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1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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.[1]
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County Results
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Tennessee weighed in for this election as 6.01 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], 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.[2]
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 been consistently Democratic since the election of 1992. In his second bid for the presidency, independent candidate Ross Perot received over five percent of the votes in Tennessee, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times. Tennessee nonetheless showed Perot his worst performance out of any state.[3]
Results
| 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 909,146 | 48.00% | 11 | ||
| Republican | Bob Dole | 863,530 | 45.59% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ross Perot | 105,918 | 5.59% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ralph Nader | 6,427 | 0.34% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Harry Browne | 5,020 | 0.27% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,818 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Charles E. Collins | 688 | 0.04% | 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-ins | 190[a] | 0.01% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1,894,105 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | ||||||
Results by county
| County | William Jefferson Clinton[4] Democratic | Robert Joseph Dole[4] Republican | Henry Ross Perot[4] Independent | Various candidates[4] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 13,457 | 48.91% | 11,943 | 43.40% | 1,817 | 6.60% | 299 | 1.09% | 1,514 | 5.50% | 27,516 |
| Bedford | 5,735 | 50.82% | 4,634 | 41.07% | 823 | 7.29% | 92 | 0.82% | 1,101 | 9.76% | 11,284 |
| Benton | 4,341 | 58.27% | 2,395 | 32.15% | 663 | 8.90% | 51 | 0.68% | 1,946 | 26.12% | 7,450 |
| Bledsoe | 1,621 | 45.89% | 1,626 | 46.04% | 251 | 7.11% | 34 | 0.96% | -5 | -0.14% | 3,532 |
| Blount | 14,687 | 39.77% | 19,310 | 52.29% | 2,556 | 6.92% | 377 | 1.02% | -4,623 | -12.52% | 36,930 |
| Bradley | 9,095 | 34.16% | 15,478 | 58.13% | 1,856 | 6.97% | 199 | 0.75% | -6,383 | -23.97% | 26,628 |
| Campbell | 6,122 | 53.77% | 4,393 | 38.59% | 785 | 6.90% | 85 | 0.75% | 1,729 | 15.19% | 11,385 |
| Cannon | 2,318 | 55.39% | 1,468 | 35.08% | 361 | 8.63% | 38 | 0.91% | 850 | 20.31% | 4,185 |
| Carroll | 4,912 | 49.87% | 4,206 | 42.70% | 697 | 7.08% | 34 | 0.35% | 706 | 7.17% | 9,849 |
| Carter | 6,218 | 34.01% | 10,540 | 57.65% | 1,383 | 7.56% | 141 | 0.77% | -4,322 | -23.64% | 18,282 |
| Cheatham | 4,883 | 49.01% | 4,283 | 42.98% | 705 | 7.08% | 93 | 0.93% | 600 | 6.02% | 9,964 |
| Chester | 1,922 | 39.22% | 2,746 | 56.03% | 203 | 4.14% | 30 | 0.61% | -824 | -16.81% | 4,901 |
