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The1996 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia participated in the1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Michigan was won by incumbent United States presidentBill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas senatorBob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee senatorAl Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York congressmanJack Kemp.[2]
Michigan weighed in for this election as 5% moreDemocratic than the national average. The presidential election of 1996 was a verymulti-partisan election for Michigan, with nearly 10% of the electorate voting forthird-party candidates. In typical form for the state, theUpper Peninsula of Michigan voted mainly Democratic, and theLower Peninsula was divided, but more Republican—with the notable exception of Detroit's highly populatedWayne County, which voted overwhelmingly Democratic. In his second bid for the presidency,Ross Perot led the newly reformedReform Party to gain over 8% of the votes in Michigan, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for the United States presidency in recent times. This marked the first time since 1968 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichHoughton,Alcona,Cheboygan,Crawford,Dickinson,Kalkaska,Luce,Mackinac,Mecosta,Lapeer,Keweenaw,Montcalm,Tuscola,Branch,Baraga,Chippewa,Huron,Wexford,Osceola,Montmorency, andOscoda Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This is also the last time all counties in the Upper Peninsula voted for a Democrat.[3]
The year 1996 marked a turning point for Michigan, as it would become the most Democratic-leaning of the threeRust Belt swing states (also consisting of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania), a status it held until 2024. Even though Michigan would vote forDonald Trump in the2016 U.S. presidential election alongside Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, it was still the most Democratic-leaning of the three states. Michigan was also the most Democratic of the three in2020.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 1,989,653 | 51.69% | 18 | ||
| Republican | Bob Dole | 1,481,212 | 38.48% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Ross Perot | 336,670 | 8.75% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 27,670 | 0.72% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 4,254 | 0.11% | 0 | ||
| Workers World | Monica Moorehead | 3,153 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| Green | Ralph Nader(write-in) | 2,322 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
| Other write-ins | 2,316 | 0.06% | 0 | |||
| Socialist Equality | Jerome White | 1,554 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,848,804 | 100.00% | 18 | |||
