United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1996

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1996

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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Reform Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate Electoral vote 10 0 0 States carried 0 Popular vote 1,120,438 766,476 257,704 Percentage 51.1% 35.0% 11.8%
County Results   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—<50%   Dole—<50%
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

A Democratic-leaning state, Minnesota was comfortably won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton. Clinton took 51.10% of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 34.96%, a victory margin of 16.14%. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third with 11.75% of the popular vote.