1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
| country = New Hampshire
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
| previous_year = 1992
| next_election = 2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
| 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 = 246,214
| percentage1 = 49.32%
| 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 = 196,532
| percentage2 = 39.37%
| image3 = RossPerotColor.jpg
| nominee3 = Ross Perot
| party3 = Reform Party (United States)
| home_state3 = Texas
| running_mate3 = Pat Choate
| electoral_vote3 = 0
| popular_vote3 = 48,390
| percentage3 = 9.69%
| map = {{switcher
|County Results
|Municipality Results}}
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{{col-3}}
Clinton
{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{legend|#0645B4|80-90%}}
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Dole
{{legend|#f2b3be|40-50%}}
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{legend|#D40000|70-80%}}
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Perot
{{legend|#AA4400|90-100%}}
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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)
}}
{{Elections in New Hampshire sidebar}}
The 1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Although traditionally a Republican state, 1996 would mark the second presidential election in a row that New Hampshire was won by Democrat Bill Clinton, by then the incumbent president. Clinton took 49.32% of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 39.37%, a victory margin of 9.95%. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third, with 9.69% of the popular vote.{{cite web|title=1996 Presidential General Election Results|url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=33&f=0&off=0&elect=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=29 January 2013}}
Clinton's nearly 10-point victory in New Hampshire was much more convincing than his previous win in the state in 1992; that year he had only eked out a narrow plurality of 39% over George H. W. Bush's 38%, with Ross Perot taking nearly 23% of the vote. For a state that had voted over 60% Republican as recently as 1988, Clinton's victories represented a dramatic shift toward the Democratic Party in New Hampshire. Since then the state has voted Democratic in every presidential election, except in 2000, when George W. Bush eked out a narrow plurality win over Al Gore.
Primaries
The New Hampshire Secretary of State set the primary for February 20, 1996, in accordance with state law requiring the primary to be held at least one week before another state's primary. However, Delaware held its primary in February 24, but New Hampshire declined to alter its date. Most of the major Republican presidential candidates and President Bill Clinton did not appear on the Delaware ballot.{{sfn|Ladd|1997|p=xiii}}
Steve Forbes spent $3 million in New Hampshire.{{sfn|Ladd|1997|p=xvi}}
74% of registered Republicans and 45% of registered Democrats participated in the primaries. 45 candidates filed to appear on the primary ballot.{{sfn|Ladd|1997|p=xiii}}
Pat Buchanan and Clinton won the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries. Harry Browne won the Libertarian presidential primary against Irwin Schiff and write-in candidates.{{sfn|Ladd|1997|p=183-186}}
Colin Powell, who was not a candidate, won the Republican vice-presidential primary as a write-in. Al Gore won the Democratic vice-presidential primary. Schiff won the vice-presidential primary as a write-in.{{sfn|Ladd|1997|p=xvi}}{{sfn|Ladd|1997|p=185-186}}
Results
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| colspan="6" | 1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
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| colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate ! style="width: 5em" |Votes ! style="width: 7em" |Percentage ! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes |
| style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Democratic | align="right" | 246,214 | align="right" | 49.32% | align="right" | 4 |
| style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Republican | Bob Dole | align="right" | 196,532 | align="right" | 39.37% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#53868B; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Reform | align="right" | 48,390 | align="right" | 9.69% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#FFD700; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Libertarian | align="right" | 4,237 | align="right" | 0.85% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#FFFFFF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | N/A | align="right" | 2,456 | align="right" | 0.49% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#D2B48C; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | NH Taxpayer | Howard Phillips (write-in) | align="right" | 1,346 | align="right" | 0.27% | align="right" | 0 |
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 499,175 | align="right" | 100.0% | align="right" | 4 |
=Results by county=
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! rowspan="2" |County ! colspan="2" |Bill ClintonOur Campaigns; [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2010 NH US President Race, November 05, 1996] ! colspan="2" |Bob Dole ! colspan="2" |Ross Perot ! colspan="2" |Harry Browne ! colspan="2" |Various candidates ! colspan="2" |Margin ! rowspan="2" |Total votes cast | |||||||||||||
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! data-sort-type="number"| # ! data-sort-type="number"| % ! data-sort-type="number"| # ! data-sort-type="number"| % ! data-sort-type="number"| # ! data-sort-type="number"| % ! data-sort-type="number"| # ! data-sort-type="number"| % ! data-sort-type="number"| # ! data-sort-type="number"| % ! data-sort-type="number"| # ! data-sort-type="number"| % | |||||||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Belknap | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10,345 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 43.81% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,685 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.24% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|2,297 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|9.73% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 153 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.65% | {{party shading/Others}}|136 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.58% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -340 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -1.43% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 23,616 | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Carroll | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,881 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 42.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,168 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.16% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|2,445 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|11.78% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 131 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.63% | {{party shading/Others}}|138 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.66% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -287 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -1.39% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 20,763 | |||||||||||||
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Cheshire | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16,159 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.41% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,252 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 34.52% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|2,777 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|9.35% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 199 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.67% | {{party shading/Others}}|314 | {{party shading/Others}}|1.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,907 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 19.89% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 29,701 | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Coös | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,191 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 50.87% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,703 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 33.27% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|2,085 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|14.75% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 83 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.59% | {{party shading/Others}}|75 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.53% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,488 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17.60% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14,137 | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Grafton | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 19,496 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 52.99% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,543 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36.81% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|3,237 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|8.80% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 244 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.66% | {{party shading/Others}}|272 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.74% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,953 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 16.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36,792 | |||||||||||||
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Hillsborough | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 71,282 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48.61% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 59,441 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 40.54% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|13,411 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|9.15% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 1,374 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.94% | {{party shading/Others}}|1,127 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.77% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11,841 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8.07% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 146,635 | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Merrimack | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 29,381 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 52.28% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 21,231 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 37.78% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|4,814 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|8.57% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 428 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.76% | {{party shading/Others}}|346 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,150 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14.50% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56,200 | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Rockingham | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53,644 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 47.37% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 46,201 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 40.80% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|11,433 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|10.10% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 1,121 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.99% | {{party shading/Others}}|849 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.75% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,443 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6.57% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 113,248 | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Strafford | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 23,475 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.79% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14,484 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 33.81% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|4,088 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|9.54% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 397 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.93% | {{party shading/Others}}|399 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.93% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,991 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42,843 | |||||||||||||
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Sullivan | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,380 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48.55% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,824 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.54% | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|1,803 | {{party shading/ReformUSA}}|10.45% | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 107 | {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 0.62% | {{party shading/Others}}|146 | {{party shading/Others}}|0.85% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,556 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9.01% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17,260 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 246,214 | 49.32% | 196,532 | 39.37% | 48,390 | 9.69% | 4,237 | 0.85% | 3,802 | 0.76% | 49,682 | 9.95% | 499,175 |
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==Counties flipped from Republican to Democratic==
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Works cited
- {{cite book|last=Ladd |first=Karen |title=State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court |publisher=New Hampshire Department of State |date=1997 |url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral55newh}}
{{New Hampshire elections}}
{{State results of the 1996 U.S. presidential election}}
{{1996 United States elections}}