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Harry Browne Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 2,619 | 47.15% | 2,227 | 40.09% | 669 | 12.04% | 32 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.14% | 392 | 7.06% | 5,555 |
| Alger | 2,229 | 52.68% | 1,429 | 33.77% | 537 | 12.69% | 22 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.33% | 800 | 18.91% | 4,231 |
| Allegan | 14,361 | 37.02% | 20,859 | 53.77% | 3,269 | 8.43% | 184 | 0.47% | 117 | 0.30% | -6,498 | -16.75% | 38,790 |
| Alpena | 7,114 | 52.73% | 4,525 | 33.54% | 1,730 | 12.82% | 59 | 0.44% | 64 | 0.47% | 2,589 | 19.19% | 13,492 |
| Antrim | 4,226 | 41.85% | 4,630 | 45.85% | 1,129 | 11.18% | 85 | 0.84% | 28 | 0.28% | -404 | -4.00% | 10,098 |
| Arenac | 3,472 | 52.68% | 2,247 | 34.09% | 844 | 12.81% | 19 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.14% | 1,225 | 18.59% | 6,591 |
| Baraga | 1,601 | 48.60% | 1,209 | 36.70% | 460 | 13.96% | 18 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.18% | 392 | 11.90% | 3,294 |
| Barry | 9,467 | 40.95% | 11,139 | 48.18% | 2,282 | 9.87% | 147 | 0.64% | 85 | 0.37% | -1,672 | -7.23% | 23,120 |
| Bay | 27,835 | 56.12% | 16,038 | 32.33% | 5,410 | 10.91% | 141 | 0.28% | 179 | 0.36% | 11,797 | 23.79% | 49,603 |
| Benzie | 3,081 | 45.41% | 2,856 | 42.09% | 763 | 11.25% | 59 | 0.87% | 26 | 0.38% | 225 | 3.32% | 6,785 |
| Berrien | 24,614 | 41.51% | 28,254 | 47.65% | 5,958 | 10.05% | 254 | 0.43% | 215 | 0.36% | -3,640 | -6.14% | 59,295 |
| Branch | 6,567 | 44.36% | 6,321 | 42.70% | 1,779 | 12.02% | 94 | 0.63% | 44 | 0.30% | 246 | 1.66% | 14,805 |
| Calhoun | 26,287 | 50.12% | 20,953 | 39.95% | 4,765 | 9.09% | 251 | 0.48% | 187 | 0.36% | 5,334 | 10.17% | 52,443 |
| Cass | 8,207 | 45.65% | 7,373 | 41.01% | 2,241 | 12.46% | 107 | 0.60% | 52 | 0.29% | 834 | 4.64% | 17,980 |
| Charlevoix | 4,689 | 42.64% | 4,864 | 44.23% | 1,303 | 11.85% | 95 | 0.86% | 45 | 0.41% | -175 | -1.59% | 10,996 |
| Cheboygan | 5,018 | 46.32% | 4,244 | 39.18% | 1,462 | 13.50% | 85 | 0.78% | 24 | 0.22% | 774 | 7.14% | 10,833 |
| Chippewa | 6,532 | 49.26% | 5,137 | 38.74% | 1,453 | 10.96% | 81 | 0.61% | 56 | 0.42% | 1,395 | 10.52% | 13,259 |
| Clare | 6,311 | 54.02% | 3,742 | 32.03% | 1,531 | 13.10% | 64 | 0.55% | 35 | 0.30% | 2,569 | 21.99% | 11,683 |
| Clinton | 11,945 | 41.76% | 13,694 | 47.88% | 2,698 | 9.43% | 174 | 0.61% | 90 | 0.31% | -1,749 | -6.12% | 28,601 |
| Crawford | 2,666 | 46.60% | 2,157 | 37.70% | 840 | 14.68% | 36 | 0.63% | 22 | 0.38% | 509 | 8.90% | 5,721 |
| Delta | 8,561 | 53.01% | 5,925 | 36.69% | 1,543 | 9.55% | 76 | 0.47% | 45 | 0.28% | 2,636 | 16.32% | 16,150 |
| Dickinson | 5,614 | 48.43% | 4,408 | 38.03% | 1,478 | 12.75% | 38 | 0.33% | 53 | 0.46% | 1,206 | 10.40% | 11,591 |
| Eaton | 19,781 | 44.29% | 20,092 | 44.98% | 4,378 | 9.80% | 254 | 0.57% | 161 | 0.36% | -311 | -0.69% | 44,666 |
