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1996 United States presidential election in Colorado

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States presidential election in Colorado
country	Colorado
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States presidential election in Colorado
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 United States presidential election in Colorado
next_year	2000
election_date	November 5, 1996
image_size	x160px
image1	Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Bob Dole
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Kansas
running_mate1	Jack Kemp
electoral_vote1	8
popular_vote1	691,848
percentage1	45.80%
image2	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee2	Bill Clinton
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Arkansas
running_mate2	Al Gore
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	671,152
percentage2	44.43%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Reform Party of the United States of America
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	Pat Choate
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	99,629
percentage3	6.59%
map_image	{{Switcher
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

| [[File:Colorado Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|280px]] | County results | [[File:1996 United States presidential election in Colorado by congressional district.svg|280px]] | Congressional district results Dole Clinton The 1996 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was narrowly won by Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas over incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Dole won with a plurality of 45.80% of the vote to Clinton's 44.43%, a margin of 1.37%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot of Texas, running as the Reform Party nominee, finished third, with 6.59% of the popular vote.

Dole, from neighboring Kansas, performed most strongly in the eastern parts of Colorado bordering his home state. Clinton won Denver by 31.8%, about the same as his 31.4% margin in the city in 1992. He also won Boulder County, which had been a historically Republican county before voting for Dukakis in 1988, by a commanding margin of 17.6%, although this was down somewhat from his 24.4% margin in the county in 1992. He won the traditionally Democratic Denver-area suburban county of Adams County by 12.4%, a larger margin than Humphrey, Carter, or Dukakis had scored in the county, but, again, down from his own 14.1% margin in 1992. Clinton also retained a number of smaller counties that he had won for the Democrats for the first time since 1964--Clear Creek, Eagle, Gunnison, Routt, and Summit-and did well in the traditionally Democratic counties in the southern parts of the state.

However, aside from slightly narrowing Clinton's margins in Boulder and Adams Counties, Dole improved substantially on George H. W. Bush's 1992 margins in the large, then-traditionally Republican Denver-area suburban counties of Jefferson and Arapahoe, winning them by 5.7% and 8.9%, respectively (Bush had won them in 1992 by 0.9% and 3.1%, respectively). He also won conservative stronghold El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs, by a commanding margin of 26.8%, an improvement over Bush's 1992 margin of 23.7%. Additionally, Dole flipped Larimer County, home to Fort Collins, which had been the largest county in the state that Clinton won for the Democrats for the first time since 1964 in 1992. He also flipped smaller Garfield and La Plata Counties, and won the two counties Perot had won a plurality in 1992, Moffat and San Juan.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Colorado	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	691,848	45.80%	8
Democratic	Bill Clinton (inc.)	Al Gore (incumbent)	671,152	44.43%	0
Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	99,629	6.59%	0
Green CO	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	25,070	1.66%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	12,392	0.82%	0
American Constitution	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	2,813	0.19%	0
Independent	Charles Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	2,809	0.19%	0
Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	2,547	0.17%	0
Socialist	Mary Cal Hollis	Eric Chester	669	0.04%	0
Workers World	Monica Moorehead	Gloria La Riva	599	0.04%	0
American	Diane Templin	Gary Van Horn	557	0.04%	0
CO Prohibition	Earl Dodge	Rachel Kelly	375	0.02%	0
Socialist Workers Campaign	James Harris	Laura Garza	244	0.02%	0

