United States presidential election in Maine, 1996

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United States presidential election in Maine, 1996

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  Bill Clinton.jpg Bob Dole, PCCWW photo portrait.JPG Ross Perot.jpg
Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp James Campbell
Electoral vote 4 0 0
States carried 0
Popular vote 312,788 186,378 85,970
Percentage 51.62% 30.76% 14.19%

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County Results
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—<50%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 5, 1996 as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that chooses two of its four representatives in the Electoral College based on the plurality vote in both its congressional districts instead of all four electors being chosen based on the statewide plurality vote.

Maine confirmed its status as a blue state, with Democratic nominee President Bill Clinton carrying the state with 51.62% of the vote over Republican Bob Dole, who received 30.76%.[1] Maine has voted Democratic since 1992, and is the only state other than Nebraska to split its electoral votes, though it has not yet done so. The last time Maine went Republican was for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle in 1988. Third Party candidate Ross Perot had a lesser impact this time, only drawing 14% of the vote, compared to 30% in 1992.

Results

United States presidential election in Maine, 1996
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore 312,788 51.62% 4
Republican Bob Dole Jack Kemp 186,378 30.76% 0
Reform Ross Perot James Campbell [1][2] 85,970 14.19% 0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 15,279 2.52% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 2,996 0.49% 0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 1,517 0.25% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 825 0.14% 0
No party Write-in 144 0.02% 0

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
  2. Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/perot.veep/