7 0 620,258 492,644 50.26% 39.92% Start date November 5, 1996 | 0 0 492,644 105,159 39.92% 8.52% | |
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Iowa was won by Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton over Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, with Clinton winning 50.26% of the vote to Dole's 39.92%, a margin of 10.34%. The Reform Party candidate, billionaire businessman Ross Perot, finished in third with 8.52% of the popular vote.
Iowa is one of thirteen states where on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in Vice-Presidential candidate.
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United States presidential election in Iowa, 1996 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA