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The1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 5, 1996. All fifty states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.Oklahoma was won byKansasSenatorBob Dole, who was running against incumbent United StatesPresidentBill Clinton ofArkansas. Clinton ran a second time with formerTennesseeSenatorAl Gore as vice president, and Dole ran with formerNew YorkCongressmanJack Kemp.[1]
This is the last timeSequoyah County,Nowata County,Caddo County,Craig County,Kiowa County,Mayes County,Osage County,Tillman County,Seminole County,Pontotoc County,Garvin County,Cotton County,Carter County,Greer County,Le Flore County,Murray County,Harmon County,Bryan County,McCurtain County,Coal County,Pittsburg County,Johnston County,Marshall County,Jefferson County,Love County,Atoka County,Okfuskee County,Pawnee County, andPushmataha County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Oklahoma weighed in for this election as 4% morethird-party than the national average. This remains the last presidential election in which Oklahoma has been decided by a single-digit margin or that the Democratic Party has won more than 40% of the vote; due to its extremely conservativeBible Belt political culture and resulting rightward shift of voters during the 21st century, the state has not been competitive on the presidential level since. Clinton became the first president since statehood to win reelection to the White House without ever carrying Oklahoma.
The presidential election of 1996 was a verymulti-partisan election for Oklahoma, with more than eleven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. This is one of the last presidential elections in Oklahoma in which the Southeastern portion of the state turned out in large numbers for the Democratic Party. This may be somewhat attributed to the influence of the politically volatile bordering state ofTexas, which can also be seen changing political orientation throughout the 1980s and 1990s from a Democratic area to a largely Republican one, as well as its other neighborArkansas, Clinton's home state. In his second bid for the presidency,Ross Perot led the newly reformedReform Party to gain over 10% of the votes in Oklahoma, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for the U.S. presidency in recent times.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate has carried any of Oklahoma's congressional districts (in this case, the2nd and3rd districts in the rural east), as well as the last election in which a Democratic presidential candidate carried the entirety of the Choctaw Nation, a majority of the Chickasaw, Cherokee and Creek Nations, or the counties containing the Seminole, Pawnee and Osage Nations.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Bob Dole | 582,315 | 48.26% | 8 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 488,105 | 40.45% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Ross Perot | 130,788 | 10.84% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 5,505 | 0.46% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,206,713 | 100.00% | 8 | |||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 50%/61% | |||||
