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| Elections in Oklahoma |
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 5, 1996. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[1]
This is also the last time Sequoyah County, Nowata County, Caddo County, Craig County, Kiowa County, Mayes County, Osage County, Tillman County, Seminole County, Pontotoc County, Garvin County, Cotton County, Carter County, Greer County, Le Flore County, Murray County, Harmon County, Bryan County, McCurtain County, Coal County, Pittsburg County, Johnston County, Marshall County, Jefferson County, Love County, Atoka County, Okfuskee County, Pawnee County, and Pushmataha County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Oklahoma weighed in for this election as 4% more third-party than the national average. This remains the last presidential election in which Oklahoma has been decided by a single-digit margin, or that the Democratic Party has won more than 40% of the vote.
The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Oklahoma, with more than eleven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. This is one of the last presidential elections in Oklahoma in which the Southeastern portion of the state turned out in large numbers for the Democratic Party. This may be somewhat attributed to the influence of the bordering, and politically volatile, state of Texas, which can also be seen changing political orientation throughout the 1980s and 1990s from a Democratic area to a largely Republican one, and the bordering state of Arkansas, Clinton’s home state.
In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 10% of the votes in Oklahoma, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for the U.S. presidency in recent times.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Oklahoma was considered competitive at the presidential level, as Republicans would easily capture the state's electoral votes with over 60% of the popular vote in every election afterward.[2] It is also the last time a Democratic presidential candidate carried any of Oklahoma’s congressional districts (in this case, the Second and Third Districts in the rural east). This is the most recent election in which Oklahoma was decided by a single-digit margin, and the last time Democrats received more than 40% of the vote in Oklahoma. As of the 2020 election, this was the last election in which a Democratic presidential candidate carried the entirety of the Choctaw Nation, a majority of the Chickasaw, Cherokee and Creek Nations, and the counties which contained the Seminole, Pawnee and Osage Nations.
Reform: Dale Barlow, Grace Rayedelle Hill, Syvia Suggs, H. Kelly Haynes, Emmy Butler, Vivian Winterman, Jack Newkirk, Patt Cameron
Republican: J. Michael Brown, Steven F. Garrett, Skip Healey, Leo F. Herlacher, Dixie I. Galloway, Dale Switzer, Paul E. Thornbrugh, Gary W. Banz
