1996 United States presidential election

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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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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
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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")
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