1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
Turnout62.77% [1]
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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp James Campbell
Electoral vote1100
Popular vote909,146863,530105,918
Percentage48.00%45.59%5.59%

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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Tennessee was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as vice president, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp. [2]

Contents

Tennessee weighed in for this election as 6.01 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Tennessee, as well as Montgomery County, Maury County, Carroll County, Weakley County, Obion County, McNairy County, Anderson County, Coffee County, Polk County, Putnam County, Sequatchie County, Morgan County, Fayette County, Cheatham County, Roane County, Lawrence County, Dyer County, Union County, Fentress County, Meigs County, and Moore County. [3]

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Tennessee, with nearly seven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties in Tennessee turned out for Clinton, including the highly populated Shelby County and Davidson County, by narrow margins. Both Shelby and Davidson counties have voted consistently Democratic since the prior election. In his second bid for the presidency, Reform Party candidate Ross Perot received over five percent of the votes in Tennessee, as part of the strongest national third-party presidential campaign in recent history. Tennessee nonetheless showed Perot his worst performance out of any state. [4]

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent)909,14648.00%11
Republican Bob Dole 863,53045.59%0
Independent Ross Perot 105,9185.59%0
Independent Ralph Nader 6,4270.34%0
Independent Harry Browne 5,0200.27%0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,8180.10%0
Independent Charles E. Collins 6880.04%0
Independent Dr. John Hagelin 636 [a] 0.03%0
Independent Steve Michael 408 [a] 0.02%0
Independent Earl Dodge 324 [a] 0.02%0
Write-ins190 [a] 0.01%0
Totals1,894,105100.00%11
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton [5]
Democratic
Bob Dole [5]
Republican
Ross Perot [5]
Independent
Various candidates [5]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Anderson 13,45748.91%11,94343.40%1,8176.60%2991.09%1,5145.51%27,516
Bedford 5,73550.82%4,63441.07%8237.29%920.82%1,1019.75%11,284
Benton 4,34158.27%2,39532.15%6638.90%510.68%1,94626.12%7,450
Bledsoe 1,62145.89%1,62646.04%2517.11%340.96%-5-0.15%3,532
Blount 14,68739.77%19,31052.29%2,5566.92%3771.02%-4,623-12.52%36,930
Bradley 9,09534.16%15,47858.13%1,8566.97%1990.75%-6,383-23.97%26,628
Campbell 6,12253.77%4,39338.59%7856.90%850.75%1,72915.18%11,385
Cannon 2,31855.39%1,46835.08%3618.63%380.91%85020.31%4,185
Carroll 4,91249.87%4,20642.70%6977.08%340.35%7067.17%9,849
Carter 6,21834.01%10,54057.65%1,3837.56%1410.77%-4,322-23.64%18,282
Cheatham 4,88349.01%4,28342.98%7057.08%930.93%6006.03%9,964
Chester 1,92239.22%2,74656.03%2034.14%300.61%-824-16.81%4,901
Claiborne 3,86144.49%4,02346.35%7278.38%680.78%-162-1.86%8,679
Clay 1,55951.86%1,10836.86%31610.51%230.77%45115.00%3,006
Cocke 3,32638.27%4,48151.56%7989.18%860.99%-1,155-13.29%8,691
Coffee 7,95148.78%7,03843.18%1,2057.39%1070.66%9135.60%16,301
Crockett 2,25651.96%1,87243.11%2014.63%130.30%3848.85%4,342
Cumberland 6,67640.84%8,09649.53%1,3998.56%1761.08%-1,420-8.69%16,347
Davidson 110,80555.30%78,45339.15%9,0184.50%2,1061.05%32,35216.15%200,382
Decatur 2,26253.55%1,71240.53%2295.42%510.96%55013.02%4,254
DeKalb 3,21360.60%1,69631.99%3426.45%210.50%1,51728.61%5,272
Dickson 7,45853.93%5,28338.20%9967.20%920.67%2,17515.73%13,829
Dyer 5,60249.25%5,05944.48%6765.94%370.33%5434.77%11,374
Fayette 4,65548.90%4,40646.29%4164.37%420.44%2492.61%9,519
Fentress 2,33246.12%2,30745.63%3867.63%310.61%250.49%5,056
Franklin 6,92951.79%5,29639.58%1,0577.90%970.73%1,63312.21%13,379
Gibson 8,85153.88%6,61440.26%8915.42%720.44%2,23713.62%16,428
Giles 4,94854.80%3,26936.20%7338.12%800.89%1,67918.60%9,030
Grainger 2,16239.65%2,87552.72%3827.01%340.62%-713-13.07%5,453
Greene 6,88537.39%9,77953.10%1,6048.71%1480.80%-2,894-15.71%18,416
Grundy 2,59664.15%1,09427.03%3268.06%310.77%1,50237.12%4,047
Hamblen 7,00638.71%9,79754.13%1,1066.11%1901.05%-2,791-15.42%18,099
Hamilton 48,00843.55%55,20550.08%6,6996.08%3250.29%-7,197-6.53%110,237