Libertarian: Randy Ashbrook, Sharon Lynn Atherton, Roger Bloxham, Charles Burris, Steven B. Galpin, C. Michael Todd, Chad Vanis, Robert Waldrop
Democrat: Carl Albert, Julian J. Rothbaum, Thomas Dee Frasier, George Lee Stidham, Elizabeth Whetsel, Betty J. McElderry, Lorray Dyson, Marjean Mitchell[3]
| 1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Bob Dole | 582,315 | 48.26% | 8 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 488,105 | 40.45% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Ross Perot | 130,788 | 10.84% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 5,505 | 0.46% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,206,713 | 100.00% | 8 | |||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 50%/61% | |||||
| County | Robert Joseph Dole Republican |
William Jefferson Clinton Democratic |
Henry Ross Perot Reform |
Harry Edson Browne Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,956 | 45.33% | 2,792 | 42.82% | 751 | 11.52% | 22 | 0.34% | 164 | 2.51% | 6,521 |
| Alfalfa | 1,504 | 56.48% | 796 | 29.89% | 348 | 13.07% | 15 | 0.56% | 708 | 26.59% | 2,663 |
| Atoka | 1,542 | 35.26% | 2,281 | 52.16% | 532 | 12.17% | 18 | 0.41% | -739 | -16.90% | 4,373 |
| Beaver | 1,893 | 72.50% | 515 | 19.72% | 199 | 7.62% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,378 | 52.78% | 2,611 |
| Beckham | 2,912 | 44.45% | 2,797 | 42.70% | 817 | 12.47% | 25 | 0.38% | 115 | 1.76% | 6,551 |
| Blaine | 2,127 | 46.88% | 1,832 | 40.38% | 563 | 12.41% | 15 | 0.33% | 295 | 6.50% | 4,537 |
| Bryan | 3,943 | 34.79% | 5,962 | 52.60% | 1,396 | 12.32% | 34 | 0.30% | -2,019 | -17.81% | 11,335 |
| Caddo | 3,422 | 35.39% | 4,844 | 50.09% | 1,358 | 14.04% | 46 | 0.48% | -1,422 | -14.71% | 9,670 |
| Canadian | 18,139 | 59.40% | 8,977 | 29.40% | 3,297 | 10.80% | 123 | 0.40% | 9,162 | 30.00% | 30,536 |
| Carter | 6,769 | 42.83% | 6,979 | 44.16% | 1,997 | 12.64% | 59 | 0.37% | -210 | -1.33% | 15,804 |
| Cherokee | 5,046 | 36.84% | 6,817 | 49.77% | 1,777 | 12.97% | 56 | 0.41% | -1,771 | -12.93% | 13,696 |
| Choctaw | 1,580 | 29.37% | 3,198 | 59.45% | 589 | 10.95% | 12 | 0.22% | -1,618 | -30.08% | 5,379 |
| Cimarron | 986 | 67.77% | 361 | 24.81% | 102 | 7.01% | 6 | 0.41% | 625 | 42.96% | 1,455 |
| Cleveland | 36,457 | 52.24% | 26,038 | 37.31% | 6,785 | 9.72% | 503 | 0.72% | 10,419 | 14.93% | 69,783 |
| Coal | 734 | 32.25% | 1,205 | 52.94% | 323 | 14.19% | 14 | 0.62% | -471 | -20.69% | 2,276 |
| Comanche | 14,461 | 47.76% | 12,841 | 42.41% | 2,819 | 9.31% | 157 | 0.52% | 1,620 | 5.35% | 30,278 |
| Cotton | 1,042 | 38.62% | 1,258 | 46.63% | 381 | 14.12% | 17 | 0.63% | -216 | -8.01% | 2,698 |
| Craig | 2,058 | 37.51% | 2,649 | 48.29% | 758 | 13.82% | 21 | 0.38% | -591 | -10.77% | 5,486 |
| Creek | 9,861 | 43.91% | 9,674 | 43.08% | 2,837 | 12.63% | 85 | 0.38% | 187 | 0.83% | 22,457 |
| Custer | 4,723 | 47.81% | 4,027 | 40.76% | 1,101 | 11.14% | 28 | 0.28% | 696 | 7.05% | 9,879 |
