1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee
November 5, 1996
Turnout62.77%[1]
 
Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp James Campbell
Electoral vote 11 0 0
Popular vote 909,146 863,530 105,918
Percentage 48.00% 45.59% 5.59%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Tennessee was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[2]

Tennessee weighed in for this election as 6.01 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Tennessee, as well as Montgomery 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, and Moore County.[3]

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Tennessee, with nearly seven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties in Tennessee turned out for Clinton, including the highly populated Shelby County and Davidson County, by narrow margins. Both Shelby and Davidson counties have been consistently Democratic since the election of 1992. In his second bid for the presidency, independent candidate Ross Perot received over five percent of the votes in Tennessee, and pulled in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times. Tennessee nonetheless showed Perot his worst performance out of any state.[4] This was the first time since 1948 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections.

Results

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[lower-alpha 1] 0.03% 0
Independent Steve Michael 408[lower-alpha 1] 0.02% 0
Independent Earl Dodge 324[lower-alpha 1] 0.02% 0
Write-ins 190[lower-alpha 1] 0.01% 0
Totals 1,894,105 100.00% 11
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

Results by county

County William Jefferson Clinton[5]
Democratic		 Robert Joseph Dole[5]
Republican		 Henry 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 5.50% 27,516
Bedford 5,735 50.82% 4,634 41.07% 823 7.29% 92 0.82% 1,101 9.76% 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 -0.14% 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 15.19% 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 6.02% 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 -1.87% 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 8.84% 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% 1,517 13.02% 5,302
DeKalb 3,213 60.60% 1,696 31.99% 342 6.45% 21 0.50% 550 28.61% 4,224
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 2.62% 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 18.59% 9,030
Grainger 2,162 39.65% 2,875 52.72% 382 7.01% 34 0.62% -713 -13.08% 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 37.11% 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 -15.94% 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 26.07% 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 22.07% 9,191
Marshall 4,447 56.20% 2,781 35.14% 603 7.62% 82 1.04% 1,666 21.05% 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 1.05% 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 -3.52% 10,928
Montgomery 16,498 49.06% 15,133 45.01% 1,781 5.30% 213 0.63% 1,365 4.06% 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 6.28% 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 -3.84% 43,154
Tipton 6,596 43.82% 7,585 50.40% 799 5.31% 71 0.47% -989 -6.57% 15,051
Trousdale 1,615 64.63% 683 27.33% 190 7.60% 11 0.44% 932 37.29% 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 30.43% 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 -27.48% 45,376
Wilson 13,655 46.22% 13,817 46.77% 1,841 6.23% 230 0.78% -162 -0.55% 29,543
Totals909,14648.00%863,53045.59%105,9185.59%15,5110.82%45,6162.41%1,894,105[lower-alpha 2]

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Votes for this candidate were not tabulated by county but listed only as a statewide total.[5]
  2. ↑ A total of 1,558 votes for Independent candidates John Hagelin, Steve Michael, Earl F. Dodge and various write-in candidates were not separated by county but listed only as a statewide total.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 1996". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 5, 1996. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ↑ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Our Campaigns; TN US President Race, November 05, 1996
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