1996 United States presidential election in Hawaii
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{{Main|1996 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1996 United States presidential election in Hawaii
| country = Hawaii
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1992 United States presidential election in Hawaii
| previous_year = 1992
| next_election = 2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii
| 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 = 205,012
| percentage1 = 56.93%
| 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 = 113,943
| percentage2 = 31.64%
| 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 = 27,358
| percentage3 = 7.60%
| map_image = Hawaii Presidential Election Results 1996.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = County Results
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Clinton
{{legend|#86b6f2|50–60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60–70%}}
{{legend|#1666cb|70–80%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = Bill Clinton
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Bill Clinton
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Hawaii was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 56.93% to 31.64% by a margin of 25.29%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 7.6% of the popular vote.{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-06-14}}
Results
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="6" | 1996 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
|---|
| colspan="2" style="width: 13em" |Party
! style="width: 11em" |Candidate ! style="width: 10em" |Running mate ! style="width: 4em" |Votes ! style="width: 7em" |Percentage ! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes |
| style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Democratic | Al Gore (incumbent) | align="right" | 205,012 | align="right" | 56.93% | align="right" | 4 |
| style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Republican | Bob Dole | align="right" | 113,943 | align="right" | 31.64% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#6A287E; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Reform | align="right" | 27,358 | align="right" | 7.60% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#0BDA51; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Green | align="right" | 10,386 | align="right" | 2.88% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#FFCC00; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Libertarian | align="right" | 2,493 | align="right" | 0.69% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#ffe4e1; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Natural Law | align="right" | 570 | align="right" | 0.16% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#461B7E; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | U.S. Taxpayers' Party | align="right" | 358 | align="right" | 0.10% | align="right" | 0 |
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="3" align="left" | Totals | | align="right" | 360,120 | align="right" | 100.0% | align="right" | 4 |
=By county=
| width="60%" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Bill Clinton ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Bob Dole ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Various candidates ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Total votes cast | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Hawaii | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27,262 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.66% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,516 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.60% | {{party shading/Others}}| 8,199 | {{party shading/Others}}| 16.74% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13,746 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 48,977 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Honolulu | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 143,793 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 85,779 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 33.61% | {{party shading/Others}}| 25,684 | {{party shading/Others}}| 10.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 58,014 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 22.72% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 255,256 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Kalawao | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 73.02% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 20.63% | {{party shading/Others}}| 4 | {{party shading/Others}}| 6.35% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 33 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Kauai | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13,357 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63.54% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,325 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25.33% | {{party shading/Others}}| 2,338 | {{party shading/Others}}| 11.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,032 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.21% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21,020 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Maui | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20,600 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 59.08% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,323 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.74% | {{party shading/Others}}| 4,944 | {{party shading/Others}}| 14.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11,277 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 32.34% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 34,867 | |||||||||
| Totals | 205,012 | 56.93% | 113,943 | 30.04% | 41,165 | 11.43% | 91,069 | 25.29% | 360,120 |
References
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{{State results of the 1996 U.S. presidential election}}