Who won Connecticut in the 1996 presidential election?

Clinton (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 1996, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1996?

Connecticut cast 8 electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1996?

Yes. Connecticut backed Bill Clinton, who won the presidency that year.

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1996

Connecticut: Clinton carries 8 EV.

Connecticut cast its 8 electoral votes for Clinton (Democratic). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1996 result in Connecticut

Connecticut backed Clinton (Democratic) in the 1996 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Bill Clinton captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1996. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Bill Clinton took 379 of the 538 electoral votes, against Bob Dole's 159. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 49.23% of the ballots cast.

The 1996 national map

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