Who won Idaho in the 1996 presidential election?

Dole (Republican) carried Idaho in 1996, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1996?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1996?

No. Idaho backed Dole, while Bill Clinton won the presidency nationally.

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1996

Idaho: Dole carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Dole (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Idaho voted against the national winner this cycle.

Idaho in 1996

The 1996 contest saw Idaho line up behind Dole, delivering 4 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Idaho among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Utah, Wyoming, and Montana joined Idaho for the Republican ticket, while Washington, Oregon, and Nevada did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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