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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Label Occurrences
1996 United States presidential election canonical 11
1996 United States presidential campaign 1
1996 United States presidential election campaign 1

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: 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 Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore
thirdPlaceCandidate Ross Perot ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty Reform Party of the United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Reform Party
voterTurnout 49.0% ⓘ
voterTurnoutDescription lowest U.S. presidential election turnout since 1924 ⓘ
winner Bill Clinton ⓘ
winningParty Democratic Party ⓘ
year 1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2000 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
1992 United States presidential election → nextElection → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
Bob Dole → candidateIn → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
Ralph Nader → candidateInElection → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1996
My Life → coversEvent → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
Between Hope and History → setInContextOf → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 United States presidential election campaign
Ross Perot → electionParticipatedIn → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
1996 United States House of Representatives elections → coincidesWith → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
Dole → candidateInElection → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Bob Dole
Pat Choate → candidateInElection → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
Phyllis Holden → candidateIn → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Bob Dole
Lyndon LaRouche → candidateInElection → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
Tipper → participatedIn → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Tipper Gore
this entity surface form: 1996 United States presidential campaign
Janet Murguía → employer → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clinton–Gore 1996 presidential campaign
Winona LaDuke → candidateIn → 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