| Delaware | 5,230 | 43.81% | 5,094 | 42.67% | 1,573 | 13.18% | 42 | 0.35% | 136 | 1.14% | 11,939 |
| Dewey | 1,179 | 51.24% | 816 | 35.46% | 292 | 12.69% | 14 | 0.61% | 363 | 15.78% | 2,301 |
| Ellis | 1,090 | 54.61% | 619 | 31.01% | 279 | 13.98% | 8 | 0.40% | 471 | 23.60% | 1,996 |
| Garfield | 11,712 | 53.62% | 7,504 | 34.36% | 2,523 | 11.55% | 102 | 0.47% | 4,208 | 19.27% | 21,841 |
| Garvin | 3,745 | 38.34% | 4,639 | 47.50% | 1,345 | 13.77% | 38 | 0.39% | -894 | -9.15% | 9,767 |
| Grady | 7,228 | 46.34% | 6,256 | 40.11% | 2,048 | 13.13% | 66 | 0.42% | 972 | 6.23% | 15,598 |
| Grant | 1,382 | 52.09% | 867 | 32.68% | 384 | 14.47% | 20 | 0.75% | 515 | 19.41% | 2,653 |
| Greer | 905 | 35.96% | 1,240 | 49.26% | 361 | 14.34% | 11 | 0.44% | -335 | -13.31% | 2,517 |
| Harmon | 448 | 33.76% | 729 | 54.94% | 143 | 10.78% | 7 | 0.53% | -281 | -21.18% | 1,327 |
| Harper | 1,036 | 58.27% | 511 | 28.74% | 219 | 12.32% | 12 | 0.67% | 525 | 29.53% | 1,778 |
| Haskell | 1,442 | 30.01% | 2,762 | 57.48% | 590 | 12.28% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,320 | -27.47% | 4,805 |
| Hughes | 1,510 | 30.13% | 2,748 | 54.83% | 730 | 14.57% | 24 | 0.48% | -1,238 | -24.70% | 5,012 |
| Jackson | 4,422 | 51.53% | 3,245 | 37.81% | 892 | 10.39% | 23 | 0.27% | 1,177 | 13.71% | 8,582 |
| Jefferson | 865 | 32.69% | 1,430 | 54.04% | 337 | 12.74% | 14 | 0.53% | -565 | -21.35% | 2,646 |
| Johnston | 1,229 | 32.63% | 1,998 | 53.04% | 532 | 14.12% | 8 | 0.21% | -769 | -20.41% | 3,767 |
| Kay | 9,741 | 49.92% | 6,882 | 35.27% | 2,785 | 14.27% | 106 | 0.54% | 2,859 | 14.65% | 19,514 |
| Kingfisher | 3,423 | 60.27% | 1,626 | 28.63% | 621 | 10.94% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 31.64% | 5,679 |
| Kiowa | 1,638 | 39.68% | 1,973 | 47.80% | 510 | 12.35% | 7 | 0.17% | -335 | -8.12% | 4,128 |
| Latimer | 1,189 | 29.70% | 2,222 | 55.51% | 578 | 14.44% | 14 | 0.35% | -1,033 | -25.81% | 4,003 |
| Le Flore | 5,689 | 39.74% | 6,831 | 47.72% | 1,721 | 12.02% | 75 | 0.52% | -1,142 | -7.98% | 14,316 |
| Lincoln | 5,243 | 47.14% | 4,332 | 38.95% | 1,500 | 13.49% | 47 | 0.42% | 911 | 8.19% | 11,122 |
| Logan | 5,949 | 48.46% | 4,854 | 39.54% | 1,410 | 11.48% | 64 | 0.52% | 1,095 | 8.92% | 12,277 |
| Love | 1,224 | 37.05% | 1,675 | 50.70% | 385 | 11.65% | 20 | 0.61% | -451 | -13.65% | 3,304 |
| McClain | 4,363 | 46.22% | 3,753 | 39.76% | 1,289 | 13.66% | 34 | 0.36% | 610 | 6.46% | 9,439 |
| McCurtain | 3,892 | 39.82% | 4,350 | 44.51% | 1,483 | 15.17% | 49 | 0.50% | -458 | -4.69% | 9,774 |
| McIntosh | 2,400 | 31.21% | 4,219 | 54.86% | 1,044 | 13.57% | 28 | 0.36% | -1,819 | -23.65% | 7,691 |
| Major | 2,188 | 62.30% | 900 | 25.63% | 410 | 11.67% | 14 | 0.40% | 1,288 | 36.67% | 3,512 |
| Marshall | 1,605 | 32.67% | 2,624 | 53.41% | 663 | 13.49% | 21 | 0.43% | -1,019 | -20.74% | 4,913 |
| Mayes | 5,268 | 39.59% | 6,377 | 47.92% | 1,617 | 12.15% | 46 | 0.35% | -1,109 | -8.33% | 13,308 |