| County | Bob Dole Republican | Bill Clinton Democratic | Ross Perot Reform | Harry Browne Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,956 | 45.33% | 2,792 | 42.82% | 751 | 11.52% | 22 | 0.34% | 164 | 2.51% | 6,521 |
| Alfalfa | 1,504 | 56.48% | 796 | 29.89% | 348 | 13.07% | 15 | 0.56% | 708 | 26.59% | 2,663 |
| Atoka | 1,542 | 35.26% | 2,281 | 52.16% | 532 | 12.17% | 18 | 0.41% | -739 | -16.90% | 4,373 |
| Beaver | 1,893 | 72.50% | 515 | 19.72% | 199 | 7.62% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,378 | 52.78% | 2,611 |
| Beckham | 2,912 | 44.45% | 2,797 | 42.70% | 817 | 12.47% | 25 | 0.38% | 115 | 1.75% | 6,551 |
| Blaine | 2,127 | 46.88% | 1,832 | 40.38% | 563 | 12.41% | 15 | 0.33% | 295 | 6.50% | 4,537 |
| Bryan | 3,943 | 34.79% | 5,962 | 52.60% | 1,396 | 12.32% | 34 | 0.30% | -2,019 | -17.81% | 11,335 |
| Caddo | 3,422 | 35.39% | 4,844 | 50.09% | 1,358 | 14.04% | 46 | 0.48% | -1,422 | -14.70% | 9,670 |
| Canadian | 18,139 | 59.40% | 8,977 | 29.40% | 3,297 | 10.80% | 123 | 0.40% | 9,162 | 30.00% | 30,536 |
| Carter | 6,769 | 42.83% | 6,979 | 44.16% | 1,997 | 12.64% | 59 | 0.37% | -210 | -1.33% | 15,804 |
| Cherokee | 5,046 | 36.84% | 6,817 | 49.77% | 1,777 | 12.97% | 56 | 0.41% | -1,771 | -12.93% | 13,696 |
| Choctaw | 1,580 | 29.37% | 3,198 | 59.45% | 589 | 10.95% | 12 | 0.22% | -1,618 | -30.08% | 5,379 |
| Cimarron | 986 | 67.77% | 361 | 24.81% | 102 | 7.01% | 6 | 0.41% | 625 | 42.96% | 1,455 |
| Cleveland | 36,457 | 52.24% | 26,038 | 37.31% | 6,785 | 9.72% | 503 | 0.72% | 10,419 | 14.93% | 69,783 |
| Coal | 734 | 32.25% | 1,205 | 52.94% | 323 | 14.19% | 14 | 0.62% | -471 | -20.69% | 2,276 |
| Comanche | 14,461 | 47.76% | 12,841 | 42.41% | 2,819 | 9.31% | 157 | 0.52% | 1,620 | 5.35% | 30,278 |
| Cotton | 1,042 | 38.62% | 1,258 | 46.63% | 381 | 14.12% | 17 | 0.63% | -216 | -8.01% | 2,698 |
| Craig | 2,058 | 37.51% | 2,649 | 48.29% | 758 | 13.82% | 21 | 0.38% | -591 | -10.78% | 5,486 |
| Creek | 9,861 | 43.91% | 9,674 | 43.08% | 2,837 | 12.63% | 85 | 0.38% | 187 | 0.83% | 22,457 |
| Custer | 4,723 | 47.81% | 4,027 | 40.76% | 1,101 | 11.14% | 28 | 0.28% | 696 | 7.05% | 9,879 |
| Delaware | 5,230 | 43.81% | 5,094 | 42.67% | 1,573 | 13.18% | 42 | 0.35% | 136 | 1.14% | 11,939 |
| Dewey | 1,179 | 51.24% | 816 | 35.46% | 292 | 12.69% | 14 | 0.61% | 363 | 15.78% | 2,301 |
| Ellis | 1,090 | 54.61% | 619 | 31.01% | 279 | 13.98% | 8 | 0.40% | 471 | 23.60% | 1,996 |
| Garfield | 11,712 | 53.62% | 7,504 | 34.36% | 2,523 | 11.55% | 102 | 0.47% | 4,208 | 19.26% | 21,841 |
| Garvin | 3,745 | 38.34% | 4,639 | 47.50% | 1,345 | 13.77% | 38 | 0.39% | -894 | -9.16% | 9,767 |
| Grady | 7,228 | 46.34% | 6,256 | 40.11% | 2,048 | 13.13% | 66 | 0.42% | 972 | 6.23% | 15,598 |
| Grant | 1,382 | 52.09% | 867 | 32.68% | 384 | 14.47% | 20 | 0.75% | 515 | 19.41% | 2,653 |
| Greer | 905 | 35.96% | 1,240 | 49.26% | 361 | 14.34% | 11 | 0.44% | -335 | -13.30% | 2,517 |
| Harmon | 448 | 33.76% | 729 | 54.94% | 143 | 10.78% | 7 | 0.53% | -281 | -21.18% | 1,327 |