| Claiborne | 3,861 | 44.49% | 4,023 | 46.35% | 727 | 8.38% | 68 | 0.78% | -162 | -1.87% | 8,679 |
| Clay | 1,559 | 51.86% | 1,108 | 36.86% | 316 | 10.51% | 23 | 0.77% | 451 | 15.00% | 3,006 |
| Cocke | 3,326 | 38.27% | 4,481 | 51.56% | 798 | 9.18% | 86 | 0.99% | -1,155 | -13.29% | 8,691 |
| Coffee | 7,951 | 48.78% | 7,038 | 43.18% | 1,205 | 7.39% | 107 | 0.66% | 913 | 5.60% | 16,301 |
| Crockett | 2,256 | 51.96% | 1,872 | 43.11% | 201 | 4.63% | 13 | 0.30% | 384 | 8.84% | 4,342 |
| Cumberland | 6,676 | 40.84% | 8,096 | 49.53% | 1,399 | 8.56% | 176 | 1.08% | -1,420 | -8.69% | 16,347 |
| Davidson | 110,805 | 55.30% | 78,453 | 39.15% | 9,018 | 4.50% | 2,106 | 1.05% | 32,352 | 16.15% | 200,382 |
| Decatur | 2,262 | 53.55% | 1,712 | 40.53% | 229 | 5.42% | 51 | 0.96% | 1,517 | 13.02% | 5,302 |
| DeKalb | 3,213 | 60.60% | 1,696 | 31.99% | 342 | 6.45% | 21 | 0.50% | 550 | 28.61% | 4,224 |
| Dickson | 7,458 | 53.93% | 5,283 | 38.20% | 996 | 7.20% | 92 | 0.67% | 2,175 | 15.73% | 13,829 |
| Dyer | 5,602 | 49.25% | 5,059 | 44.48% | 676 | 5.94% | 37 | 0.33% | 543 | 4.77% | 11,374 |
| Fayette | 4,655 | 48.90% | 4,406 | 46.29% | 416 | 4.37% | 42 | 0.44% | 249 | 2.62% | 9,519 |
| Fentress | 2,332 | 46.12% | 2,307 | 45.63% | 386 | 7.63% | 31 | 0.61% | 25 | 0.49% | 5,056 |
| Franklin | 6,929 | 51.79% | 5,296 | 39.58% | 1,057 | 7.90% | 97 | 0.73% | 1,633 | 12.21% | 13,379 |
| Gibson | 8,851 | 53.88% | 6,614 | 40.26% | 891 | 5.42% | 72 | 0.44% | 2,237 | 13.62% | 16,428 |
| Giles | 4,948 | 54.80% | 3,269 | 36.20% | 733 | 8.12% | 80 | 0.89% | 1,679 | 18.59% | 9,030 |
| Grainger | 2,162 | 39.65% | 2,875 | 52.72% | 382 | 7.01% | 34 | 0.62% | -713 | -13.08% | 5,453 |
| Greene | 6,885 | 37.39% | 9,779 | 53.10% | 1,604 | 8.71% | 148 | 0.80% | -2,894 | -15.71% | 18,416 |
| Grundy | 2,596 | 64.15% | 1,094 | 27.03% | 326 | 8.06% | 31 | 0.77% | 1,502 | 37.11% | 4,047 |
| Hamblen | 7,006 | 38.71% | 9,797 | 54.13% | 1,106 | 6.11% | 190 | 1.05% | -2,791 | -15.42% | 18,099 |
| Hamilton | 48,008 | 43.55% | 55,205 | 50.08% | 6,699 | 6.08% | 325 | 0.29% | -7,197 | -6.53% | 110,237 |
| Hancock | 760 | 35.28% | 1,259 | 58.45% | 116 | 5.39% | 19 | 0.88% | -499 | -23.17% | 2,154 |
| Hardeman | 4,859 | 59.03% | 2,961 | 35.97% | 346 | 4.20% | 65 | 0.79% | 1,898 | 23.06% | 8,231 |
| Hardin | 3,508 | 43.22% | 3,980 | 49.03% | 594 | 7.32% | 35 | 0.43% | -472 | -5.81% | 8,117 |
| Hawkins | 6,367 | 39.94% | 8,164 | 51.21% | 1,282 | 8.04% | 128 | 0.80% | -1,797 | -11.27% | 15,941 |
| Haywood | 3,565 | 59.12% | 2,293 | 38.03% | 154 | 2.55% | 18 | 0.30% | 1,272 | 21.09% | 6,030 |
| Henderson | 2,841 | 39.01% | 4,002 | 54.96% | 408 | 5.60% | 31 | 0.43% | -1,161 | -15.94% | 7,282 |
| Henry | 6,153 | 53.50% | 4,272 | 37.14% | 992 | 8.63% | 84 | 0.73% | 1,881 | 16.36% | 11,501 |
| Hickman | 3,917 | 61.03% | 2,002 | 31.19% | 460 | 7.17% | 39 | 0.61% | 1,915 | 29.84% | 6,418 |
| Houston | 1,868 | 66.31% | 742 | 26.34% | 182 | 6.46% | 25 | 0.89% | 1,126 | 39.97% | 2,817 |
