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The 1996 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on February 20, 1996, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Bill Clinton easily won the primary, facing only minor opposition.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Clinton | 76,797 | 84.37% |
| Pat Buchanan † | 3,347 | 3.68% |
| Lamar Alexander † | 1,888 | 2.07% |
| Steve Forbes † | 1,294 | 1.42% |
| Bob Dole † | 1,257 | 1.38% |
| Pat Paulsen | 1,007 | 1.11% |
| Al Gore † | 1,257 | 0.74% |
| Carmen C. Chimento | 656 | 0.72% |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 433 | 0.48% |
| Richard Lugar † | 410 | 0.45% |
| Caroline Killeen | 391 | 0.43% |
| Heather Anne Harder | 369 | 0.40% |
| Bruce Daniels | 312 | 0.34% |
| James D. Griffin | 307 | 0.34% |
| Alan Keyes † | 281 | 0.31% |
| Colin Powell † | 280 | 0.31% |
| Ralph Nader † | 187 | 0.20% |
| Morry Taylor † | 167 | 0.18% |
| Stephen Michael | 94 | 0.10% |
| Willie Felix Carter | 85 | 0.09% |
| Robert Drucker | 81 | 0.09% |
| David Pauling | 74 | 0.08% |
| Vincent Hamm | 72 | 0.08% |
| Ted Gunderson | 70 | 0.08% |
| Frank Legas | 63 | 0.07% |
| Robert Spangler | 62 | 0.07% |
| Michael Dass | 57 | 0.06% |
| Osie Thorpe | 50 | 0.05% |
| Ben Tomeo | 47 | 0.05% |
| Sal Casamassima | 45 | 0.05% |
| John Safran | 42 | 0.05% |
| Ross Perot † | 41 | 0.04% |
| Phil Gramm † | 25 | 0.03% |
| Robert Dornan † | 21 | 0.02% |
| Charles Edwin Collins † | 5 | 0.00% |
| Michael Stephen Levinson † | 4 | 0.00% |
| George Bush † | 3 | 0.00% |
| Harry Browne † | 1 | 0.00% |
| Newt Gingrich † | 1 | 0.00% |
| John Hurd † | 1 | 0.00% |
| Irwin Schiff † | 1 | 0.00% |
| Total | 91,027 | 100% |
† Indicates a write-in candidate
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