United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1996

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United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Reform Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate Electoral vote 6 0 0 Popular vote 475,171 325,416 69,884 Percentage 53.7% 36.8% 7.9%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas was won by President Bill Clinton (D-AR) by a 17 percentage point margin of victory. The presidential election in the Natural State was a critical victory for the Democratic ticket, because Arkansas is Clinton's home state. Dole did not put up a challenge in Arkansas, and neither did billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Ref-TX), who had unsuccessfully run for president as an Independent in the previous election. Perot in 1996 won 7.9 percent of the popular vote in the Natural State, a significant total for a third party candidate. As of 2012, the 1996 election was the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has won in Arkansas; the state has gone Republican in each presidential election, starting in 2000.

Results

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1996
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore	475,171	53.74%	6
	Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	325,416	36.80%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	69,884	7.90%	0
	Green Coalition	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	3,649	0.41%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	3,076	0.35%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers' Party AR	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	2,065	0.23%	0
	America First	Justice Ralph Forbes	Andy Anderson	932	0.11%	0
	Independent	Charles Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	823	0.09%	0
	Looking Back	Isabell Masters	Shirley Masters	749	0.08%	0
	Workers World Party	Monica Moorehead	Gloria La Riva	747	0.08%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	729	0.08%	0
	Socialist AR	Mary Cal Hollis	Eric Chester	538	0.06%	0
	Prohibition	Earl Dodge	Rachel Kelly	483	0.05%	0