United States presidential election in Montana, 1996
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1996. Voters chose 3 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.[2] As of the 2016 presidential election, 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[3].
Results
United States presidential election in Montana, 1996[4] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 179,652 | 44.11% | 3 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 167,922 | 41.23% | 0 | |
Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 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 | |
References
- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
- ↑ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html