| Humphreys | 3,675 | 61.05% | 1,892 | 31.43% | 423 | 7.03% | 30 | 0.50% | 1,783 | 29.62% | 6,020 |
| Jackson | 2,889 | 69.43% | 944 | 22.69% | 289 | 6.95% | 39 | 0.94% | 1,945 | 46.74% | 4,161 |
| Jefferson | 4,688 | 38.57% | 6,446 | 53.03% | 882 | 7.26% | 139 | 1.14% | -1,758 | -14.46% | 12,155 |
| Johnson | 1,698 | 31.69% | 3,137 | 58.54% | 489 | 9.12% | 35 | 0.65% | -1,439 | -26.85% | 5,359 |
| Knox | 61,158 | 43.67% | 70,761 | 50.53% | 6,402 | 4.57% | 1,724 | 1.23% | -9,603 | -6.86% | 140,045 |
| Lake | 1,273 | 64.23% | 589 | 29.72% | 110 | 5.55% | 10 | 0.50% | 684 | 34.51% | 1,982 |
| Lauderdale | 4,349 | 60.71% | 2,481 | 34.63% | 308 | 4.30% | 26 | 0.36% | 1,868 | 26.07% | 7,164 |
| Lawrence | 6,188 | 46.32% | 6,115 | 45.77% | 973 | 7.28% | 83 | 0.62% | 73 | 0.55% | 13,359 |
| Lewis | 1,971 | 54.78% | 1,298 | 36.08% | 316 | 8.78% | 13 | 0.36% | 673 | 18.70% | 3,598 |
| Lincoln | 4,361 | 44.74% | 4,551 | 46.69% | 761 | 7.81% | 74 | 0.76% | -190 | -1.95% | 9,747 |
| Loudon | 5,552 | 40.43% | 7,098 | 51.69% | 889 | 6.47% | 192 | 1.40% | -1,546 | -11.26% | 13,731 |
| Macon | 2,240 | 43.36% | 2,481 | 48.03% | 421 | 8.15% | 24 | 0.46% | -241 | -4.67% | 5,166 |
| Madison | 13,577 | 45.92% | 14,908 | 50.42% | 968 | 3.27% | 112 | 0.38% | -1,331 | -4.50% | 29,565 |
| Marion | 5,194 | 56.51% | 3,166 | 34.45% | 768 | 8.36% | 63 | 0.69% | 2,028 | 22.07% | 9,191 |
| Marshall | 4,447 | 56.20% | 2,781 | 35.14% | 603 | 7.62% | 82 | 1.04% | 1,666 | 21.05% | 7,913 |
| Maury | 10,367 | 50.39% | 8,737 | 42.47% | 1,366 | 6.64% | 104 | 0.51% | 1,630 | 7.92% | 20,574 |
| McMinn | 5,987 | 40.50% | 7,655 | 51.78% | 1,033 | 6.99% | 109 | 0.74% | -1,668 | -11.28% | 14,784 |
| McNairy | 4,050 | 47.22% | 3,960 | 46.18% | 519 | 6.05% | 47 | 0.55% | 90 | 1.05% | 8,576 |
| Meigs | 1,476 | 49.73% | 1,228 | 41.37% | 245 | 8.25% | 19 | 0.64% | 248 | 8.36% | 2,968 |
| Monroe | 4,872 | 44.58% | 5,257 | 48.11% | 713 | 6.52% | 86 | 0.79% | -385 | -3.52% | 10,928 |
| Montgomery | 16,498 | 49.06% | 15,133 | 45.01% | 1,781 | 5.30% | 213 | 0.63% | 1,365 | 4.06% | 33,625 |
| Moore | 935 | 47.22% | 846 | 42.73% | 177 | 8.94% | 22 | 1.11% | 89 | 4.49% | 1,980 |
| Morgan | 2,767 | 51.97% | 2,070 | 38.88% | 446 | 8.38% | 41 | 0.77% | 697 | 13.09% | 5,324 |
| Obion | 6,226 | 53.97% | 4,310 | 37.36% | 932 | 8.08% | 68 | 0.59% | 1,916 | 16.61% | 11,536 |
| Overton | 3,800 | 63.00% | 1,756 | 29.11% | 431 | 7.15% | 45 | 0.75% | 2,044 | 33.89% | 6,032 |
| Perry | 1,444 | 60.52% | 747 | 31.31% | 178 | 7.46% | 17 | 0.71% | 697 | 29.21% | 2,386 |
| Pickett | 901 | 43.51% | 1,046 | 50.51% | 116 | 5.60% | 8 | 0.39% | -145 | -7.00% | 2,071 |
| Polk | 2,450 | 51.36% | 1,910 | 40.04% | 377 | 7.90% | 33 | 0.69% | 540 | 11.32% | 4,770 |
| Putnam | 10,047 | 48.10% | 9,093 | 43.53% | 1,487 | 7.12% | 261 | 1.25% | 954 | 4.57% | 20,888 |
| Rhea | 3,969 | 43.20% | 4,476 | 48.72% | 694 | 7.55% | 49 | 0.53% | -507 | -5.52% | 9,188 |
