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1996 United States presidential election in Vermont

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States presidential election in Vermont
country	Vermont
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States presidential election in Vermont
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 United States presidential election in Vermont
next_year	2000
election_date	November 5, 1996
image_size	x160px
image1	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee1	Bill Clinton
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Arkansas
running_mate1	Al Gore
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	137,894
percentage1	53.35%
image2	Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Bob Dole
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Kansas
running_mate2	Jack Kemp
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	80,352
percentage2	31.09%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Reform Party of the United States of America
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	Patrick Choate
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	31,024
percentage3	12.00%
map	{{switcher
map_caption
title	President
before_election	Bill Clinton
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Clinton
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election

|[[File:Vermont Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|x250px]] |County Results |[[File:Vermont Presidential Election Results 1996 by Municipality.svg|x250px]] |Municipality Results}} Clinton Dole The 1996 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Vermont was won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton over Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, with Clinton winning 53.35% to Dole's 31.09%, a margin of 22.26%. The Reform Party candidate, businessman Ross Perot, finished in third, with 12.00% of the popular vote. Clinton won almost every municipality in the state.

Although Clinton had carried the state comfortably in 1992, prior to that point Vermont had been one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation, voting Republican in every election from 1856 to 1988 except for the 1964 nationwide Democratic landslide. However Vermont had always favored a liberal, secular, Northeastern brand of Republicanism, and by the 1990s, the Republican Party had become increasingly dominated by conservative, Southern, and Evangelical Christian interests. Consequently, Vermont trended increasingly toward the Democratic Party, and Clinton was able to win an even bigger victory in the state in 1996 than he had in 1992, again sweeping every county in the state.

Clinton's win in 1996 marked the first time in history that Vermont had voted Democratic in two consecutive presidential elections, signifying a long-term realignment of the state away from the GOP. It was also the first time since 1964 that a Democratic candidate won a majority of the popular vote (Clinton won the state four years prior, but with only a plurality of 46.11%). Since then Vermont has become regarded as one of the safest of blue states; it has remained Democratic in every election that has followed, often by landslide margins.

This is the last time that the town of Morgan voted Democratic in a presidential election until 2008.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Vermont	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore (incumbent)	137,894	53.35%	3
Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	80,352	31.09%	0
Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	31,024	12.00%	0
Green Coalition	Ralph Nader	Vermont is one of the states where Ralph Nader's running mate (Winona LaDuke) was replaced on the ballot by Anne Goeke.}}	5,585	2.16%	0
Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	1,183	0.46%	0
No party	Write-in		560	0.22%	0
Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	498	0.19%	0
Grassroots	Dennis Peron	Arlin Troutt Jr.	480	0.19%	0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party	Howard Phillips	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114094655/http://www.presidentelect.org/e1996.html	date=2012-01-14 }}	382	0.15%	0
Liberty Union	Mary Cal Hollis	Eric Chester	292	0.11%	0
Socialist Workers Party	James Harris	Laura Garza	199	0.08%	0

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton
Democratic	Bob Dole
Republican	Ross Perot
Reform	Ralph Nader
Green	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	137,894	53.35%	80,352	31.09%	31,024	12.00%	5,585	2.16%	3,594	1.39%	57,542	22.26%	258,449
	Addison		8,164		52.83%		4,798		31.05%		1,808		11.70%		402		2.60%		281		1.82%		3,366		21.78%		15,453
	Bennington		8,139		50.39%		5,229		32.37%		2,278		14.10%		357		2.21%		149		0.92%		2,910		18.02%		16,152
	Caledonia		5,593		47.40%		4,089		34.66%		1,782		15.10%		201		1.70%		134		1.14%		1,504		12.74%		11,799
	Chittenden		36,299		56.84%		19,020		29.78%		6,180		9.68%		1,395		2.18%		966		1.51%		17,279		27.06%		63,860
	Essex		1,120		45.73%		819		33.44%		442		18.05%		25		1.02%		43		1.76%		301		12.29%		2,449
	Franklin		8,790		54.24%		4,617		28.49%		2,488		15.35%		147		0.91%		164		1.01%		4,173		25.75%		16,206
	Grand Isle		1,555		51.13%		958		31.50%		441		14.50%		45		1.48%		42		1.38%		597		19.63%		3,041
	Lamoille		4,997		54.40%		2,705		29.45%		1,216		13.24%		146		1.59%		122		1.33%		2,292		24.95%		9,186
	Orange		6,107		49.79%		4,043		32.96%		1,597		13.02%		279		2.27%		240		1.96%		2,064		16.83%		12,266
	Orleans		5,137		51.44%		3,114		31.18%		1,508		15.10%		130		1.30%		97		0.97%		2,023		20.26%		9,986
	Rutland		13,230		48.59%		9,934		36.48%		3,408		12.52%		320		1.18%		337		1.24%		3,296		12.11%		27,229
	Washington		14,267		55.12%		7,750		29.94%		2,788		10.77%		739		2.86%		340		1.31%		6,517		25.18%		25,884
	Windham		10,426		55.12%		5,261		27.81%		2,033		10.75%		887		4.69%		308		1.63%		5,165		27.31%		18,915
	Windsor		14,070		54.07%		8,015		30.80%		3,055		11.74%		512		1.97%		371		1.43%		6,055		23.27%		26,023

Notes

References

"1996 Presidential General Election Results – Vermont". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
President Elect - 1996 - http://presidentelect.org/e1996.html {{Webarchive. link. (2012-01-14)
Our Campaigns; [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2026 VT US Presidential Election Race, November 05, 1996]

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