1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee

1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Turnout	62.77%
Clinton 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Dole 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
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 2024 presidential election^[update], 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 voted consistently Democratic since the prior election. In his second bid for the presidency, Reform Party candidate Ross 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]

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

[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.

[How-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.

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