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1996 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States presidential election in New Jersey
country	New Jersey
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey
next_year	2000
election_date	November 5, 1996
turnout	72.04% ( 10.44%)
image1	Bill Clinton.jpg
image_size	160x160px
nominee1	Bill Clinton
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Arkansas
running_mate1	Al Gore
electoral_vote1	15
popular_vote1	1,652,329
percentage1	53.72%
image2	File: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	1,103,078
percentage2	35.86%
image3	File:RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Independent politician
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	Pat Choate
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	262,134
percentage3	8.52%
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)
alliance3	Reform Party of the United States of America

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election

| [[File:New Jersey Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|350px]] | County Results | [[File:New Jersey Presidential Results 1996 by Municipality.svg|350px|only among top 2 candidates]] | Municipality Results}} Clinton Dole The 1996 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 5, 1996, and was part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The major contenders were incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and Republican Senator from Kansas Bob Dole, with Reform Party candidate Ross Perot – listed as an "Independent" in New Jersey – running a distant third.

New Jersey voted decisively to re-elect Democrat Bill Clinton, giving him 53.72% of the vote over Republican Bob Dole's 35.86%, a margin of 17.86%. This double-digit win indicated a major shift in New Jersey politics toward the Democratic Party. As recently as the 1980s, Republican presidential candidates had easily carried the state by double-digit margins. In 1992, Bill Clinton had won the state with a narrow 43-41 plurality over George H. W. Bush, however, the state was still 3% more Republican than the nation at large. However, in 1996, New Jersey voted 9.33% more Democratic than the rest of the nation, which represented the first time the state voted more Democratic than the nation since 1964 and only the third time since 1904, and a distinction the state has held ever since.

As in neighboring New York and many other states, Clinton in 1996 drastically improved his electoral performance among suburban voters, a key voting bloc in New Jersey. Following this election, New Jersey has become a reliable blue state in presidential elections, not being seriously contested by Republicans since. Despite this, Dole is currently the only Republican to fail to garner 40 percent of the New Jersey ballot since Barry Goldwater in 1964.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that Cape May and Ocean Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in New Jersey	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	1,652,329	53.72%	15
Republican	Bob Dole	1,103,078	35.86%	0
Independent	Ross Perot	262,134	8.52%	0
Green	Ralph Nader	32,465	1.06%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	14,763	0.48%	0
Natural Law	John Hagelin	3,887	0.13%	0
Constitution	Howard Phillips	3,440	0.11%	0
Socialist Workers	James Harris	1,837	0.06%	0
Workers World	Monica Moorehead	1,337	0.04%	0
Socialist Equality	Jerome White	537	0.02%	0
Totals	3,075,807	100.00%	15
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)	51%/71%

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton
Democratic	Bob Dole
Republican	Ross Perot
Independent	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,652,329	53.72%	1,103,078	35.86%	262,134	8.52%	58,266	1.89%	549,251	17.86%	3,075,807
	Atlantic		44,434		53.15%		29,538		35.33%		8,261		9.88%		1,368		1.64%		14,896		17.82%		83,601
	Bergen		191,085		52.66%		141,164		38.90%		25,512		7.03%		5,126		1.41%		49,921		13.76%		362,887
	Burlington		85,086		51.94%		57,337		35.00%		18,407		11.24%		2,979		1.82%		27,749		16.94%		163,809
	Camden		114,962		60.59%		52,791		27.83%		17,433		9.19%		4,537		2.39%		62,171		32.76%		189,723
	Cape May		19,849		44.07%		19,357		42.98%		4,978		11.05%		852		1.89%		492		1.09%		45,036
	Cumberland		25,444		54.68%		14,744		31.69%		5,348		11.49%		997		2.14%		10,700		22.99%		46,533
	Essex		175,368		68.99%		65,162		25.63%		9,513		3.74%		4,153		1.63%		110,206		43.36%		254,196
	Gloucester		51,915		51.66%		32,116		31.96%		14,361		14.29%		2,103		2.09%		19,799		19.70%		100,495
	Hudson		116,121		69.95%		38,288		23.06%		8,965		5.40%		2,635		1.59%		77,833		46.89%		166,009
	Hunterdon		18,446		35.66%		26,379		51.00%		5,686		10.99%		1,216		2.35%		-7,933		-15.34%		51,727
	Mercer		77,641		58.94%		40,559		30.79%		10,536		8.00%		2,990		2.27%		37,082		28.15%		131,726
	Middlesex		145,201		56.20%		82,433		31.90%		24,643		9.54%		6,109		2.36%		62,768		24.30%		258,386
	Monmouth		120,414		48.37%		99,975		40.16%		22,754		9.14%		5,818		2.34%		20,439		8.21%		248,961
	Morris		81,092		41.43%		95,830		48.96%		15,299		7.82%		3,524		1.80%		-14,738		-7.53%		195,745
	Ocean		94,243		46.43%		82,830		40.81%		22,864		11.26%		3,039		1.50%		11,413		5.62%		202,976
	Passaic		85,879		56.15%		53,594		35.04%		10,944		7.16%		2,534		1.66%		32,285		21.11%		152,951
	Salem		12,044		46.34%		9,294		35.76%		4,124		15.87%		530		2.04%		2,750		10.58%		25,992
	Somerset		50,673		44.87%		51,869		45.93%		8,377		7.42%		2,010		1.78%		-1,196		-1.06%		112,929
	Sussex		19,525		36.04%		26,746		49.36%		6,705		12.37%		1,207		2.23%		-7,221		-13.32%		54,183
	Union		108,102		56.82%		65,912		34.65%		12,432		6.53%		3,795		1.99%		42,190		22.17%		190,241
	Warren		14,805		39.27%		17,160		45.52%		4,992		13.24%		744		1.97%		-2,355		-6.25%		37,701

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Bergen
Cape May
Monmouth
Ocean
Passaic
Salem

References

"General Election Data - 1924 to 2022".
"1996 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey". U.S. Election Atlas.

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