1996 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1996 U.S. Presidential Election?
Bill Clinton won the 1996 U.S. Presidential Election. Bill Clinton received 47,401,185 popular votes (49.2%) and 379 electoral votes. The main challenger was Bob Dole (40.7%).
See the full head-to-head between Clinton and Dole
Clinton +8.5 pts · won by 8,203,716 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.7% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.