United States presidential election in Texas, 1996

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November 5, 1996

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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	32	0	0
Popular vote	2,736,167	2,459,683	378,537
Percentage	48.8%	43.8%	6.8%

County Results

Clinton—80-90%

Clinton—70-80%

Clinton—60-70%

Clinton—50-60%

Clinton—40-50%

Dole—40-50%

Dole—50-60%

Dole—60-70%

Dole—70-80%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 32 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Texas was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton ran a second time with incumbent Vice President Al Gore as his running mate and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.

Texas weighed in for this election as 3% more Republican than the national average.

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Texas, with more than 7% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates.

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