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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Vermont

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Vermont in 1996, 53.4% to 31.1%, a margin of 22.3 points and 57,542 votes.

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

Democrats led in 14 of the 14 counties. The largest, Chittenden, cast 63,860 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.1 points. The closest was Essex, where 301 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	137,894	53.4%
Bob Dole	Republican	80,352	31.1%
Ross Perot	Reform	31,024	12.0%
All other candidates		9,179	3.6%
Total		258,449

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Chittenden	36,299 56.8%	19,020 29.8%	8,541	63,860	D+27.1
Rutland	13,230 48.6%	9,934 36.5%	4,065	27,229	D+12.1
Windsor	14,070 54.1%	8,015 30.8%	3,938	26,023	D+23.3
Washington	14,267 55.1%	7,750 29.9%	3,867	25,884	D+25.2
Windham	10,426 55.1%	5,261 27.8%	3,228	18,915	D+27.3
Franklin	8,790 54.2%	4,617 28.5%	2,799	16,206	D+25.7
Bennington	8,139 50.4%	5,229 32.4%	2,784	16,152	D+18.0
Addison	8,164 52.8%	4,798 31.0%	2,491	15,453	D+21.8
Orange	6,107 49.8%	4,043 33.0%	2,116	12,266	D+16.8
Caledonia	5,593 47.4%	4,089 34.7%	2,117	11,799	D+12.7
Orleans	5,137 51.4%	3,114 31.2%	1,735	9,986	D+20.3
Lamoille	4,997 54.4%	2,705 29.4%	1,484	9,186	D+25.0
Grand Isle	1,555 51.1%	958 31.5%	528	3,041	D+19.6
Essex	1,120 45.7%	819 33.4%	510	2,449	D+12.3

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

Vermont in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+31.5
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+35.4
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+26.4
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+35.6
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+37.0
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+20.1
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+9.9
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+22.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+15.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+3.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+17.1
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.2
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+32.6
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+17.3
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+44.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+43.3
1948	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+24.6
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+14.1
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+9.9
1936	Alf Landon (R)	R+13.2
1932	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+34.0
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+62.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+52.6
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+27.2
1912	William Howard Taft (R)	R+12.7
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+53.3
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+59.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+52.9
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+63.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+38.8
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+43.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+37.4
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+41.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+37.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+57.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+57.1

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