| Emmet | 4,892 | 38.89% | 6,002 | 47.71% | 1,512 | 12.02% | 80 | 0.64% | 94 | 0.75% | -1,110 | -8.82% | 12,580 |
| Genesee | 106,065 | 60.94% | 49,332 | 28.34% | 17,671 | 10.15% | 633 | 0.36% | 355 | 0.20% | 56,733 | 32.60% | 174,056 |
| Gladwin | 5,494 | 51.38% | 3,670 | 34.32% | 1,466 | 13.71% | 38 | 0.36% | 24 | 0.22% | 1,824 | 17.06% | 10,692 |
| Gogebic | 4,436 | 54.19% | 2,769 | 33.83% | 917 | 11.20% | 23 | 0.28% | 41 | 0.50% | 1,667 | 20.36% | 8,186 |
| Grand Traverse | 12,987 | 38.97% | 16,355 | 49.07% | 3,527 | 10.58% | 279 | 0.84% | 181 | 0.54% | -3,368 | -10.10% | 33,329 |
| Gratiot | 6,793 | 45.67% | 6,214 | 41.77% | 1,762 | 11.85% | 70 | 0.47% | 36 | 0.24% | 579 | 3.90% | 14,875 |
| Hillsdale | 5,955 | 36.39% | 7,947 | 48.56% | 2,262 | 13.82% | 154 | 0.94% | 48 | 0.29% | -1,992 | -12.17% | 16,366 |
| Houghton | 5,957 | 43.57% | 5,941 | 43.46% | 1,584 | 11.59% | 119 | 0.87% | 70 | 0.51% | 16 | 0.11% | 13,671 |
| Huron | 6,827 | 45.96% | 6,126 | 41.24% | 1,811 | 12.19% | 64 | 0.43% | 27 | 0.18% | 701 | 4.72% | 14,855 |
| Ingham | 63,584 | 54.43% | 43,096 | 36.89% | 8,640 | 7.40% | 948 | 0.81% | 547 | 0.47% | 20,488 | 17.54% | 116,815 |
| Ionia | 9,261 | 43.17% | 9,574 | 44.63% | 2,354 | 10.97% | 198 | 0.92% | 65 | 0.30% | -313 | -1.46% | 21,452 |
| Iosco | 6,240 | 50.23% | 4,410 | 35.50% | 1,710 | 13.76% | 35 | 0.28% | 29 | 0.23% | 1,830 | 14.73% | 12,424 |
| Iron | 3,232 | 53.34% | 2,014 | 33.24% | 755 | 12.46% | 36 | 0.59% | 22 | 0.36% | 1,218 | 20.10% | 6,059 |
| Isabella | 9,635 | 49.81% | 7,460 | 38.57% | 2,069 | 10.70% | 117 | 0.60% | 61 | 0.32% | 2,175 | 11.24% | 19,342 |
| Jackson | 24,633 | 43.79% | 24,987 | 44.42% | 5,968 | 10.61% | 507 | 0.90% | 161 | 0.29% | -354 | -0.63% | 56,256 |
| Kalamazoo | 45,644 | 49.01% | 40,703 | 43.70% | 5,867 | 6.30% | 479 | 0.51% | 442 | 0.47% | 4,941 | 5.31% | 93,135 |
| Kalkaska | 2,666 | 43.74% | 2,455 | 40.28% | 922 | 15.13% | 41 | 0.67% | 11 | 0.18% | 211 | 3.46% | 6,095 |
| Kent | 85,912 | 38.46% | 121,335 | 54.32% | 14,120 | 6.32% | 1,104 | 0.49% | 908 | 0.41% | -35,423 | -15.86% | 223,379 |
| Keweenaw | 572 | 46.05% | 491 | 39.53% | 169 | 13.61% | 4 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.48% | 81 | 6.52% | 1,242 |
| Lake | 2,606 | 59.31% | 1,213 | 27.61% | 552 | 12.56% | 12 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,393 | 31.70% | 4,394 |
| Lapeer | 14,308 | 43.57% | 13,369 | 40.71% | 4,793 | 14.59% | 282 | 0.86% | 89 | 0.27% | 939 | 2.86% | 32,841 |
| Leelanau | 4,019 | 39.26% | 5,155 | 50.36% | 924 | 9.03% | 90 | 0.88% | 49 | 0.48% | -1,136 | -11.10% | 10,237 |
| Lenawee | 16,924 | 47.51% | 14,168 | 39.78% | 4,167 | 11.70% | 222 | 0.62% | 138 | 0.39% | 2,756 | 7.73% | 35,619 |