| Murray | 1,712 | 33.78% | 2,620 | 51.70% | 723 | 14.27% | 13 | 0.26% | -908 | -17.92% | 5,068 |
| Muskogee | 8,974 | 35.64% | 12,963 | 51.48% | 3,163 | 12.56% | 80 | 0.32% | -3,989 | -15.84% | 25,180 |
| Noble | 2,318 | 48.38% | 1,756 | 36.65% | 694 | 14.49% | 23 | 0.48% | 562 | 11.73% | 4,791 |
| Nowata | 1,457 | 37.80% | 1,788 | 46.39% | 586 | 15.20% | 23 | 0.60% | -331 | -8.59% | 3,854 |
| Okfuskee | 1,380 | 34.41% | 2,074 | 51.72% | 536 | 13.37% | 20 | 0.50% | -694 | -17.31% | 4,010 |
| Oklahoma | 120,429 | 54.68% | 80,438 | 36.52% | 18,411 | 8.36% | 975 | 0.44% | 39,991 | 18.16% | 220,253 |
| Okmulgee | 4,246 | 31.84% | 7,555 | 56.65% | 1,487 | 11.15% | 49 | 0.37% | -3,309 | -24.81% | 13,337 |
| Osage | 5,827 | 38.38% | 7,342 | 48.36% | 1,938 | 12.76% | 76 | 0.50% | -1,515 | -9.98% | 15,183 |
| Ottawa | 4,127 | 35.87% | 5,844 | 50.80% | 1,496 | 13.00% | 37 | 0.32% | -1,717 | -14.93% | 11,504 |
| Pawnee | 2,560 | 42.62% | 2,663 | 44.34% | 756 | 12.59% | 27 | 0.45% | -103 | -1.71% | 6,006 |
| Payne | 11,686 | 48.07% | 9,985 | 41.08% | 2,472 | 10.17% | 165 | 0.68% | 1,701 | 7.00% | 24,308 |
| Pittsburg | 5,966 | 35.58% | 8,475 | 50.55% | 2,217 | 13.22% | 108 | 0.64% | -2,509 | -14.96% | 16,766 |
| Pontotoc | 5,366 | 39.42% | 6,470 | 47.53% | 1,712 | 12.58% | 65 | 0.48% | -1,104 | -8.11% | 13,613 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,802 | 45.06% | 9,141 | 42.02% | 2,724 | 12.52% | 86 | 0.40% | 661 | 3.04% | 21,753 |
| Pushmataha | 1,458 | 33.59% | 2,270 | 52.29% | 588 | 13.55% | 25 | 0.58% | -812 | -18.71% | 4,341 |
| Roger Mills | 959 | 49.61% | 733 | 37.92% | 233 | 12.05% | 8 | 0.41% | 226 | 11.69% | 1,933 |
| Rogers | 12,883 | 50.41% | 9,544 | 37.35% | 3,022 | 11.83% | 105 | 0.41% | 3,339 | 13.07% | 25,554 |
| Seminole | 2,935 | 35.67% | 4,225 | 51.34% | 1,041 | 12.65% | 28 | 0.34% | -1,290 | -15.68% | 8,229 |
| Sequoyah | 4,733 | 39.04% | 5,665 | 46.73% | 1,673 | 13.80% | 53 | 0.44% | -932 | -7.69% | 12,124 |
| Stephens | 8,144 | 45.81% | 7,248 | 40.77% | 2,312 | 13.01% | 72 | 0.41% | 896 | 5.04% | 17,776 |
| Texas | 4,139 | 67.95% | 1,408 | 23.12% | 518 | 8.50% | 26 | 0.43% | 2,731 | 44.84% | 6,091 |
| Tillman | 1,346 | 36.79% | 1,827 | 49.93% | 471 | 12.87% | 15 | 0.41% | -481 | -13.15% | 3,659 |
| Tulsa | 111,243 | 53.65% | 76,924 | 37.10% | 18,201 | 8.78% | 988 | 0.48% | 34,319 | 16.55% | 207,356 |
| Wagoner | 9,392 | 48.02% | 7,749 | 39.62% | 2,357 | 12.05% | 60 | 0.31% | 1,643 | 8.40% | 19,558 |
| Washington | 11,605 | 56.08% | 6,732 | 32.53% | 2,255 | 10.90% | 102 | 0.49% | 4,873 | 23.55% | 20,694 |
| Washita | 1,994 | 42.65% | 1,913 | 40.92% | 748 | 16.00% | 20 | 0.43% | 81 | 1.73% | 4,675 |
| Woods | 2,151 | 52.44% | 1,431 | 34.89% | 497 | 12.12% | 23 | 0.56% | 720 | 17.55% | 4,102 |
| Woodward | 4,093 | 54.59% | 2,403 | 32.05% | 963 | 12.84% | 39 | 0.52% | 1,690 | 22.54% | 7,498 |
| Totals | 582,315 | 48.26% | 488,105 | 40.45% | 130,788 | 10.84% | 5,505 | 0.46% | 94,210 | 7.81% | 1,206,713 |
