The 1996 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the
1996 United States presidential election
The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial United States presidential election, presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President Bill Clinton de ...
. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president
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and
vice president
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.
Wyoming
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was won by Senator
Bob Dole (
R-
KS), with Dole winning 49.81 percent to 36.84 percent over
President
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Bill Clinton
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(
D) by a margin of 12.97 points. Billionaire businessman
Ross Perot (
Independent
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TX) finished in third, with 12.25 percent of the popular vote.
With 12.25 percent of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Perot's fourth-strongest state in the 1996 election after
Maine
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,
Montana
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and
Idaho
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.
This is the last time a Democrat won any counties other than
Albany or
Teton counties. , this remains the last time that
Sweetwater County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the last time that a Republican failed to win a majority of the state's vote, or won by a margin of less than 30 points. This was the first election ever where a president was elected twice without ever carrying the state.
Results
Results by county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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See also
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United States presidential elections in Wyoming
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Wyoming, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1890, Wyoming has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refer ...
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Presidency of Bill Clinton
Notes
References
{{State results of the 1996 U.S. presidential election
Wyoming
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1996
1996 Wyoming elections