139.21%6818.29%730.89%120.15%440.54%96211.72%8,214
Ringgold 1,43952.52%96735.29%31011.31%80.29%50.18%110.40%47217.23%2,740
Sac 2,17043.43%2,20944.21%57911.59%150.30%30.06%210.42%-39-0.78%4,997
Scott 32,69450.14%26,75141.03%4,9917.65%2950.45%860.13%3850.59%5,9439.11%65,202
Shelby 2,17636.63%3,05651.44%65210.97%160.27%80.13%330.56%-880-14.81%5,941
Sioux 2,39216.95%10,86477.00%7185.09%420.30%90.06%850.60%-8,472-60.05%14,110
Story 17,23452.71%12,46838.13%2,0916.40%6011.84%590.18%2420.74%4,76614.58%32,695
Tama 3,99451.52%2,98638.52%7139.20%180.23%130.17%280.36%1,00813.00%7,752
Taylor 1,45844.51%1,41943.32%37911.57%70.21%10.03%120.37%391.19%3,276
Union 2,78749.27%2,15638.11%66011.67%180.32%20.04%340.60%63111.16%5,657
Van Buren 1,53645.51%1,46043.26%34710.28%60.18%80.24%180.53%762.25%3,375
Wapello 8,43757.12%4,82832.69%1,3769.32%540.37%290.20%460.31%3,60924.43%14,770
Warren 9,12052.20%6,90539.52%1,2677.25%610.35%200.11%990.57%2,21512.68%17,472
Washington 3,82846.84%3,60044.05%6367.78%380.46%270.33%440.54%2282.79%8,173
Wayne 1,65050.51%1,29539.64%3109.49%30.09%40.12%50.15%35510.87%3,267
Webster 8,38051.32%6,27538.43%1,5809.68%400.24%90.06%440.27%2,10512.89%16,328
Winnebago 2,67948.52%2,21140.05%59010.69%100.18%80.14%230.42%4688.47%5,521
Winneshiek 4,12247.00%3,53240.27%97311.09%1021.16%140.16%270.31%5906.73%8,770
Woodbury 17,22445.97%16,36843.69%3,4369.17%1420.38%720.19%2220.59%8562.28%37,464
Worth 2,29357.15%1,28432.00%40310.04%140.35%50.12%130.32%1,00925.15%4,012
Wright 2,91248.87%2,47341.50%5368.99%90.15%40.07%250.42%4397.37%5,959
Totals620,25850.26%492,64439.92%105,1598.52%6,5500.53%3,3490.27%6,1150.50%127,61410.34%1,234,075 [lower-alpha 2]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. Iowa was one of the states where Ralph Nader's running mate (Winona LaDuke) was replaced on the ballot by Anne Goeke.
  2. 1 2 The Socialist Workers votes were not separated by county and included only as a statewide total. [4]

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