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1996 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States presidential election in California
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 United States presidential election in California
next_year	2000
turnout	65.53% (of registered voters) 9.79 pp
52.56% (of eligible voters) 1.96 pp
election_date	November 5, 1996
image_size	160x160px
image1	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee1	Bill Clinton
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Arkansas
running_mate1	Al Gore
electoral_vote1	54
popular_vote1	5,119,835
percentage1	51.10%
image2	Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Bob Dole
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Kansas
running_mate2	Jack Kemp
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	3,828,380
percentage2	38.21%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Reform Party of the United States of America
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	James Campbell
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	697,847
percentage3	6.96%
map_image	{{Switcher
map_caption
title	President
before_election	Bill Clinton
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Clinton
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election

52.56% (of eligible voters) 1.96 pp | [[File:California Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|320px]] |County results |Congressional district results -- Clinton Dole The 1996 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California, was won by Incumbent President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R), with Clinton winning 51.1% to 38.21% by a margin of 12.89%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party) finished in third, with 6.96% of the popular vote.

California had grown increasingly Democratic relative to the rest of the nation in the prior three elections, culminating in Bill Clinton's becoming the first Democrat to carry California in 1992 since Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide. In 1996, Clinton carried California once again by double digits, representing the first time California had voted Democratic in back-to-back elections since 1948. This was also the first time since 1964 that a Democrat won a majority of the vote in California. Nevertheless, Clinton's margin of victory shrank from 13.40% to 12.89%, even as his national margin swelled by 3%. Dole reclaimed eleven counties for the GOP: San Diego, Riverside, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Butte, Tehama, Tuolumne, Siskiyou, Del Norte, Plumas, and Mariposa. He also carried Trinity County, the one county in the state in which Ross Perot had won a plurality in 1992. Of these counties, San Diego, Riverside, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo cast over 100,000 votes; and San Diego County was the largest county in the country to switch parties in 1996.

In contrast, Clinton flipped no counties in the state from red to blue, making this the first election since 1980 in which no red counties in the state turned blue. Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Fresno County since the county's founding in 1856, and remains the only one to have done so as of 2020. He also became the first Democrat since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to win the White House without carrying Plumas County. Nevertheless, Clinton retained seven counties that he had been the first Democrat to carry since 1964 in 1992: San Bernardino, Ventura, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Imperial, and San Benito, of which all save Imperial and San Benito cast over 100,000 votes. He also retained all the counties that had voted Democratic in 1988, including a number of sizeable ones that had voted Republican in 1976, such as Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Sonoma. This was the last election in which California voted to the right of Arkansas, Michigan, Minnesota, or West Virginia. This was also the first election since 1912 in which California voted differently than nearby Montana.

Late in the 1996 campaign, Dole had made an upset victory over Clinton in California central to his strategy. Dole hoped to capitalize on two issues that had been figuring prominently in California politics under Governor Pete Wilson, illegal immigration & affirmative action. California is one of 13 states where on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in vice-presidential candidate. The Reform Party successfully conducted a drive to qualify as a party in California over the course of eighteen days in 1995.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in California	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	William Jefferson Clinton (Incumbent)	Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (Incumbent)	5,119,835	51.10%	54
Republican	Robert Joseph Dole	Jack French Kemp	3,828,380	38.21%	0
Reform	Henry Ross Perot	James Campbell	697,847	6.96%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	237,016	2.37%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	73,600	0.73%	0
Peace and Freedom	Marsha Feinland	Kate McClatchy	25,332	0.25%	0
Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	21,202	0.21%	0
Natural Law	John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	15,403	0.15%	0
Write-in	Charles Collins		765	0.01%	0
Write-in	James Harris		77	0.00%	0
Write-in	Joel Neuberg		13	0.00%	0
Write-in	Willie Carter		12	0.00%	0
Write-in	Isabell Masters		2	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes		242,155	2.36%	—
Totals	10,261,639	100.0%	54
Voter turnout	65.53%	—

