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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Tennessee

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Tennessee in 1996, 48.0% to 45.6%, a margin of 2.4 points and 45,616 votes.

Tennessee voted 6.1 points more Republican 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 57 of the 95 counties and Republicans in 38. The largest, Shelby, cast 326,380 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.3 points. The closest was Bledsoe, where 5 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 909,146 48.0%
Bob Dole Republican 863,530 45.6%
Ross Perot Reform 105,918 5.6%
All other candidates 15,511 0.8%
Total1,894,105

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 179,663 55.0% 136,315 41.8% 10,402 326,380 D+13.3
Davidson 110,805 55.3% 78,453 39.2% 11,124 200,382 D+16.1
Knox 61,158 43.7% 70,761 50.5% 8,126 140,045 R+6.9
Hamilton 48,008 43.3% 55,205 49.8% 7,618 110,831 R+6.5
Sullivan 20,571 38.2% 29,296 54.4% 3,970 53,837 R+16.2
Rutherford 22,815 44.2% 24,565 47.6% 4,214 51,594 R+3.4
Williamson 15,231 33.6% 27,699 61.0% 2,446 45,376 R+27.5
Sumner 19,205 44.5% 20,863 48.3% 3,086 43,154 R+3.8
Blount 14,687 39.8% 19,310 52.3% 2,933 36,930 R+12.5
Washington 13,259 38.1% 18,960 54.4% 2,621 34,840 R+16.4
Montgomery 16,498 49.1% 15,133 45.0% 1,994 33,625 D+4.1
Madison 13,577 45.9% 14,908 50.4% 1,080 29,565 R+4.5
Wilson 13,655 46.2% 13,817 46.8% 2,071 29,543 R+0.5
Anderson 13,457 48.9% 11,943 43.4% 2,116 27,516 D+5.5
Bradley 9,095 34.2% 15,478 58.1% 2,055 26,628 R+24.0
Putnam 10,047 48.1% 9,093 43.5% 1,748 20,888 D+4.6
Sevier 7,136 34.2% 11,847 56.8% 1,863 20,846 R+22.6
Maury 10,367 50.4% 8,737 42.5% 1,470 20,574 D+7.9
Roane 9,744 47.6% 9,044 44.1% 1,697 20,485 D+3.4
Greene 6,885 37.4% 9,779 53.1% 1,752 18,416 R+15.7
Carter 6,218 34.0% 10,540 57.7% 1,524 18,282 R+23.6
Hamblen 7,006 38.7% 9,797 54.1% 1,296 18,099 R+15.4
Gibson 8,851 53.9% 6,614 40.3% 963 16,428 D+13.6
Cumberland 6,676 40.8% 8,096 49.5% 1,575 16,347 R+8.7
Coffee 7,951 48.8% 7,038 43.2% 1,312 16,301 D+5.6
Robertson 8,465 52.2% 6,685 41.2% 1,079 16,229 D+11.0
Hawkins 6,367 39.9% 8,164 51.2% 1,410 15,941 R+11.3
Tipton 6,596 43.8% 7,585 50.4% 870 15,051 R+6.6
McMinn 5,987 40.5% 7,655 51.8% 1,142 14,784 R+11.3
Dickson 7,458 53.9% 5,283 38.2% 1,088 13,829 D+15.7
Loudon 5,552 40.4% 7,097 51.7% 1,081 13,730 R+11.3
Franklin 6,929 51.8% 5,296 39.6% 1,154 13,379 D+12.2
Lawrence 6,188 46.3% 6,115 45.8% 1,056 13,359 D+0.5
Jefferson 4,688 38.6% 6,446 53.0% 1,021 12,155 R+14.5
Warren 6,389 54.9% 4,226 36.3% 1,018 11,633 D+18.6
Obion 6,226 54.0% 4,310 37.4% 1,000 11,536 D+16.6
Henry 6,153 53.5% 4,272 37.1% 1,076 11,501 D+16.4
Campbell 6,122 53.8% 4,393 38.6% 870 11,385 D+15.2
Dyer 5,602 49.3% 5,059 44.5% 713 11,374 D+4.8
