1996 United States presidential election in California
The 1996 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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California, was won by Incumbent President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R), with Clinton winning 51.1% to 38.21% by a margin of 12.89%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party) finished in third, with 6.96% of the popular vote.[1]
California is 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.[1][2]
Results
1996 United States presidential election in California[1][3] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | William Jefferson Clinton (Incumbent) | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (Incumbent) | 5,119,835 | 51.10% | 54 | |
Republican | Robert Joseph Dole | Jack French Kemp | 3,828,380 | 38.21% | 0 | |
Reform | Henry Ross Perot | James Campbell | 697,847 | 6.96% | 0 | |
Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 237,016 | 2.37% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 73,600 | 0.73% | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | Kate McClatchy | 25,332 | 0.25% | 0 | |
Taxpayers’ | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 21,202 | 0.21% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 15,403 | 0.15% | 0 | |
Write-in | Charles Collins | 765 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Write-in | James Harris | 77 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Joel Neuberg | 13 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Willie Carter | 12 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Isabell Masters | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 242,155 | 2.36% | — | |||
Totals | 10,261,639 | 100.0% | 54 | |||
Voter turnout | 65.53% | — |
Results Breakdown
By county
County | Clinton | Votes | Dole | Votes | Perot | Votes | Nader | Votes | Others | Votes |
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San Francisco | 72.24% | 209,777 | 15.66% | 45,479 | 3.33% | 9,659 | 7.39% | 21,471 | 1.38% | 3,999 |
Alameda | 65.77% | 303,903 | 23.07% | 106,581 | 5.25% | 24,270 | 4.42% | 20,432 | 1.48% | 6,858 |
San Mateo | 60.55% | 152,304 | 29.22% | 73,508 | 5.98% | 15,047 | 2.92% | 7,336 | 1.33% | 3,337 |
Los Angeles | 59.34% | 1,430,629 | 30.96% | 746,544 | 6.54% | 157,752 | 1.91% | 45,977 | 1.25% | 30,112 |
Marin | 58.04% | 67,406 | 28.17% | 32,714 | 5.65% | 6,559 | 6.34% | 7,360 | 1.81% | 2,101 |
Yolo | 56.88% | 33,033 | 32.38% | 18,807 | 5.42% | 3,150 | 4.09% | 2,377 | 1.23% | 712 |
Santa Clara | 56.88% | 297,639 | 32.16% | 168,291 | 6.67% | 34,908 | 2.35% | 12,312 | 1.94% | 10,141 |
Santa Cruz | 56.52% | 58,250 | 26.94% | 27,766 | 6.36% | 6,555 | 7.57% | 7,803 | 2.61% | 2,688 |
Contra Costa | 55.73% | 196,512 | 35.15% | 123,954 | 5.79% | 20,416 | 2.08% | 7,334 | 1.24% | 4,386 |
Sonoma | 55.57% | 100,738 | 29.54% | 53,555 | 7.65% | 13,862 | 5.27% | 9,547 | 1.98% | 3,595 |
Imperial | 55.27% | 14,591 | 36.76% | 9,705 | 6.73% | 1,778 | 0.58% | 154 | 0.65% | 172 |
Solano | 55.12% | 64,644 | 34.74% | 40,742 | 7.40% | 8,682 | 1.59% | 1,868 | 1.15% | 1,343 |
Monterey | 53.15% | 57,700 | 36.66% | 39,794 | 6.67% | 7,240 | 2.20% | 2,391 | 1.32% | 1,433 |
Napa | 50.89% | 24,588 | 36.09% | 17,439 | 8.80% | 4,254 | 2.57% | 1,242 | 1.65% | 796 |
San Benito | 50.55% | 7,030 | 38.72% | 5,384 | 7.51% | 1,044 | 1.70% | 236 | 1.52% | 212 |
Sacramento | 49.83% | 203,019 | 40.76% | 166,049 | 5.86% | 23,856 | 2.24% | 9,142 | 1.31% | 5,348 |
Lake | 48.90% | 10,432 | 34.96% | 7,458 | 11.90% | 2,539 | 2.73% | 583 | 1.51% | 323 |
Santa Barbara | 46.87% | 70,650 | 42.40% | 63,915 | 6.27% | 9,457 | 3.17% | 4,774 | 1.29% | 1,949 |
