1996 United States presidential election in Indiana

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election
1996 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 5, 1996
Turnout55.8%[1] 7.2 pp
 
Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore James Campbell[a]
Electoral vote 12 0 0
Popular vote 1,006,693 887,424 224,299
Percentage 47.13% 41.55% 10.50%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the senior U.S. senator from Kansas Bob Dole and the former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development Jack Kemp defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Bill Clinton and the vice president of the United States Al Gore. The Reform ticket of the businessman Ross Perot and James Campbell finished third. Clinton defeated Dole and Perot in the national election with 379 electoral votes.[3]

Primary elections

Republican primary

Indiana Republican primary, May 7, 1996[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 365,860 70.78
Republican Pat Buchanan 100,245 19.39
Republican Steve Forbes (withdrawn) 50,802 9.83
Total votes 516,907 100.00

Democratic primary

The Indiana Democratic presidential primary was held on May 7, 1996, in Indiana as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election. Incumbent President Bill Clinton won the primary unopposed.

Indiana Democratic primary, May 7, 1996[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Clinton 329,536 100.00
Total votes 329,536 100.00

Reform Party

Indiana Reform primary, August 11–17, 1996[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Ross Perot 773 73.62
Reform Richard Lamm 277 26.38
Total votes 1,050 100.00

General election

Statistics

Clinton carried Porter County, Indiana, which had previously supported the Republican presidential candidate in every election since the party's founding, ending the second-longest Republican streak in U.S. presidential politics. (The longest, Carroll County, Illinois's, would remain unbroken until the 2008 United States presidential election.)[6] As of the 2024, this is the most recent presidential election in which Blackford, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Gibson, Jefferson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Sullivan, Switzerland, and Warrick counties voted for the Democratic ticket.[7]

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Indiana[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bob Dole
Jack Kemp 		1,006,693 47.13 4.22
Democratic Bill Clinton
Al Gore 		887,424 41.55 4.76
Reform Ross Perot
James Campbell[a] 		22,299 10.50 9.27
Libertarian Harry Browne
Jo Jorgensen 		15,632 0.73 0.39
Greens/GPUSA Ralph Nader (write-in)
N/A[b] 		1,121 0.05 0.05
U.S. Taxpayers' Howard Phillips (write-in)
N/A[c] 		453 0.02 0.02
Natural Law John Hagelin (write-in)
Mike Tompkins (write-in) 		120 0.01
Socialist Mary Cal Hollis (write-in)
Eric Chester (write-in) 		60 0.00
Independent Charles E. Collins (write-in)
Rosemary Giumarra (write-in) 		22 0.00 0.00
Independent David H. Birchler (write-in)
N/A[d] 		18 0.00 0.00
Total votes 2,135,842 100.00

