1996 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1996 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1992 United States presidential election in Iowa 1992 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa 2000 November 5, 1996 x160px Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 7 620,258 50.26% Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg Bob Dole Republican Party (United States) Kansas Jack Kemp 0 492,644 39.92% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Reform Party of the United States of America Texas James Campbell On the California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas election ballots, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in vice-presidential candidate until Perot decided on Pat Choate as his choice for Vice President. 0 105,159 8.52% 280px County results 280px Congressional district results Clinton #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dole #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) The 1996 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was easily won by Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton over Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, with Clinton winning 50.26% of the vote to Dole's 39.92%, a margin of 10.34%. The Reform Party candidate, billionaire businessman Ross Perot, finished in third, with 8.52% of the popular vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=19&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa Although Clinton barely exceeded Michael Dukakis’ 1988 margin in Iowa, he was the first Democrat to carry Allamakee County and Butler County – the only Iowa counties outside the arch-conservative western fringe to back Barry Goldwater in 1964 – since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, pp. 193–197 0786422173 He was indeed only the second Democratic presidential nominee to ever carry Butler County since the Civil War. Clinton was the second of three Democrats (between Roosevelt in 1936 and Barack Obama in 2012) to carry the state twice. Iowa was one of thirteen states where, on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in vice-presidential candidate.http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/ Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate 2012-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20080517003858/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/ 2008-05-17 dead This is the last time Iowa was decided by a double-digit margin until 2024. It is also the last time that the counties of Adair, Appanoose, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Dickinson, Guthrie, Hancock, Henry, Keokuk, Lucas, Madison, Monona, Monroe, Pocahontas, Ringgold, Taylor, Van Buren, Washington, Wayne, and Wright