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The1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1996 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.Tennessee was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentBill Clinton ofArkansas, who was running againstKansasSenatorBob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with formerTennesseeSenatorAl Gore as vice president, and Dole ran with formerNew YorkCongressmanJack Kemp.[2]
Tennessee weighed in for this election as 6.01 points moreRepublican than the national average. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Tennessee, as well asMontgomery County,Maury County,Carroll County,Weakley County,Obion County,McNairy County,Anderson County,Coffee County,Polk County,Putnam County,Sequatchie County,Morgan County,Fayette County,Cheatham County,Roane County,Lawrence County,Dyer County,Union County,Fentress County,Meigs County, andMoore County.[3]
The presidential election of 1996 was a verymulti-partisan election for Tennessee, with nearly seven percent of the electorate voting forthird-party candidates. Mostcounties in Tennessee turned out for Clinton, including the highly populatedShelby County andDavidson County, by narrow margins. Both Shelby and Davidson counties have voted consistently Democratic since theprior election. In his second bid for the presidency, Reform Party candidateRoss Perot received over five percent of the votes in Tennessee, as part of the strongest national third-party presidential campaign in recent history. Tennessee nonetheless showed Perot his worst performance out of any state.[4]
| 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 909,146 | 48.00% | 11 | ||
| Republican | Bob Dole | 863,530 | 45.59% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ross Perot | 105,918 | 5.59% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ralph Nader | 6,427 | 0.34% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Harry Browne | 5,020 | 0.27% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,818 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Charles E. Collins | 688 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Dr. John Hagelin | 636[b] | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Steve Michael | 408[b] | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Earl Dodge | 324[b] | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | 190[b] | 0.01% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1,894,105 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | ||||||
| County | Bill Clinton[5] Democratic | Bob Dole[5] Republican | Ross Perot[5] Independent | Various candidates[5] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 13,457 | 48.91% | 11,943 | 43.40% | 1,817 | 6.60% | 299 | 1.09% | 1,514 | 5.51% | 27,516 |
| Bedford | 5,735 | 50.82% | 4,634 | 41.07% | 823 | 7.29% | 92 | 0.82% | 1,101 | 9.75% | 11,284 |
| Benton | 4,341 | 58.27% | 2,395 | 32.15% | 663 | 8.90% | 51 | 0.68% | 1,946 | 26.12% | 7,450 |
| Bledsoe | 1,621 | 45.89% | 1,626 | 46.04% | 251 | 7.11% | 34 | 0.96% | -5 | -0.15% | 3,532 |
| Blount | 14,687 | 39.77% | 19,310 | 52.29% | 2,556 | 6.92% | 377 | 1.02% | -4,623 | -12.52% | 36,930 |
