Clinton benefited from an economy which recovered from the early 1990s recession (indeed, economy was in its best shape since the Eisenhower administration of the 1950s), and a relatively stable world stage. Perot, who had been allowed to participate in the 1992 debates, would eventually take his case to court, seeking damages from not being in the debate, as well as citing unfair coverage from the major media outlets. The presidential election of 1996 was a victory for the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Bill Clinton.The Republicans nominated Senator Bob Dole as their candidate. Former Representative and Housing Secretary Jack Kemp was nominated by acclamation for vice president, the following day. This page was last changed on 6 August 2020, at 22:30. The GOP did well in the congressional races however thus effectively positioning themselves for the 1998 midterms and the subsequent 2000 race for the White House. His vote total was less than half of his performance in 1992. This tied Clinton's 1992 run for the weakest performance by a winning Democratic presidential candidate in the region before 2000 (in terms of states won). Dole's running mate was Jack Kemp, a former Congressman and football player who had served as the Housing Secretary under President George H. W. Bush. During that day the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States were selected. Although Perot easily won the nomination, his victory at the party's national convention led to a schism as supporters of Lamm accused him of rigging the vote to prevent them from casting their ballots. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Gingrich became Speaker of the House, while Bob Dole elevated to Senate Majority leader. However, on November 8, 1995, Powell announced that he would not seek the nomination. Sen. Robert Dole from Kansas ran for the Republicans and was at the mercy of peaceful overseas relations and a thriving economy. Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote. .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{font-size:95%} Democratic gain Democratic hold. "[31] Others such as Warren J. Mitofsky rebutted Ladd's view; in an analysis in Public Opinion Quarterly, Mitofsky wrote that "1996 was not the best but was far from the worst year for the polls"—with accuracy surpassing the polling in 1948 and in 1980. [11], With respect to the issues, Dole promised a 15% across-the-board reduction in income tax rates and made former Congressman and supply side advocate Jack Kemp his running mate. Bob Dole speaking at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California, August 1996. For the results of the subsequent election, see United States presidential election of 2000. A few days later Dole would make a joke about the remark by saying, "And I'd like to congratulate the St. Louis Cardinals on winning the N.L. The 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1996. Clinton's performance seems to have been part of a broader decline in support for the Democratic Party in the South. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Former U.S. Army General Colin Powell was widely courted as a potential Republican nominee. Dole debated President Clinton in two debates, while Perot wasn't allowed to attend as his polling numbers had dropped since 1992. [22] Perot's best showing was in states that tended to strongly favor either Clinton (such as Maine) or Dole (particularly Montana, though the margin of victory there was much closer). Lowell Weicker, Tim Penny, David Boren and Richard Lamm were among those who toyed with the notion of seeking its presidential nomination, though all but Lamm decided against it; Lamm had himself come close to withdrawing his name from consideration. Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were re-nominated without incident by the Democratic Party. Clinton, facing little serious opposition, was easily renominated by the Democrats with his vice president, Al Gore. Going into the elections, Republicans held the governorships of thirty-two states, Democrats held those of seventeen states, all territories, and the Mayorship of the District of Columbia, and one Governor was a member of neither party. The 1996 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 5, 1996. Due in part to Perot's fairly strong third party performance, Clinton did not win a majority of the popular vote, but his popular margin of 8.5 percentage points remains largest popular vote margin won by either party since the 1984 presidential election. The search for a Clinton challenger in 1996", "Can a Pro-Life Dem Bridge the Health-Care Divide? [31], 53rd quadrennial U.S. presidential election. All Rights Reserved. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election.Texas voters chose thirty-two electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Tennessee, with nearly seven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Buchanan's New Hampshire win alarmed the Republican "establishment" sufficiently as to provoke prominent Republicans to quickly coalesce around Dole,[8] and Dole won every primary starting with North and South Dakota. Throughout the run-up to the general election, Clinton maintained comfortable leads in the polls over Dole and Perot. A total of 1,558 votes for Independent candidates, Last edited on 20 September 2020, at 08:37, United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1996, United States presidential election in Tennessee, "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee", ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee&oldid=979355986, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 08:37. In the South, Clinton took Florida – a state he had failed to win in 1992 – from the Republicans in exchange for the less electoral-vote-rich Georgia. (The Browns had left St. Louis after the 1954 season to become the Baltimore Orioles. The paper wrote that intelligence information had showed the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. was used for coordinating contributions to the DNC[17] in violation of U.S. law forbidding non-American citizens from giving monetary donations to U.S. politicians and political parties. Lamm designated Ed Zschau as his vice presidential candidate. 1996 marked the first time that Vermont voted for a Democrat in two successive elections. When Jack Kemp, who is pro-life, was tapped for the position Buchanan agreed to endorse the Republican ticket. In the congressional elections, Republicans successfully defended the majorities that they had won in the 1994 elections. Twelve nuns and employees of the Temple refused to answer questions by pleading the Fifth Amendment when they were subpoenaed to testify before Congress in 1997.[19]. A budget impasse between Congress and the Clinton Administration eventually resulted in a government shutdown. On the next two biggest primary days, March 5 and March 12, however, Dole swept the contests, and he went on to win every contest throughout the remainder of the primary season, capturing the Republican nomination. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. However, the Republicans in Congress, led by House speaker Newt Gingrich, often pursued policies in an uncompromising and confrontational manner. Two years into Clinton’s term the Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives for the first time since the 1950s, and many pundits believed that Clinton, whose public support had dwindled because of some early missteps—particularly on health care and on his proposal for allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military (the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” compromise was eventually secured)—would be a one-term president. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. In 1996 the situation ultimately proved the same, though Pat Buchanan for a time was widely speculated to be planning on bolting to the Taxpayers' Party should the expected Republican nominee, Senator Bob Dole, name a pro-choice running-mate. The party platform included preventive health care, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy technologies. However, in 2008, the Democrats were able to win three former Confederate states (Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida), but that was still worse than Clinton's performances in both 1992 and 1996. Phillips and Titus drew 182,820 votes (0.2% of the popular vote). In the electoral college, Clinton won 379 votes to Dole’s 159; only five states had switched their votes from 1992, with Colorado, Georgia, and Montana moving away from Clinton and Clinton winning Arizona and Florida—becoming the first Democrat since 1948 to win the former and the first since 1976 to win the latter. Wealthy businessman H. Ross Perot ran again on the Reform Party ticket. He was not formally nominated by the Green Party USA, which was, at the time, the largest national Green group; instead, he was nominated independently by various state Green parties (in some areas, he appeared on the ballot as an independent). In particular, after a budget impasse between the Republicans and Clinton in 1995 and 1996—which forced two partial government shutdowns, including one for 22 days (the longest closure of government operations up to that time, it was surpassed by a 34-day shutdown in 2018–19)—Clinton won considerable public support for his more moderate approach. ", "US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 01, 1996", "Republicans Prepare to Run in 1996 - Arab American Institute", "'Stop-Newt' Republicans Confront New Base", "US President – R Primaries Race – July 7, 1996", "McCain and Obama Can Learn A Lot From Past Debaters", "Clinton And Dole, Face To Face, Spar Over Medicare And Taxes", "09/02/96 Medicare, Taxes, and Bob Dole: A Talk with the President", "G.O.P. Dole won 40.7% of the popular vote and 159 electoral votes, while Perot won 8.4% of the popular vote. Republicans picked up a net of two Senate seats, while Democrats picked up a net of eight seats in the House of Representatives. Central. They were held to fill vacancies for California's 37th congressional district (on March 26), Maryland's 7th congressional district (April 16), Oregon's 3rd congressional district (May 21), Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and Missouri's 8th congressional district (both on November 5). Pennsylvania and Michigan both voted Democratic, and would remain in the Democratic presidential fold until 2016. It is illegal under U.S. law for