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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in North Dakota

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1996, 46.9% to 40.1%, a margin of 6.8 points and 18,145 votes.

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

Republicans led in 40 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Cass, cast 50,471 votes and went to the Republican by 5.0 points. The closest was Traill, where 2 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 125,050 46.9%
Bill Clinton Democratic 106,905 40.1%
Ross Perot Reform 32,515 12.2%
All other candidates 1,941 0.7%
Total266,411

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 21,693 43.0% 24,238 48.0% 4,540 50,471 R+5.0
Burleigh 10,679 35.7% 15,464 51.7% 3,747 29,890 R+16.0
Grand Forks 11,376 44.0% 11,606 44.9% 2,854 25,836 R+0.9
Ward 8,660 39.4% 10,546 48.0% 2,758 21,964 R+8.6
Morton 3,745 37.2% 4,699 46.7% 1,626 10,070 R+9.5
Stark 3,095 35.6% 4,086 46.9% 1,524 8,705 R+11.4
Stutsman 3,589 41.8% 3,784 44.0% 1,220 8,593 R+2.3
Williams 3,018 38.5% 3,590 45.8% 1,232 7,840 R+7.3
Richland 2,890 40.9% 3,345 47.3% 834 7,069 R+6.4
Barnes 2,317 42.4% 2,449 44.8% 702 5,468 R+2.4
Walsh 2,082 42.2% 2,222 45.0% 635 4,939 R+2.8
Ramsey 2,123 44.5% 2,077 43.5% 574 4,774 D+1.0
McLean 1,759 40.2% 1,988 45.4% 633 4,380 R+5.2
Mercer 1,300 32.2% 1,953 48.3% 789 4,042 R+16.2
Traill 1,822 45.1% 1,820 45.0% 400 4,042 level
Rolette 2,299 63.8% 823 22.9% 479 3,601 D+41.0
Bottineau 1,280 36.4% 1,682 47.8% 557 3,519 R+11.4
Pembina 1,191 36.2% 1,678 50.9% 425 3,294 R+14.8
McHenry 1,096 39.8% 1,187 43.1% 473 2,756 R+3.3
McKenzie 928 34.3% 1,338 49.5% 437 2,703 R+15.2
Dickey 953 35.8% 1,418 53.2% 294 2,665 R+17.4
Mountrail 1,277 48.8% 965 36.9% 373 2,615 D+11.9
Wells 962 37.8% 1,192 46.9% 388 2,542 R+9.0
Cavalier 941 37.9% 1,188 47.8% 354 2,483 R+9.9
Ransom 1,199 49.2% 920 37.8% 316 2,435 D+11.5
LaMoure 880 36.9% 1,220 51.2% 285 2,385 R+14.3
Benson 1,059 48.8% 850 39.1% 263 2,172 D+9.6
Emmons 544 25.4% 1,148 53.5% 452 2,144 R+28.2
Sargent 1,003 48.5% 814 39.4% 250 2,067 D+9.1
Pierce 671 34.0% 1,017 51.5% 286 1,974 R+17.5
Nelson 827 46.0% 745 41.4% 227 1,799 D+4.6
McIntosh 470 26.4% 1,005 56.4% 306 1,781 R+30.0
Foster 664 38.1% 801 45.9% 279 1,744 R+7.9
Dunn 587 33.7% 830 47.6% 326 1,743 R+13.9
Griggs 670 42.6% 731 46.5% 170 1,571 R+3.9
Bowman 489 33.2% 710 48.2% 274 1,473 R+15.0
Hettinger 418 29.3% 765 53.6% 243 1,426 R+24.3
Towner 649 46.8% 542 39.1% 196 1,387 D+7.7
Kidder 434 31.4% 691 50.0% 257 1,382 R+18.6
Grant 300 21.9% 760 55.5% 309 1,369 R+33.6
Renville 562 41.5% 576 42.5% 216 1,354 R+1.0
Divide 637 47.5% 488 36.4% 215 1,340 D+11.1
Logan 360 27.1% 705 53.1% 263 1,328 R+26.0
Eddy 553 43.2% 517 40.4% 211 1,281 D+2.8
Steele 620 50.6% 486 39.7% 119 1,225 D+10.9
Adams 366 31.8% 575 49.9% 211 1,152 R+18.1
Burke 416 38.2% 483 44.4% 190 1,089 R+6.2
Oliver 333 32.6% 499 48.8% 190 1,022 R+16.2
Sheridan 252 26.8% 566 60.1% 123 941 R+33.4
Golden Valley 235 25.4% 520 56.3% 169 924 R+30.8
Sioux 393 57.0% 207 30.0% 90 690 D+27.0
Billings 116 22.9% 281 55.4% 110 507 R+32.5
Slope 123 27.6% 260 58.4% 62 445 R+30.8

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

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)