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1996 United States presidential election in Kansas

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election_name1996 United States presidential election in Kansas
countryKansas
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1992 United States presidential election in Kansas
previous_year1992
next_election2000 United States presidential election in Kansas
next_year2000
election_dateNovember 5, 1996
image_sizex160px
image1Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg
nominee1Bob Dole
party1Republican Party (United States)
home_state1Kansas
running_mate1Jack Kemp
electoral_vote16
popular_vote1583,245
percentage154.29%
image2Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee2Bill Clinton
party2Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2Arkansas
running_mate2Al Gore
electoral_vote20
popular_vote2387,659
percentage236.08%
image3RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3Ross Perot
party3Reform Party of the United States of America
home_state3Texas
running_mate3James Campbell
electoral_vote30
popular_vote392,639
percentage38.62%
map_image{{Switcher
map_caption
titlePresident
before_electionBill Clinton
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionBill Clinton
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

| [[File:Kansas Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|310px]] | County results | [[File:1996 United States presidential election in Kansas by congressional district.svg|310px]] | Congressional district results Dole Clinton The 1996 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by former home state Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) over President Bill Clinton (D), with Dole winning 54.29 percent to 36.08 percent for a margin of 18.21 points. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.62 percent of the popular vote, a sharp decline from 1992, when Perot captured 27% of the state's votes and helped hold George H.W. Bush’s victory margin to just over five percentage points. , this is the last election in which Atchison County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Ellis County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944.

Dole won 78.98% of the vote in Russell County, his boyhood home and base when he represented the state's 1st Congressional District from 1961-69. The only other county in the country which gave him a higher percentage was Ochiltree County, Texas, with 79.20%.

With 54.29 percent of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Dole's second strongest state in the 1996 election after Utah. As of the 2024 election, this marks the only occasion since 1984 in which a Republican nominee for President won his state of birth.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in KansasPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanBob DoleJack Kemp583,24554.29%6
DemocraticBill Clinton (incumbent)Al Gore (incumbent)387,65936.08%0
ReformRoss Perottitle=Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidateurl=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/access-date=2012-01-25archive-date=2008-05-17archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517003858/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/url-status=dead}}92,6398.62%0
LibertarianHarry BrowneJo Jorgensen4,5570.42%0
IndependentHoward PhillipsHerbert Titus3,5190.33%0
IndependentDr. John HagelinDr. V. Tompkins1,6550.15%0
Write-inRalph NaderWinona LaDuke9140.09%0
Write-inCharles CollinsRosemary Giumarra1120.01%0