| Bradley | 9,095 | 34.16% | 15,478 | 58.13% | 1,856 | 6.97% | 199 | 0.75% | -6,383 | -23.97% | 26,628 |
| Campbell | 6,122 | 53.77% | 4,393 | 38.59% | 785 | 6.90% | 85 | 0.75% | 1,729 | 15.18% | 11,385 |
| Cannon | 2,318 | 55.39% | 1,468 | 35.08% | 361 | 8.63% | 38 | 0.91% | 850 | 20.31% | 4,185 |
| Carroll | 4,912 | 49.87% | 4,206 | 42.70% | 697 | 7.08% | 34 | 0.35% | 706 | 7.17% | 9,849 |
| Carter | 6,218 | 34.01% | 10,540 | 57.65% | 1,383 | 7.56% | 141 | 0.77% | -4,322 | -23.64% | 18,282 |
| Cheatham | 4,883 | 49.01% | 4,283 | 42.98% | 705 | 7.08% | 93 | 0.93% | 600 | 6.03% | 9,964 |
| Chester | 1,922 | 39.22% | 2,746 | 56.03% | 203 | 4.14% | 30 | 0.61% | -824 | -16.81% | 4,901 |
| Claiborne | 3,861 | 44.49% | 4,023 | 46.35% | 727 | 8.38% | 68 | 0.78% | -162 | -1.86% | 8,679 |
| Clay | 1,559 | 51.86% | 1,108 | 36.86% | 316 | 10.51% | 23 | 0.77% | 451 | 15.00% | 3,006 |
| Cocke | 3,326 | 38.27% | 4,481 | 51.56% | 798 | 9.18% | 86 | 0.99% | -1,155 | -13.29% | 8,691 |
| Coffee | 7,951 | 48.78% | 7,038 | 43.18% | 1,205 | 7.39% | 107 | 0.66% | 913 | 5.60% | 16,301 |
| Crockett | 2,256 | 51.96% | 1,872 | 43.11% | 201 | 4.63% | 13 | 0.30% | 384 | 8.85% | 4,342 |
| Cumberland | 6,676 | 40.84% | 8,096 | 49.53% | 1,399 | 8.56% | 176 | 1.08% | -1,420 | -8.69% | 16,347 |
| Davidson | 110,805 | 55.30% | 78,453 | 39.15% | 9,018 | 4.50% | 2,106 | 1.05% | 32,352 | 16.15% | 200,382 |
| Decatur | 2,262 | 53.55% | 1,712 | 40.53% | 229 | 5.42% | 51 | 0.96% | 550 | 13.02% | 4,254 |
| DeKalb | 3,213 | 60.60% | 1,696 | 31.99% | 342 | 6.45% | 21 | 0.50% | 1,517 | 28.61% | 5,272 |
| Dickson | 7,458 | 53.93% | 5,283 | 38.20% | 996 | 7.20% | 92 | 0.67% | 2,175 | 15.73% | 13,829 |
| Dyer | 5,602 | 49.25% | 5,059 | 44.48% | 676 | 5.94% | 37 | 0.33% | 543 | 4.77% | 11,374 |
| Fayette | 4,655 | 48.90% | 4,406 | 46.29% | 416 | 4.37% | 42 | 0.44% | 249 | 2.61% | 9,519 |
| Fentress | 2,332 | 46.12% | 2,307 | 45.63% | 386 | 7.63% | 31 | 0.61% | 25 | 0.49% | 5,056 |
| Franklin | 6,929 | 51.79% | 5,296 | 39.58% | 1,057 | 7.90% | 97 | 0.73% | 1,633 | 12.21% | 13,379 |
| Gibson | 8,851 | 53.88% | 6,614 | 40.26% | 891 | 5.42% | 72 | 0.44% | 2,237 | 13.62% | 16,428 |
| Giles | 4,948 | 54.80% | 3,269 | 36.20% | 733 | 8.12% | 80 | 0.89% | 1,679 | 18.60% | 9,030 |
| Grainger | 2,162 | 39.65% | 2,875 | 52.72% | 382 | 7.01% | 34 | 0.62% | -713 | -13.07% | 5,453 |
| Greene | 6,885 | 37.39% | 9,779 | 53.10% | 1,604 | 8.71% | 148 | 0.80% | -2,894 | -15.71% | 18,416 |
| Grundy | 2,596 | 64.15% | 1,094 | 27.03% | 326 | 8.06% | 31 | 0.77% | 1,502 | 37.12% | 4,047 |
| Hamblen | 7,006 | 38.71% | 9,797 | 54.13% | 1,106 | 6.11% | 190 | 1.05% | -2,791 | -15.42% | 18,099 |
| Hamilton | 48,008 | 43.55% | 55,205 | 50.08% | 6,699 | 6.08% | 325 | 0.29% | -7,197 | -6.53% | 110,237 |
| Hancock | 760 | 35.28% | 1,259 | 58.45% | 116 | 5.39% | 19 | 0.88% | -499 | -23.17% | 2,154 |
| Hardeman | 4,859 | 59.03% | 2,961 | 35.97% | 346 | 4.20% | 65 | 0.79% | 1,898 | 23.06% | 8,231 |
| Hardin | 3,508 | 43.22% | 3,980 | 49.03% | 594 | 7.32% | 35 | 0.43% | -472 | -5.81% | 8,117 |
| Hawkins | 6,367 | 39.94% | 8,164 | 51.21% | 1,282 | 8.04% | 128 | 0.80% | -1,797 | -11.27% | 15,941 |
| Haywood | 3,565 | 59.12% | 2,293 | 38.03% | 154 | 2.55% | 18 | 0.30% | 1,272 | 21.09% | 6,030 |
