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The1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Although traditionally a Republican state, 1996 would mark the second presidential election in a row thatNew Hampshire was won byDemocratBill Clinton, by then the incumbent president. Clinton took 49.32% of the popular vote overRepublican challengerBob Dole, who took 39.37%, a victory margin of 9.95%.Reform Party candidateRoss Perot finished in third, with 9.69% of the popular vote.[1]
Clinton's nearly 10-point victory in New Hampshire was much more convincing than his previous win in the state in1992; that year he had only eked out a narrow plurality of 39% overGeorge H. W. Bush's 38%, with Ross Perot taking nearly 23% of the vote. For a state that had voted over 60% Republican as recently as1988, Clinton's victories represented a dramatic shift toward the Democratic Party in New Hampshire. Since then the state has voted Democratic in every presidential election, except in2000, whenGeorge W. Bush eked out a narrowplurality win overAl Gore.
TheNew Hampshire Secretary of State set the primary for February 20, 1996, in accordance with state law requiring the primary to be held at least one week before another state's primary. However, Delaware held its primary in February 24, but New Hampshire declined to alter its date. Most of the major Republican presidential candidates and PresidentBill Clinton did not appear on the Delaware ballot.[2]
Steve Forbes spent $3 million in New Hampshire.[3]
74% of registered Republicans and 45% of registered Democrats participated in the primaries. 45 candidates filed to appear on the primary ballot.[2]
Pat Buchanan and Clinton won the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries.Harry Browne won the Libertarian presidential primary againstIrwin Schiff and write-in candidates.[4]
Colin Powell, who was not a candidate, won the Republican vice-presidential primary as a write-in.Al Gore won the Democratic vice-presidential primary. Schiff won the vice-presidential primary as a write-in.[3][5]
| 1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 246,214 | 49.32% | 4 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | 196,532 | 39.37% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | 48,390 | 9.69% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 4,237 | 0.85% | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 2,456 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| NH Taxpayer | Howard Phillips (write-in) | 1,346 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Totals | 499,175 | 100.0% | 4 | ||
| County | Bill Clinton[6] Democratic | Bob Dole[6] Republican | Ross Perot[6] Reform | Harry Browne[6] Libertarian | Various candidates[6] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Belknap | 10,345 | 43.81% | 10,685 | 45.24% | 2,297 | 9.73% | 153 | 0.65% | 136 | 0.58% | -340 | -1.43% | 23,616 |
| Carroll | 8,881 | 42.77% | 9,168 | 44.16% | 2,445 | 11.78% | 131 | 0.63% | 138 | 0.66% | -287 | -1.39% | 20,763 |
| Cheshire | 16,159 | 54.41% | 10,252 | 34.52% | 2,777 | 9.35% | 199 | 0.67% | 314 | 1.06% | 5,907 | 19.89% | 29,701 |
| Coös | 7,191 | 50.87% | 4,703 | 33.27% | 2,085 | 14.75% | 83 | 0.59% | 75 | 0.53% | 2,488 | 17.60% | 14,137 |
| Grafton | 19,496 | 52.99% | 13,543 | 36.81% | 3,237 | 8.80% | 244 | 0.66% | 272 | 0.74% | 5,953 | 16.18% | 36,792 |
| Hillsborough | 71,282 | 48.61% | 59,441 | 40.54% | 13,411 | 9.15% | 1,374 | 0.94% | 1,127 | 0.77% | 11,841 | 8.07% | 146,635 |
| Merrimack | 29,381 | 52.28% | 21,231 | 37.78% | 4,814 | 8.57% | 428 | 0.76% | 346 | 0.62% | 8,150 | 14.50% | 56,200 |
| Rockingham | 53,644 | 47.37% | 46,201 | 40.80% | 11,433 | 10.10% | 1,121 | 0.99% | 849 | 0.75% | 7,443 | 6.57% | 113,248 |
| Strafford | 23,475 | 54.79% | 14,484 | 33.81% | 4,088 | 9.54% | 397 | 0.93% | 399 | 0.93% | 8,991 | 20.98% | 42,843 |
| Sullivan | 8,380 | 48.55% | 6,824 | 39.54% | 1,803 | 10.45% | 107 | 0.62% | 146 | 0.85% | 1,556 | 9.01% | 17,260 |
| Totals | 246,214 | 49.32% | 196,532 | 39.37% | 48,390 | 9.69% | 4,237 | 0.85% | 3,802 | 0.76% | 49,682 | 9.95% | 499,175 |
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