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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Hawaii

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Hawaii in 1996, 56.9% to 31.6%, a margin of 25.3 points and 91,069 votes.

Hawaii voted 16.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Democrats led in 5 of the 5 counties. The largest, Honolulu, cast 255,256 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.7 points. The closest was Kalawao, where 33 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Clinton won	Democratic	205,012	56.9%
Bob Dole	Republican	113,943	31.6%
Ross Perot	Reform	27,358	7.6%
All other candidates		13,807	3.8%
Total		360,120

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Honolulu	143,793 56.3%	85,779 33.6%	25,684	255,256	D+22.7
Hawaii	27,262 55.7%	13,516 27.6%	8,199	48,977	D+28.1
Maui	20,600 59.1%	9,323 26.7%	4,944	34,867	D+32.3
Kauai	13,357 63.5%	5,325 25.3%	2,338	21,020	D+38.2
Kalawao	46 73.0%	13 20.6%	4	63	D+52.4

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

Hawaii in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+23.1
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+29.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+32.2
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+42.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+45.3
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+8.7
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+18.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+25.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+9.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+11.3
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+2.5
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+25.0
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+21.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+57.5
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.1

1996 presidential election in Hawaii

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