Results by county

County	Bob Dole
Republican	Bill Clinton
Democratic	Ross Perot
Reform	Ralph Nader
Green	Harry Browne
Libertarian	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	691,848	45.80%	671,152	44.43%	99,629	6.59%	25,070	1.66%	12,392	0.82%	10,613	0.70%	20,696	1.37%	1,510,704
	Adams		36,666		38.92%		48,314		51.28%		7,206		7.65%		869		0.92%		596		0.63%		563		0.60%		-11,648		-12.36%		94,214
	Alamosa		2,038		41.23%		2,330		47.14%		437		8.84%		80		1.62%		34		0.69%		24		0.49%		-292		-5.91%		4,943
	Arapahoe		82,778		50.79%		68,306		41.91%		8,476		5.20%		1,549		0.95%		1,063		0.65%		824		0.51%		14,472		8.88%		162,996
	Archuleta		1,963		57.11%		997		29.01%		360		10.47%		58		1.69%		30		0.87%		29		0.84%		966		28.10%		3,437
	Baca		1,321		59.53%		659		29.70%		203		9.15%		11		0.50%		9		0.41%		16		0.72%		662		29.83%		2,219
	Bent		917		41.70%		1,046		47.57%		209		9.50%		13		0.59%		2		0.09%		12		0.55%		-129		-5.87%		2,199
	Boulder		41,922		34.55%		63,316		52.17%		6,840		5.64%		6,772		5.58%		1,469		1.21%		1,035		0.85%		-21,394		-17.52%		121,354
	Chaffee		3,052		46.85%		2,768		42.49%		538		8.26%		76		1.17%		45		0.69%		36		0.55%		284		4.36%		6,515
	Cheyenne		739		62.84%		328		27.89%		91		7.74%		1		0.09%		3		0.26%		14		1.19%		411		34.95%		1,176
	Clear Creek		1,746		41.97%		1,863		44.78%		365		8.77%		79		1.90%		64		1.54%		43		1.03%		-117		-2.81%		4,160
	Conejos		1,149		36.08%		1,726		54.19%		245		7.69%		26		0.82%		5		0.16%		34		1.07%		-577		-18.11%		3,185
	Costilla		333		20.29%		1,168		71.18%		112		6.83%		21		1.28%		5		0.30%		2		0.12%		-835		-50.89%		1,641
	Crowley		680		49.60%		559		40.77%		114		8.32%		3		0.22%		8		0.58%		7		0.51%		121		8.83%		1,371
	Custer		920		58.90%		412		26.38%		164		10.50%		25		1.60%		15		0.96%		26		1.66%		508		32.52%		1,562
	Delta		6,047		54.48%		3,584		32.29%		1,060		9.55%		237		2.14%		79		0.71%		93		0.84%		2,463		22.19%		11,100
	Denver		58,529		30.04%		120,312		61.76%		8,777		4.51%		3,423		1.76%		2,117		1.09%		1,656		0.85%		-61,783		-31.72%		194,814
	Dolores		417		51.67%		276		34.20%		95		11.77%		12		1.49%		6		0.74%		1		0.12%		141		17.47%		807
	Douglas		32,120		61.80%		16,232		31.23%		2,662		5.12%		415		0.80%		315		0.61%		231		0.44%		15,888		30.57%		51,975
	Eagle		4,637		40.89%		5,094		44.92%		1,193		10.52%		263		2.32%		100		0.88%		54		0.48%		-457		-4.03%		11,341
	El Paso		102,403		59.04%		55,822		32.19%		11,175		6.44%		1,653		0.95%		1,237		0.71%		1,151		0.66%		46,581		26.85%		173,441
	Elbert		4,125		61.04%		1,894		28.03%		507		7.50%		64		0.95%		72		1.07%		96		1.42%		2,231		33.01%		6,758
	Fremont		7,437		51.24%		5,344		36.82%		1,438		9.91%		131		0.90%		68		0.47%		95		0.65%		2,093		14.42%		14,513
	Garfield		6,281		44.43%		5,722		40.47%		1,562		11.05%		369		2.61%		117		0.83%		87		0.62%		559		3.96%		14,138
	Gilpin		682		38.12%		799		44.66%		184		10.29%		86		4.81%		29		1.62%		9		0.50%		-117		-6.54%		1,789
	Grand		2,264		46.30%		2,012		41.15%		473		9.67%		65		1.33%		37		0.76%		39		0.80%		252		5.15%		4,890
	Gunnison		2,230		37.04%		2,812		46.70%		570		9.47%		284		4.72%		71		1.18%		54		0.90%		-582		-9.66%		6,021
	Hinsdale		289		52.83%		185		33.82%		56		10.24%		14		2.56%		2		0.37%		1		0.18%		104		19.01%		547
	Huerfano		996		35.88%		1,483		53.42%		210		7.56%		62		2.23%		9		0.32%		16		0.58%		-487		-17.54%		2,776
	Jackson		486		58.34%		222		26.65%		107		12.85%		9		1.08%		3		0.36%		6		0.72%		264		31.69%		833
	Jefferson		101,517		48.41%		89,494		42.67%		12,967		6.18%		2,600		1.24%		1,763		0.84%		1,382		0.66%		12,023		5.74%		209,723
