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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Michigan

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Michigan in 1996, 51.7% to 38.5%, a margin of 13.2 points and 508,441 votes.

Michigan voted 4.7 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 61 of the 83 counties and Republicans in 22. The largest, Wayne, cast 731,597 votes and went to the Democrat by 44.9 points. The closest was Houghton, where 16 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
Bill Clinton won Democratic 1,989,653 51.7%
Bob Dole Republican 1,481,212 38.5%
Ross Perot Reform 336,670 8.7%
All other candidates 41,309 1.1%
Total3,848,844

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 504,466 69.0% 175,886 24.0% 51,245 731,597 D+44.9
Oakland 241,884 47.8% 219,855 43.5% 43,903 505,642 D+4.4
Macomb 151,430 49.5% 120,616 39.4% 33,982 306,028 D+10.1
Kent 85,912 38.5% 121,335 54.3% 16,132 223,379 R+15.9
Genesee 106,065 60.9% 49,332 28.3% 18,659 174,056 D+32.6
Washtenaw 73,106 58.9% 40,097 32.3% 10,825 124,028 D+26.6
Ingham 63,584 54.4% 43,096 36.9% 10,135 116,815 D+17.5
Ottawa 27,024 28.3% 61,436 64.4% 6,956 95,416 R+36.1
Kalamazoo 45,644 49.0% 40,703 43.7% 6,788 93,135 D+5.3
Saginaw 47,579 54.2% 31,577 36.0% 8,638 87,794 D+18.2
Muskegon 35,328 55.7% 21,873 34.5% 6,237 63,438 D+21.2
Livingston 22,517 37.4% 30,598 50.8% 7,127 60,242 R+13.4
St. Clair 28,881 48.0% 22,495 37.4% 8,742 60,118 D+10.6
Berrien 24,614 41.5% 28,254 47.6% 6,427 59,295 R+6.1
Jackson 24,633 43.8% 24,987 44.4% 6,636 56,256 R+0.6
Monroe 26,072 49.6% 19,678 37.5% 6,779 52,529 D+12.2
Calhoun 26,287 50.1% 20,953 40.0% 5,203 52,443 D+10.2
Bay 27,835 56.1% 16,038 32.3% 5,730 49,603 D+23.8
Eaton 19,781 44.3% 20,092 45.0% 4,793 44,666 R+0.7
Allegan 14,361 37.0% 20,859 53.8% 3,570 38,790 R+16.8
Midland 15,177 42.2% 16,547 46.0% 4,243 35,967 R+3.8
Lenawee 16,924 47.5% 14,168 39.8% 4,527 35,619 D+7.7
Grand Traverse 12,987 39.0% 16,355 49.1% 3,987 33,329 R+10.1
Lapeer 14,308 43.6% 13,369 40.7% 5,164 32,841 D+2.9
Shiawassee 14,662 48.3% 11,714 38.6% 3,999 30,375 D+9.7
Clinton 11,945 41.8% 13,694 47.9% 2,962 28,601 R+6.1
Van Buren 13,355 47.7% 11,347 40.6% 3,273 27,975 D+7.2
Marquette 15,168 56.7% 8,805 32.9% 2,785 26,758 D+23.8
Barry 9,467 40.9% 11,139 48.2% 2,514 23,120 R+7.2
Tuscola 10,314 45.6% 9,154 40.4% 3,173 22,641 D+5.1
Ionia 9,261 43.2% 9,574 44.6% 2,617 21,452 R+1.5
Montcalm 10,053 46.9% 8,679 40.5% 2,714 21,446 D+6.4
St. Joseph 8,529 41.0% 9,764 47.0% 2,501 20,794 R+5.9
Isabella 9,635 49.8% 7,460 38.6% 2,247 19,342 D+11.2