voted for the Democratic Party presidential nominee. Results 1996 United States presidential election in IowaPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent) 620,258 50.26% 7 Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 492,644 39.92% 0 Reform Ross Perot James Campbell 105,159 8.52% 0 Green Ralph Nader Anne GoekeIowa was one of the states where Ralph Nader's running mate (Winona LaDuke) was replaced on the ballot by Anne Goeke. 6,550 0.53% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 3,349 0.27% 0 Libertarian IA Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 2,315 0.19% 0 Taxpayer Howard Phillips Albion W. Knight Jr.http://presidentelect.org/e1996.html President Elect – 1996 2012-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120114094655/http://www.presidentelect.org/e1996.html 2012-01-14 dead 2,229 0.18% 0 No party Write-in 1,240 0.10% 0 Socialist Workers James Harris Laura Garza 331"notseparated" The Socialist Workers votes were not separated by county and included only as a statewide total. 0.03% 0 Totals 1,234,075 100.0% 7 Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 58%/69% Results by county CountyBill Clintonhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1996 IA US President Race, November 05, 1996 Our CampaignsDemocraticBob DoleRepublicanRoss PerotReformRalph NaderGreenJohn HagelinNatural LawVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 1,802 45.79% 1,655 42.06% 458 11.64% 5 0.13% 2 0.05% 13 0.33% 147 3.73% 3,935 Adams 1,070 46.00% 920 39.55% 320 13.76% 4 0.17% 2 0.09% 10 0.43% 150 6.45% 2,326 Allamakee 2,551 44.13% 2,457 42.50% 680 11.76% 28 0.48% 10 0.17% 55 0.95% 94 1.63% 5,781 Appanoose 2,747 49.12% 2,233 39.93% 554 9.91% 12 0.21% 6 0.11% 40 0.72% 514 9.19% 5,592 Audubon 1,827 52.38% 1,314 37.67% 314 9.00% 8 0.23% 6 0.17% 19 0.54% 513 14.71% 3,488 Benton 5,546 53.95% 3,835 37.31% 846 8.23% 13 0.13% 11 0.11% 28 0.27% 1,711 16.64% 10,279 Black Hawk 29,651 55.83% 19,322 36.38% 3,623 6.82% 253 0.48% 36 0.07% 224 0.42% 10,329 19.45% 53,109 Boone 6,446 54.47% 4,293 36.27% 987 8.34% 58 0.49% 13 0.11% 38 0.32% 2,153 18.20% 11,835 Bremer 5,023 49.38% 4,213 41.42% 862 8.47% 33 0.32% 14 0.14% 27 0.27% 810 7.96% 10,172 Buchanan 4,997 55.83% 3,043 34.00% 836 9.34% 20 0.22% 19 0.21% 36 0.40% 1,954 21.83% 8,951 Buena Vista 3,420 42.94% 3,636 45.65% 831 10.43% 19 0.24% 12 0.15% 47 0.59% -216 -2.71% 7,965 Butler 3,061 46.16% 3,036 45.78% 489 7.37% 12 0.18% 8 0.12% 25 0.38% 25 0.38% 6,631 Calhoun 2,193 45.89% 2,077 43.46% 462 9.67% 16 0.33% 7 0.15% 24 0.50% 116 2.43% 4,779 Carroll 4,333 49.29% 3,392 38.59% 998 11.35% 20 0.23% 11 0.13% 36 0.41% 941 10.70% 8,790 Cass 2,616 38.11% 3,384 49.29% 809 11.78% 15 0.22% 8 0.12% 33 0.48% -768 -11.18% 6,865 Cedar 3,856 50.23% 2,966 38.64% 