1996 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1996 United States presidential election 1996 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1992 United States presidential election in Indiana 1992 2000 United States presidential election in Indiana 2000 November 5, 1996 55.8%Casper Bass 1998 25 7.2 pp 160x160px Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg Bob Dole Republican Party (United States) Kansas Jack Kemp 12 1,006,693 47.13% Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 0 887,424 41.55% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Reform Party of the United States of America Texas James Campbellcampbell Campbell was listed as Perot's running mate in Indiana, in place of the Reform Party's national vice presidential candidate, Pat Choate.Gilroy 1996 29 0 224,299 10.50% 180px County results 180px Congressional district results Dole #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Clinton #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the senior U.S. senator from Kansas Bob Dole and the former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development Jack Kemp defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Bill Clinton and the vice president of the United States Al Gore. The Reform ticket of the businessman Ross Perot and James Campbell finished third. Clinton defeated Dole and Perot in the national election with 379 electoral votes.Congressional Quarterly 2010 798, 888 Primary elections Republican primary 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries Indiana Republican primary, May 7, 1996Congressional Quarterly 2010 459 Bob Dole Republican Party (United States) 365,860 70.78 Pat Buchanan Republican Party (United States) 100,245 19.39 Steve Forbes (withdrawn) Republican Party (United States) 50,802 9.83 516,907 100.00 Democratic primary 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries Indiana Democratic primary, May 7, 1996Congressional Quarterly 2010 459 Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) 329,536 100.00 329,536 100.00 Reform Party 1996 Reform Party presidential primaries Indiana Reform primary, August 11–17, 19961996 Reform Party Presidential Mail Ballot https://web.archive.org/web/20020127042724/http://www.ballot-access.org/1996/0909.html#20 March 9, 2026 Ballot Access News September 9, 1996 http://www.ballot-access.org/1996/0909.html January 27, 2002 Ross Perot Reform Party of the United States of America 773 73.62 Richard Lamm Reform Party of the United States of America 277 26.38 1,050 100.00 General election Statistics Clinton carried Porter County, Indiana, which had previously supported the Republican presidential candidate in every election since the party's founding, ending the second-longest Republican streak in U.S. presidential politics. (The longest, Carroll County, Illinois's, would remain unbroken until the 2008 United States presidential election.)Menendez 2009 117 2024 11 As of the 2024, this is the most recent presidential election in which Blackford, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Gibson, Jefferson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Sullivan, Switzerland, and Warrick counties voted for the Democratic ticket.Sullivan 2016 Results 1996 United States presidential election in IndianaGilroy 1996 29–31 Bob DoleJack Kemp Republican Party (United States) 1,006,693 47.13 4.22 Bill ClintonAl Gore Democratic Party (United States) 887,424 41.55 4.76 Ross PerotJames Campbellcampbell Reform Party of the United States of America 224,299 10.50 9.27 Harry BrowneJo Jorgensen Libertarian Party (United States) 15,632 0.73 0.39 Ralph Nader (write-in)N/ANader had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 1996 29 Greens/GPUSA Green Party of the United States 1,121 0.05 0.05 Howard Phillips (write-in)N/APhillips had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 1996 30 U.S. Taxpayers' Constitution Party (United States) 453 0.02 0.02 John Hagelin (write-in)Mike Tompkins (write-in) Natural Law Party (United States) 120 0.01 Mary Cal Hollis (write-in)Eric Chester (write-in) Socialist Party USA 60 0.00 Charles E. Collins (write-in)Rosemary Giumarra (write-in) Independent politician 22 0.00 0.00 David H. Birchler (write-in)N/ABirchler had no registered running mate in Indiana.Gilroy 1996 30 Independent politician 18 0.00 0.00 2,135,842 100.00 Results by county + 1996 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyGilroy 1996 29–31 County Bob DoleRepublican Bill ClintonDemocratic Ross PerotReform Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 6,960 55.08% 4,247 33.61% 1,346 10.65% 84 0.66% 2,713 21.47% 12,637 Allen 59,255 53.55% 41,450 37.46% 8,808 7.96% 1,132 1.03% 17,805 16.09% 110,645 Bartholomew 13,188 51.60% 9,301 36.39% 2,815 11.01% 254 1.00% 3,887 15.21% 25,558 Benton 1,947 49.92% 1,311 33.62% 609 15.62% 33 0.84% 636 16.30% 3,900 Blackford 2,070 40.35% 2,335 45.52% 681 13.27% 44 0.86% -265 -5.17% 5,130 Boone 11,338 64.44% 4,625 26.28% 1,498 8.51% 135 0.77% 6,713 38.16% 17,596 Brown 2,988 47.36% 2,413 38.25% 802 12.71% 106 1.68% 575 9.11% 6,309 Carroll 4,062 50.58% 2,747 34.20% 1,171 14.58% 51 0.64% 1,315 16.38% 8,031 Cass 8,020 51.28% 5,419 34.65% 2,029 13.12% 173 0.95% 2,601 16.63% 15,641 Clark 14,396 40.08% 17,799 49.56% 3,578 9.96% 143 0.40% -3,403 -9.48% 35,916 Clay 4,858 49.00% 3,605 36.36% 1,406 14.18% 46 0.46% 1,253 12.64% 9,915 Clinton 6,156 53.20% 3,949 34.13% 1,355 11.71% 111 0.96% 2,207 19.07% 11,571 Crawford 1,759 36.57% 2,324 48.32% 700 14.55% 27 0.56% -565 -11.75% 4,810 Daviess 5,531 56.35% 3,230 32.91% 994 10.13% 60 0.61% 2,301 23.44% 9,815 Dearborn 8,318 50.60% 6,269 38.13% 1,731 10.53% 121 0.74% 2,049 12.47% 16,439 Decatur 4,782 50.82% 3,190 33.90% 1,389 14.76% 48 0.52% 1,592 16.92% 9,409 DeKalb 6,851 51.36% 4,840 36.28% 1,534 11.50% 114 0.86% 2,011 15.08% 13,339 Delaware 18,126 40.40% 20,385 45.44% 6,042 13.47% 310 0.69% -2,259 -5.04% 44,863 Dubois 6,840 44.85% 6,499 42.62% 1,777 11.65% 134 0.88% 341 2.23% 15,250 Elkhart 28,770 56.58% 16,598 32.64% 5,133 10.09% 349 0.69% 12,172 23.94% 50,850 Fayette 4,091 44.86% 3,822 41.91% 1,137 12.47% 70 0.76% 269 2.95% 9,120 Floyd 12,473 42.90% 13,814 47.52% 2,609 8.97% 176 0.61% -1,341 -4.62% 29,072 Fountain 3,984 54.03% 2,327 31.56% 1,033 14.01% 30 0.40% 1,657 22.47% 7,374 Franklin 4,167 52.25% 2,808 35.21% 943 11.82% 57 0.72% 1,359 17.04% 7,975 Fulton 3,934 48.75% 2,956 36.63% 1,143 14.16% 37 0.46% 978 12.12% 8,070 Gibson 5,392 39.86% 6,488 47.96% 1,585 11.72% 63 0.46% -1,096 -8.10% 13,528 Grant 13,443 50.77% 9,818 37.08% 3,008 11.36% 209 0.79% 3,625 13.69% 26,478 Greene 5,746 44.67% 5,277 41.03% 1,690 13.14% 149 1.16% 469 3.64% 12,862 Hamilton 42,792 69.45% 14,153 22.97% 4,234 6.87% 440 0.71% 28,639 46.48% 61,619 Hancock 12,907 60.23% 6,123 28.57% 2,258 10.54% 140 0.66% 6,784 31.66% 21,428 Harrison 