By county

County	Bill Clinton
Democratic	Bob Dole
Republican	Ross Perot
Reform	Ralph Nader
Green	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	5,119,835	51.10%	3,828,380	38.21%	697,847	6.96%	237,016	2.37%	136,406	1.36%	1,291,455	12.89%	10,019,484
	Alameda		303,903		65.77%		106,581		23.07%		24,270		5.25%		20,432		4.42%		6,858		1.48%		197,322		42.70%		462,044
	Alpine		258		42.02%		264		43.00%		63		10.26%		19		3.09%		10		1.63%		-6		-0.98%		614
	Amador		5,868		40.60%		6,870		47.54%		1,267		8.77%		264		1.83%		183		1.27%		-1,002		-6.94%		14,452
	Butte		30,651		38.53%		38,961		48.98%		6,393		8.04%		2,409		3.03%		1,136		1.43%		-8,310		-10.45%		79,550
	Calaveras		6,646		38.63%		8,279		48.12%		1,612		9.37%		338		1.96%		331		1.92%		-1,633		-9.49%		17,206
	Colusa		2,054		36.60%		3,047		54.29%		404		7.20%		42		0.75%		65		1.16%		-993		-17.69%		5,612
	Contra Costa		196,512		55.73%		123,954		35.15%		20,416		5.79%		7,334		2.08%		4,386		1.24%		72,558		20.58%		352,602
	Del Norte		3,652		41.08%		3,670		41.29%		1,225		13.78%		199		2.24%		143		1.61%		-18		-0.21%		8,889
	El Dorado		22,957		36.33%		32,759		51.84%		5,077		8.03%		1,439		2.28%		964		1.53%		-9,802		-15.51%		63,196
	Fresno		94,448		45.32%		98,813		47.42%		10,962		5.26%		2,523		1.21%		1,647		0.79%		-4,365		-2.10%		208,393
	Glenn		2,841		32.04%		5,041		56.86%		788		8.89%		85		0.96%		111		1.25%		-2,200		-24.82%		8,866
	Humboldt		24,628		44.17%		19,803		35.52%		5,811		10.42%		4,651		8.34%		864		1.55%		4,825		8.65%		55,757
	Imperial		14,591		55.27%		9,705		36.76%		1,778		6.73%		154		0.58%		172		0.65%		4,886		18.51%		26,400
	Inyo		2,601		34.36%		3,924		51.84%		811		10.71%		127		1.68%		106		1.40%		-1,323		-17.48%		7,569
	Kern		62,658		36.56%		92,151		53.77%		13,452		7.85%		1,289		0.75%		1,841		1.07%		-29,493		-17.21%		171,391
	Kings		11,254		43.59%		12,368		47.91%		1,745		6.76%		205		0.79%		243		0.94%		-1,114		-4.32%		25,815
	Lake		10,432		48.90%		7,458		34.96%		2,539		11.90%		583		2.73%		323		1.51%		2,974		13.94%		21,335
	Lassen		3,318		33.60%		5,194		52.60%		1,080		10.94%		131		1.33%		152		1.54%		-1,876		-19.00%		9,875
	Los Angeles		1,430,629		59.34%		746,544		30.96%		157,752		6.54%		45,977		1.91%		30,112		1.25%		684,085		28.38%		2,411,014
	Madera		11,254		36.70%		16,510		53.85%		2,192		7.15%		376		1.23%		330		1.08%		-5,256		-17.15%		30,662
	Marin		67,406		58.04%		32,714		28.17%		6,559		5.65%		7,360		6.34%		2,101		1.81%		34,692		29.87%		116,140
	Mariposa		2,920		36.73%		3,976		50.02%		729		9.17%		192		2.42%		132		1.66%		-1,056		-13.29%		7,949
	Mendocino		14,952		45.74%		9,765		29.87%		3,685		11.27%		3,608		11.04%		682		2.09%		5,187		15.87%		32,692
	Merced		21,786		46.41%		20,847		44.41%		3,427		7.30%		462		0.98%		416		0.89%		939		2.00%		46,938
	Modoc		1,368		31.79%		2,285		53.10%		528		12.27%		49		1.14%		73		1.70%		-917		-21.31%		4,303
	Mono		1,580		38.62%		1,882		46.00%		447		10.93%		96		2.35%		86		2.10%		-302		-7.38%		4,091
	Monterey		57,700		53.15%		39,794		36.66%		7,240		6.67%		2,391		2.20%		1,433		1.32%		17,906		16.49%		108,558
	Napa		24,588		50.89%		17,439		36.09%		4,254		8.80%		1,242		2.57%		796		1.65%		7,149		14.80%		48,319