756 9.85% 42 0.55% 22 0.29% 34 0.44% 890 11.59% 7,676 Cerro Gordo 11,943 56.26% 7,427 34.99% 1,689 7.96% 60 0.28% 14 0.07% 94 0.44% 4,516 21.27% 21,227 Cherokee 2,853 44.79% 2,629 41.27% 834 13.09% 15 0.24% 6 0.09% 33 0.52% 224 3.52% 6,370 Chickasaw 3,355 52.75% 2,191 34.45% 759 11.93% 14 0.22% 11 0.17% 30 0.47% 1,164 18.30% 6,360 Clarke 2,053 52.33% 1,401 35.71% 440 11.22% 11 0.28% 3 0.08% 15 0.38% 652 16.62% 3,923 Clay 3,659 47.80% 3,129 40.88% 802 10.48% 20 0.26% 8 0.10% 37 0.48% 530 6.92% 7,655 Clayton 4,284 52.28% 2,944 35.93% 912 11.13% 32 0.39% 3 0.04% 19 0.23% 1,340 16.35% 8,194 Clinton 11,481 53.17% 7,624 35.30% 2,300 10.65% 77 0.36% 32 0.15% 81 0.38% 3,857 17.87% 21,595 Crawford 3,140 46.76% 2,686 40.00% 847 12.61% 10 0.15% 8 0.12% 24 0.36% 454 6.76% 6,715 Dallas 8,017 50.07% 6,647 41.52% 1,198 7.48% 55 0.34% 24 0.15% 69 0.43% 1,370 8.55% 16,010 Davis 1,894 50.39% 1,445 38.44% 382 10.16% 10 0.27% 8 0.21% 20 0.53% 449 11.95% 3,759 Decatur 1,846 50.95% 1,287 35.52% 452 12.48% 17 0.47% 4 0.11% 17 0.47% 559 15.43% 3,623 Delaware 3,704 49.41% 3,065 40.88% 679 9.06% 20 0.27% 4 0.05% 25 0.33% 639 8.53% 7,497 Des Moines 10,761 57.94% 5,778 31.11% 1,792 9.65% 83 0.45% 31 0.17% 129 0.69% 4,983 26.83% 18,574 Dickinson 3,562 46.59% 3,129 40.92% 901 11.78% 23 0.30% 10 0.13% 21 0.27% 433 5.67% 7,646 Dubuque 20,839 54.77% 13,391 35.19% 3,304 8.68% 254 0.67% 66 0.17% 197 0.52% 7,448 19.58% 38,051 Emmet 2,270 51.46% 1,641 37.20% 470 10.66% 11 0.25% 8 0.18% 11 0.25% 629 14.26% 4,411 Fayette 4,832 50.21% 3,848 39.98% 890 9.25% 17 0.18% 9 0.09% 28 0.29% 984 10.23% 9,624 Floyd 3,769 54.73% 2,379 34.54% 689 10.00% 15 0.22% 15 0.22% 20 0.29% 1,390 20.19% 6,887 Franklin 2,232 47.16% 2,054 43.40% 417 8.81% 14 0.30% 5 0.11% 11 0.23% 178 3.76% 4,733 Fremont 1,481 41.58% 1,576 44.24% 480 13.48% 3 0.08% 6 0.17% 16 0.45% -95 -2.66% 3,562 Greene 2,519 52.49% 1,861 38.78% 396 8.25% 9 0.19% 1 0.02% 13 0.27% 658 13.71% 4,799 Grundy 2,322 40.83% 2,928 51.49% 401 7.05% 11 0.19% 3 0.05% 22 0.39% -606 -10.66% 5,687 Guthrie 2,552 49.65% 2,034 39.57% 515 10.02% 11 0.21% 4 0.08% 24 0.47% 518 10.08% 5,140 Hamilton 3,455 47.48% 3,109 42.72% 661 9.08% 23 0.32% 7 0.10% 22 0.30% 346 4.76% 7,277 Hancock 2,399 45.19% 2,353 44.32% 529 9.96% 11 0.21% 6 0.11% 11 0.21% 46 0.87% 5,309 Hardin 4,053 48.69% 3,505 42.11% 713 8.57% 25 0.30% 5 0.06% 23 0.28% 548 6.58% 8,324 Harrison 2,576 39.47% 3,070 47.04% 820 12.56% 10 0.15% 14 0.21% 37 0.57% -494 -7.57% 6,527 Henry 3,798 45.90% 3,478 42.03% 914 11.05% 23 0.28% 24 0.29% 38 0.46% 320 3.87% 8,275 Howard 2,303 52.28% 1,528 34.69% 555 12.60% 3 0.07% 2 0.05% 14 0.32% 775 17.59% 4,405 Humboldt 2,080 42.17% 2,236 45.33% 590 11.96% 9 0.18% 4 0.08% 14 0.28% -156 -3.16% 4,933 Ida 1,589 42.58% 1,684 45.12% 436 11.68% 6 0.16% 3 0.08% 14 0.38% -95 -2.54% 3,732 Iowa 3,354 47.68% 3,042 43.24% 575 8.17% 24 0.34% 11 0.16% 29 0.41% 312 4.44% 7,035 Jackson 4,609 54.47% 2,827 33.41% 936 11.06% 37 0.44% 18 0.21% 34 0.40% 1,782 21.06% 8,461 Jasper 8,776 52.92% 6,414 38.67% 1,263 7.62% 63 0.38% 18 0.11% 51 0.31% 2,362 14.25% 16,585 Jefferson 2,597 35.11% 2,541 34.35% 571 7.72% 47 0.64% 1,574 21.28% 67 0.91% 56 0.76% 7,397 Johnson 27,888 60.98% 13,402 29.31% 2,313 5.06% 1,491 3.26% 199 0.44% 439 0.96% 14,486 31.67% 45,732 Jones 4,668 54.40% 3,083 35.93% 765 8.92% 27 0.31% 6 0.07% 32 0.37% 1,585 18.47% 8,581 Keokuk 2,545 49.89% 2,080 40.78% 432 8.47% 10 0.20% 10 0.20% 24 0.47% 465 9.11% 5,101 Kossuth 4,031 47.40% 3,477 40.88% 932 10.96% 23 0.27% 16 0.19% 26 0.31% 554 6.52% 8,505 Lee 8,831 56.38% 4,932 31.49% 1,734 11.07% 64 0.41% 27 0.17% 74 0.47% 3,899 24.89% 15,662 Linn 45,497 54.79% 30,958 37.28% 5,607 6.75% 453 0.55% 91 0.11% 429 0.52% 14,539 17.51% 83,035 Louisa 2,081 48.68% 1,565 36.61% 590 13.80% 7 0.16% 6 0.14% 26 0.61% 516 12.07% 4,275 Lucas 2,168 51.51% 1,586 37.68% 433 10.29% 6 0.14% 3 0.07% 13 0.31% 582 13.83% 4,209 Lyon 1,489 27.82% 3,396 63.45% 422 7.88% 12 0.22% 7 0.13% 26 0.49% -1,907 -35.63% 5,352 Madison 3,070 48.52% 2,550 40.30% 654 10.34% 18 0.28% 6 0.09% 29 0.46% 520 8.22% 6,327 Mahaska 3,737 41.80% 4,473 50.03% 656 7.34% 24 0.27% 17 0.19% 34 0.38% -736 -8.23% 8,941 Marion 5,978 45.80% 6,100 46.74% 871 6.67% 52 0.40% 14 0.11% 37 0.28% -122 -0.94% 13,052 Marshall 8,669 50.04% 7,017 40.50% 1,455 8.40% 80 0.46% 26 0.15% 77 0.44% 1,652 9.54% 17,324 Mills 2,068 35.83% 2,958 51.25% 683 11.83% 17 0.29% 10 0.17% 36 0.62% -890 -15.42% 5,772 Mitchell 2,596 51.19% 1,877 37.01% 563 11.10% 16 0.32% 7 0.14% 12 0.24% 719 14.18% 5,071 Monona 1,952 46.06% 1,674 39.50% 580 13.69% 11 0.26% 8 0.19% 13 0.31% 278 6.56% 4,238 Monroe 1,884 53.63% 1,272 36.21% 329 9.37% 9 0.26% 7 0.20% 12 0.34% 612 17.42% 3,513 Montgomery 1,912 36.79% 2,583 49.70% 663 12.76% 5 0.10% 13 0.25% 21 0.40% -671 -12.91% 5,197 Muscatine 7,674 49.88% 5,858 38.07% 1,705 11.08% 68 0.44% 21 0.14% 60 0.39% 1,816 11.81% 15,386 O'Brien 2,236 33.20% 3,877 57.56% 578 8.58% 13 0.19% 8 0.12% 23 0.34% -1,641 -24.36% 6,735 Osceola 1,010 33.10% 1,736 56.90% 274 8.98% 6 0.20% 2 0.07% 23 0.75% -726 -23.80% 3,051 Page 2,220 31.52% 4,032 57.25% 753 10.69% 16 0.23% 11 0.16% 11 0.16% -1,812 -25.73% 7,043 Palo Alto 2,371 50.41% 1,817 38.63% 477 10.14% 11 0.23% 4 0.09% 23 0.49% 554 11.78% 4,703 Plymouth 3,745 37.62% 5,117 51.40% 997 10.01% 16 0.16% 12 0.12% 69 0.69% -1,372 -13.78% 9,956 Pocahontas 1,981 47.00% 1,707 40.50% 478 11.34% 9 0.21% 8 0.19% 32 0.76% 274 6.50% 4,215 Polk 83,877 53.73% 60,884 39.00% 9,516 6.10% 786 0.50% 197 0.13% 846 0.54% 22,993 14.73% 156,106 Pottawattamie 13,276 40.45% 15,648 47.68% 3,534 10.77% 96 0.29% 66 0.20% 