| Henderson | 2,841 | 39.01% | 4,002 | 54.96% | 408 | 5.60% | 31 | 0.43% | -1,161 | -15.95% | 7,282 |
| Henry | 6,153 | 53.50% | 4,272 | 37.14% | 992 | 8.63% | 84 | 0.73% | 1,881 | 16.36% | 11,501 |
| Hickman | 3,917 | 61.03% | 2,002 | 31.19% | 460 | 7.17% | 39 | 0.61% | 1,915 | 29.84% | 6,418 |
| Houston | 1,868 | 66.31% | 742 | 26.34% | 182 | 6.46% | 25 | 0.89% | 1,126 | 39.97% | 2,817 |
| Humphreys | 3,675 | 61.05% | 1,892 | 31.43% | 423 | 7.03% | 30 | 0.50% | 1,783 | 29.62% | 6,020 |
| Jackson | 2,889 | 69.43% | 944 | 22.69% | 289 | 6.95% | 39 | 0.94% | 1,945 | 46.74% | 4,161 |
| Jefferson | 4,688 | 38.57% | 6,446 | 53.03% | 882 | 7.26% | 139 | 1.14% | -1,758 | -14.46% | 12,155 |
| Johnson | 1,698 | 31.69% | 3,137 | 58.54% | 489 | 9.12% | 35 | 0.65% | -1,439 | -26.85% | 5,359 |
| Knox | 61,158 | 43.67% | 70,761 | 50.53% | 6,402 | 4.57% | 1,724 | 1.23% | -9,603 | -6.86% | 140,045 |
| Lake | 1,273 | 64.23% | 589 | 29.72% | 110 | 5.55% | 10 | 0.50% | 684 | 34.51% | 1,982 |
| Lauderdale | 4,349 | 60.71% | 2,481 | 34.63% | 308 | 4.30% | 26 | 0.36% | 1,868 | 26.08% | 7,164 |
| Lawrence | 6,188 | 46.32% | 6,115 | 45.77% | 973 | 7.28% | 83 | 0.62% | 73 | 0.55% | 13,359 |
| Lewis | 1,971 | 54.78% | 1,298 | 36.08% | 316 | 8.78% | 13 | 0.36% | 673 | 18.70% | 3,598 |
| Lincoln | 4,361 | 44.74% | 4,551 | 46.69% | 761 | 7.81% | 74 | 0.76% | -190 | -1.95% | 9,747 |
| Loudon | 5,552 | 40.43% | 7,098 | 51.69% | 889 | 6.47% | 192 | 1.40% | -1,546 | -11.26% | 13,731 |
| Macon | 2,240 | 43.36% | 2,481 | 48.03% | 421 | 8.15% | 24 | 0.46% | -241 | -4.67% | 5,166 |
| Madison | 13,577 | 45.92% | 14,908 | 50.42% | 968 | 3.27% | 112 | 0.38% | -1,331 | -4.50% | 29,565 |
| Marion | 5,194 | 56.51% | 3,166 | 34.45% | 768 | 8.36% | 63 | 0.69% | 2,028 | 22.06% | 9,191 |
| Marshall | 4,447 | 56.20% | 2,781 | 35.14% | 603 | 7.62% | 82 | 1.04% | 1,666 | 21.06% | 7,913 |
| Maury | 10,367 | 50.39% | 8,737 | 42.47% | 1,366 | 6.64% | 104 | 0.51% | 1,630 | 7.92% | 20,574 |
| McMinn | 5,987 | 40.50% | 7,655 | 51.78% | 1,033 | 6.99% | 109 | 0.74% | -1,668 | -11.28% | 14,784 |
| McNairy | 4,050 | 47.22% | 3,960 | 46.18% | 519 | 6.05% | 47 | 0.55% | 90 | 1.04% | 8,576 |
| Meigs | 1,476 | 49.73% | 1,228 | 41.37% | 245 | 8.25% | 19 | 0.64% | 248 | 8.36% | 2,968 |
| Monroe | 4,872 | 44.58% | 5,257 | 48.11% | 713 | 6.52% | 86 | 0.79% | -385 | -3.53% | 10,928 |
| Montgomery | 16,498 | 49.06% | 15,133 | 45.01% | 1,781 | 5.30% | 213 | 0.63% | 1,365 | 4.05% | 33,625 |
| Moore | 935 | 47.22% | 846 | 42.73% | 177 | 8.94% | 22 | 1.11% | 89 | 4.49% | 1,980 |
| Morgan | 2,767 | 51.97% | 2,070 | 38.88% | 446 | 8.38% | 41 | 0.77% | 697 | 13.09% | 5,324 |
| Obion | 6,226 | 53.97% | 4,310 | 37.36% | 932 | 8.08% | 68 | 0.59% | 1,916 | 16.61% | 11,536 |
| Overton | 3,800 | 63.00% | 1,756 | 29.11% | 431 | 7.15% | 45 | 0.75% | 2,044 | 33.89% | 6,032 |
| Perry | 1,444 | 60.52% | 747 | 31.31% | 178 | 7.46% | 17 | 0.71% | 697 | 29.21% | 2,386 |
| Pickett | 901 | 43.51% | 1,046 | 50.51% | 116 | 5.60% | 8 | 0.39% | -145 | -7.00% | 2,071 |
| Polk | 2,450 | 51.36% | 1,910 | 40.04% | 377 | 7.90% | 33 | 0.69% | 540 | 11.32% | 4,770 |
| Putnam | 10,047 | 48.10% | 9,093 | 43.53% | 1,487 | 7.12% | 261 | 1.25% | 954 | 4.57% | 20,888 |