| Livingston | 22,517 | 37.38% | 30,598 | 50.79% | 6,337 | 10.52% | 630 | 1.05% | 160 | 0.27% | -8,081 | -13.41% | 60,242 |
| Luce | 1,107 | 45.02% | 964 | 39.20% | 366 | 14.88% | 18 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.16% | 143 | 5.82% | 2,459 |
| Mackinac | 2,700 | 46.86% | 2,281 | 39.59% | 742 | 12.88% | 22 | 0.38% | 17 | 0.30% | 419 | 7.27% | 5,762 |
| Macomb | 151,430 | 49.48% | 120,616 | 39.41% | 29,859 | 9.76% | 3,420 | 1.12% | 703 | 0.23% | 30,814 | 10.07% | 306,028 |
| Manistee | 5,383 | 51.08% | 3,807 | 36.12% | 1,230 | 11.67% | 80 | 0.76% | 39 | 0.37% | 1,576 | 14.96% | 10,539 |
| Marquette | 15,168 | 56.69% | 8,805 | 32.91% | 2,492 | 9.31% | 178 | 0.67% | 115 | 0.43% | 6,363 | 23.78% | 26,758 |
| Mason | 5,597 | 45.69% | 5,066 | 41.35% | 1,525 | 12.45% | 30 | 0.24% | 33 | 0.27% | 531 | 4.34% | 12,251 |
| Mecosta | 6,370 | 48.54% | 5,289 | 40.30% | 1,373 | 10.46% | 40 | 0.30% | 52 | 0.40% | 1,081 | 8.24% | 13,124 |
| Menominee | 4,880 | 47.92% | 4,038 | 39.65% | 1,205 | 11.83% | 40 | 0.39% | 21 | 0.21% | 842 | 8.27% | 10,184 |
| Midland | 15,177 | 42.20% | 16,547 | 46.01% | 3,964 | 11.02% | 168 | 0.47% | 111 | 0.31% | -1,370 | -3.81% | 35,967 |
| Missaukee | 2,256 | 37.44% | 3,012 | 49.99% | 719 | 11.93% | 31 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.12% | -756 | -12.55% | 6,025 |
| Monroe | 26,072 | 49.63% | 19,678 | 37.46% | 6,315 | 12.02% | 278 | 0.53% | 186 | 0.35% | 6,394 | 12.17% | 52,529 |
| Montcalm | 10,053 | 46.88% | 8,679 | 40.47% | 2,530 | 11.80% | 132 | 0.62% | 52 | 0.24% | 1,374 | 6.41% | 21,446 |
| Montmorency | 2,120 | 46.17% | 1,760 | 38.33% | 682 | 14.85% | 19 | 0.41% | 11 | 0.24% | 360 | 7.84% | 4,592 |
| Muskegon | 35,328 | 55.69% | 21,873 | 34.48% | 5,794 | 9.13% | 277 | 0.44% | 166 | 0.26% | 13,455 | 21.21% | 63,438 |
| Newaygo | 7,614 | 43.14% | 7,868 | 44.58% | 2,047 | 11.60% | 69 | 0.39% | 53 | 0.30% | -254 | -1.44% | 17,651 |
| Oakland | 241,884 | 47.84% | 219,855 | 43.48% | 36,709 | 7.26% | 5,508 | 1.09% | 1,686 | 0.33% | 22,029 | 4.36% | 505,642 |
| Oceana | 4,419 | 45.36% | 3,947 | 40.52% | 1,286 | 13.20% | 66 | 0.68% | 24 | 0.25% | 472 | 4.84% | 9,742 |
| Ogemaw | 4,725 | 52.13% | 2,904 | 32.04% | 1,369 | 15.10% | 47 | 0.52% | 19 | 0.21% | 1,821 | 20.09% | 9,064 |
| Ontonagon | 2,080 | 48.98% | 1,523 | 35.86% | 604 | 14.22% | 19 | 0.45% | 21 | 0.49% | 557 | 13.12% | 4,247 |
| Osceola | 4,085 | 44.94% | 3,855 | 42.41% | 1,068 | 11.75% | 70 | 0.77% | 12 | 0.13% | 230 | 2.53% | 9,090 |
| Oscoda | 1,652 | 44.35% | 1,545 | 41.48% | 503 | 13.50% | 17 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.21% | 107 | 2.87% | 3,725 |
| Otsego | 3,351 | 40.28% | 3,638 | 43.73% | 1,280 | 15.38% | 29 | 0.35% | 22 | 0.26% | -287 | -3.45% | 8,320 |
| Ottawa | 27,024 | 28.32% | 61,436 | 64.39% | 6,275 | 6.58% | 337 | 0.35% | 344 | 0.36% | -34,412 | -36.07% | 95,416 |