Results by county

1996 United States presidential election in Indiana by county[8]
County Bob Dole
Republican 		Bill Clinton
Democratic 		Ross Perot
Reform 		Others Margin Total
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Adams 6,960 55.08% 4,247 33.61% 1,346 10.65% 84 0.66% 2,713 21.47% 12,637
Allen 59,255 53.55% 41,450 37.46% 8,808 7.96% 1,132 1.03% 17,805 16.09% 110,645
Bartholomew 13,188 51.60% 9,301 36.39% 2,815 11.01% 254 1.00% 3,887 15.21% 25,558
Benton 1,947 49.92% 1,311 33.62% 609 15.62% 33 0.84% 636 16.30% 3,900
Blackford 2,070 40.35% 2,335 45.52% 681 13.27% 44 0.86% -265 -5.17% 5,130
Boone 11,338 64.44% 4,625 26.28% 1,498 8.51% 135 0.77% 6,713 38.16% 17,596
Brown 2,988 47.36% 2,413 38.25% 802 12.71% 106 1.68% 575 9.11% 6,309
Carroll 4,062 50.58% 2,747 34.20% 1,171 14.58% 51 0.64% 1,315 16.38% 8,031
Cass 8,020 51.28% 5,419 34.65% 2,029 13.12% 173 0.95% 2,601 16.63% 15,641
Clark 14,396 40.08% 17,799 49.56% 3,578 9.96% 143 0.40% -3,403 -9.48% 35,916
Clay 4,858 49.00% 3,605 36.36% 1,406 14.18% 46 0.46% 1,253 12.64% 9,915
Clinton 6,156 53.20% 3,949 34.13% 1,355 11.71% 111 0.96% 2,207 19.07% 11,571
Crawford 1,759 36.57% 2,324 48.32% 700 14.55% 27 0.56% -565 -11.75% 4,810
Daviess 5,531 56.35% 3,230 32.91% 994 10.13% 60 0.61% 2,301 23.44% 9,815
Dearborn 8,318 50.60% 6,269 38.13% 1,731 10.53% 121 0.74% 2,049 12.47% 16,439
Decatur 4,782 50.82% 3,190 33.90% 1,389 14.76% 48 0.52% 1,592 16.92% 9,409
DeKalb 6,851 51.36% 4,840 36.28% 1,534 11.50% 114 0.86% 2,011 15.08% 13,339
Delaware 18,126 40.40% 20,385 45.44% 6,042 13.47% 310 0.69% -2,259 -5.04% 44,863
Dubois 6,840 44.85% 6,499 42.62% 1,777 11.65% 134 0.88% 341 2.23% 15,250
Elkhart 28,770 56.58% 16,598 32.64% 5,133 10.09% 349 0.69% 12,172 23.94% 50,850
Fayette 4,091 44.86% 3,822 41.91% 1,137 12.47% 70 0.76% 269 2.95% 9,120
Floyd 12,473 42.90% 13,814 47.52% 2,609 8.97% 176 0.61% -1,341 -4.62% 29,072
Fountain 3,984 54.03% 2,327 31.56% 1,033 14.01% 30 0.40% 1,657 22.47% 7,374
Franklin 4,167 52.25% 2,808 35.21% 943 11.82% 57 0.72% 1,359 17.04% 7,975
Fulton 3,934 48.75% 2,956 36.63% 1,143 14.16% 37 0.46% 978 12.12% 8,070
Gibson 5,392 39.86% 6,488 47.96% 1,585 11.72% 63 0.46% -1,096 -8.10% 13,528
Grant 13,443 50.77% 9,818 37.08% 3,008 11.36% 209 0.79% 3,625 13.69% 26,478
Greene 5,746 44.67% 5,277 41.03% 1,690 13.14% 149 1.16% 469 3.64% 12,862
Hamilton 42,792 69.45% 14,153 22.97% 4,234 6.87% 440 0.71% 28,639 46.48% 61,619
Hancock 12,907 60.23% 6,123 28.57% 2,258 10.54% 140 0.66% 6,784 31.66% 21,428
Harrison 6,073 43.74% 5,900 42.49% 1,839 13.24% 73 0.53% 173 1.25% 13,885
Hendricks 22,293 63.15% 9,392 26.60% 3,405 9.65% 213 0.60% 12,901 36.55% 35,303
Henry 8,537 45.67% 7,667 41.02% 2,381 12.74% 106 0.57% 870 4.65% 18,691
Howard 16,771 50.51% 11,999 36.14% 4,172 12.56% 263 0.79% 4,772 14.37% 33,205
Huntington 8,275 58.79% 4,287 30.46% 1,400 9.95% 114 0.80% 3,988 28.33% 14,076
Jackson 5,883 46.41% 5,150 40.63% 1,590 12.54% 52 0.41% 733 5.78% 12,675
Jasper 5,173 51.33% 3,554 35.27% 1,271 12.61% 79 0.79% 1,619 16.06% 10,077
Jay 3,584 44.71% 3,356 41.86% 1,022 12.75% 55 0.68% 228 2.85% 8,017
Jefferson 4,827 40.96% 5,441 46.17% 1,438 12.20% 79 0.67% -614 -5.21% 11,785
Jennings 4,461 42.81% 4,223 40.53% 1,629 15.63% 107 1.03% 238 2.28% 10,420
Johnson 23,733 60.45% 11,278 28.73% 3,975 10.13% 273 0.69% 12,455 31.72% 39,259
Knox 6,395 41.17% 7,003 45.09% 2,022 13.02% 112 0.72% -608 -3.92% 15,532
Kosciusko 15,084 62.99% 6,166 25.75% 2,531 10.57% 164 0.69% 8,918 37.24% 23,945
LaGrange 4,033 52.11% 2,704 34.94% 949 12.26% 54 0.69% 1,329 17.17% 7,740
Lake 47,873 29.22% 100,198 61.15% 15,051 9.19% 738 0.44% -52,325 -31.93% 163,860