Results by county

CountyBob Dole
RepublicanBill Clinton
DemocraticRoss Perot
ReformVarious candidates
Other partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Totals583,24554.29%387,65936.08%92,6398.62%10,7571.00%195,58618.21%1,074,300
Allen2,79747.06%2,29938.68%79313.34%540.91%4988.38%5,943
Anderson1,63646.66%1,36738.99%44912.81%541.54%2697.67%3,506
Atchison2,82843.25%2,92644.75%72711.12%570.87%-98-1.50%6,538
Barber1,69662.15%73026.75%27910.22%240.88%96635.40%2,729
Barton7,85564.92%3,12125.80%1,0048.30%1190.98%4,73439.12%12,099
Bourbon3,31850.17%2,49137.66%76011.49%450.68%82712.51%6,614
Brown2,68856.58%1,52932.18%49710.46%370.78%1,15924.40%4,751
Butler13,97958.70%7,29430.63%2,2749.55%2691.13%6,68528.07%23,816
Chase77850.19%49632.00%25916.71%171.10%28218.19%1,550
Chautauqua1,14258.27%56828.98%22211.33%281.43%57429.29%1,960
Cherokee4,13845.76%3,77141.70%1,07211.85%620.69%3674.06%9,043
Cheyenne1,21166.83%42223.29%1749.60%50.28%78943.54%1,812
Clark85565.02%33425.40%1098.29%171.29%52139.62%1,315
Clay2,79366.87%96323.05%3899.31%320.77%1,83043.82%4,177
Cloud2,74354.66%1,61532.18%60912.14%511.02%1,12822.48%5,018
Coffey2,36957.92%1,11827.33%57213.99%310.76%1,25130.59%4,090
Comanche69161.31%29826.44%13311.80%50.44%39334.87%1,127
Cowley7,87250.79%5,58836.05%1,90412.28%1350.87%2,28414.74%15,499
Crawford6,44740.60%7,50447.25%1,78511.24%1440.91%-1,057-6.65%15,880
Decatur1,25568.06%41722.61%1568.46%160.87%83845.45%1,844
Dickinson5,17460.53%2,42328.35%88810.39%630.74%2,75132.18%8,548
Doniphan1,96264.24%1,05034.38%00.00%421.38%91229.86%3,054
Douglas16,11642.63%18,11647.93%2,6306.96%9382.48%-2,000-5.30%37,800
Edwards1,08859.94%53929.70%1809.92%80.44%54930.24%1,815
Elk93356.79%48829.70%20612.54%160.97%44527.09%1,643
Ellis6,80956.97%4,14234.66%8947.48%1070.90%2,66722.31%11,952
Ellsworth2,07864.14%89927.75%2457.56%180.56%1,17936.39%3,240
Finney6,18865.43%2,42025.59%8058.51%440.47%3,76839.84%9,457
Ford5,68161.30%2,62828.36%9149.86%440.47%3,05332.94%9,267
Franklin5,00750.91%3,55236.12%1,18412.04%920.94%1,45514.79%9,835
Geary3,68654.29%2,44435.99%6189.10%420.62%1,24218.30%6,790
Gove1,12369.19%35121.63%1418.69%80.49%77247.56%1,623
Graham1,03163.41%43226.57%1529.35%110.68%59936.84%1,626
Grant1,77266.52%63323.76%2509.38%90.34%1,13942.76%2,664
Gray1,45771.53%40419.83%1648.05%120.59%1,05351.70%2,037
Greeley56771.95%16120.43%475.96%131.65%40651.52%788
Greenwood1,93253.15%1,10830.48%55215.19%431.18%82422.67%3,635
Hamilton81164.93%34227.38%846.73%120.96%46937.55%1,249
Harper1,94161.44%83626.46%35511.24%270.85%1,10534.98%3,159
Harvey8,38257.79%4,91833.91%1,0237.05%1811.25%3,46423.88%14,504
Haskell1,14373.55%30419.56%966.18%110.71%83953.99%1,554
Hodgeman80869.42%25121.56%998.51%60.52%55747.86%1,164
Jackson2,68249.12%1,98336.32%73513.46%601.10%69912.80%5,460
Jefferson3,78149.31%2,75735.95%1,03013.43%1001.30%1,02413.36%7,668
Jewell1,37469.01%41720.94%1889.44%120.60%95748.07%1,991
Johnson110,36857.82%68,12935.69%10,4255.46%1,9721.03%42,23922.13%190,894
Kearny1,04170.05%33522.54%1067.13%40.27%70647.51%1,486
Kingman2,65964.65%1,00624.46%4099.94%390.95%1,65340.19%4,113
Kiowa1,26470.97%33118.59%1709.55%160.90%93352.38%1,781
Labette4,28345.66%3,93141.91%1,09111.63%750.80%3523.75%9,380
Lane86570.67%27122.14%867.03%20.16%59448.53%1,224
Leavenworth10,77847.90%9,09840.44%2,41910.75%2050.91%1,6807.46%22,500
Lincoln1,37264.47%52824.81%2129.96%160.75%84439.66%2,128
Linn2,07749.04%1,59037.54%53512.63%330.78%48711.50%4,235
Logan1,15573.47%29618.83%1127.12%90.57%85954.64%1,572
Lyon6,61250.01%4,88436.94%1,58411.98%1411.07%1,72813.07%13,221
McPherson8,14263.20%3,53627.45%1,1158.65%900.70%4,60635.75%12,883
Marion4,17365.32%1,67326.19%4927.70%510.80%2,50039.13%6,389
Marshall2,81151.11%1,93235.13%71312.96%440.80%87915.98%5,500
Meade1,44370.08%42620.69%1738.40%170.83%1,01749.39%2,059
Miami5,25647.98%4,23738.68%1,33912.22%1231.12%1,0199.30%10,955