201 0.61% -2,372 -7.23% 32,821 Poweshiek 4,183 50.93% 3,221 39.21% 681 8.29% 73 0.89% 12 0.15% 44 0.54% 962 11.72% 8,214 Ringgold 1,439 52.52% 967 35.29% 310 11.31% 8 0.29% 5 0.18% 11 0.40% 472 17.23% 2,740 Sac 2,170 43.43% 2,209 44.21% 579 11.59% 15 0.30% 3 0.06% 21 0.42% -39 -0.78% 4,997 Scott 32,694 50.14% 26,751 41.03% 4,991 7.65% 295 0.45% 86 0.13% 385 0.59% 5,943 9.11% 65,202 Shelby 2,176 36.63% 3,056 51.44% 652 10.97% 16 0.27% 8 0.13% 33 0.56% -880 -14.81% 5,941 Sioux 2,392 16.95% 10,864 77.00% 718 5.09% 42 0.30% 9 0.06% 85 0.60% -8,472 -60.05% 14,110 Story 17,234 52.71% 12,468 38.13% 2,091 6.40% 601 1.84% 59 0.18% 242 0.74% 4,766 14.58% 32,695 Tama 3,994 51.52% 2,986 38.52% 713 9.20% 18 0.23% 13 0.17% 28 0.36% 1,008 13.00% 7,752 Taylor 1,458 44.51% 1,419 43.32% 379 11.57% 7 0.21% 1 0.03% 12 0.37% 39 1.19% 3,276 Union 2,787 49.27% 2,156 38.11% 660 11.67% 18 0.32% 2 0.04% 34 0.60% 631 11.16% 5,657 Van Buren 1,536 45.51% 1,460 43.26% 347 10.28% 6 0.18% 8 0.24% 18 0.53% 76 2.25% 3,375 Wapello 8,437 57.12% 4,828 32.69% 1,376 9.32% 54 0.37% 29 0.20% 46 0.31% 3,609 24.43% 14,770 Warren 9,120 52.20% 6,905 39.52% 1,267 7.25% 61 0.35% 20 0.11% 99 0.57% 2,215 12.68% 17,472 Washington 3,828 46.84% 3,600 44.05% 636 7.78% 38 0.46% 27 0.33% 44 0.54% 228 2.79% 8,173 Wayne 1,650 50.51% 1,295 39.64% 310 9.49% 3 0.09% 4 0.12% 5 0.15% 355 10.87% 3,267 Webster 8,380 51.32% 6,275 38.43% 1,580 9.68% 40 0.24% 9 0.06% 44 0.27% 2,105 12.89% 16,328 Winnebago 2,679 48.52% 2,211 40.05% 590 10.69% 10 0.18% 8 0.14% 23 0.42% 468 8.47% 5,521 Winneshiek 4,122 47.00% 3,532 40.27% 973 11.09% 102 1.16% 14 0.16% 27 0.31% 590 6.73% 8,770 Woodbury 17,224 45.97% 16,368 43.69% 3,436 9.17% 142 0.38% 72 0.19% 222 0.59% 856 2.28% 37,464 Worth 2,293 57.15% 1,284 32.00% 403 10.04% 14 0.35% 5 0.12% 13 0.32% 1,009 25.15% 4,012 Wright 2,912 48.87% 2,473 41.50% 536 8.99% 9 0.15% 4 0.07% 25 0.42% 439 7.37% 5,959Totals620,25850.26%492,64439.92%105,1598.52%6,5500.53%3,3490.27%6,1150.50%127,61410.34%1,234,075"notseparated" Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Adair Allamakee Butler Calhoun Cherokee Delaware Dickinson Franklin Hancock Iowa Washington Winnebago Woodbury Results by congressional district Clinton won 4 out of 5 congressional districts, including three that elected Republicans.1996 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=8e2e60635cfb4339b1aa33cc7ff0a106 February 23, 2026 en November 5, 1996 District Dole Clinton Perot RepresentativeIowa 1 1st 36.7% 54.0% 7.6%Jim LeachIowa 2 2nd 37.4% 52.9% 8.8%Jim NussleIowa 3 3rd39.0%50.4%8.8%Jim Ross LightfootLeonard BoswellIowa 4 4th 41.7% 49.4% 7.9%Greg GanskeIowa 5 5th 45.1% 44.3% 9.8%Tom Latham See also United States presidential elections in Iowa Notes References Iowa 1996 Category:1996 Iowa elections