Hancock 76035.28%1,25958.45%1165.39%190.88%-499-23.17%2,154
Hardeman 4,85959.03%2,96135.97%3464.20%650.79%1,89823.06%8,231
Hardin 3,50843.22%3,98049.03%5947.32%350.43%-472-5.81%8,117
Hawkins 6,36739.94%8,16451.21%1,2828.04%1280.80%-1,797-11.27%15,941
Haywood 3,56559.12%2,29338.03%1542.55%180.30%1,27221.09%6,030
Henderson 2,84139.01%4,00254.96%4085.60%310.43%-1,161-15.95%7,282
Henry 6,15353.50%4,27237.14%9928.63%840.73%1,88116.36%11,501
Hickman 3,91761.03%2,00231.19%4607.17%390.61%1,91529.84%6,418
Houston 1,86866.31%74226.34%1826.46%250.89%1,12639.97%2,817
Humphreys 3,67561.05%1,89231.43%4237.03%300.50%1,78329.62%6,020
Jackson 2,88969.43%94422.69%2896.95%390.94%1,94546.74%4,161
Jefferson 4,68838.57%6,44653.03%8827.26%1391.14%-1,758-14.46%12,155
Johnson 1,69831.69%3,13758.54%4899.12%350.65%-1,439-26.85%5,359
Knox 61,15843.67%70,76150.53%6,4024.57%1,7241.23%-9,603-6.86%140,045
Lake 1,27364.23%58929.72%1105.55%100.50%68434.51%1,982
Lauderdale 4,34960.71%2,48134.63%3084.30%260.36%1,86826.08%7,164
Lawrence 6,18846.32%6,11545.77%9737.28%830.62%730.55%13,359
Lewis 1,97154.78%1,29836.08%3168.78%130.36%67318.70%3,598
Lincoln 4,36144.74%4,55146.69%7617.81%740.76%-190-1.95%9,747
Loudon 5,55240.43%7,09851.69%8896.47%1921.40%-1,546-11.26%13,731
Macon 2,24043.36%2,48148.03%4218.15%240.46%-241-4.67%5,166
Madison 13,57745.92%14,90850.42%9683.27%1120.38%-1,331-4.50%29,565
Marion 5,19456.51%3,16634.45%7688.36%630.69%2,02822.06%9,191
Marshall 4,44756.20%2,78135.14%6037.62%821.04%1,66621.06%7,913
Maury 10,36750.39%8,73742.47%1,3666.64%1040.51%1,6307.92%20,574
McMinn 5,98740.50%7,65551.78%1,0336.99%1090.74%-1,668-11.28%14,784
McNairy 4,05047.22%3,96046.18%5196.05%470.55%901.04%8,576
Meigs 1,47649.73%1,22841.37%2458.25%190.64%2488.36%2,968
Monroe 4,87244.58%5,25748.11%7136.52%860.79%-385-3.53%10,928
Montgomery 16,49849.06%15,13345.01%1,7815.30%2130.63%1,3654.05%33,625
Moore 93547.22%84642.73%1778.94%221.11%894.49%1,980
Morgan 2,76751.97%2,07038.88%4468.38%410.77%69713.09%5,324
Obion 6,22653.97%4,31037.36%9328.08%680.59%1,91616.61%11,536
Overton 3,80063.00%1,75629.11%4317.15%450.75%2,04433.89%6,032
Perry 1,44460.52%74731.31%1787.46%170.71%69729.21%2,386
Pickett 90143.51%1,04650.51%1165.60%80.39%-145-7.00%2,071
Polk 2,45051.36%1,91040.04%3777.90%330.69%54011.32%4,770
Putnam 10,04748.10%9,09343.53%1,4877.12%2611.25%9544.57%20,888
Rhea 3,96943.20%4,47648.72%6947.55%490.53%-507-5.52%9,188
Roane 9,74447.57%9,04444.15%1,4387.02%2591.26%7003.42%20,485
Robertson 8,46552.16%6,68541.19%9936.12%860.53%1,78010.97%16,229
Rutherford 22,81544.22%24,56547.61%3,7877.34%4270.83%-1,750-3.39%51,594
Scott 2,50644.46%2,64646.94%4317.65%540.96%-140-2.48%5,637
Sequatchie 1,59848.45%1,39142.18%2888.73%210.64%2076.27%3,298
Sevier 7,13634.23%11,84756.83%1,6507.92%2131.02%-4,711-22.60%20,846
Shelby 179,66355.05%136,31541.77%8,3072.55%2,0950.64%43,34813.28%326,380
Smith 3,81262.94%1,85730.66%3465.71%420.69%1,95532.28%6,057
Stewart 2,96263.02%1,30627.79%3868.21%460.98%1,65635.23%4,700
Sullivan 20,57138.21%29,29654.42%3,5556.60%4150.77%-8,725-16.21%53,837
Sumner 19,20544.50%20,86348.35%2,7836.45%3030.70%-1,658-3.85%43,154
Tipton 6,59643.82%7,58550.40%7995.31%710.47%-989-6.58%15,051
Trousdale 1,61564.63%68327.33%1907.60%110.44%93237.30%2,499
Unicoi 2,13137.03%3,12254.25%4477.77%550.96%-991-17.22%5,755
Union 2,42147.37%2,25344.08%3857.53%521.02%1683.29%5,111
Van Buren 1,01060.73%50430.31%1287.70%211.26%50630.42%1,663
Warren 6,38954.92%4,22636.33%9177.88%1010.87%2,16318.59%11,633
Washington 13,25938.06%18,96054.42%2,2376.42%3841.10%-5,701-16.36%34,840
Wayne 1,57433.85%2,71558.39%3236.95%380.82%-1,141-24.54%4,650
Weakley 5,65750.45%4,62241.22%8727.78%630.56%1,0359.23%11,214
White 3,59254.14%2,49837.65%5057.61%400.60%1,09416.49%6,635
Williamson 15,23133.57%27,69961.04%2,0714.56%3750.83%-12,468-27.47%45,376
Wilson 13,65546.22%13,81746.77%1,8416.23%2300.78%-162-0.55%29,543
Totals909,14648.00%863,53045.59%105,9185.59%15,5110.82%45,6162.41%1,894,105

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Votes for this candidate were not tabulated by county but listed only as a statewide total. [5]

References

  1. "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 1996". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 5, 1996. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  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 U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Our Campaigns; TN US President Race, November 05, 1996