| Harper | 1,036 | 58.27% | 511 | 28.74% | 219 | 12.32% | 12 | 0.67% | 525 | 29.53% | 1,778 |
| Haskell | 1,442 | 30.01% | 2,762 | 57.48% | 590 | 12.28% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,320 | -27.47% | 4,805 |
| Hughes | 1,510 | 30.13% | 2,748 | 54.83% | 730 | 14.57% | 24 | 0.48% | -1,238 | -24.70% | 5,012 |
| Jackson | 4,422 | 51.53% | 3,245 | 37.81% | 892 | 10.39% | 23 | 0.27% | 1,177 | 13.72% | 8,582 |
| Jefferson | 865 | 32.69% | 1,430 | 54.04% | 337 | 12.74% | 14 | 0.53% | -565 | -21.35% | 2,646 |
| Johnston | 1,229 | 32.63% | 1,998 | 53.04% | 532 | 14.12% | 8 | 0.21% | -769 | -20.41% | 3,767 |
| Kay | 9,741 | 49.92% | 6,882 | 35.27% | 2,785 | 14.27% | 106 | 0.54% | 2,859 | 14.65% | 19,514 |
| Kingfisher | 3,423 | 60.27% | 1,626 | 28.63% | 621 | 10.94% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 31.64% | 5,679 |
| Kiowa | 1,638 | 39.68% | 1,973 | 47.80% | 510 | 12.35% | 7 | 0.17% | -335 | -8.12% | 4,128 |
| Latimer | 1,189 | 29.70% | 2,222 | 55.51% | 578 | 14.44% | 14 | 0.35% | -1,033 | -25.81% | 4,003 |
| LeFlore | 5,689 | 39.74% | 6,831 | 47.72% | 1,721 | 12.02% | 75 | 0.52% | -1,142 | -7.98% | 14,316 |
| Lincoln | 5,243 | 47.14% | 4,332 | 38.95% | 1,500 | 13.49% | 47 | 0.42% | 911 | 8.19% | 11,122 |
| Logan | 5,949 | 48.46% | 4,854 | 39.54% | 1,410 | 11.48% | 64 | 0.52% | 1,095 | 8.92% | 12,277 |
| Love | 1,224 | 37.05% | 1,675 | 50.70% | 385 | 11.65% | 20 | 0.61% | -451 | -13.65% | 3,304 |
| McClain | 4,363 | 46.22% | 3,753 | 39.76% | 1,289 | 13.66% | 34 | 0.36% | 610 | 6.46% | 9,439 |
| McCurtain | 3,892 | 39.82% | 4,350 | 44.51% | 1,483 | 15.17% | 49 | 0.50% | -458 | -4.69% | 9,774 |
| McIntosh | 2,400 | 31.21% | 4,219 | 54.86% | 1,044 | 13.57% | 28 | 0.36% | -1,819 | -23.65% | 7,691 |
| Major | 2,188 | 62.30% | 900 | 25.63% | 410 | 11.67% | 14 | 0.40% | 1,288 | 36.67% | 3,512 |
| Marshall | 1,605 | 32.67% | 2,624 | 53.41% | 663 | 13.49% | 21 | 0.43% | -1,019 | -20.74% | 4,913 |
| Mayes | 5,268 | 39.59% | 6,377 | 47.92% | 1,617 | 12.15% | 46 | 0.35% | -1,109 | -8.33% | 13,308 |
| Murray | 1,712 | 33.78% | 2,620 | 51.70% | 723 | 14.27% | 13 | 0.26% | -908 | -17.92% | 5,068 |
| Muskogee | 8,974 | 35.64% | 12,963 | 51.48% | 3,163 | 12.56% | 80 | 0.32% | -3,989 | -15.84% | 25,180 |
| Noble | 2,318 | 48.38% | 1,756 | 36.65% | 694 | 14.49% | 23 | 0.48% | 562 | 11.73% | 4,791 |
| Nowata | 1,457 | 37.80% | 1,788 | 46.39% | 586 | 15.20% | 23 | 0.60% | -331 | -8.59% | 3,854 |
| Okfuskee | 1,380 | 34.41% | 2,074 | 51.72% | 536 | 13.37% | 20 | 0.50% | -694 | -17.31% | 4,010 |
| Oklahoma | 120,429 | 54.68% | 80,438 | 36.52% | 18,411 | 8.36% | 975 | 0.44% | 39,991 | 18.16% | 220,253 |
| Okmulgee | 4,246 | 31.84% | 7,555 | 56.65% | 1,487 | 11.15% | 49 | 0.37% | -3,309 | -24.81% | 13,337 |
| Osage | 5,827 | 38.38% | 7,342 | 48.36% | 1,938 | 12.76% | 76 | 0.50% | -1,515 | -9.98% | 15,183 |
| Ottawa | 4,127 | 35.87% | 5,844 | 50.80% | 1,496 | 13.00% | 37 | 0.32% | -1,717 | -14.93% | 11,504 |
| Pawnee | 2,560 | 42.62% | 2,663 | 44.34% | 756 | 12.59% | 27 | 0.45% | -103 | -1.72% | 6,006 |
