Electoral Votes for President and Vice President, and Popular Votes for Presidential and Vice-Presidential Electors, Election of Nov. 5, 1996
StateElectoral votesPopular votes for electors by party Total
Bill ClintonBob DoleDemocraticRepublican Independent Reform Green Libertarian U.S. Taxpayers/Taxpayers Natural Law Workers World Socialist Workers Grass Roots Socialist Socialist Equality American Other Parties Other (Scattering, Write-ins, etc.)
Alabama-9662,165769,0441 95,030--5,290-1,697-------1,1231,534,349
Alaska-380,380122,746-26,3337,5972,276925729-------634241,620
Arizona8-653,288622,073-112,072-14,358---------2,6141,404,405
Arkansas6-475,171325,416-69,8843,6493,0762,065729747--538--2 2,164823884,262
California54-5,119,8353,828,381-697,847237,01673,6003 21,20215,403------4 25,33285310,019,469
Colorado-8671,152691,8482,80999,62925,07012,3925 2,8132,5455996 244-669-5577 375-1,510,702
Connecticut8-735,740483,109-139,52324,3215,7888 2,4251,703-------51,392,614
Delaware3-140,35599,062-9 28,719-2,052348274--------270,810
Florida25-2,546,8702,244,536-483,870-23,326---------4,5525,303,154
Georgia-131,053,8491,080,843-146,337-17,870----------2,298,899
Hawaii4-205,012113,943-27,35810,3862,493358570--------360,120
Idaho-4165,443256,595-62,518-3,3252,2301,600--------491,711
Illinois22-2,341,7441,587,021-346,408-22,5487,6064,606-------1,4584,311,391
Indiana-12887,4241,006,693-224,299-15,632---------1,3832,135,431
Iowa7-620,258492,644-105,1596,5502,3152,2293,349-331-----1,2401,234,075
Kansas-6387,659583,24510 5,17492,639-4,557---------1,0261,074,300
Kentucky8-636,614623,283-120,396-4,0092,2041,493-------7091,388,708
Louisiana9-927,837712,586-123,29311 4,7197,4993,3662,9811,678-------1,783,959
Maine4-312,788186,378-85,97015,2792,9961,517825-------144605,897
Maryland10-966,207681,530-115,812-8,7653,4022,517-------2,6371,780,870
Massachusetts12-1,571,509718,058-227,206-20,424-5,1833,276------10,8032,556,459
Michigan18-1,989,6531,481,212-336,670-27,670-4,2543,153---1,554--4,6783,848,844
Minnesota10-12 1,120,380766,395-257,69824,9068,2713,4151,808-6844,898-347-1303-2,192,492
Mississippi-7394,022439,83814 53,427--2,8092,3141,447--------893,857
Missouri11-1,025,935890,016596217,188-10,52211,5212,287--------2,158,065
Montana-3167,922179,652-55,229-2,526-1,754--------407,083
Nebraska-5236,761363,467-71,278-2,7921,9281,189--------677,415
Nevada4-203,974199,244-43,9864,7304,46015 1,732545-------5,608464,279
New Hampshire4-246,166196,486-48,387-4,2141,344---------496,597
New Jersey15-1,652,3611,103,09916 320,400-------------3,075,860
New Mexico5-273,495232,751-32,25713,2182,996713644--------556,074
New York33-17 3,756,17718 1,933,492-19 503,45875,95612,22020 23,5805,0113,4732,762-----123,0006,439,129
North Carolina-141,107,8491,225,938-168,059-8,740-2,771-------2,4502,515,807
North Dakota-3106,905125,050-32,515-84721 745349--------266,411
Ohio21-2,148,2221,859,883-483,2072,96212,8517,3619,12010,813------154,534,434
Oklahoma-8488,105582,315-130,788-5,505----------1,206,713
Oregon7-649,641538,152-121,22122 49,4158,9033,3792,798---1,922---2,3291,377,760
Pennsylvania23-2,215,8191,801,169-430,984-28,00023 19,5525,783--------4,501,307
Rhode Island4-233,050104,683-43,7236,0401,1091,021435186-------390,247
South Carolina-8506,152573,339-24 64,377-4,2712,043---------1,150,182
South Dakota-3139,333150,54325 32,478--1,472----------323,826
Tennessee11-909,146863,53026 121,239------------1901,894,105
Texas-322,459,6832,736,16727 378,537--20,2567,4724,422-------5,1075,611,644
Utah-5221,633361,9111,10166,4614,6154,1292,6011,085298235---28 1,29029 111159665,629
Vermont3-137,89480,352-31,02430 5,5851,183382498-19948031 292---560258,449
Virginia-131,091,0601,138,350-159,861-9,17413,6874,510--------2,416,642
Washington11-1,123,323840,71232 62,696201,003-12,5224,5786,0762,189738------2,253,837
