1996 United States presidential election in West Virginia information
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1996 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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November 5, 1996
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Bill Clinton
Bob Dole
Ross Perot
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Reform
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Al Gore
Jack Kemp
Patrick Choate
Electoral vote
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Popular vote
327,812
233,946
71,639
Percentage
51.51%
36.76%
11.26%
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Bill Clinton
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Bill Clinton
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The 1996 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was easily won by President Bill Clinton (D-AR) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 51.51% to 36.76% by a margin of 14.75%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 11.26% of the popular vote.[1]
As of 2020[update], this is the last time that West Virginia supported a Democratic nominee, as Republican George W. Bush would narrowly win the state four years later, and, 20 years later, Hillary Clinton would lose the state by more than 40 points without carrying a single county. This was also the last election in which Mason County, Cabell County, Roane County, Ohio County, Jackson County, Pendleton County, Mercer County, Pleasants County, Monroe County, Lewis County, Hardy County, Raleigh County, Wayne County, Greenbrier County, Marshall County, Hancock County, Randolph County, Nicholas County, Taylor County, Barbour County, Wetzel County, Summers County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Gilmer County, Pocahontas County, Tyler County, and Tucker County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
^Cite error: The named reference Leip was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 334–336. ISBN 0786422173.
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