Who won Indiana in the 1996 presidential election?

Dole (Republican) carried Indiana in 1996, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1996?

Indiana cast 12 electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1996?

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

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1996

Indiana: Dole carries 12 EV.

Indiana cast its 12 electoral votes for Dole (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Indiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Indiana, 1996

In 1996, Indiana awarded its 12 electoral votes to Dole of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Indiana among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Indiana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. It stood apart from its neighbors: Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan went the other way that year. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 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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