West Virginia5-327,812233,946-71,639-3,062----------636,459
Wisconsin11-1,071,971845,02933 32,766227,339-7,9298,811--------2,3242,196,169
Wyoming-377,934105,38834 25,928--1,739-582--------211,571
District of Columbia3-158,22017,339-3,6114,780588-283-257-----648185,726
   Total37915947,401,89839,198,4821,132,1817,137,235526,794465,351170,869103,85526,4125,4505,3783,4211,9011,84728,769179,97596,389,818

1  Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States: 92,149 for Reform Party; 2,365 for U.S. Taxpayers Party; and 516 for Socialist Workers Party. 2  Includes 932 for America First Party; 749 for Looking Back Party; and 483 for Prohibition Party. 3  Candidate appeared in this State on the American Independent Party ticket. 4  Peace and Freedom Party. 5  Candidate appeared in this State on the American Constitution Party ticket. 6  Candidate appeared in this State on the Socialist Workers Campaign Party ticket. 7  Prohibition Party. 8  Candidate appeared in this State on the Concerned Citizens Party ticket. 9  Candidate appeared in this State as Unaffiliated. 10  Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States: 3,319 for U.S. Taxpayers Party; and 1,655 for Natural Law Party. 11  Candidate appeared in this state as Liberty, Ecology, Community. 12  Candidate appeared in this State on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ticket. 13  Independent Grass Roots Party. 14  Includes 52,222 votes for candidate appearing on Reform Party ticket in most other States. 15  Candidate appeared in this State on Independent American Party ticket. 16  Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States: 262,134 for Reform Party; 32,465 for Green Party; 14,763 for Libertarian Party; 3,887 for Natural Law Party; 3,440 for U.S. Taxpayers Party; 1,837 for Socialist Workers Party; 1,337 for Workers World Party; and 537 for Socialist Equality Party. 17  Includes 106,547 votes for candidate appearing on Liberal Party ticket. Candidate also appeared on Democratic Party ticket in this State. 18  Includes 183,392 votes for candidate appearing on Conservative Party ticket and 11,393 votes for candidate appearing on Freedom Party ticket. Candidate also appeared on Republican Party ticket in this State. 19  Candidate appeared in this State on the Independence Party ticket. 20  Candidate appeared in this State on the Right To Life Party ticket. 21  Candidate appeared in this State as Independent Nomination. 22  Candidate appeared in this State on the Pacific Party ticket. 23  Candidate appeared in this State on the Constitutional Party ticket. 24  Includes 36,913 votes for candidate appearing on Patriot Party ticket. Candidate also appeared on Reform Party ticket in this State. 25  Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States; 31,250 for Reform Party; 912 for U.S. Taxpayers Party; and 316 for Natural Law Party. 26  Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States: 105,918 for Reform Party; 6,427 for Green Party; 5,020 for Libertarian Party; 1,818 for U.S. Taxpayers Party; and 636 for Natural Law Party. 27  Candidate appears on Reform Party ticket in most other States. 28  Candidate appeared in this State on the Independent American Party ticket. 29  Prohibition Party. 30  Candidate appeared in this State on the Green Coalition Party ticket. 31  Candidate appeared in this State on the Liberty Union Party ticket. 32  Includes 60,322 votes for candidate appearing on the Green Party ticket in most other States. 33  Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States: 28,723 for Green Party; 1,379 for Natural Law Party; 1,333 for Workers World Party; 848 for Socialist Party; and 483 for Socialist Workers Party. 34  Candidate appears on Reform Party ticket in most other States.