| Presque Isle | 3,449 | 50.04% | 2,463 | 35.74% | 932 | 13.52% | 35 | 0.51% | 13 | 0.19% | 986 | 14.30% | 6,892 |
| Roscommon | 6,092 | 51.48% | 4,135 | 34.94% | 1,539 | 13.00% | 46 | 0.39% | 22 | 0.19% | 1,957 | 16.54% | 11,834 |
| Saginaw | 47,579 | 54.19% | 31,577 | 35.97% | 8,081 | 9.20% | 252 | 0.29% | 305 | 0.35% | 16,002 | 18.22% | 87,794 |
| Sanilac | 7,092 | 40.96% | 7,821 | 45.17% | 2,265 | 13.08% | 100 | 0.58% | 36 | 0.21% | -729 | -4.21% | 17,314 |
| Schoolcraft | 2,187 | 56.50% | 1,200 | 31.00% | 460 | 11.88% | 9 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.39% | 987 | 25.50% | 3,871 |
| Shiawassee | 14,662 | 48.27% | 11,714 | 38.56% | 3,703 | 12.19% | 211 | 0.69% | 85 | 0.28% | 2,948 | 9.71% | 30,375 |
| St. Clair | 28,881 | 48.04% | 22,495 | 37.42% | 8,134 | 13.53% | 445 | 0.74% | 163 | 0.27% | 6,386 | 10.62% | 60,118 |
| St. Joseph | 8,529 | 41.02% | 9,764 | 46.96% | 2,319 | 11.15% | 115 | 0.55% | 67 | 0.32% | -1,235 | -5.94% | 20,794 |
| Tuscola | 10,314 | 45.55% | 9,154 | 40.43% | 3,013 | 13.31% | 136 | 0.60% | 24 | 0.11% | 1,160 | 5.12% | 22,641 |
| Van Buren | 13,355 | 47.74% | 11,347 | 40.56% | 2,946 | 10.53% | 229 | 0.82% | 98 | 0.35% | 2,008 | 7.18% | 27,975 |
| Washtenaw | 73,106 | 58.94% | 40,097 | 32.33% | 8,020 | 6.47% | 1,277 | 1.03% | 1,528 | 1.23% | 33,009 | 26.61% | 124,028 |
| Wayne | 504,466 | 68.95% | 175,886 | 24.04% | 43,554 | 5.95% | 5,301 | 0.72% | 2,390 | 0.33% | 328,580 | 44.91% | 731,597 |
| Wexford | 5,510 | 46.35% | 4,866 | 40.93% | 1,386 | 11.66% | 79 | 0.66% | 47 | 0.40% | 644 | 5.42% | 11,888 |
| Totals | 1,989,653 | 51.69% | 1,481,212 | 38.48% | 336,670 | 8.75% | 27,670 | 0.72% | 13,639 | 0.35% | 508,441 | 13.21% | 3,848,844 |
Clinton won all but two of the state's 16 congressional districts, including four which were won by Republicans.[5]
| District | Clinton | Dole | Perot | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 47% | 41% | 12% | Bart Stupak |
| 2nd | 41% | 50% | 9% | Pete Hoekstra |
| 3rd | 39.4% | 53.7% | 6.9% | Vern Ehlers |
| 4th | 47% | 41% | 12% | Dave Camp |
| 5th | 57% | 33% | 10% | James Barcia |
| 6th | 46% | 45% | 9% | Fred Upton |
| 7th | 46% | 43% | 11% | Nick Smith |
| 8th | 49.6% | 40.9% | 9.5% | Dick Chrysler |
| Debbie Stabenow | ||||
| 9th | 46.2% | 43.3% | 10.4% | Dale Kildee |
| 10th | 49% | 40% | 11% | David Bonior |
| 11th | 47% | 46% | 7% | Joe Knollenberg |
| 12th | 53% | 39% | 8% | Sander Levin |
| 13th | 58.2% | 32.8% | 7.3% | Lynn Rivers |
| 14th | 86% | 11% | 3% | John Conyers |
| 15th | 88% | 10% | 2% | Barbara-Rose Collins |
| Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick | ||||
| 16th | 54% | 35% | 11% | John Dingell |
State and district results of the1996 United States presidential election | ||
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