1996 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1996 United States presidential election in Maryland
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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 vote1000
Popular vote966,207681,530115,812
Percentage54.25%38.27%6.50%

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County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Maryland was won by incumbent President Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 54.25% of the popular vote over Senator Bob Dole (R-Kansas) with 38.27%. Businessman Ross Perot (Reform-Texas) finished in third, with 6.50% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both challengers and becoming re-elected to a second term as U.S. President. [2]

To date this is the last election in which Dorchester County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate; conversely, this is also the last time Charles County voted for a Republican presidential candidate, as it experienced an influx of African-American migration and greater ties to the Washington metropolitan area. [3] It is also the last time that ancestrally German Unionist Garrett County was not the most Republican county in the state (as it was second to Carroll County), and the last occasion in which Maryland was not the most Democratic state in the South (as it was second to Clinton's native Arkansas).

In this election, Maryland voted 7.46% to the left of the nation at-large. [4]

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Maryland [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent)966,20754.25%10
Republican Bob Dole 681,53038.27%0
Reform Ross Perot 115,8126.50%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 8,7650.49%0
Constitution Howard Phillips 3,4020.19%0
N/A Write-ins 2,6370.15%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 2,5170.14%0
Totals1,780,870100.0%10

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton
Democratic
Bob Dole
Republican
Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Allegany 11,02542.40%12,13646.67%2,65210.20%1890.73%-1,111-4.27%26,002
Anne Arundel 72,14742.02%83,57448.68%14,2878.32%1,6770.98%-11,427-6.66%171,685
Baltimore 132,59949.12%114,44942.39%20,3937.55%2,5270.94%18,1506.73%269,968
Baltimore City 145,44179.34%28,46715.53%7,4734.08%1,9421.06%116,97463.81%183,323
Calvert 10,00842.47%11,50948.84%1,9328.20%1170.50%-1,501-6.37%23,566
Caroline 3,25139.76%3,87447.38%94711.58%1051.28%-623-7.62%8,177
Carroll 17,12232.31%30,31657.20%4,8739.19%6861.29%-13,194-24.89%52,997
Cecil 10,14441.47%10,88544.50%3,12412.77%3071.26%-741-3.03%24,460
Charles 15,89044.35%17,43248.66%2,3336.51%1700.47%-1,542-4.31%35,825
Dorchester 4,61345.89%4,33743.15%1,00810.03%940.94%2762.74%10,052
Frederick 25,08138.41%34,49452.82%4,9897.64%7391.13%-9,413-14.41%65,303
Garrett 3,12131.89%5,40055.18%1,20012.26%650.66%-2,279-23.29%9,786
Harford 29,77938.08%39,68650.76%7,93910.15%7871.01%-9,907-12.68%78,191
Howard 47,56949.81%40,84942.77%6,0116.29%1,0791.13%6,7207.04%95,508
Kent 3,20745.83%3,05543.66%6769.66%600.86%1522.17%6,998
Montgomery 198,80759.36%117,73035.15%14,4504.31%3,9101.17%81,07724.21%334,897
Prince George's 176,61273.50%52,69721.93%9,1533.81%1,8400.77%123,91551.57%240,302
Queen Anne's 5,05437.06%7,14752.40%1,3129.62%1260.92%-2,093-15.34%13,639
Somerset 3,55749.62%2,91940.72%6138.55%801.12%6388.90%7,169
St. Mary's 9,98841.95%11,83549.71%1,8277.67%1580.66%-1,847-7.76%23,808
Talbot 4,82137.50%6,99754.43%9147.11%1230.96%-2,176-16.93%12,855
Washington 16,48139.11%21,43450.86%3,9349.34%2930.70%-4,953-11.75%42,142
Wicomico 12,30345.09%12,68746.50%2,1607.92%1360.50%-384-1.41%27,286
Worcester 7,58744.81%7,62145.01%1,6129.52%1110.66%-34-0.20%16,931
Totals966,20754.25%681,53038.27%115,8126.50%17,3210.97%284,67715.98%1,780,870

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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