	Kiowa		549		61.96%		246		27.77%		74		8.35%		5		0.56%		2		0.23%		10		1.13%		303		34.19%		886
	Kit Carson		2,068		60.26%		1,073		31.26%		235		6.85%		12		0.35%		11		0.32%		33		0.96%		995		29.00%		3,432
	La Plata		8,057		46.56%		6,509		37.61%		1,403		8.11%		1,119		6.47%		126		0.73%		92		0.53%		1,548		8.95%		17,306
	Lake		728		29.53%		1,338		54.28%		274		11.12%		57		2.31%		38		1.54%		30		1.22%		-610		-24.75%		2,465
	Larimer		45,935		47.14%		40,965		42.04%		6,823		7.00%		1,691		1.74%		1,050		1.08%		986		1.01%		4,970		5.10%		97,450
	Las Animas		1,905		31.53%		3,611		59.76%		427		7.07%		33		0.55%		30		0.50%		36		0.60%		-1,706		-28.23%		6,042
	Lincoln		1,272		57.74%		729		33.09%		164		7.44%		7		0.32%		9		0.41%		22		1.00%		543		24.65%		2,203
	Logan		4,032		53.15%		2,765		36.45%		609		8.03%		39		0.51%		55		0.73%		86		1.13%		1,267		16.70%		7,586
	Mesa		24,761		53.12%		17,114		36.72%		3,707		7.95%		379		0.81%		356		0.76%		296		0.64%		7,647		16.40%		46,613
	Mineral		179		40.04%		192		42.95%		69		15.44%		1		0.22%		2		0.45%		4		0.89%		-13		-2.91%		447
	Moffat		2,466		50.99%		1,635		33.81%		649		13.42%		26		0.54%		41		0.85%		19		0.39%		831		17.18%		4,836
	Montezuma		4,175		53.31%		2,578		32.92%		827		10.56%		161		2.06%		32		0.41%		58		0.74%		1,597		20.39%		7,831
	Montrose		6,730		54.99%		4,019		32.84%		1,187		9.70%		137		1.12%		83		0.68%		83		0.68%		2,711		22.15%		12,239
	Morgan		4,557		52.34%		3,347		38.44%		687		7.89%		29		0.33%		26		0.30%		61		0.70%		1,210		13.90%		8,707
	Otero		3,356		45.13%		3,386		45.53%		581		7.81%		31		0.42%		21		0.28%		62		0.83%		-30		-0.40%		7,437
	Ouray		984		54.85%		569		31.72%		167		9.31%		52		2.90%		12		0.67%		10		0.56%		415		23.13%		1,794
	Park		2,661		50.77%		1,844		35.18%		534		10.19%		87		1.66%		70		1.34%		45		0.86%		817		15.59%		5,241
	Phillips		1,284		58.76%		706		32.31%		156		7.14%		2		0.09%		15		0.69%		22		1.01%		578		26.45%		2,185
	Pitkin		1,969		28.19%		3,949		56.54%		535		7.66%		365		5.23%		129		1.85%		38		0.54%		-1,980		-28.35%		6,985
	Prowers		2,504		53.83%		1,745		37.51%		342		7.35%		20		0.43%		19		0.41%		22		0.47%		759		16.32%		4,652
	Pueblo		17,402		34.60%		28,791		57.24%		3,374		6.71%		376		0.75%		159		0.32%		199		0.40%		-11,389		-22.64%		50,301
	Rio Blanco		1,697		62.50%		731		26.92%		243		8.95%		17		0.63%		14		0.52%		13		0.48%		966		35.58%		2,715
	Rio Grande		2,129		49.50%		1,720		39.99%		379		8.81%		30		0.70%		14		0.33%		29		0.67%		409		9.51%		4,301
	Routt		3,019		38.52%		3,660		46.70%		859		10.96%		147		1.88%		104		1.33%		48		0.61%		-641		-8.18%		7,837
	Saguache		712		36.48%		969		49.64%		160		8.20%		75		3.84%		17		0.87%		19		0.97%		-257		-13.16%		1,952
	San Juan		153		41.35%		133		35.95%		50		13.51%		19		5.14%		5		1.35%		10		2.70%		20		5.40%		370
	San Miguel		773		28.18%		1,535		55.96%		231		8.42%		116		4.23%		49		1.79%		39		1.42%		-762		-27.78%		2,743
	Sedgwick		715		52.69%		519		38.25%		101		7.44%		4		0.29%		11		0.81%		7		0.52%		196		14.44%		1,357
	Summit		3,261		38.73%		3,970		47.16%		823		9.78%		188		2.23%		119		1.41%		58		0.69%		-709		-8.43%		8,419
	Teller		4,458		57.93%		2,312		30.05%		707		9.19%		92		1.20%		74		0.96%		52		0.68%		2,146		27.88%		7,695
	Washington		1,566		64.18%		649		26.60%		190		7.79%		6		0.25%		7		0.29%		22		0.90%		917		37.58%		2,440
	Weld		26,518		49.67%		21,325		39.94%		4,347		8.14%		465		0.87%		307		0.58%		428		0.80%		5,193		9.73%		53,390
	Yuma		2,589		58.72%		1,439		32.64%		319		7.24%		12		0.27%		12		0.27%		38		0.86%		1,150		26.08%		4,409

