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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 ...
There have been five presidential elections in which the winner did not win a majority or a plurality of the popular vote. The United States has had a two-party system for much of its history, and the major parties of the two-party system have dominated presidential elections for most of U.S. history. [ 2 ]
The 1996 United States elections were held on November 5, 1996. Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election, while the Republicans maintained their majorities in both houses of the United States Congress .
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
1996 Palestinian general election; 1996 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election; 1996 Republic of China National Assembly election (Taiwan) 1996 Republic of China presidential election (Taiwan) 1996 Sarawak state election; 1996 South Korean legislative election; 1996 Thai general election
Of course, the winner of the first election before a rematch often comes from the dominant party in a state or a district. On the national level, there’s no dominant party — Democrats control ...
From January 29 to June 4, 1996, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1996 United States presidential election.Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, the former Senate majority leader and previous vice presidential nominee, was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Republican National Convention held from August ...