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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Oklahoma

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 1996, 48.3% to 40.4%, a margin of 7.8 points and 94,210 votes.

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

Republicans led in 39 of the 77 counties and Democrats in 38. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 220,253 votes and went to the Republican by 18.2 points. The closest was Washita, where 81 votes separated the two parties.

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Results

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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
Bob Dole won	Republican	582,315	48.3%
Bill Clinton	Democratic	488,105	40.4%
Ross Perot	Reform	130,788	10.8%
All other candidates		5,505	0.5%
Total		1,206,713

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	80,438 36.5%	120,429 54.7%	19,386	220,253	R+18.2
Tulsa	76,924 37.1%	111,243 53.6%	19,189	207,356	R+16.6
Cleveland	26,038 37.3%	36,457 52.2%	7,288	69,783	R+14.9
Canadian	8,977 29.4%	18,139 59.4%	3,420	30,536	R+30.0
Comanche	12,841 42.4%	14,461 47.8%	2,976	30,278	R+5.4
Rogers	9,544 37.3%	12,883 50.4%	3,127	25,554	R+13.1
Muskogee	12,963 51.5%	8,974 35.6%	3,243	25,180	D+15.8
Payne	9,985 41.1%	11,686 48.1%	2,637	24,308	R+7.0
Creek	9,674 43.1%	9,861 43.9%	2,922	22,457	R+0.8
Garfield	7,504 34.4%	11,712 53.6%	2,625	21,841	R+19.3
Pottawatomie	9,141 42.0%	9,802 45.1%	2,810	21,753	R+3.0
Washington	6,732 32.5%	11,605 56.1%	2,357	20,694	R+23.5
Wagoner	7,749 39.6%	9,392 48.0%	2,417	19,558	R+8.4
Kay	6,882 35.3%	9,741 49.9%	2,891	19,514	R+14.7
Stephens	7,248 40.8%	8,144 45.8%	2,384	17,776	R+5.0
Pittsburg	8,475 50.5%	5,966 35.6%	2,325	16,766	D+15.0
Carter	6,979 44.2%	6,769 42.8%	2,056	15,804	D+1.3
Grady	6,256 40.1%	7,228 46.3%	2,114	15,598	R+6.2
Osage	7,342 48.4%	5,827 38.4%	2,014	15,183	D+10.0
Le Flore	6,831 47.7%	5,689 39.7%	1,796	14,316	D+8.0
Cherokee	6,817 49.8%	5,046 36.8%	1,833	13,696	D+12.9
Pontotoc	6,470 47.5%	5,366 39.4%	1,777	13,613	D+8.1
Okmulgee	7,555 56.6%	4,246 31.8%	1,536	13,337	D+24.8
Mayes	6,377 47.9%	5,268 39.6%	1,663	13,308	D+8.3
Logan	4,854 39.5%	5,949 48.5%	1,474	12,277	R+8.9
Sequoyah	5,665 46.7%	4,733 39.0%	1,726	12,124	D+7.7
Delaware	5,094 42.7%	5,230 43.8%	1,615	11,939	R+1.1
Ottawa	5,844 50.8%	4,127 35.9%	1,533	11,504	D+14.9
Bryan	5,962 52.6%	3,943 34.8%	1,430	11,335	D+17.8
Lincoln	4,332 38.9%	5,243 47.1%	1,547	11,122	R+8.2
Custer	4,027 40.8%	4,723 47.8%	1,129	9,879	R+7.0
McCurtain	4,350 44.5%	3,892 39.8%	1,532	9,774	D+4.7
Garvin	4,639 47.5%	3,745 38.3%	1,383	9,767	D+9.2
Caddo	4,844 50.1%	3,422 35.4%	1,404	9,670	D+14.7
McClain	3,753 39.8%	4,363 46.2%	1,323	9,439	R+6.5
Jackson	3,245 37.8%	4,422 51.5%	915	8,582	R+13.7
Seminole	4,225 51.3%	2,935 35.7%	1,069	8,229	D+15.7
McIntosh	4,219 54.9%	2,400 31.2%	1,072	7,691	D+23.7
Woodward	2,403 32.0%	4,093 54.6%	1,002	7,498	R+22.5
Beckham	2,797 42.7%	2,912 44.5%	842	6,551	R+1.8
Adair	2,792 42.8%	2,956 45.3%	773	6,521	R+2.5
Texas	1,408 23.1%	4,139 68.0%	544	6,091	R+44.8
Pawnee	2,663 44.3%	2,560 42.6%	783	6,006	D+1.7
Kingfisher	1,626 28.6%	3,423 60.3%	630	5,679	R+31.6
Craig	2,649 48.3%	2,058 37.5%	779	5,486	D+10.8
Choctaw	3,198 59.5%	1,580 29.4%	601	5,379	D+30.1
Murray	2,620 51.7%	1,712 33.8%	736	5,068	D+17.9
Hughes	2,748 54.8%	1,510 30.1%	754	5,012	D+24.7
Marshall	2,624 53.4%	1,605 32.7%	684	4,913	D+20.7
Haskell	2,762 57.5%	1,442 30.0%	601	4,805	D+27.5
Noble	1,756 36.7%	2,318 48.4%	717	4,791	R+11.7
Washita	1,913 40.9%	1,994 42.7%	768	4,675	R+1.7
Blaine	1,832 40.4%	2,127 46.9%	578	4,537	R+6.5
Atoka	2,281 52.2%	1,542 35.3%	550	4,373	D+16.9
Pushmataha	2,270 52.3%	1,458 33.6%	613	4,341	D+18.7
Kiowa	1,973 47.8%	1,638 39.7%	517	4,128	D+8.1
Woods	1,431 34.9%	2,151 52.4%	520	4,102	R+17.6
Okfuskee	2,074 51.7%	1,380 34.4%	556	4,010	D+17.3
Latimer	2,222 55.5%	1,189 29.7%	592	4,003	D+25.8
Nowata	1,788 46.4%	1,457 37.8%	609	3,854	D+8.6
Johnston	1,998 53.0%	1,229 32.6%	540	3,767	D+20.4
Tillman	1,827 49.9%	1,346 36.8%	486	3,659	D+13.1
Major	900 25.6%	2,188 62.3%	424	3,512	R+36.7
Love	1,675 50.7%	1,224 37.0%	405	3,304	D+13.7
Cotton	1,258 46.6%	1,042 38.6%	398	2,698	D+8.0
Alfalfa	796 29.9%	1,504 56.5%	363	2,663	R+26.6
Grant	867 32.7%	1,382 52.1%	404	2,653	R+19.4
Jefferson	1,430 54.0%	865 32.7%	351	2,646	D+21.4
Beaver	515 19.7%	1,893 72.5%	203	2,611	R+52.8
Greer	1,240 49.3%	905 36.0%	372	2,517	D+13.3
Dewey	816 35.5%	1,179 51.2%	306	2,301	R+15.8
Coal	1,205 52.9%	734 32.2%	337	2,276	D+20.7
Ellis	619 31.0%	1,090 54.6%	287	1,996	R+23.6
Roger Mills	733 37.9%	959 49.6%	241	1,933	R+11.7
Harper	511 28.7%	1,036 58.3%	231	1,778	R+29.5
Cimarron	361 24.8%	986 67.8%	108	1,455	R+43.0
Harmon	729 54.9%	448 33.8%	150	1,327	D+21.2

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

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

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