The 1996 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alaska was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Dole winning 50.80% to 33.27% over President Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 17.53%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 10.9% of the popular vote.
With 50.8% of the popular vote, Alaska proved to be Dole's fifth strongest state in the 1996 election after Utah, Kansas, Nebraska and Idaho.
Among white voters, 50% supported Dole, while 34% supported Clinton. 12% supported Perot.
Results 1996 United States presidential election in AlaskaPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 122,746 50.80% 3 Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent) 80,380 33.27% 0 Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 26,333 10.90% 0 Green Party Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 7,597 3.14% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 2,276 0.94% 0 U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 925 0.38% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin Mike Tompkins 729 0.30% 0 Write-ins 634 0.26% 0 Totals 241,620 100.0% 3 Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican Haines Borough North Slope Borough Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Boroughs that flipped from Independent to Republican Denali Borough
Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic Aleutians West Census Area Bethel Census Area Dillingham Census Area Kusilvak Census Area Lake and Peninsula Borough Northwest Arctic Borough Skagway Yakutat
By congressional district Due to the state's low population, Alaska only has only one at-large congressional district, whose results are equivalent to the statewide totals. District Dole Clinton RepresentativeAt-large 50.80% 33.27%Don Young
See also United States presidential elections in Alaska
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