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1996 United States presidential election in Maine

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States presidential election in Maine
country	Maine
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States presidential election in Maine
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 United States presidential election in Maine
next_year	2000
election_date	November 5, 1996
image_size	x160px
image1	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee1	Bill Clinton
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Arkansas
running_mate1	Al Gore
electoral_vote1	4
popular_vote1	312,788
percentage1	51.62%
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	186,378
percentage2	30.76%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Reform Party (United States)
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	James Campbell
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	85,970
percentage3	14.19%
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

| [[File:Maine Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|350px]] | County Results | [[File:Maine Presidential Election Results CD 1996.svg|350px]] | Congressional District Results | [[File:Maine Presidential Results 1996 by Municipality.svg|350px]] | Municipality Results Clinton Dole Perot Tie The 1996 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that chooses two of its four representatives in the Electoral College based on the plurality vote in both its congressional districts instead of all four electors being chosen based on the statewide plurality vote.

Maine confirmed its status as a blue state, with Democratic nominee President Bill Clinton carrying the state with 51.62% of the vote over Republican Bob Dole, who received 30.76%. As of 2024, Clinton's 20.86% margin of victory is the widest for a Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, although several subsequent Democrats have won a higher vote percentage.

Maine has voted Democratic since 1992, and is the only state other than Nebraska to split its electoral votes. The last time Maine went Republican was for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle in 1988. Third Party candidate Ross Perot had a lesser impact this time, only drawing 14% of the vote, compared to 30% in 1992. This would still be where Perot received the highest percentage of votes in 1996. , this is the last election in which Piscataquis County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This is also the most recent presidential election in which all the counties of Maine voted for the same party.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Maine	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore (incumbent)	312,788	51.62%	4
Republican	Bob Dole	Jack Kemp	186,378	30.76%	0
Reform	Ross Perot	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517003858/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/	date=2008-05-17 }}	85,970	14.19%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	15,279	2.52%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	2,996	0.49%	0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	1,517	0.25%	0
Natural Law	John Hagelin	Mike Tompkins	825	0.14%	0
No party	Write-in		144	0.02%	0

By congressional district

Clinton won both congressional districts.

District	Clinton	Dole	Representative
52.1%	31.8%	12.6%	James B. Longley Jr. ([104th Congress](104th-united-states-congress))
	Tom Allen ([105th Congress](105th-united-states-congress))
51.2%	29.6%	16.0%	John Baldacci

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton
Democratic	Bob Dole
Republican	Ross Perot
Reform	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	Totals	312,788	51.62%	186,378	30.76%	85,970	14.19%	20,761	3.43%	126,410	20.86%	605,897
	Androscoggin		26,428		56.55%		12,053		25.79%		7,079		15.15%	1,171	2.51%		14,375		30.76%		46,731
	Aroostook		18,022		51.80%		10,400		29.89%		5,747		16.52%	623	1.79%		7,622		21.91%		34,792
	Cumberland		69,496		53.62%		42,620		32.88%		12,696		9.80%	4,798	3.70%		26,876		20.74%		129,610
	Franklin		7,759		53.16%		3,757		25.74%		2,567		17.59%	513	3.51%		4,002		27.42%		14,596
	Hancock		12,256		46.34%		8,345		31.55%		4,094		15.48%	1,753	6.63%		3,911		14.79%		26,448
	Kennebec		30,257		54.37%		15,403		27.68%		8,281		14.88%	1,713	3.08%		14,854		26.69%		55,654
	Knox		8,839		46.81%		6,192		32.79%		2,780		14.72%	1,072	5.68%		2,647		14.02%		18,883
	Lincoln		8,130		44.74%		6,372		35.06%		2,923		16.08%	748	4.12%		1,758		9.68%		18,173
	Oxford		13,580		52.05%		7,238		27.74%		4,589		17.59%	684	2.62%		6,342		24.31%		26,091
	Penobscot		35,961		51.00%		22,885		32.45%		9,673		13.72%	1,998	2.83%		13,076		18.55%		70,517
	Piscataquis		4,343		48.69%		2,815		31.56%		1,524		17.09%	238	2.67%		1,528		17.13%		8,920
	Sagadahoc		8,417		49.73%		5,346		31.59%		2,451		14.48%	710	4.20%		3,071		18.14%		16,924
	Somerset		11,773		50.94%		6,247		27.03%		4,449		19.25%	642	2.78%		5,526		23.91%		23,111
	Waldo		8,012		46.37%		5,318		30.78%		2,816		16.30%	1,133	6.56%		2,694		15.59%		17,279
	Washington		7,198		47.39%		4,793		31.56%		2,721		17.91%	477	3.14%		2,405		15.83%		15,189
	York		42,317		51.00%		26,594		32.05%		11,580		13.96%	2,488	3.00%		15,723		18.95%		82,979

Counties that flipped from Independent to Democratic

Piscataquis
Somerset
Waldo

Notes

References

Dave Leip’ss Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=23&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1996 Presidential General Election Results — Maine]
"1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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
Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/ {{Webarchive. link. (2008-05-17)

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