| Rhea | 3,969 | 43.20% | 4,476 | 48.72% | 694 | 7.55% | 49 | 0.53% | -507 | -5.52% | 9,188 |
| Roane | 9,744 | 47.57% | 9,044 | 44.15% | 1,438 | 7.02% | 259 | 1.26% | 700 | 3.42% | 20,485 |
| Robertson | 8,465 | 52.16% | 6,685 | 41.19% | 993 | 6.12% | 86 | 0.53% | 1,780 | 10.97% | 16,229 |
| Rutherford | 22,815 | 44.22% | 24,565 | 47.61% | 3,787 | 7.34% | 427 | 0.83% | -1,750 | -3.39% | 51,594 |
| Scott | 2,506 | 44.46% | 2,646 | 46.94% | 431 | 7.65% | 54 | 0.96% | -140 | -2.48% | 5,637 |
| Sequatchie | 1,598 | 48.45% | 1,391 | 42.18% | 288 | 8.73% | 21 | 0.64% | 207 | 6.27% | 3,298 |
| Sevier | 7,136 | 34.23% | 11,847 | 56.83% | 1,650 | 7.92% | 213 | 1.02% | -4,711 | -22.60% | 20,846 |
| Shelby | 179,663 | 55.05% | 136,315 | 41.77% | 8,307 | 2.55% | 2,095 | 0.64% | 43,348 | 13.28% | 326,380 |
| Smith | 3,812 | 62.94% | 1,857 | 30.66% | 346 | 5.71% | 42 | 0.69% | 1,955 | 32.28% | 6,057 |
| Stewart | 2,962 | 63.02% | 1,306 | 27.79% | 386 | 8.21% | 46 | 0.98% | 1,656 | 35.23% | 4,700 |
| Sullivan | 20,571 | 38.21% | 29,296 | 54.42% | 3,555 | 6.60% | 415 | 0.77% | -8,725 | -16.21% | 53,837 |
| Sumner | 19,205 | 44.50% | 20,863 | 48.35% | 2,783 | 6.45% | 303 | 0.70% | -1,658 | -3.85% | 43,154 |
| Tipton | 6,596 | 43.82% | 7,585 | 50.40% | 799 | 5.31% | 71 | 0.47% | -989 | -6.58% | 15,051 |
| Trousdale | 1,615 | 64.63% | 683 | 27.33% | 190 | 7.60% | 11 | 0.44% | 932 | 37.30% | 2,499 |
| Unicoi | 2,131 | 37.03% | 3,122 | 54.25% | 447 | 7.77% | 55 | 0.96% | -991 | -17.22% | 5,755 |
| Union | 2,421 | 47.37% | 2,253 | 44.08% | 385 | 7.53% | 52 | 1.02% | 168 | 3.29% | 5,111 |
| Van Buren | 1,010 | 60.73% | 504 | 30.31% | 128 | 7.70% | 21 | 1.26% | 506 | 30.42% | 1,663 |
| Warren | 6,389 | 54.92% | 4,226 | 36.33% | 917 | 7.88% | 101 | 0.87% | 2,163 | 18.59% | 11,633 |
| Washington | 13,259 | 38.06% | 18,960 | 54.42% | 2,237 | 6.42% | 384 | 1.10% | -5,701 | -16.36% | 34,840 |
| Wayne | 1,574 | 33.85% | 2,715 | 58.39% | 323 | 6.95% | 38 | 0.82% | -1,141 | -24.54% | 4,650 |
| Weakley | 5,657 | 50.45% | 4,622 | 41.22% | 872 | 7.78% | 63 | 0.56% | 1,035 | 9.23% | 11,214 |
| White | 3,592 | 54.14% | 2,498 | 37.65% | 505 | 7.61% | 40 | 0.60% | 1,094 | 16.49% | 6,635 |
| Williamson | 15,231 | 33.57% | 27,699 | 61.04% | 2,071 | 4.56% | 375 | 0.83% | -12,468 | -27.47% | 45,376 |
| Wilson | 13,655 | 46.22% | 13,817 | 46.77% | 1,841 | 6.23% | 230 | 0.78% | -162 | -0.55% | 29,543 |
| Totals | 909,146 | 48.00% | 863,530 | 45.59% | 105,918 | 5.59% | 15,511 | 0.82% | 45,616 | 2.41% | 1,894,105 |
Despite losing the state, Dole won five of nine districts, including one which elected a Democrat, while the remaining four were won by Clinton, including one which elected a Republican.[6]
| District | Clinton | Dole | Perot | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 38% | 55% | 7% | Jimmy Quillen |
| Bill Jenkins | ||||
| 2nd | 43% | 52% | 6% | Jimmy Duncan |
| 3rd | 46% | 47% | 7% | Zach Wamp |
| 4th | 47% | 46% | 8% | Van Hilleary |
| 5th | 56% | 39% | 5% | Bob Clement |
| 6th | 46% | 48% | 7% | Bart Gordon |
| 7th | 41% | 54% | 5% | Ed Bryant |
| 8th | 51% | 44% | 6% | John S. Tanner |
| 9th | 71% | 27% | 2% | Harold Ford Sr. |
| Harold Ford Jr. |
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