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The 1996 United States presidential straw poll in Guam was held on November 5, 1996, Guam is a territory and not a state. Thus, it is ineligible to elect members of the Electoral College, instead, the territory conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election. It does not cast direct electoral votes for president and vice president.Post Haidee Eugenio Gilbert The Guam Daily 2020-11-04 Safety rules, voters' poor marking of ballots slow count https://www.postguam.com/news/local/safety-rules-voters-poor-marking-of-ballots-slow-count/article_29a34252-1de4-11eb-92a9-578c493a41d0.html 2024-05-04 The Guam Daily Post enAPSA 2020-02-18 The Curious Case of Guam: The Unincorporated Territory's Role in the 2020 Primaries - https://politicalsciencenow.com/the-curious-case-of-guam-the-unincorporated-territorys-role-in-the-2020-primaries/ 2024-05-04 politicalsciencenow.com en-US
Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton won the straw poll with almost 59.7% of the vote.
Results
The votes of Guam residents do not count in the November presidential election, but the territory nonetheless conducts a presidential straw poll to gauge islanders' preference for president every election year since the first straw poll was in 1980.Peralta Eyder November 6, 2012 In Guam, 'Non-Binding Straw Poll' Gives Obama A Commanding Win https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/11/06/164400277/in-guam-non-binding-straw-poll-gives-obama-a-commanding-win 2024-05-04 npr 2024-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20240501114258/https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/11/06/164400277/in-guam-non-binding-straw-poll-gives-obama-a-commanding-win dead
1996 United States presidential straw poll in GuamECAR 1996.pdf https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_3ylv378_szMlJ2UnRSYlZIOXc/edit?resourcekey=0-tFYkqMYzFM8l0259VNRiTA&usp=embed_facebook 2024-06-21 Google DocsPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageDemocraticBill ClintonAl Gore19,26559.67%RepublicanBob DoleJack Kemp12,52438.79%LibertarianHarry BrowneJo Jorgensen4981.54%Totals32,287100.00%
See also
United States presidential straw polls in Guam
References
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