1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina

The 1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on 5 November 1996 as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters in North Carolina chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election
United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1996
November 5, 1996
 
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 14 0 0
States carried 0
Popular vote 1,225,938 1,107,849 168,059
Percentage 48.73% 44.04% 6.68%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elections in North Carolina

North Carolina was narrowly won by the Republican nominee, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, defeating incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Dole won with a plurality of 48.73% of the vote to Clinton's 44.04%, a margin of 4.69%. The Reform Party candidate, billionaire businessman Ross Perot, came in a distant third, with 6.68%. This was also only the second presidential election since 1956, and in a row, where North Carolina backed the losing candidate.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Camden, Duplin, Franklin, Haywood, Jones, Madison, Montgomery, Perquimans and Swain.[1]

Results
1996 U.S. presidential election in North Carolina
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Bob Dole 1,225,938 48.73
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) 1,107,849 44.04
Reform Ross Perot 168,059 6.68
Libertarian Harry Browne 8,740 0.35
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,771 0.11
Independent Ralph Nader (write-in) 2,108 0.08
Independent Howard Phillips (write-in) 258 0.01
Independent James Harris (write-in) 84 0.00
Turnout 2,515,807

By county
County Bill Clinton

Democratic

 Bob Dole

Republican

 Various candidates

Other parties

% # % # % #
Alamance37.8%15,81453.7%22,4618.6%3,586
Alexander33.7%3,95557.5%6,7488.8%1,027
Alleghany42.5%1,80145.7%1,93611.8%498
Anson64.2%4,89028.8%2,1937.0%530
Ashe38.5%3,82552.3%5,2039.2%914
Avery25.8%1,58662.8%3,87011.4%703
Beaufort40.6%6,17253.6%8,1545.8%889
Bertie67.0%4,20227.8%1,7455.2%324
Bladen55.3%4,95237.2%3,3357.5%673
Brunswick45.6%10,04145.7%10,0658.7%1,917
Buncombe45.8%31,65844.2%30,51810.0%6,891
Burke41.3%11,67849.0%13,8539.8%2,760
Cabarrus35.0%14,44755.8%23,0359.3%3,828
Caldwell35.1%8,05055.2%12,6539.7%2,228
Camden46.2%1,18641.9%1,07411.9%306
Carteret36.2%7,56656.2%11,7217.6%1,589
Caswell52.9%4,31240.6%3,3106.6%536
Catawba33.7%15,60158.0%26,8988.3%3,855
Chatham50.8%9,35342.0%7,7317.1%1,312
Cherokee39.7%3,12949.3%3,88311.1%871
Chowan52.4%2,23938.8%1,6598.8%378
Clay40.0%1,46248.4%1,76911.6%424
Cleveland45.1%12,72847.7%13,4747.2%2,039
Columbus55.4%9,01937.0%6,0177.6%1,244
Craven41.0%10,31752.7%13,2646.4%1,610
Cumberland49.3%32,73944.8%29,8045.9%3,936
Currituck40.3%2,27745.5%2,56914.2%799
Dare41.8%4,52246.0%4,97712.2%1,321
Davidson32.2%13,59358.8%24,7979.0%3,817
Davie27.9%3,52564.5%8,1417.6%954
Duplin49.9%6,17943.8%5,4326.3%781
Durham60.8%49,18634.4%27,8254.8%3,899
Edgecombe56.8%10,56834.8%6,0104.1%700
Forsyth41.5%46,54352.8%59,1605.7%6,330
Franklin49.5%6,44843.4%5,6487.1%930
Gaston34.3%19,45858.4%33,1497.3%4,132
Gates60.8%2,15530.3%1,0728.9%315
