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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Alabama

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Alabama in 1996, 50.1% to 43.2%, a margin of 7.0 points and 106,879 votes.

Alabama voted 15.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 36 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 31. The largest, Jefferson, cast 260,906 votes and went to the Republican by 4.1 points. The closest was Clarke, where 46 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob Dole won Republican 769,044 50.1%
Bill Clinton Democratic 662,165 43.2%
Ross Perot Reform 92,149 6.0%
All other candidates 10,991 0.7%
Total1,534,349

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 120,208 46.1% 130,980 50.2% 9,718 260,906 R+4.1
Mobile 54,749 42.1% 66,775 51.3% 8,579 130,103 R+9.2
Madison 42,259 41.9% 50,390 50.0% 8,209 100,858 R+8.1
Montgomery 38,382 48.7% 37,784 48.0% 2,578 78,744 D+0.8
Tuscaloosa 23,067 42.4% 27,939 51.4% 3,376 54,382 R+9.0
Shelby 11,280 22.2% 37,090 73.1% 2,403 50,773 R+50.8
Baldwin 12,776 27.1% 29,487 62.6% 4,856 47,119 R+35.5
Morgan 14,616 36.5% 21,765 54.4% 3,632 40,013 R+17.9
Etowah 17,976 47.9% 16,835 44.8% 2,750 37,561 D+3.0
Calhoun 15,725 42.6% 18,088 49.0% 3,098 36,911 R+6.4
Lee 12,919 38.9% 17,985 54.1% 2,310 33,214 R+15.3
Lauderdale 13,619 44.7% 14,058 46.2% 2,759 30,436 R+1.4
Houston 8,791 31.3% 17,476 62.3% 1,796 28,063 R+30.9
Cullman 9,544 35.9% 14,308 53.9% 2,701 26,553 R+17.9
Walker 12,929 51.8% 9,837 39.4% 2,173 24,939 D+12.4
Marshall 8,722 37.4% 12,323 52.9% 2,255 23,300 R+15.5
Talladega 10,385 45.6% 10,931 48.0% 1,462 22,778 R+2.4
Elmore 6,530 31.2% 12,937 61.8% 1,479 20,946 R+30.6
Limestone 8,045 38.9% 10,862 52.5% 1,775 20,682 R+13.6
St. Clair 6,187 30.2% 12,762 62.3% 1,540 20,489 R+32.1
Colbert 10,226 50.3% 8,305 40.9% 1,787 20,318 D+9.5
DeKalb 6,544 36.1% 9,823 54.1% 1,776 18,143 R+18.1
Dallas 10,507 59.5% 6,612 37.5% 535 17,654 D+22.1
Jackson 8,204 52.7% 5,650 36.3% 1,704 15,558 D+16.4
Autauga 5,015 32.5% 9,509 61.7% 898 15,422 R+29.1
Blount 5,061 33.0% 9,056 59.1% 1,210 15,327 R+26.1
Tallapoosa 6,071 41.0% 7,627 51.5% 1,117 14,815 R+10.5
Dale 4,732 33.0% 8,288 57.8% 1,310 14,330 R+24.8
Chilton 5,354 37.5% 7,910 55.4% 1,014 14,278 R+17.9
Coffee 5,168 36.5% 7,805 55.1% 1,186 14,159 R+18.6
Russell 7,834 57.2% 5,025 36.7% 836 13,695 D+20.5
Covington 4,543 38.1% 6,035 50.7% 1,335 11,913 R+12.5
Escambia 4,651 41.9% 5,214 47.0% 1,239 11,104 R+5.1
Chambers 5,515 49.7% 4,707 42.4% 875 11,097 D+7.3
Marion 5,049 46.6% 4,742 43.8% 1,039 10,830 D+2.8
Franklin 5,028 48.0% 4,449 42.4% 1,005 10,482 D+5.5
Pike 4,514 43.7% 5,281 51.1% 546 10,341 R+7.4
Lawrence 5,254 51.8% 3,893 38.4% 996 10,143 D+13.4
Clarke 4,831 47.7% 4,785 47.3% 502 10,118 D+0.5
Marengo 4,899 52.7% 4,013 43.2% 382 9,294 D+9.5
Geneva 3,174 35.3% 4,725 52.6% 1,084 8,983 R+17.3
Barbour 4,787 53.5% 3,627 40.5% 539 8,953 D+13.0
Monroe 3,815 43.9% 4,382 50.4% 501 8,698 R+6.5
Winston 3,120 36.2% 4,728 54.8% 779 8,627 R+18.6
Cherokee 4,399 52.2% 3,048 36.2% 974 8,421 D+16.0
Macon 7,018 85.6% 987 12.0% 198 8,203 D+73.5
Pickens 4,018 51.7% 3,322 42.7% 433 7,773 D+9.0
Butler 3,828 49.3% 3,352 43.1% 590 7,770 D+6.1
Washington 3,935 51.1% 2,900 37.7% 862 7,697 D+13.4
Fayette 3,381 46.9% 3,191 44.3% 637 7,209 D+2.6
Choctaw 4,074 57.1% 2,623 36.8% 434 7,131 D+20.3
Randolph 3,023 43.4% 3,304 47.4% 642 6,969 R+4.0
Henry 3,019 45.5% 3,082 46.4% 536 6,637 R+0.9
Sumter 4,706 72.9% 1,561 24.2% 189 6,456 D+48.7
Lamar 2,843 44.4% 2,955 46.1% 612 6,410 R+1.7
Bibb 2,775 44.0% 3,037 48.2% 489 6,301 R+4.2
Perry 4,053 68.7% 1,703 28.8% 147 5,903 D+39.8
Clay 2,306 41.4% 2,694 48.4% 568 5,568 R+7.0
Hale 3,372 61.6% 1,893 34.6% 208 5,473 D+27.0
Conecuh 2,903 53.2% 2,093 38.3% 465 5,461 D+14.8
Lowndes 3,970 73.0% 1,369 25.2% 102 5,441 D+47.8
Wilcox 3,303 68.1% 1,454 30.0% 90 4,847 D+38.1
Crenshaw 2,172 48.8% 1,939 43.6% 336 4,447 D+5.2
Greene 3,526 79.7% 796 18.0% 102 4,424 D+61.7
Bullock 3,078 70.2% 1,154 26.3% 152 4,384 D+43.9
Cleburne 1,737 41.0% 2,063 48.6% 441 4,241 R+7.7
Coosa 2,121 51.3% 1,721 41.7% 289 4,131 D+9.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5