Bedford 5,735 50.8% 4,634 41.1% 915 11,284 D+9.8
Weakley 5,657 50.4% 4,622 41.2% 936 11,215 D+9.2
Monroe 4,872 44.6% 5,257 48.1% 799 10,928 R+3.5
Cheatham 4,883 49.0% 4,283 43.0% 798 9,964 D+6.0
Carroll 4,912 49.9% 4,206 42.7% 731 9,849 D+7.2
Lincoln 4,361 44.7% 4,551 46.7% 835 9,747 R+1.9
Fayette 4,655 48.9% 4,406 46.3% 458 9,519 D+2.6
Marion 5,194 56.5% 3,166 34.4% 831 9,191 D+22.1
Rhea 3,969 43.2% 4,476 48.7% 743 9,188 R+5.5
Giles 4,948 54.8% 3,269 36.2% 813 9,030 D+18.6
Cocke 3,326 38.3% 4,481 51.6% 884 8,691 R+13.3
Claiborne 3,861 44.5% 4,023 46.4% 795 8,679 R+1.9
McNairy 4,050 47.2% 3,960 46.2% 566 8,576 D+1.0
Hardeman 4,859 59.0% 2,961 36.0% 411 8,231 D+23.1
Hardin 3,508 43.2% 3,980 49.0% 629 8,117 R+5.8
Marshall 4,447 56.2% 2,781 35.1% 685 7,913 D+21.1
Benton 4,341 58.3% 2,395 32.1% 714 7,450 D+26.1
Henderson 2,841 39.0% 4,002 55.0% 439 7,282 R+15.9
Lauderdale 4,349 60.7% 2,481 34.6% 334 7,164 D+26.1
White 3,592 54.1% 2,498 37.6% 545 6,635 D+16.5
Hickman 3,917 61.0% 2,002 31.2% 499 6,418 D+29.8
Smith 3,812 62.9% 1,857 30.7% 388 6,057 D+32.3
Overton 3,800 63.0% 1,756 29.1% 476 6,032 D+33.9
Haywood 3,565 59.1% 2,293 38.0% 172 6,030 D+21.1
Humphreys 3,675 61.0% 1,892 31.4% 453 6,020 D+29.6
Unicoi 2,131 37.0% 3,122 54.2% 502 5,755 R+17.2
Scott 2,506 44.5% 2,646 46.9% 485 5,637 R+2.5
Grainger 2,162 39.6% 2,875 52.7% 416 5,453 R+13.1
Johnson 1,698 31.7% 3,137 58.5% 524 5,359 R+26.9
Morgan 2,767 52.0% 2,070 38.9% 487 5,324 D+13.1
DeKalb 3,213 60.6% 1,696 32.0% 393 5,302 D+28.6
Macon 2,240 43.4% 2,481 48.0% 445 5,166 R+4.7
Union 2,421 47.4% 2,253 44.1% 437 5,111 D+3.3
Fentress 2,332 46.1% 2,307 45.6% 417 5,056 D+0.5
Chester 1,922 39.2% 2,746 56.0% 233 4,901 R+16.8
Polk 2,450 51.4% 1,910 40.0% 410 4,770 D+11.3
Stewart 2,962 63.0% 1,306 27.8% 432 4,700 D+35.2
Wayne 1,574 33.8% 2,715 58.4% 361 4,650 R+24.5
Crockett 2,256 52.0% 1,872 43.1% 214 4,342 D+8.8
Decatur 2,262 53.6% 1,712 40.5% 250 4,224 D+13.0
Cannon 2,318 55.4% 1,468 35.1% 399 4,185 D+20.3
Jackson 2,889 69.4% 944 22.7% 328 4,161 D+46.7
Grundy 2,596 64.1% 1,094 27.0% 357 4,047 D+37.1
Lewis 1,971 54.8% 1,298 36.1% 329 3,598 D+18.7
Bledsoe 1,621 45.9% 1,626 46.0% 285 3,532 R+0.1
Sequatchie 1,598 48.5% 1,391 42.2% 309 3,298 D+6.3
Clay 1,559 51.9% 1,108 36.9% 339 3,006 D+15.0
Meigs 1,476 49.7% 1,228 41.4% 264 2,968 D+8.4
Houston 1,868 66.3% 742 26.3% 207 2,817 D+40.0
Trousdale 1,615 64.6% 683 27.3% 201 2,499 D+37.3
Perry 1,444 60.5% 747 31.3% 195 2,386 D+29.2
Hancock 760 35.3% 1,259 58.4% 135 2,154 R+23.2
Pickett 901 43.5% 1,046 50.5% 124 2,071 R+7.0
Lake 1,273 64.2% 589 29.7% 120 1,982 D+34.5
Moore 935 47.2% 846 42.7% 199 1,980 D+4.5
Van Buren 1,010 60.7% 504 30.3% 149 1,663 D+30.4

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

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9