1996 United States presidential election in Montana

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1996 United States presidential election in Montana

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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 Pat Choate Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 179,652 167,922 55,229 Percentage 44.11% 41.23% 13.56%

County Results Dole   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Clinton   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

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

Montana voted for Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole over President Bill Clinton by a slim margin of 2.88%. ^[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 13.56% of the popular vote in Montana. ^[1] As of the 2024 presidential election ^[update] , this is the last election in which Sheridan County, Dawson County, and Mineral County voted for the Democratic candidate.

With 13.56% of the popular vote, Montana would prove to be Ross Perot's second strongest state in the 1996 election after Maine. ^[2]

Montana was one of three states won by Clinton in 1992 that Bob Dole was able to flip, the others being Colorado and Georgia. This was also the first election since 1912 in which Montana voted differently than nearby California.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Montana [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	Jack Kemp	179,652	44.11%	3
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore (incumbent)	167,922	41.23%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	James Campbell	55,229	13.56%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	2,526	0.62%	0
	Natural Law (write in)	John Hagelin	Mike Tompkins	1,754	0.43%	0
	Constitutional (write in)	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	152	0.04%	0
	(write in)	Charles E. Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	20	0.00%	0
	Independent (write in)	Write-ins		5	0.00	0
	Socialist (write in)	Mary Cal Hollis	Eric Chester	1	0.00	0

By county

County	Bob Dole Republican		Bill Clinton Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaverhead	2,414	60.06%	1,164	28.96%	441	10.98%	1,250	31.10%	4,019
Big Horn	1,336	31.52%	2,453	57.87%	450	10.61%	-1,117	-26.35%	4,239
Blaine	1,127	38.96%	1,316	45.49%	450	15.55%	-189	-6.53%	2,893
Broadwater	1,029	52.34%	603	30.67%	334	16.99%	426	21.67%	1,966
Carbon	2,147	45.09%	1,854	38.93%	761	15.98%	293	6.16%	4,762
Carter	522	68.24%	150	19.61%	93	12.15%	372	48.63%	765
Cascade	14,291	40.82%	15,707	44.87%	5,008	14.31%	-1,416	-4.05%	35,006
Chouteau	1,660	52.58%	1,039	32.91%	458	14.51%	621	19.67%	3,157
Custer	2,467	46.29%	2,115	39.69%	747	14.02%	352	6.60%	5,329
Daniels	558	42.53%	510	38.87%	244	18.60%	48	3.66%	1,312
Dawson	1,890	40.45%	1,903	40.72%	880	18.83%	-13	-0.27%	4,673
Deer Lodge	883	17.62%	3,331	66.49%	796	15.89%	-2,448	-48.87%	5,010
Fallon	778	51.32%	452	29.82%	286	18.86%	326	21.50%	1,516
Fergus	3,671	59.27%	1,866	30.13%	657	10.60%	1,805	29.14%	6,194
Flathead	16,542	51.33%	10,452	32.43%	5,231	16.24%	6,090	18.90%	32,225
Gallatin	14,559	50.07%	10,972	37.73%	3,547	12.20%	3,587	12.34%	29,078
Garfield	562	75.34%	107	14.34%	77	10.32%	455	61.00%	746
Glacier	1,270	31.01%	2,292	55.97%	533	13.02%	-1,022	-24.96%	4,095
Golden Valley	284	58.20%	128	26.23%	76	15.57%	156	31.97%	488
Granite	733	52.10%	429	30.49%	245	17.41%	304	21.61%	1,407
Hill	2,601	36.58%	3,517	49.46%	993	13.96%	-916	-12.88%	7,111
Jefferson	2,248	46.82%	1,775	36.97%	778	16.21%	473	9.85%	4,801
Judith Basin	753	56.28%	452	33.78%	133	9.94%	301	22.50%	1,338
Lake	4,723	43.57%	4,195	38.70%	1,922	17.73%	528	4.87%	10,840
Lewis and Clark	11,665	43.94%	11,535	43.45%	3,347	12.61%	130	0.49%	26,547
Liberty	634	54.56%	379	32.62%	149	12.82%	255	21.94%	1,162
Lincoln	3,552	45.16%	2,705	34.39%	1,609	20.45%	847	10.77%	7,866
Madison	1,984	56.77%	955	27.32%	556	15.91%	1,029	29.45%	3,495
McCone	615	48.96%	390	31.05%	251	19.99%	225	17.91%	1,256
Meagher	505	53.95%	281	30.02%	150	16.03%	224	23.93%	936
Mineral	549	33.99%	658	40.74%	408	25.27%	-109	-6.75%	1,615
Missoula	16,034	36.13%	21,874	49.29%	6,474	14.58%	-5,840	-13.16%	44,382
Musselshell	1,121	54.00%	652	31.41%	303	14.59%	469	22.59%	2,076
Park	3,837	51.52%	2,564	34.43%	1,047	14.05%	1,273	17.09%	7,448
Petroleum	186	64.14%	62	21.38%	42	14.48%	124	42.76%	290
Phillips	1,392	55.44%	705	28.08%	414	16.48%	687	27.36%	2,511
Pondera	1,438	48.53%	1,123	37.90%	402	13.57%	315	10.63%	2,963
Powder River	663	63.44%	236	22.58%	146	13.98%	427	40.86%	1,045
Powell	1,274	45.47%	952	33.98%	576	20.55%	322	11.49%	2,802
Prairie	417	53.46%	259	33.21%	104	13.33%	158	20.25%	780
Ravalli	8,138	50.11%	5,200	32.02%	2,902	17.87%	2,938	18.09%	16,240
Richland	2,021	44.24%	1,614	35.33%	933	20.43%	407	8.91%	4,568
Roosevelt	1,209	30.25%	2,118	52.99%	670	16.76%	-909	-22.74%	3,997
Rosebud	1,413	38.37%	1,681	45.64%	589	15.99%	-268	-7.27%	3,683
Sanders	2,043	43.83%	1,573	33.75%	1,045	22.42%	470	10.08%	4,661
Sheridan	832	34.17%	1,187	48.75%	416	17.08%	-355	-14.58%	2,435
Silver Bow	3,909	22.11%	11,199	63.35%	2,569	14.54%	-7,290	-41.24%	17,677
Stillwater	1,871	49.24%	1,282	33.74%	647	17.02%	589	15.50%	3,800
Sweet Grass	1,109	62.23%	469	26.32%	204	11.45%	640	35.91%	1,782
Teton	1,701	51.14%	1,188	35.72%	437	13.14%	513	15.42%	3,326
Toole	1,203	48.47%	874	35.21%	405	16.32%	329	13.26%	2,482
Treasure	237	47.59%	171	34.34%	90	18.07%	66	13.25%	498
Valley	1,838	43.69%	1,674	39.79%	695	16.52%	164	3.90%	4,207
Wheatland	563	51.75%	391	35.94%	134	12.31%	172	15.81%	1,088
Wibaux	284	46.33%	197	32.14%	132	21.53%	87	14.19%	613
Yellowstone	26,367	47.18%	22,992	41.14%	6,523	11.68%	3,375	6.04%	55,882
Totals	179,652	44.11%	167,922	41.23%	59,687	14.66%	11,730	2.88%	407,261

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Lake
• Lewis and Clark
• Sanders
• Valley

See also

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

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
2. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.