	Nevada		15,369		35.56%		21,784		50.40%		3,330		7.70%		2,097		4.85%		639		1.48%		-6,415		-14.84%		43,219
	Orange		327,485		37.88%		446,717		51.67%		66,195		7.66%		11,842		1.37%		12,337		1.43%		-119,232		-13.79%		864,576
	Placer		34,981		37.05%		49,808		52.75%		6,542		6.93%		1,875		1.99%		1,221		1.29%		-14,827		-15.70%		94,427
	Plumas		3,540		36.31%		4,905		50.31%		919		9.43%		214		2.19%		172		1.76%		-1,365		-14.00%		9,750
	Riverside		168,579		43.05%		178,611		45.61%		35,481		9.06%		4,814		1.23%		4,128		1.05%		-10,032		-2.56%		391,613
	Sacramento		203,019		49.83%		166,049		40.76%		23,856		5.86%		9,142		2.24%		5,348		1.31%		36,970		9.07%		407,414
	San Benito		7,030		50.55%		5,384		38.72%		1,044		7.51%		236		1.70%		212		1.52%		1,646		11.83%		13,906
	San Bernardino		183,372		44.36%		180,135		43.58%		39,330		9.51%		5,150		1.25%		5,368		1.30%		3,237		0.78%		413,355
	San Diego		389,964		44.11%		402,876		45.57%		63,037		7.13%		15,858		1.79%		12,416		1.40%		-12,912		-1.46%		884,151
	San Francisco		209,777		72.24%		45,479		15.66%		9,659		3.33%		21,471		7.39%		3,999		1.38%		164,298		56.58%		290,385
	San Joaquin		67,253		46.34%		65,131		44.87%		9,692		6.68%		1,501		1.03%		1,563		1.08%		2,122		1.47%		145,140
	San Luis Obispo		40,395		40.19%		46,733		46.50%		8,204		8.16%		3,854		3.83%		1,314		1.31%		-6,338		-6.31%		100,500
	San Mateo		152,304		60.55%		73,508		29.22%		15,047		5.98%		7,336		2.92%		3,337		1.33%		78,796		31.33%		251,532
	Santa Barbara		70,650		46.87%		63,915		42.40%		9,457		6.27%		4,774		3.17%		1,949		1.29%		6,735		4.47%		150,745
	Santa Clara		297,639		56.88%		168,291		32.16%		34,908		6.67%		12,312		2.35%		10,141		1.94%		129,348		24.72%		523,291
	Santa Cruz		58,250		56.52%		27,766		26.94%		6,555		6.36%		7,803		7.57%		2,688		2.61%		30,484		29.58%		103,062
	Shasta		20,848		33.11%		34,736		55.17%		5,875		9.33%		675		1.07%		827		1.31%		-13,888		-22.06%		62,961
	Sierra		573		33.57%		877		51.38%		170		9.96%		40		2.34%		47		2.75%		-304		-17.81%		1,707
	Siskiyou		7,022		38.39%		8,653		47.30%		1,879		10.27%		372		2.03%		367		2.01%		-1,631		-8.91%		18,293
	Solano		64,644		55.12%		40,742		34.74%		8,682		7.40%		1,868		1.59%		1,343		1.15%		23,902		20.38%		117,279
	Sonoma		100,738		55.57%		53,555		29.54%		13,862		7.65%		9,547		5.27%		3,595		1.98%		47,183		26.03%		181,297
	Stanislaus		53,738		45.93%		52,403		44.79%		8,360		7.14%		1,172		1.00%		1,334		1.14%		1,335		1.14%		117,007
	Sutter		8,504		34.37%		14,264		57.64%		1,533		6.20%		208		0.84%		236		0.95%		-5,760		-23.27%		24,745
	Tehama		7,290		35.66%		10,292		50.34%		2,325		11.37%		245		1.20%		291		1.42%		-3,002		-14.68%		20,443
	Trinity		2,203		37.38%		2,530		42.93%		856		14.53%		159		2.70%		145		2.46%		-327		-5.55%		5,893
	Tulare		32,669		38.06%		46,272		53.90%		5,106		5.95%		737		0.86%		1,062		1.24%		-13,603		-15.84%		85,846
	Tuolumne		8,950		40.73%		10,386		47.27%		1,925		8.76%		427		1.94%		284		1.29%		-1,436		-6.54%		21,972
	Ventura		110,772		44.10%		109,202		43.47%		23,054		9.18%		4,732		1.88%		3,434		1.37%		1,570		0.63%		251,194
	Yolo		33,033		56.88%		18,807		32.38%		3,150		5.42%		2,377		4.09%		712		1.23%		14,226		24.50%		58,079
	Yuba		5,789		37.42%		7,971		51.53%		1,308		8.46%		201		1.30%		201		1.30%		-2,182		-14.11%		15,470