LaPorte 14,106 35.82% 19,879 50.48% 5,133 13.04% 259 0.66% -5,773 -14.66% 39,377
Lawrence 8,107 50.64% 5,703 35.62% 2,063 12.89% 136 0.85% 2,404 15.02% 16,009
Madison 23,151 43.10% 23,772 44.25% 6,447 12.00% 350 0.65% -621 -1.15% 53,720
Marion 133,329 47.24% 124,448 44.10% 21,358 7.57% 3,079 1.09% 8,881 3.14% 282,214
Marshall 8,158 52.84% 5,486 35.53% 1,698 11.00% 98 0.63% 2,672 17.31% 15,440
Martin 2,281 48.33% 1,848 39.15% 485 10.28% 106 2.24% 433 9.18% 4,720
Miami 6,719 52.66% 4,260 33.39% 1,657 12.99% 124 0.96% 2,459 19.27% 12,760
Monroe 16,744 42.27% 18,531 46.78% 3,179 8.03% 1,155 2.92% -1,787 -4.51% 39,609
Montgomery 7,705 57.51% 3,825 28.55% 1,766 13.18% 101 0.76% 3,880 28.96% 13,397
Morgan 12,872 59.60% 5,812 26.91% 2,755 12.76% 157 0.73% 7,060 32.69% 21,596
Newton 2,075 43.14% 1,897 39.44% 801 16.65% 37 0.77% 178 3.70% 4,810
Noble 6,782 50.17% 5,101 37.73% 1,521 11.25% 115 0.85% 1,681 12.44% 13,519
Ohio 1,098 44.38% 1,083 43.78% 281 11.36% 12 0.48% 15 0.60% 2,474
Orange 3,355 45.69% 3,016 41.07% 938 12.77% 34 0.47% 339 4.62% 7,343
Owen 3,056 48.77% 2,244 35.81% 874 13.95% 92 1.47% 812 12.96% 6,266
Parke 3,151 47.61% 2,453 37.06% 981 14.82% 34 0.51% 698 10.55% 6,619
Perry 2,554 32.21% 4,427 55.83% 913 11.51% 36 0.45% -1,873 -23.62% 7,930
Pike 2,174 37.02% 2,780 47.34% 884 15.05% 34 0.59% -606 -10.32% 5,872
Porter 22,931 42.00% 24,044 44.04% 7,169 13.13% 457 0.83% -1,113 -2.04% 54,601
Posey 4,638 42.34% 4,965 45.33% 1,304 11.90% 47 0.43% -327 -2.99% 10,954
Pulaski 2,693 49.95% 2,010 37.28% 634 11.76% 54 1.01% 683 12.67% 5,391
Putnam 5,958 51.29% 3,962 34.11% 1,619 13.94% 77 0.66% 1,996 17.18% 11,616
Randolph 4,708 45.18% 4,087 39.22% 1,557 14.94% 68 0.66% 621 5.96% 10,420
Ripley 5,303 49.67% 4,097 38.38% 1,216 11.39% 60 0.56% 1,206 11.29% 10,676
Rush 3,827 51.52% 2,578 34.71% 973 13.10% 50 0.67% 1,249 16.81% 7,428
Scott 2,620 36.35% 3,798 52.70% 760 10.55% 29 0.40% -1,178 -16.35% 7,207
Shelby 7,778 51.37% 5,374 35.49% 1,874 12.38% 116 0.76% 2,404 15.88% 15,142
Spencer 3,770 43.74% 4,058 47.08% 739 8.57% 53 0.61% -288 -3.34% 8,620
St. Joseph 38,281 41.08% 45,704 49.04% 8,379 8.99% 824 0.89% -7,423 -7.96% 93,188
Starke 3,108 38.13% 3,854 47.29% 1,096 13.45% 92 1.13% -746 -9.16% 8,150
Steuben 5,513 49.53% 4,124 37.05% 1,390 12.49% 103 0.93% 1,389 12.48% 11,130
Sullivan 3,207 37.11% 4,076 47.17% 1,178 13.63% 181 2.09% -869 -10.06% 8,642
Switzerland 1,266 39.72% 1,496 46.94% 403 12.65% 22 0.69% -230 -7.22% 3,187
Tippecanoe 22,556 49.48% 17,232 37.80% 5,394 11.83% 404 0.89% 5,324 11.68% 45,586
Tipton 3,980 53.89% 2,478 33.55% 861 11.66% 66 0.90% 1,502 20.34% 7,385
Union 1,334 48.86% 1,019 37.33% 364 13.33% 13 0.48% 315 11.53% 2,730
Vanderburgh 28,509 43.22% 30,934 46.90% 6,132 9.30% 386 0.58% -2,425 -3.68% 65,961
Vermillion 2,334 35.08% 3,251 48.87% 1,029 15.47% 39 0.58% -917 -13.79% 6,653
Vigo 15,751 40.91% 17,974 46.69% 4,508 11.71% 266 0.69% -2,223 -5.78% 38,499
Wabash 6,990 53.79% 4,577 35.22% 1,294 9.96% 135 1.03% 2,413 18.57% 12,996
Warren 1,678 46.01% 1,394 38.22% 560 15.36% 15 0.41% 284 7.79% 3,647
Warrick 9,221 43.68% 9,285 43.99% 2,471 11.71% 132 0.62% -64 -0.31% 21,109
Washington 4,066 44.14% 3,819 41.46% 1,264 13.72% 62 0.68% 247 2.68% 9,211
Wayne 12,188 47.24% 10,905 42.27% 2,525 9.79% 183 0.70% 1,283 4.97% 25,801
Wells 6,322 55.98% 3,752 33.22% 1,157 10.24% 63 0.56% 2,570 22.76% 11,294
White 4,642 47.87% 3,396 35.02% 1,610 16.60% 50 0.51% 1,246 12.85% 9,698
Whitley 5,965 51.31% 4,176 35.92% 1,392 11.97% 92 0.80% 1,789 15.39% 11,625
TOTAL 1,006,693 47.13% 887,424 41.55% 22,299 10.50% 17,426 0.82% 119,269 5.58% 2,135,842