Recapitulation of Votes Cast for United States Senators (Terms Beginning Jan. 7, 1997), Election of Nov. 5, 1996
State Republican Democratic Independent Libertarian Reform Natural Law Green U.S. Taxpayers/Taxpayers Socialist Workers Other Parties Other (Scattering, Write-ins, etc.) Total
Alabama786,436681,651-21,550-9,123----6331,499,393
Alaska177,89323,977----29,037---1,009231,916
Arkansas445,942400,241---------846,183
Colorado750,315667,600---41,620----661,459,601
Delaware105,088165,465-3,340-1,698-----275,591
Georgia1,073,9691,103,993-81,262-------2,259,224
Idaho283,532198,42210,137--5,142-----497,233
Illinois1,728,8242,384,028-41,21861,02313,838-17,563--4,2284,250,722
Iowa571,807634,166---4,248--1,844-11,9891,224,054
Kansas652,677362,380-13,09824,145------1,052,300
Kentucky724,794560,012-8,595-8,344-5,284--171,307,046
Louisiana847,157852,945---------1,700,102
Maine298,422266,22623,441----18,618--70606,777
Massachusetts1,143,1201,334,135---7,169---1 70,0071,5112,555,942
Michigan1,500,1062,195,738-36,911-11,306---2 18,2103043,762,575
Minnesota901,1941,098,430-5,428152,3284,321--1,5543 18,5201,1302,182,905
Mississippi624,154240,647-------4 13,861-878,662
Montana182,111201,935--19,2764,168-----407,490
Nebraska379,933281,904---------661,837
New Hampshire242,257227,355-22,261-------491,873
New Jersey1,227,3511,519,154136,961--------2,883,466
New Mexico357,171164,356-6,064--24,230----551,821
North Carolina1,345,8331,173,875-25,396-11,209----1432,556,456
Oklahoma670,610474,16223,78314,595-------1,183,150
Oregon677,336624,370-12,69720,3814,425---5 19,6191,4021,360,230
Rhode Island127,368230,6766,327--------364,371
South Carolina619,859510,951-12,9889,7407,693-----1,161,231
South Dakota157,954166,533---------324,487
Tennessee1,091,554654,93732,112-------611,778,664
Texas3,027,6802,428,776-51,516-19,469-----5,527,441
Virginia1,235,7441,115,982--------2,9892,354,715
West Virginia139,088456,526---------595,614
Wyoming114,11689,103-5,289-2,569-----211,077
   Total24,211,39523,490,651232,761362,208286,893156,34253,26741,4653,398140,21725,55249,004,149

1  Conservative Party. 2  Includes 12,235 for Workers World Party and 5,975 for Socialist Equality Party. 3  Includes 14,139 for Grass Roots Party and 4,381 for Resource Party. 4  Independence Party. 5  Includes 14,193 for Pacific Party and 5,426 for Socialist Party.