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Garfield
La Plata
Larimer

Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican

Moffat
San Juan

By congressional district

Dole won four of six congressional districts.

District	Dole	Clinton	Representative
31%	61%	5%	Pat Schroeder ([104th Congress](104th-united-states-congress))
	Diana DeGette ([105th Congress](105th-united-states-congress))
40%	49%	6%	David Skaggs
45%	43%	9%	Scott McInnis
49%	41%	7%	Wayne Allard ([104th Congress](104th-united-states-congress))
	Bob Schaffer ([105th Congress](105th-united-states-congress))
59%	33%	6%	Joel Hefley
49%	43%	6%	Daniel Schaefer

Analysis

Dole's slim victory made Colorado one of three states (along with Georgia and Montana) to flip against Clinton from 1992 to 1996, even as Clinton increased his national margin of victory by nearly 3 points. Until the 2024 presidential election, this was the last time since 1960 that Colorado and Nevada voted for different candidates, and the last time to date that Colorado has backed a losing Republican candidate.

This is also the last election in which Mineral County, Otero County, and Bent County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Colorado was one of only two states which Bill Clinton lost in either of his elections but his wife Hillary Clinton won in 2016; the other being Virginia. Clinton is the only Democratic president to lose Colorado in his second election bid despite winning the state in his first, (although FDR lost Colorado in his third and fourth elections, after winning the state in his first two). This marks the last time that Colorado voted against an incumbent president who was re-elected.

Dole's victory was the first of three consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Colorado would not vote Democratic again until Barack Obama in 2008, after which it became a Democratic stronghold.

References

Our Campaigns; [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1985 CO US President, November 05, 1996]
"1996 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District".
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=8&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 Colorado Results]

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