United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1996

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Nominee	Bob Dole	Bill Clinton	Ross Perot
Party	Republican	Democratic	Reform
Home state	Kansas	Arkansas	South Dakota
Running mate	Jack Kemp	Al Gore	Pat Choate
Electoral vote	3	0	0
Popular vote	150,543	139,333	31,250
Percentage	46.49%	43.03%	9.65%

County Results

Clinton—80-90%

Clinton—70-80%

Clinton—60-70%

Clinton—50-60%

Dole—40-50%

Dole—50-60%

Dole—60-70%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. South Dakota voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

South Dakota was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator and Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.

South Dakota weighed in for this election as 12% more Republican than the national average.

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for South Dakota, with more than 10% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties turned out in this election for Dole, with the notable exception of the highly populated centers of Brown County, and Sioux Falls's Minnehaha County, voted in majority for Clinton.

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