Recapitulation of Votes Cast for United States Representatives, Election of Nov. 5, 1996
State Republican Democratic Independent Libertarian Natural Law Conservative Reform Independence Green Independent American U.S. Taxpayers Socialist Workers Socialist Equality Other Parties Other (Scattering, Write-ins, etc.) Total
Alabama785,513656,047-18,9716,932---------1,2301,468,693
Alaska138,83485,114------4,513----1 5,017222233,700
Arizona800,917521,345-27,554--6,630--------1,356,446
Arkansas456,033395,506----11,708-------71863,318
California4,291,6444,706,2769,845213,583126,822-57,813-8,805----2 65,950-9,480,738
Colorado832,763596,575-11,3896,790--------3 13,732-1,461,249
Connecticut547,084674,307-4,2064,677--6,477-----4 57,58221,294,335
Delaware185,57773,258-4,000987-----3,009----266,831
Florida 52,639,5672,036,62015,355-----------4864,692,028
Georgia1,151,9931,011,190-------------2,163,183
Hawaii135,782195,910-4,7694,859---------11,849353,169
Idaho289,990193,524--10,512----------494,026
Illinois1,812,6732,267,3691,94438,8993,040-3,643-------384,127,606
Indiana1,109,066930,919-59,085----------72,099,077
Iowa649,959532,815-3,3118,604------700-6 2,5342,8351,200,758
Kansas591,146424,984-23,253--9,495--------1,048,878
Kentucky730,739507,431------------111,238,181
Louisiana 5135,990339,163-------------475,153
Maine211,210379,1849,294-----------112599,800
Maryland762,163876,658------------4241,639,245
Massachusetts780,0321,584,47915,419-9,8572,532--10,913-----4,8052,408,037
Michigan1,678,7351,945,116-49,19221,446-------1,1587 2,7041,2163,699,567
Minnesota894,9081,179,862-3,688--36,245----4,284-8 19,4132,8162,141,216
Mississippi487,988397,4104,3349,4292,299--2,691-------904,151
Missouri833,1901,116,201112,47241,92112,060----------2,115,844
Montana211,975174,516--17,935----------404,426
Nebraska450,067204,432-1,9214,369----------660,789
Nevada248,782172,823-7,0737,755----13,352-----449,785
New Hampshire246,896221,28610,7538,176-----3,726-----490,837
New Jersey1,398,9001,351,76272,497------------2,823,159
New Mexico260,961271,1444,4594,097----7,694------548,355
New York2,038,9232,918,770---261,849-104,6052,029--1,283-9 223,594880,3436,431,396
North Carolina1,339,5151,135,731-23,00715,189---------982,513,540
North Dakota113,684144,833------------4,493263,010
Ohio2,192,1742,033,028--163,525---------1,8684,390,595
Oklahoma722,998430,48022,1664,500-----------1,180,144
Oregon557,525724,496-25,475--3,960------10 17,6775,9281,335,061
Pennsylvania2,037,5082,222,8636,85911,9215,383-21,727-----71311 8,9085214,316,403
Rhode Island107,657240,60811,478------------359,743
South Carolina682,563345,010--29,261----------1,056,834
South Dakota186,393119,54717,263------------323,203
Tennessee878,640847,37037,748-----------4391,764,197
Texas2,604,3892,206,34643,54430,01929,993-----7,887---264,922,204
Utah386,309264,327-2,3416,768----3,070-270--730663,815
Vermont83,02123,830140,6782,693812--------12 3,315357254,706
Virginia1,117,1871,027,02031,077----------13 20,9502,8632,199,097
Washington1,020,5531,129,6095,561-18,538----------2,174,261
West Virginia63,933458,435-------------522,368
Wisconsin1,120,8191,012,327-8,720------6,228---2,2332,150,327
Wyoming116,00485,724-8,255-----------209,983
   Total43,120,87243,393,580572,746651,448518,413264,381151,221113,77333,95420,14817,1246,5371,871441,376926,02390,233,467

1  Alaskan Independence Party. 2  Includes 48,136 for Peace & Freedom Party and 17,814 for American Independent Party. 3  Includes 7,428 for Americans Party and 6,304 for Independent/Reform Party. 4  Includes 49,197 for A Connecticut Party and 8,385 for Concerned Citizens Party. 5  According to state law, it is not required to tabulate votes for unopposed candidates. 6  Working Class Party. 7  Workers World Party. 8  Includes 16,717 for Grass Roots Party and 2,696 for Independent Grass Roots Party. 9  Includes 89,430 for Liberal Party; 85,927 for Right To Life Party; 39,379 for Freedom Party; 6,504 for Save Medicare Party; and 2,354 for Protect Seniors Party. 10  Includes 10,585 for Pacific Party and 7,092 for Socialist Party. 11  Includes 5,714 for Constitutional Party and 3,194 for Francis Worley Congress Party. 12  Includes 1,965 for Liberty Union Party and 1,350 for Vermont Grass Roots Party. 13  Virginia Reform Party.