| Roane | 9,744 | 47.57% | 9,044 | 44.15% | 1,438 | 7.02% | 259 | 1.26% | 700 | 3.42% | 20,485 |
| Robertson | 8,465 | 52.16% | 6,685 | 41.19% | 993 | 6.12% | 86 | 0.53% | 1,780 | 10.97% | 16,229 |
| Rutherford | 22,815 | 44.22% | 24,565 | 47.61% | 3,787 | 7.34% | 427 | 0.83% | -1,750 | -3.39% | 51,594 |
| Scott | 2,506 | 44.46% | 2,646 | 46.94% | 431 | 7.65% | 54 | 0.96% | -140 | -2.48% | 5,637 |
| Sequatchie | 1,598 | 48.45% | 1,391 | 42.18% | 288 | 8.73% | 21 | 0.64% | 207 | 6.28% | 3,298 |
| Sevier | 7,136 | 34.23% | 11,847 | 56.83% | 1,650 | 7.92% | 213 | 1.02% | -4,711 | -22.60% | 20,846 |
| Shelby | 179,663 | 55.05% | 136,315 | 41.77% | 8,307 | 2.55% | 2,095 | 0.64% | 43,348 | 13.28% | 326,380 |
| Smith | 3,812 | 62.94% | 1,857 | 30.66% | 346 | 5.71% | 42 | 0.69% | 1,955 | 32.28% | 6,057 |
| Stewart | 2,962 | 63.02% | 1,306 | 27.79% | 386 | 8.21% | 46 | 0.98% | 1,656 | 35.23% | 4,700 |
| Sullivan | 20,571 | 38.21% | 29,296 | 54.42% | 3,555 | 6.60% | 415 | 0.77% | -8,725 | -16.21% | 53,837 |
| Sumner | 19,205 | 44.50% | 20,863 | 48.35% | 2,783 | 6.45% | 303 | 0.70% | -1,658 | -3.84% | 43,154 |
| Tipton | 6,596 | 43.82% | 7,585 | 50.40% | 799 | 5.31% | 71 | 0.47% | -989 | -6.57% | 15,051 |
| Trousdale | 1,615 | 64.63% | 683 | 27.33% | 190 | 7.60% | 11 | 0.44% | 932 | 37.29% | 2,499 |
| Unicoi | 2,131 | 37.03% | 3,122 | 54.25% | 447 | 7.77% | 55 | 0.96% | -991 | -17.22% | 5,755 |
| Union | 2,421 | 47.37% | 2,253 | 44.08% | 385 | 7.53% | 52 | 1.02% | 168 | 3.29% | 5,111 |
| Van Buren | 1,010 | 60.73% | 504 | 30.31% | 128 | 7.70% | 21 | 1.26% | 506 | 30.43% | 1,663 |
| Warren | 6,389 | 54.92% | 4,226 | 36.33% | 917 | 7.88% | 101 | 0.87% | 2,163 | 18.59% | 11,633 |
| Washington | 13,259 | 38.06% | 18,960 | 54.42% | 2,237 | 6.42% | 384 | 1.10% | -5,701 | -16.36% | 34,840 |
| Wayne | 1,574 | 33.85% | 2,715 | 58.39% | 323 | 6.95% | 38 | 0.82% | -1,141 | -24.54% | 4,650 |
| Weakley | 5,657 | 50.45% | 4,622 | 41.22% | 872 | 7.78% | 63 | 0.56% | 1,035 | 9.23% | 11,214 |
| White | 3,592 | 54.14% | 2,498 | 37.65% | 505 | 7.61% | 40 | 0.60% | 1,094 | 16.49% | 6,635 |
| Williamson | 15,231 | 33.57% | 27,699 | 61.04% | 2,071 | 4.56% | 375 | 0.83% | -12,468 | -27.48% | 45,376 |
| Wilson | 13,655 | 46.22% | 13,817 | 46.77% | 1,841 | 6.23% | 230 | 0.78% | -162 | -0.55% | 29,543 |
| Totals | 909,146 | 48.00% | 863,530 | 45.59% | 105,918 | 5.59% | 15,511 | 0.82% | 45,616 | 2.41% | 1,894,105[b] |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Votes for this candidate were not tabulated by county but listed only as a statewide total.[4]
- ^ A total of 1,558 votes for Independent candidates John Hagelin, Steve Michael, Earl F. Dodge and various write-in candidates were not separated by county but listed only as a statewide total.[4]
References
- ^ "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ^ a b c d e f Our Campaigns; TN US President Race, November 05, 1996