Graham36.8%1,21054.8%1,8018.5%278
Granville52.7%6,74743.0%5,4984.3%555
Greene42.8%2,22451.7%2,6895.5%285
Guilford46.9%69,20845.9%67,7277.2%10,652
Halifax59.3%9,55135.4%5,7005.3%852
Harnett40.3%8,76753.3%11,5966.3%1,376
Haywood46.6%9,35039.8%7,99513.6%2,724
Henderson32.5%10,62658.7%19,1828.8%2,868
Hertford68.9%4,85625.9%1,8235.3%370
Hoke59.2%3,51032.3%1,9148.5%505
Hyde54.3%1,10938.3%7827.4%151
Iredell35.0%13,10256.6%21,1638.4%3,144
Jackson49.6%5,21140.4%4,24410.0%1,051
Johnston34.8%11,17558.2%18,7047.0%2,240
Jones49.2%1,82945.3%1,6825.5%204
Lee43.0%6,29050.0%7,3217.0%1,019
Lenoir45.6%8,63549.8%9,4334.5%857
Lincoln37.0%7,72154.9%11,4398.1%1,690
Macon39.4%4,20949.3%5,26711.2%1,199
Madison47.4%3,33344.2%3,1108.4%587
Martin52.6%4,50042.0%3,5905.4%462
McDowell37.1%4,55352.2%6,40710.7%1,318
Mecklenburg48.6%103,42945.9%97,7195.5%11,697
Mitchell25.2%1,49665.2%3,8749.7%576
Montgomery49.2%3,85643.1%3,3797.7%603
Moore37.2%9,84755.7%14,7607.1%1,872
Nash39.4%11,14254.2%15,3096.4%1,811
New Hanover41.7%22,83950.9%27,8897.4%4,041
Northampton69.4%5,20725.1%1,8815.5%411
Onslow36.1%8,68555.7%13,3968.2%1,968
Orange61.3%28,67432.2%15,0536.5%3,038
Pamlico46.0%2,20447.4%2,2706.6%316
Pasquotank54.1%4,23338.3%2,9997.5%590
Pender45.3%5,40946.4%5,5388.3%993
Perquimans51.5%2,06938.9%1,5619.6%385
Person45.3%4,54048.7%4,8836.1%607
Pitt46.2%17,55548.0%18,2275.9%2,229
Polk40.0%2,70452.0%3,5167.9%536
Randolph28.7%10,78361.4%23,0309.9%3,722
Richmond59.1%7,56431.0%3,9739.9%1,264
Robeson62.7%17,36129.4%8,1467.8%2,164
Rockingham41.8%12,09649.2%14,2559.0%2,608
Rowan34.3%13,46157.9%22,7547.8%3,058
Rutherford38.6%7,16252.7%9,7928.7%1,617
Sampson47.3%8,15047.8%8,2414.9%841
Scotland58.7%4,87034.4%2,8586.9%571
Stanly35.1%7,13156.3%11,4468.6%1,756
Stokes31.1%4,76961.8%9,4717.1%1,080
Surry36.5%7,30355.5%11,1178.0%1,601
Swain50.2%1,86938.8%1,44411.0%409
Transylvania37.6%4,84252.3%6,73410.1%1,301
Tyrrell60.0%90832.3%4887.7%117
Union35.0%11,52557.0%18,8028.0%2,643
Vance54.9%6,38540.0%4,6515.2%599
Wake45.9%103,57448.2%108,7805.9%13,401
Warren65.3%4,14129.4%1,8615.3%337
Washington61.6%2,79034.5%1,5624.0%180
Watauga42.7%7,34947.3%8,14610.0%1,727
Wayne39.4%11,58056.4%16,5884.2%1,222
Wilkes32.0%6,79358.4%12,3959.6%2,040
Wilson45.6%9,77949.0%10,5185.4%1,154
Yadkin23.8%2,92768.5%8,4397.7%947
Yancey45.6%3,95645.8%3,9738.7%755

Electors

Technically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Carolina was allocated 14 electors because it had 12 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates that appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 14 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 14 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Bob Dole and Jack Kemp:[2]

  1. Howard B. Smith
  2. Bettie West
  3. J.D. Teachey
  4. Nelson Dollar
  5. Lee Q. McMillan
  6. Carolyn McGee
  7. Jim Cole
  8. Tom Dwiggins
  9. John Van Hanford
  10. Gary Whitener
  11. George Alexander Jones
  12. Quentine Finch
  13. Bill Graham
  14. Dorothy Bursey

References
  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. "List of States, Electoral Votes and electors". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
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