Political divisions of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from 1867 (40th Cong.) to 1997–99 (105th Cong.)
[ALL FIGURES REFLECT IMMEDIATE RESULT OF ELECTIONS]>
CongressYearsSenate House of Representatives
Number of SenatorsDemocratsRepublicansOther parties VacantNumber of RepresentativesDemocratsRepublicans Other partiesVacant
40th1867–1869531142--19349143-1
41st1869–1871741161-224373170--
42d1871–1873741757--243104139--
43d1873–1875741954-129388203-2
44th1875–1877762946-129318110732
45th1877–18797636391-293156137--
46th1879–1881764333--293150128141
47th1881–18837637372-29313015211-
48th1883–1885763640--3252001196-
49th1885–1887763441-132518214021
50th1887–1889763739--3251701514-
51st1889–1891843747--3301561731-
52d1891–18938839472-3332318814-
53d1893–18958844383335622012610-
54th1895–18978839445-3571042467-
55th1897–189990344610-357134206161
56th1899–190190265311-3571631859-
57th1901–19039029563235715319851
58th1903–1905903258--386178207-1
59th1905–1907903258--386136250--
60th1907–1909922961-2386164222--
61st1909–1911923259-1391172219--
62d1911–1913924249-13912281621-
63d1913–19159651441-43529012718-
64th1915–19179656391-43523119383
65th1917–19199653421-4351 2102169-
66th1919–19219647481-4351912377-
67th1921–1923963759--43513230012
68th1923–19259643512-4352072253-
69th1925–1927964054114351832475-
70th1927–19299647481-4351952373-
71st1929–19319639561-43516326714
72d1931–19339647481-4352 2162181-
73d1933–19359659361-4353131175-
74th1935–19379669252-43532210310-
75th1937–19399675174-4353338913-
76th1939–19419669234-4352621694-
77th1941–19439666282-4352671626-
78th1943–19459657381-4352222094-
79th1945–19479657381-4352431902-
80th1947–1949964551--4351882461-
81st1949–1951965442--4352631711-
82d1951–19539648471-4352341992-
83d1953–19559646482-4352132211-
84th1955–19579648471-435232203--
85th1957–1959964947--435234201--
86th1959–1961986434--3 436283153--
87th1961–19631006436--4 437262175--
88th1963–19651006733--435258176-1
89th1965–19671006832--435295140--
90th1967–19691006436--435248187--
91st1969–19711005842--435243192--
92d1971–197310054442-435255180--
93d1973–197510056422-4352421921-
94th1975–197710061372-435291144--
95th1977–197910061381-435292143--
96th1979–198110058411-435277158--
97th1981–198310046531-4352421921-
98th1983–19851004654--435269166--
99th1985–19871004753--435253182--
100th1987–19891005545--435258177--
101st1989–19911005545--435260175--
102d1991–19931005644--4352671671-
103d1993–19951005743--4352581761-
104th1995–19971004852--4352042301-
105th1997–19991004555--4352072262-

1 Democrats organized House with help of other parties. 2 Democrats organized House due to Republican deaths. 3 Proclamation declaring Alaska a State issued Jan. 3, 1959. 4 Proclamation declaring Hawaii a State issued Aug. 21, 1959.