religious organizations to donate money to politicians or political groups due to their tax-exempt status. The Republicans of the 104th Congress pursued an ambitious agenda, highlighted by their Contract with America, but were often forced to compromise with President Clinton, who wielded veto power. As of 2016, this is the last presidential election in which Democrats won the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In the popular vote, he out-polled Dole by over 8.2 million votes. [6] Martin's predecessor in Congress, John Anderson had made first a Republican then Independent Presidential bid in 1980. Clinton defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and independent candidate Ross Perot in the presidential election, taking 379 of the 538 electoral votes. In the gubernatorial elections, each party picked up a single seat that had previously been held by the other party. The U.S. Taxpayers Party had run its first presidential ticket in 1992, it being head by Howard Phillips who had failed to find any prominent conservative willing to take the mantle. The 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, … The United States presidential election, 1996 was a political event that took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Thus, there was no net change in the balance of power. With the advantage of incumbency, Bill Clinton's path to renomination by the Democratic Party was uneventful. The Temple event was organized by DNC fund-raisers John Huang and Maria Hsia. Ultimately, the Reform Party nominated its founder Ross Perot from Texas in its first election as an official political party. Clinton tied Dole to Newt Gingrich, the unpopular Republican Speaker of the House. Detailed national-level Presidential Election Results for 1996. The Libertarian Party nominated free-market writer and investment analyst, Harry Browne from Tennessee, and selected Jo Jorgensen from South Carolina as his running-mate. [18] The DNC eventually returned the money donated by the Temple's monks and nuns. The 1996 United States presidential election in New York took place on November … United States presidential election, 1996, "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_United_States_presidential_election&oldid=7058503, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. In Iowa and Vermont, Anne Goeke was listed as Nader's running mate; in New Jersey it was Madelyn Hoffman and in New York it was Muriel Tillinghast. Perot entered the general election campaign as the candidate for the Reform Party, but he was unable to repeat the success he enjoyed in 1992. Jimmy Griffin, former Mayor of Buffalo, New York, mounted a brief campaign but withdrew after a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary. Republicans picked up three seats in the regularly-scheduled Senate elections, but Democrats picked up one seat in a special election. The Natural Law Party for a second time nominated scientist and researcher John Hagelin for president and Mike Tompkins for vice president. United States presidential election of 1996, American presidential election held on November 5, 1996, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected to a second term, defeating Republican Bob Dole, a former U.S. senator from Kansas. In the first two Republican contests, Dole narrowly defeated Buchanan in the Iowa caucuses (February 12) and Buchanan defeated Dole in New Hampshire’s primary (February 20). [1], Tennessee weighed in for this election as 5 points more Republican than the national average. Clinton captured 49 percent of the vote to Dole’s 41 percent and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot’s 8 percent. Perot received less media attention in 1996 and was excluded from the presidential debates. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by U.S. standards, did not renew his success in the 1992 election. United States House of Representatives elections. Dole further enhanced this contrast on September 18 when he made a reference to a no-hitter thrown the day before by Hideo Nomo of the "Brooklyn Dodgers", a team that had left Brooklyn for Los Angeles 38 years earlier. Former Secretary of Defense and future Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney was touted by many as a possible candidate for the presidency, but he declared his intentions not to run in early 1995. Michael Levy was political science editor (2000-06), executive editor (2006-11), editor of Britannica Blog (2010-11), and director of product content & curriculum (2011-12) at Encyclopaedia Britannica.... Who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln? The election was between President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for president and former congressman and ex-Cabinet Secretary Jack Kemp of New York for Vice President. Turnout was registered at 49.0%, the lowest for a presidential election since 1924. The fragmented field of candidates debated issues such as a flat tax and other tax cut proposals, and a return to supply-side economic policies popularized by Ronald Reagan. Over the next week, Forbes picked up victories in Delaware and Arizona, while Dole notched victories in North Dakota and South Dakota.
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