6,073 43.74% 5,900 42.49% 1,839 13.24% 73 0.53% 173 1.25% 13,885 Hendricks 22,293 63.15% 9,392 26.60% 3,405 9.65% 213 0.60% 12,901 36.55% 35,303 Henry 8,537 45.67% 7,667 41.02% 2,381 12.74% 106 0.57% 870 4.65% 18,691 Howard 16,771 50.51% 11,999 36.14% 4,172 12.56% 263 0.79% 4,772 14.37% 33,205 Huntington 8,275 58.79% 4,287 30.46% 1,400 9.95% 114 0.80% 3,988 28.33% 14,076 Jackson 5,883 46.41% 5,150 40.63% 1,590 12.54% 52 0.41% 733 5.78% 12,675 Jasper 5,173 51.33% 3,554 35.27% 1,271 12.61% 79 0.79% 1,619 16.06% 10,077 Jay 3,584 44.71% 3,356 41.86% 1,022 12.75% 55 0.68% 228 2.85% 8,017 Jefferson 4,827 40.96% 5,441 46.17% 1,438 12.20% 79 0.67% -614 -5.21% 11,785 Jennings 4,461 42.81% 4,223 40.53% 1,629 15.63% 107 1.03% 238 2.28% 10,420 Johnson 23,733 60.45% 11,278 28.73% 3,975 10.13% 273 0.69% 12,455 31.72% 39,259 Knox 6,395 41.17% 7,003 45.09% 2,022 13.02% 112 0.72% -608 -3.92% 15,532 Kosciusko 15,084 62.99% 6,166 25.75% 2,531 10.57% 164 0.69% 8,918 37.24% 23,945 LaGrange 4,033 52.11% 2,704 34.94% 949 12.26% 54 0.69% 1,329 17.17% 7,740 Lake 47,873 29.22% 100,198 61.15% 15,051 9.19% 738 0.44% -52,325 -31.93% 163,860 LaPorte 14,106 35.82% 19,879 50.48% 5,133 13.04% 259 0.66% -5,773 -14.66% 39,377 Lawrence 8,107 50.64% 5,703 35.62% 2,063 12.89% 136 0.85% 2,404 15.02% 16,009 Madison 23,151 43.10% 23,772 44.25% 6,447 12.00% 350 0.65% -621 -1.15% 53,720 Marion 133,329 47.24% 124,448 44.10% 21,358 7.57% 3,079 1.09% 8,881 3.14% 282,214 Marshall 8,158 52.84% 5,486 35.53% 1,698 11.00% 98 0.63% 2,672 17.31% 15,440 Martin 2,281 48.33% 1,848 39.15% 485 10.28% 106 2.24% 433 9.18% 4,720 Miami 6,719 52.66% 4,260 33.39% 1,657 12.99% 124 0.96% 2,459 19.27% 12,760 Monroe 16,744 42.27% 18,531 46.78% 3,179 8.03% 1,155 2.92% -1,787 -4.51% 39,609 Montgomery 7,705 57.51% 3,825 28.55% 1,766 13.18% 101 0.76% 3,880 28.96% 13,397 Morgan 12,872 59.60% 5,812 26.91% 2,755 12.76% 157 0.73% 7,060 32.69% 21,596 Newton 2,075 43.14% 1,897 39.44% 801 16.65% 37 0.77% 178 3.70% 4,810 Noble 6,782 50.17% 5,101 37.73% 1,521 11.25% 115 0.85% 1,681 12.44% 13,519 Ohio 1,098 44.38% 1,083 43.78% 281 11.36% 12 0.48% 15 0.60% 2,474 Orange 3,355 45.69% 3,016 41.07% 938 12.77% 34 0.47% 339 4.62% 7,343 Owen 3,056 48.77% 2,244 35.81% 874 13.95% 92 1.47% 812 12.96% 6,266 Parke 3,151 47.61% 2,453 37.06% 981 14.82% 34 0.51% 698 10.55% 6,619 Perry 2,554 32.21% 4,427 55.83% 913 11.51% 36 0.45% -1,873 -23.62% 7,930 Pike 2,174 37.02% 2,780 47.34% 884 15.05% 34 0.59% -606 -10.32% 5,872 Porter 22,931 42.00% 24,044 44.04% 7,169 13.13% 457 0.83% -1,113 -2.04% 54,601 Posey 4,638 42.34% 4,965 45.33% 1,304 11.90% 47 0.43% -327 -2.99% 10,954 Pulaski 2,693 49.95% 2,010 37.28% 634 11.76% 54 1.01% 683 12.67% 5,391 Putnam 5,958 51.29% 3,962 34.11% 1,619 13.94% 77 0.66% 1,996 17.18% 11,616 Randolph 4,708 45.18% 4,087 39.22% 1,557 14.94% 68 0.66% 621 5.96% 10,420 Ripley 5,303 49.67% 4,097 38.38% 1,216 11.39% 60 0.56% 1,206 11.29% 10,676 Rush 3,827 51.52% 2,578 34.71% 973 13.10% 50 0.67% 1,249 16.81% 7,428 Scott 2,620 36.35% 3,798 52.70% 760 10.55% 29 0.40% -1,178 -16.35% 7,207 Shelby 7,778 51.37% 5,374 35.49% 1,874 12.38% 116 0.76% 2,404 15.88% 15,142 Spencer 3,770 43.74% 4,058 47.08% 739 8.57% 53 0.61% -288 -3.34% 8,620 St. Joseph 38,281 41.08% 45,704 49.04% 8,379 8.99% 824 0.89% -7,423 -7.96% 93,188 Starke 3,108 38.13% 3,854 47.29% 1,096 13.45% 92 1.13% -746 -9.16% 8,150 Steuben 5,513 49.53% 4,124 37.05% 1,390 12.49% 103 0.93% 1,389 12.48% 11,130 