Merced | 46.41% | 21,786 | 44.41% | 20,847 | 7.30% | 3,427 | 0.98% | 462 | 0.89% | 416 |
San Joaquin | 46.34% | 67,253 | 44.87% | 65,131 | 6.68% | 9,692 | 1.03% | 1,501 | 1.08% | 1,563 |
Stanislaus | 45.93% | 53,738 | 44.79% | 52,403 | 7.14% | 8,360 | 1.00% | 1,172 | 1.14% | 1,334 |
Mendocino | 45.74% | 14,952 | 29.87% | 9,765 | 11.27% | 3,685 | 11.04% | 3,608 | 2.09% | 682 |
Fresno | 45.32% | 94,448 | 47.42% | 98,813 | 5.26% | 10,962 | 1.21% | 2,523 | 0.79% | 1,647 |
San Bernardino | 44.36% | 183,372 | 43.58% | 180,135 | 9.51% | 39,330 | 1.25% | 5,150 | 1.30% | 5,368 |
Humboldt | 44.17% | 24,628 | 35.52% | 19,803 | 10.42% | 5,811 | 8.34% | 4,651 | 1.55% | 864 |
San Diego | 44.11% | 389,964 | 45.57% | 402,876 | 7.13% | 63,037 | 1.79% | 15,858 | 1.40% | 12,416 |
Ventura | 44.10% | 110,772 | 43.47% | 109,202 | 9.18% | 23,054 | 1.88% | 4,732 | 1.37% | 3,434 |
Kings | 43.59% | 11,254 | 47.91% | 12,368 | 6.76% | 1,745 | 0.79% | 205 | 0.94% | 243 |
Riverside | 43.05% | 168,579 | 45.61% | 178,611 | 9.06% | 35,481 | 1.23% | 4,814 | 1.05% | 4,128 |
Alpine | 42.02% | 258 | 43.00% | 264 | 10.26% | 63 | 3.09% | 19 | 1.63% | 10 |
Del Norte | 41.08% | 3,652 | 41.29% | 3,670 | 13.78% | 1,225 | 2.24% | 199 | 1.61% | 143 |
Tuolumne | 40.73% | 8,950 | 47.27% | 10,386 | 8.76% | 1,925 | 1.94% | 427 | 1.29% | 284 |
Amador | 40.60% | 5,868 | 47.54% | 6,870 | 8.77% | 1,267 | 1.83% | 264 | 1.27% | 183 |
San Luis Obispo | 40.19% | 40,395 | 46.50% | 46,733 | 8.16% | 8,204 | 3.83% | 3,854 | 1.31% | 1,314 |
Calaveras | 38.63% | 6,646 | 48.12% | 8,279 | 9.37% | 1,612 | 1.96% | 338 | 1.92% | 331 |
Mono | 38.62% | 1,580 | 46.00% | 1,882 | 10.93% | 447 | 2.35% | 96 | 2.10% | 86 |
Butte | 38.53% | 30,651 | 48.98% | 38,961 | 8.04% | 6,393 | 3.03% | 2,409 | 1.43% | 1,136 |
Siskiyou | 38.39% | 7,022 | 47.30% | 8,653 | 10.27% | 1,879 | 2.03% | 372 | 2.01% | 367 |
Tulare | 38.06% | 32,669 | 53.90% | 46,272 | 5.95% | 5,106 | 0.86% | 737 | 1.24% | 1,062 |
Orange | 37.88% | 327,485 | 51.67% | 446,717 | 7.66% | 66,195 | 1.37% | 11,842 | 1.43% | 12,337 |
Yuba | 37.42% | 5,789 | 51.53% | 7,971 | 8.46% | 1,308 | 1.30% | 201 | 1.30% | 201 |
Trinity | 37.38% | 2,203 | 42.93% | 2,530 | 14.53% | 856 | 2.70% | 159 | 2.46% | 145 |
Placer | 37.05% | 34,981 | 52.75% | 49,808 | 6.93% | 6,542 | 1.99% | 1,875 | 1.29% | 1,221 |
Mariposa | 36.73% | 2,920 | 50.02% | 3,976 | 9.17% | 729 | 2.42% | 192 | 1.66% | 132 |
Madera | 36.70% | 11,254 | 53.85% | 16,510 | 7.15% | 2,192 | 1.23% | 376 | 1.08% | 330 |
Colusa | 36.60% | 2,054 | 54.29% | 3,047 | 7.20% | 404 | 0.75% | 42 | 1.16% | 65 |
Kern | 36.56% | 62,658 | 53.77% | 92,151 | 7.85% | 13,452 | 0.75% | 1,289 | 1.07% | 1,841 |
El Dorado | 36.33% | 22,957 | 51.84% | 32,759 | 8.03% | 5,077 | 2.28% | 1,439 | 1.53% | 964 |
Plumas | 36.31% | 3,540 | 50.31% | 4,905 | 9.43% | 919 | 2.19% | 214 | 1.76% | 172 |
Tehama | 35.66% | 7,290 | 50.34% | 10,292 | 11.37% | 2,325 | 1.20% | 245 | 1.42% | 291 |
Nevada | 35.56% | 15,369 | 50.40% | 21,784 | 7.70% | 3,330 | 4.85% | 2,097 | 1.48% | 639 |
Sutter | 34.37% | 8,504 | 57.64% | 14,264 | 6.20% | 1,533 | 0.84% | 208 | 0.95% | 236 |
Inyo | 34.36% | 2,601 | 51.84% | 3,924 | 10.71% | 811 | 1.68% | 127 | 1.40% | 106 |
Lassen | 33.60% | 3,318 | 52.60% | 5,194 | 10.94% | 1,080 | 1.33% | 131 | 1.54% | 152 |
Sierra | 33.57% | 573 | 51.38% | 877 | 9.96% | 170 | 2.34% | 40 | 2.75% | 47 |
Shasta | 33.11% | 20,848 | 55.17% | 34,736 | 9.33% | 5,875 | 1.07% | 675 | 1.31% | 827 |
Glenn | 32.04% | 2,841 | 56.86% | 5,041 | 8.89% | 788 | 0.96% | 85 | 1.25% | 111 |
Modoc | 31.79% | 1,368 | 53.10% | 2,285 | 12.27% | 528 | 1.14% | 49 | 1.70% | 73 |
By congressional district
Clinton won 38 of 52 congressional districts.
District | Dole | Clinton | Perot | Representative |
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1st | 35% | 48% | 10% | Frank Riggs |
2nd | 51% | 36% | 9% | Wally Herger |
3rd | 44% | 45% | 7% | Vic Fazio |
4th | 51% | 38% | 8% | John Doolittle |
5th | 34% | 57% | 5% | Bob Matsui |
6th | 29% | 57% | 7% | Lynn Woolsey |
7th | 25% | 65% | 6% | George Miller |
8th | 18% | 66% | 4% | Nancy Pelosi |
9th | 13% | 75% | 3% | Ron Dellums |
10th | 43% | 48% | 6% | Bill Baker |
Ellen Tauscher | ||||
11th | 45% | 46% | 7% | Richard Pombo |
12th | 21% | 70% | 4% | Tom Lantos |
13th | 28% | 62% | 7% | Pete Stark |
14th | 31% | 58% | 6% | Anna Eshoo |
15th | 35% | 53% | 7% | Tom Campbell |
16th | 29% | 61% | 6% | Zoe Lofgren |
17th | 32% | 55% | 6% | Sam Farr |
18th | 45% | 46% | 7% | Gary Condit |
19th | 52% | 40% | 6% | George Radanovich |
20th | 41% | 52% | 6% | Cal Dooley |
21st | 56% | 34% | 8% | Bill Thomas |
22nd | 44% | 44% | 7% | Andrea Seastrand |
Walter Capps | ||||
23rd | 42% | 46% | 9% | Elton Gallegly |
24th | 37% | 52% | 7% | Anthony Beilenson |
Brad Sherman | ||||
25th | 47% | 41% | 9% | Buck McKeon |
26th | 25% | 65% | 7% | Howard Berman |
27th | 41% | 49% | 7% | Carlos Moorhead |
Jim Rogan | ||||
28th | 44% | 45% | 8% | David Dreier |
29th | 24% | 67% | 5% | Henry Waxman |
30th | 20% | 71% | 5% | Xavier Becerra |
31st | 26% | 65% | 7% | Matthew G. Martínez |
32nd | 12% | 81% | 4% | Julian Dixon |
33rd | 14% | 80% | 4% | Lucille Roybal-Allard |
34th | 27% | 63% | 7% | Esteban Torres |
35th | 11% | 84% | 4% | Maxine Waters |
36th | 41% | 47% | 8% | Jane Harman |
37th | 13% | 82% | 4% | Walter R. Tucker |
Juanita Millender-McDonald | ||||
38th | 36% | 53% | 8% | Steve Horn |
39th | 48% | 41% | 8% | Ed Royce |
40th | 49% | 38% | 11% | Jerry Lewis |
41st | 47% | 43% | 8% | Jay Kim |
42nd | 36% | 54% | 9% | George Brown Jr. |
43rd | 46% | 43% | 9% | Ken Calvert |
44th | 45% | 44% | 9% | Sonny Bono |
45th | 51% | 38% | 8% | Dana Rohrabacher |
46th | 41% | 49% | 8% | Bob Dornan |
Loretta Sánchez | ||||
47th | 54% | 36% | 7% | Christopher Cox |
48th | 56% | 34% | 8% | Ron Packard |
49th | 40% | 49% | 7% | |
Brian Bilbray | ||||
50th | 32% | 60% | 6% | Bob Filner |
51st | 52% | 39% | 7% | Duke Cunningham |
52nd | 48% | 41% | 8% | Duncan Hunter |
References
- Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 California Results
- "Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- Statement of Vote November 5, 1996, Prepared by Bill Jones California Secretary of State Archived July 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine(access date 2012-02-05)