Mitchell2,43568.71%83323.50%2466.94%300.85%1,60245.21%3,544
Montgomery7,42851.71%5,26936.68%1,52810.64%1400.97%2,15915.03%14,365
Morris1,55351.96%96532.29%45115.09%200.67%58819.67%2,989
Morton1,07367.87%37623.78%1247.84%80.51%69744.09%1,581
Nemaha3,01456.07%1,64830.66%67612.58%370.69%1,36625.41%5,375
Neosho3,40949.43%2,52736.64%90713.15%540.78%88212.79%6,897
Ness1,33668.16%42821.84%1869.49%100.51%90846.32%1,960
Norton1,81466.42%64023.43%2659.70%120.44%1,17442.99%2,731
Osage3,48748.80%2,50235.01%1,10115.41%560.78%98513.79%7,146
Osborne1,58266.14%60825.42%1917.98%110.46%97440.72%2,392
Ottawa1,84663.88%75226.02%2619.03%311.07%1,09437.86%2,890
Pawnee1,92761.10%93229.55%2758.72%200.63%99531.55%3,154
Phillips2,00566.30%75825.07%2428.00%190.63%1,24741.23%3,024
Pottawatomie4,50458.16%1,99725.79%1,03513.37%2082.69%2,50732.37%7,744
Pratt2,59158.87%1,36731.06%4089.27%350.80%1,22427.81%4,401
Rawlins1,39373.78%33517.74%1467.73%140.74%1,05856.04%1,888
Reno14,27554.28%9,10834.63%2,66110.12%2560.97%5,16719.65%26,300
Republic2,28369.97%68821.08%2688.21%240.74%1,59548.89%3,263
Rice2,84259.34%1,43429.94%48210.06%310.65%1,40829.40%4,789
Riley11,11356.68%6,74634.41%1,4787.54%2701.38%4,36722.27%19,607
Rooks1,86466.88%65023.32%2519.01%220.79%1,21443.56%2,787
Rush1,23962.29%54727.50%1859.30%180.90%69234.79%1,989
Russell3,34778.98%70516.64%1643.87%220.52%2,64262.34%4,238
Saline12,47555.34%7,72834.28%2,1929.72%1460.65%4,74721.06%22,541
Scott1,75073.41%45819.21%1606.71%160.67%1,29254.20%2,384
Sedgwick93,39756.06%59,64335.80%11,8757.13%1,6841.01%33,75420.26%166,599
Seward3,81268.40%1,30923.49%3967.11%561.00%2,50344.91%5,573
Shawnee34,84546.05%32,80343.35%7,3049.65%7110.94%2,0422.70%75,663
Sheridan1,05374.15%26418.59%956.69%80.56%78955.56%1,420
Sherman2,11068.42%73623.87%2207.13%180.58%1,37444.55%3,084
Smith1,62865.38%63825.62%2138.55%110.44%99039.76%2,490
Stafford1,60463.03%65125.58%27610.84%140.55%95337.45%2,545
Stanton62871.20%18921.43%606.80%50.57%43949.77%882
Stevens1,54870.88%40518.54%2139.75%180.82%1,14352.34%2,184
Sumner5,95254.22%3,63833.14%1,26011.48%1271.16%2,31421.08%10,977
Thomas2,72569.75%86622.17%2957.55%210.54%1,85947.58%3,907
Trego1,20561.11%54827.79%20910.60%100.51%65733.32%1,972
Wabaunsee1,88455.67%96628.55%47914.15%551.63%91827.12%3,384
Wallace73876.24%16016.53%656.71%50.52%57859.71%968
Washington2,39767.39%80422.60%3269.17%300.84%1,59344.79%3,557
Wichita79671.13%23921.36%807.15%40.36%55749.77%1,119
Wilson2,45856.41%1,29729.77%56212.90%400.92%1,16126.64%4,357
Woodson95352.02%59832.64%26914.68%120.66%35519.38%1,832
Wyandotte14,01128.22%31,25262.94%3,9317.92%4600.93%-17,241-34.72%49,654

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Cherokee (largest city: Baxter Springs)
  • Ellis (largest city: Hays)
  • Labette (largest city: Parsons)
  • Leavenworth (largest city: Leavenworth)
  • Miami (largest city: Paola)
  • Shawnee (largest city: Topeka)

Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican

  • Anderson (largest city: Garnett)
  • Jefferson (largest city: Valley Falls)
  • Morris (tied in 1992) (largest city: Council Grove)
  • Wabaunsee (largest city: Alma)

By congressional district

Dole won all four congressional districts.

DistrictDoleClintonPerotRepresentative
62%28%9%Pat Roberts (104th Congress)
Jerry Moran (105th Congress)
49%39%11%Sam Brownback (104th Congress)
Jim Ryun (105th Congress)
50%42%6%Jan Meyers (104th Congress)
Vince Snowbarger (105th Congress)
56%35%8%Todd Tiahrt

Notes

References

References

  1. "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip’s Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results.
  2. 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
  3. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  4. "Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate".
  5. "1996 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District".
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