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Butte
Del Norte
Fresno
Mariposa
Plumas
Riverside
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Siskiyou
Tehama
Tuolumne

Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican

Trinity

By congressional district

Clinton won 36 of 52 congressional districts, including eight held by Republicans, with the remaining 16 going to Dole, including one held by a Democrat.

District	Clinton	Dole	Representative
48%	35%	10%	Frank Riggs
36%	51%	9%	Wally Herger
45%	44%	7%	Vic Fazio
38%	51%	8%	John Doolittle
57%	34%	5%	Bob Matsui
57%	29%	7%	Lynn Woolsey
65%	25%	6%	George Miller
66%	18%	4%	Nancy Pelosi
75%	13%	3%	Ron Dellums
48%	43%	6%	Bill Baker
	Ellen Tauscher
46%	45%	7%	Richard Pombo
70%	21%	4%	Tom Lantos
62%	28%	7%	Pete Stark
58%	31%	6%	Anna Eshoo
53%	35%	7%	Tom Campbell
61%	29%	6%	Zoe Lofgren
55%	32%	6%	Sam Farr
46%	45%	7%	Gary Condit
40%	52%	6%	George Radanovich
52%	41%	6%	Cal Dooley
34%	56%	8%	Bill Thomas
44.0%	44.2%	7%	Andrea Seastrand
	Walter Capps
46%	42%	9%	Elton Gallegly
52%	37%	7%	Anthony Beilenson
	Brad Sherman
41%	47%	9%	Buck McKeon
65%	25%	7%	Howard Berman
49%	41%	7%	Carlos Moorhead
	Jim Rogan
45%	44%	8%	David Dreier
67%	24%	5%	Henry Waxman
71%	20%	5%	Xavier Becerra
65%	26%	7%	Matthew G. Martínez
81%	12%	4%	Julian Dixon
80%	14%	4%	Lucille Roybal-Allard
64%	27%	7%	Esteban Torres
84%	11%	4%	Maxine Waters
47%	41%	8%	Jane Harman
82%	13%	4%	Walter R. Tucker III
	Juanita Millender-McDonald
53%	36%	8%	Steve Horn
41%	48%	8%	Ed Royce
38%	49%	11%	Jerry Lewis
43%	47%	8%	Jay Kim
54%	36%	9%	George Brown Jr.
43%	46%	9%	Ken Calvert
44%	45%	9%	Sonny Bono
38%	51%	8%	Dana Rohrabacher
49%	41%	8%	Bob Dornan
	Loretta Sánchez
36%	54%	7%	Christopher Cox
34%	56%	8%	Ron Packard
49%	40%	7%	Brian Bilbray
60%	32%	6%	Bob Filner
39%	52%	7%	Duke Cunningham
41%	48%	8%	Duncan Hunter

Notes

References

"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018".
[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=6&f=1&off=0&elect=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 California Results]
"County winners, 1836-2016".
Ayres, B. Drummond Jr.. (1996-10-31). "Behind Dole's California Strategy: A Bid to Save His Campaign (Published 1996)". The New York Times.
"Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate".
(November 16, 1995). "Registration Drive". [[Ballot Access News]].
[http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1996_general/sov_nov96.pdf Statement of Vote November 5, 1996, Prepared by Bill Jones California Secretary of State] {{webarchive. link. (July 31, 2008 (access date 2012-02-05))
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