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Bill Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, in 1946. [2] After graduating from the Georgetown University, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford. [2] After receiving his Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School in 1973, he decided to compete in the 1974 congressional election in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. [3]
Candidates with no electoral votes Overall popular vote Bill Clinton Democratic George H.W. Bush Republican Ross Perot Independent Andre Marrou Libertarian Others Top-2 margin (+/− if won by D/R) Margin Swing [b] State Total State E Vote % E Vote % E Vote % Vote % Vote % Vote % % Vote; Alabama: 9 690,080 40.88 – 804,283 47.65 9 183,109 10. ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate, incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore were re-elected to a second and final term, defeating the Republican ticket of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp and the Reform ticket of ...
Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election, while the Republicans maintained their majorities in both houses of the United States Congress. Clinton defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and independent candidate Ross Perot in the presidential election, taking 379 of the 538 electoral votes .
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Senator Al Gore received 370 electoral college votes. President George Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle received 168 votes. Independent Ross Perot did not receive any electoral college votes despite earning nearly 19% of the popular vote. [3]
State voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arkansas was won by incumbent Governor Bill Clinton with 53.21% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.48%.
On election day, Clinton won 379 electoral votes, securing reelection and defeating Dole, who received 159 electoral votes. [182] Clinton garnered 49.2 percent of the popular vote to Dole's 40.7 percent and Perot's 8.4 percent. With his victory, he became the first Democrat to win two consecutive presidential elections since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Tennessee was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 47.08% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 42.43%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.09% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot. [2]