Cass 8,207 45.6% 7,373 41.0% 2,400 17,980 D+4.6
Newaygo 7,614 43.1% 7,868 44.6% 2,169 17,651 R+1.4
Sanilac 7,092 41.0% 7,821 45.2% 2,401 17,314 R+4.2
Hillsdale 5,955 36.4% 7,947 48.6% 2,464 16,366 R+12.2
Delta 8,561 53.0% 5,925 36.7% 1,664 16,150 D+16.3
Gratiot 6,793 45.7% 6,214 41.8% 1,868 14,875 D+3.9
Huron 6,827 46.0% 6,126 41.2% 1,902 14,855 D+4.7
Branch 6,567 44.4% 6,321 42.7% 1,917 14,805 D+1.7
Houghton 5,957 43.6% 5,941 43.5% 1,773 13,671 D+0.1
Alpena 7,114 52.7% 4,525 33.5% 1,853 13,492 D+19.2
Chippewa 6,532 49.3% 5,137 38.7% 1,590 13,259 D+10.5
Mecosta 6,370 48.5% 5,289 40.3% 1,465 13,124 D+8.2
Emmet 4,892 38.9% 6,002 47.7% 1,686 12,580 R+8.8
Iosco 6,240 50.2% 4,410 35.5% 1,774 12,424 D+14.7
Mason 5,597 45.7% 5,066 41.4% 1,588 12,251 D+4.3
Wexford 5,510 46.3% 4,866 40.9% 1,512 11,888 D+5.4
Roscommon 6,092 51.5% 4,135 34.9% 1,607 11,834 D+16.5
Clare 6,311 54.0% 3,742 32.0% 1,630 11,683 D+22.0
Dickinson 5,614 48.4% 4,408 38.0% 1,569 11,591 D+10.4
Charlevoix 4,689 42.6% 4,864 44.2% 1,443 10,996 R+1.6
Cheboygan 5,018 46.3% 4,244 39.2% 1,571 10,833 D+7.1
Gladwin 5,494 51.4% 3,670 34.3% 1,528 10,692 D+17.1
Manistee 5,383 51.1% 3,807 36.1% 1,349 10,539 D+15.0
Leelanau 4,019 39.3% 5,155 50.4% 1,063 10,237 R+11.1
Menominee 4,880 47.9% 4,038 39.7% 1,266 10,184 D+8.3
Antrim 4,226 41.8% 4,630 45.9% 1,242 10,098 R+4.0
Oceana 4,419 45.4% 3,947 40.5% 1,376 9,742 D+4.8
Osceola 4,085 44.9% 3,855 42.4% 1,150 9,090 D+2.5
Ogemaw 4,725 52.1% 2,904 32.0% 1,435 9,064 D+20.1
Otsego 3,351 40.3% 3,638 43.7% 1,331 8,320 R+3.4
Gogebic 4,436 54.2% 2,769 33.8% 981 8,186 D+20.4
Presque Isle 3,449 50.0% 2,463 35.7% 980 6,892 D+14.3
Benzie 3,081 45.4% 2,856 42.1% 848 6,785 D+3.3
Arenac 3,472 52.7% 2,247 34.1% 872 6,591 D+18.6
Kalkaska 2,666 43.7% 2,455 40.3% 974 6,095 D+3.5
Iron 3,232 53.3% 2,014 33.2% 813 6,059 D+20.1
Missaukee 2,256 37.4% 3,012 50.0% 757 6,025 R+12.5
Mackinac 2,700 46.9% 2,281 39.6% 781 5,762 D+7.3
Crawford 2,666 46.6% 2,157 37.7% 898 5,721 D+8.9
Alcona 2,619 47.1% 2,227 40.1% 709 5,555 D+7.1
Montmorency 2,120 46.2% 1,760 38.3% 712 4,592 D+7.8
Lake 2,606 59.3% 1,213 27.6% 575 4,394 D+31.7
Ontonagon 2,080 49.0% 1,523 35.9% 644 4,247 D+13.1
Alger 2,229 52.7% 1,429 33.8% 573 4,231 D+18.9
Schoolcraft 2,187 56.5% 1,200 31.0% 484 3,871 D+25.5
Oscoda 1,652 44.3% 1,545 41.5% 528 3,725 D+2.9
Baraga 1,601 48.6% 1,209 36.7% 484 3,294 D+11.9
Luce 1,107 45.0% 964 39.2% 388 2,459 D+5.8
Keweenaw 572 46.1% 491 39.5% 179 1,242 D+6.5

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

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0