1996 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election presidential election

The 1996 United States presidential election was a contest in which incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated Republican challenger Bob Dole to win a second term in office.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election → presidential election →
campaignSloganOfWinner	Building a bridge to the 21st century →
concurrentElections	1996 United States House of Representatives elections → 1996 United States Senate elections → various state and local elections →
country	United States →
date	November 5, 1996 →
debatesIncluded	presidential debates between Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, and Ross Perot →
electoralVoteRunnerUp	Bob Dole →
electoralVotesNeededToWin	270 →
electoralVotesReceivedByRunnerUp	159 →
electoralVotesReceivedByWinner	379 →
electoralVoteWinner	Bill Clinton →
incumbentParty	Democratic Party →
incumbentPresident	Bill Clinton →
incumbentVicePresident	Al Gore →
loser	Bob Dole →
losingParty	Republican Party →
majorIssue	crime → economy → federal budget → foreign policy → welfare reform →
nextElection	2000 United States presidential election →
notableThirdPartyCandidate	Ross Perot →
notableThirdPartyRunningMate	Pat Choate →
officeContested	President of the United States →
popularVoteRunnerUp	Bob Dole →
popularVoteShareOfRunnerUp	40.7% →
popularVoteShareOfThirdPlace	8.4% →
popularVoteShareOfWinner	49.2% →
popularVotesReceivedByRunnerUp	39,197,469 →
popularVotesReceivedByThirdPlace	8,085,402 →
popularVotesReceivedByWinner	47,401,185 →
popularVoteWinner	Bill Clinton →
previousElection	1992 United States presidential election →
primaryOpponentOfClinton	none significant →
primaryOpponentOfDole	Lamar Alexander → Pat Buchanan → Steve Forbes →
result	Bill Clinton re-elected to a second term as President →
runningMateOfLoser	Jack Kemp →
runningMateOfWinner	Al Gore →
thirdPlaceCandidate	Ross Perot →
thirdPlaceParty	Reform Party →
voterTurnout	49.0% →
voterTurnoutDescription	lowest U.S. presidential election turnout since 1924 →
winner	Bill Clinton →
winningParty	Democratic Party →
year	1996 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bob Dole →	candidateIn
Ralph Nader ("United States presidential election, 1996") →	candidateInElection
My Life →	coversEvent
1992 United States presidential election →	nextElection
2000 United States presidential election →	previousElection
Between Hope and History ("1996 United States presidential election campaign") →	setInContextOf