1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none June 2025 September 2023 1996 United States presidential election 1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts presidential no 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1992 2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 2000 November 5, 1996 75.11%https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/research-and-statistics/voter-turnout-statistics.htm Voter Turnout Statistics Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( 9.11%) x160px Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 12 1,571,763 61.47% Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg Bob Dole Republican Party (United States) Kansas Jack Kemp 0 718,107 28.09% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Reform Party (United States) Texas Pat Choate 0 227,217 8.89% 350px County results 350px Municipality results 1 401px Clinton #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Dole #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) The 1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. A solidly blue state, Massachusetts was won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton in a landslide. Clinton took 61.47% of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 28.09%, a victory margin of 33.39%. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third, with 8.89% of the popular vote.1996 Presidential General Election Results http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=25&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 8 January 2013 Like New England as a whole, Massachusetts is a largely secular and liberal society in the modern era, and thus it rejected an increasingly conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, when voted for Democrat Catholic candidate Al Smith, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In fact, Clinton's landslide victory was indicative of a long-term trend in Massachusetts back toward being the overwhelmingly Democratic stronghold it had been in the 1960s, after having trended somewhat toward the GOP in 1976 and the 1980s. Clinton's 61.47% was the highest percentage a presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1968, and his 33.39% victory margin was the widest margin by which any candidate won the state since the massive Democratic landslide of 1964, a record that would not be broken again until 2020. Massachusetts was the only state in the union where Clinton broke 60% of the vote in 1996, with only the District of Columbia voting more Democratic. Massachusetts registered as a significant 25% more Democratic than the national average, making it the most Democratic state in the 1996 election. To date, this is the last occasion until 2020 that the town of Walpole voted for the national winning candidate, the last occasion the town of Sherborn voted Republican and the last occasion that the towns of Blandford, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Hampden, Hubbardston, Montgomery, Oakham, Southwick, Tolland, and West Bridgewater voted Democratic in a presidential election. The town of Lynnfield would not vote Democratic again until 2020. Results 1996 United States presidential election in MassachusettsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) 1,571,763 61.47% 12 Republican Bob Dole 718,107 28.09% 0 Reform Ross Perot 227,217 8.89% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne 20,426 0.80% 0 Independent (Write-In) Others 6,012 0.24% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin 5,184 0.20% 0 Green (Write-in) Ralph Nader 4,734 0.19% 0 Workers World Monica Moorehead 3,277 0.13% 0 Socialist (Write-In) Mary Cal Hollis 61 <0.01% 0 Prohibition (Write-In) Earl Dodge 4 <0.01% 0 Totals 2,556,785 100.0% 12 Results by county County Bill ClintonDemocratic Bob DoleRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Barnstable 59,223 53.48% 40,144 36.25% 11,370 10.27% 19,079 17.23% 110,737 Berkshire 39,338 64.73% 13,055 21.48% 8,381 13.79% 26,283 43.25% 60,774 Bristol 127,725 64.44% 47,164 23.79% 23,324 11.77% 80,561 40.65% 198,213 Dukes 5,137 66.70% 1,739 22.58% 826 10.72% 3,398 44.12% 7,702 Essex 171,021 58.68% 89,120 30.58% 31,301 10.74% 81,901 28.10% 291,442 Franklin 19,728 60.25% 8,055 24.60% 4,959 15.15% 11,673 35.65% 32,742 Hampden 105,050 60.99% 48,513 28.17% 18,676 10.84% 56,537 32.82% 172,239 Hampshire 41,844 64.07% 14,787 22.64% 8,678 13.29% 27,057 41.43% 65,309 Middlesex 398,190 63.41% 169,926 27.06% 59,861 9.53% 228,264 36.35% 627,977 Nantucket 2,453 58.98% 1,222 29.38% 484 11.64% 1,231 29.60% 4,159 Norfolk 180,504 60.07% 92,982 30.95% 26,985 8.98% 87,522 29.12% 300,471 Plymouth 106,072 54.67% 64,626 33.31% 23,313 12.02% 41,446 21.36% 194,011 Suffolk 145,586 73.01% 39,753 19.94% 14,053 7.05% 105,833 53.07% 199,392 Worcester 169,892 58.26% 87,021 29.84% 34,704 11.90% 82,871 28.42% 291,617Totals1,571,76361.47%718,10728.09%266,91510.44%853,65633.38%2,556,785 right 300px Swing by county 300px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts References expanded Massachusetts 1996 Category:1996 Massachusetts elections