Sullivan 3,207 37.11% 4,076 47.17% 1,178 13.63% 181 2.09% -869 -10.06% 8,642 Switzerland 1,266 39.72% 1,496 46.94% 403 12.65% 22 0.69% -230 -7.22% 3,187 Tippecanoe 22,556 49.48% 17,232 37.80% 5,394 11.83% 404 0.89% 5,324 11.68% 45,586 Tipton 3,980 53.89% 2,478 33.55% 861 11.66% 66 0.90% 1,502 20.34% 7,385 Union 1,334 48.86% 1,019 37.33% 364 13.33% 13 0.48% 315 11.53% 2,730 Vanderburgh 28,509 43.22% 30,934 46.90% 6,132 9.30% 386 0.58% -2,425 -3.68% 65,961 Vermillion 2,334 35.08% 3,251 48.87% 1,029 15.47% 39 0.58% -917 -13.79% 6,653 Vigo 15,751 40.91% 17,974 46.69% 4,508 11.71% 266 0.69% -2,223 -5.78% 38,499 Wabash 6,990 53.79% 4,577 35.22% 1,294 9.96% 135 1.03% 2,413 18.57% 12,996 Warren 1,678 46.01% 1,394 38.22% 560 15.36% 15 0.41% 284 7.79% 3,647 Warrick 9,221 43.68% 9,285 43.99% 2,471 11.71% 132 0.62% -64 -0.31% 21,109 Washington 4,066 44.14% 3,819 41.46% 1,264 13.72% 62 0.68% 247 2.68% 9,211 Wayne 12,188 47.24% 10,905 42.27% 2,525 9.79% 183 0.70% 1,283 4.97% 25,801 Wells 6,322 55.98% 3,752 33.22% 1,157 10.24% 63 0.56% 2,570 22.76% 11,294 White 4,642 47.87% 3,396 35.02% 1,610 16.60% 50 0.51% 1,246 12.85% 9,698 Whitley 5,965 51.31% 4,176 35.92% 1,392 11.97% 92 0.80% 1,789 15.39% 11,625 TOTAL 1,006,693 47.13% 887,424 41.55% 22,299 10.50% 17,426 0.82% 119,269 5.58% 2,135,842 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Greene Harrison Washington Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Blackford Delaware Madison Porter Results by congressional district + 1996 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional districtPark-Egan n.d. District Dole Clinton Perot RepresentativeIndiana 1 1st 31.5% 58.6% 9.8%Pete ViscloskyIndiana 2 2nd 45.7% 41.8% 12.4%David McIntoshIndiana 3 3rd 46.1% 43.7% 10.3%Tim RoemerIndiana 4 4th 53.8% 36.6% 9.6%Mark SouderIndiana 5 5th 50.0% 37.0% 13.0%Steve BuyerIndiana 6 6th 63.3% 28.3% 8.4%Dan BurtonIndiana 7 7th52.5%35.4%12.1%John T. MyersEd PeaseIndiana 8 8th 43.9% 45.3% 10.8%John HostettlerIndiana 9 9th 43.9% 44.6% 11.5%Lee HamiltonIndiana 10 10th37.754.7%7.6%Andrew Jacobs Jr.Julia Carson See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 6th 2010 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. https://archive.org/details/cq-press-guide-to-u.-s.-elections-6th-edition-congressional-quarterlys-guide-to-u-s-elections-2009 Casper Lynne M. Bass Loretta E. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1996 1998 United States Department of Commerce Washington, D.C. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1998/demo/p20-504.html Gilroy Sue Anne 1996 Election Report State of Indiana 1996 Indiana Secretary of State Indianapolis https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll37/id/2885 Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004 2009 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC https://archive.org/details/geographyofpresi0000mene Park-Egan Kiernan 1996 Presidential General Election Results, Results by Congressional District n.d. Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election Results https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=8e2e60635cfb4339b1aa33cc7ff0a106 March 7, 2026 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved over the Past Century https://www.americamagazine.org/unconventional-wisdom/2016/06/29/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century/ America June 29, 2016 Indiana 1996 Category:1996 Indiana elections