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Results by congressional district

1996 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional district[10]
District Dole Clinton Perot Representative
1st 31.5% 58.6% 9.8% Pete Visclosky
2nd 46% 42% 12% David McIntosh
3rd 46% 44% 10% Tim Roemer
4th 53.8% 36.6% 9.6% Mark Souder
5th 50% 37% 13% Steve Buyer
6th 63% 28% 8% Dan Burton
7th 53% 35% 12% John T. Myers
Ed Pease
8th 44% 45% 11% John Hostettler
9th 43.9% 44.6% 11.5% Lee Hamilton
10th 37.7 54.7% 7.6% Andrew Jacobs Jr.
Julia Carson

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Campbell was listed as Perot's running mate in Indiana, in place of the Reform Party's national vice presidential candidate, Pat Choate.[2]
  2. ^ Nader had no registered running mate in Indiana.[2]
  3. ^ Phillips had no registered running mate in Indiana.[9]
  4. ^ Birchler had no registered running mate in Indiana.[9]

References

  1. ^ Casper & Bass 1998, p. 25.
  2. ^ a b Gilroy 1996, p. 29.
  3. ^ Congressional Quarterly 2010, pp. 798, 888.
  4. ^ a b Congressional Quarterly 2010, p. 459.
  5. ^ "1996 Reform Party Presidential Mail Ballot". Ballot Access News. September 9, 1996. Archived from the original on January 27, 2002. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  6. ^ Menendez 2009, p. 117.
  7. ^ Sullivan 2016.
  8. ^ a b Gilroy 1996, pp. 29–31.
  9. ^ a b Gilroy 1996, p. 30.
  10. ^ Park-Egan n.d.

Bibliography

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