| Payne | 11,686 | 48.07% | 9,985 | 41.08% | 2,472 | 10.17% | 165 | 0.68% | 1,701 | 6.99% | 24,308 |
| Pittsburg | 5,966 | 35.58% | 8,475 | 50.55% | 2,217 | 13.22% | 108 | 0.64% | -2,509 | -14.97% | 16,766 |
| Pontotoc | 5,366 | 39.42% | 6,470 | 47.53% | 1,712 | 12.58% | 65 | 0.48% | -1,104 | -8.11% | 13,613 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,802 | 45.06% | 9,141 | 42.02% | 2,724 | 12.52% | 86 | 0.40% | 661 | 3.04% | 21,753 |
| Pushmataha | 1,458 | 33.59% | 2,270 | 52.29% | 588 | 13.55% | 25 | 0.58% | -812 | -18.70% | 4,341 |
| Roger Mills | 959 | 49.61% | 733 | 37.92% | 233 | 12.05% | 8 | 0.41% | 226 | 11.69% | 1,933 |
| Rogers | 12,883 | 50.41% | 9,544 | 37.35% | 3,022 | 11.83% | 105 | 0.41% | 3,339 | 13.06% | 25,554 |
| Seminole | 2,935 | 35.67% | 4,225 | 51.34% | 1,041 | 12.65% | 28 | 0.34% | -1,290 | -15.67% | 8,229 |
| Sequoyah | 4,733 | 39.04% | 5,665 | 46.73% | 1,673 | 13.80% | 53 | 0.44% | -932 | -7.69% | 12,124 |
| Stephens | 8,144 | 45.81% | 7,248 | 40.77% | 2,312 | 13.01% | 72 | 0.41% | 896 | 5.04% | 17,776 |
| Texas | 4,139 | 67.95% | 1,408 | 23.12% | 518 | 8.50% | 26 | 0.43% | 2,731 | 44.83% | 6,091 |
| Tillman | 1,346 | 36.79% | 1,827 | 49.93% | 471 | 12.87% | 15 | 0.41% | -481 | -13.14% | 3,659 |
| Tulsa | 111,243 | 53.65% | 76,924 | 37.10% | 18,201 | 8.78% | 988 | 0.48% | 34,319 | 16.55% | 207,356 |
| Wagoner | 9,392 | 48.02% | 7,749 | 39.62% | 2,357 | 12.05% | 60 | 0.31% | 1,643 | 8.40% | 19,558 |
| Washington | 11,605 | 56.08% | 6,732 | 32.53% | 2,255 | 10.90% | 102 | 0.49% | 4,873 | 23.55% | 20,694 |
| Washita | 1,994 | 42.65% | 1,913 | 40.92% | 748 | 16.00% | 20 | 0.43% | 81 | 1.73% | 4,675 |
| Woods | 2,151 | 52.44% | 1,431 | 34.89% | 497 | 12.12% | 23 | 0.56% | 720 | 17.55% | 4,102 |
| Woodward | 4,093 | 54.59% | 2,403 | 32.05% | 963 | 12.84% | 39 | 0.52% | 1,690 | 22.54% | 7,498 |
| Totals | 582,315 | 48.26% | 488,105 | 40.45% | 130,788 | 10.84% | 5,505 | 0.46% | 94,210 | 7.81% | 1,206,713 |
Dole won four of six congressional districts, with the remaining two going to Clinton, including one that elected a Republican.[2]
| District | Dole | Clinton | Perot | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 54% | 37% | 9% | Steve Largent |
| 2nd | 40% | 48% | 13% | Tom Coburn |
| 3rd | 40% | 48% | 13% | Bill Brewster (104th Congress) |
| Wes Watkins (105th Congress) | ||||
| 4th | 49% | 40% | 11% | J. C. Watts |
| 5th | 59% | 31% | 10% | Ernest Istook |
| 6th | 48% | 42% | 11% | Frank Lucas |
Reform: Dale Barlow, Grace Rayedelle Hill, Syvia Suggs, H. Kelly Haynes, Emmy Butler, Vivian Winterman, Jack Newkirk, Patt Cameron
Republican: J. Michael Brown, Steven F. Garrett, Skip Healey, Leo F. Herlacher, Dixie I. Galloway, Dale Switzer, Paul E. Thornbrugh,Gary W. Banz
Libertarian: Randy Ashbrook, Sharon Lynn Atherton, Roger Bloxham, Charles Burris, Steven B. Galpin, C. Michael Todd, Chad Vanis, Robert Waldrop
Democrat:Carl Albert, Julian J. Rothbaum, Thomas Dee Frasier, George Lee Stidham, Elizabeth Whetsel, Betty J. McElderry, Lorray Dyson, Marjean Mitchell[3]
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