Same results as the general election, but seated early. In 1996 the situation ultimately proved the same, though Pat Buchanan for a time was widely speculated to be planning on bolting to the Taxpayers' Party should the expected Republican nominee, Senator Bob Dole, name a pro-choice running-mate. The Libertarian Party nominated free-market writer and investment analyst, Harry Browne from Tennessee, and selected Jo Jorgensen from South Carolina as his running-mate. The 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election.Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.. Kentucky was won by President Bill Clinton over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 45.84% to 44.88% by a slim margin of 0.96%. The Clinton-Gore ticket then faced and defeated their Republican opponents, President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle as well as the independent ticket of Ross Perot and James Stockdale in the 1992 presidential election. However, on November 8, 1995, Powell announced that he would not seek the nomination. Dole promised an across-the-board 15% reduction in federal income taxes and attacked Clinton as a member of the "spoiled" Baby Boomer generation. He was touted as a possible opponent of Bill Clinton in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, possibly capitalizing on a split conservative vote in Iowa and even leading New Hampshire polls for the GOP nomination, but Powell declined, citing a lack of passion for politics. As of 2016, this is the last presidential election in which Democrats won the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and West Virginia. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Notice I said the St. Louis Cardinals, not the St. Louis Browns." A number of Republican candidates entered the field to challenge the incumbent Democratic President, Bill Clinton. Senator Paul Simon opted to retire rather than seek a third term in the United States Senate. The American version of the Natural Law Party ran John Hagelin as its presidential candidate in 1992, 1996, and 2000. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Although Clinton won a victory in the popular vote that was slightly greater than that achieved by his previous rival President George H.W. As a result, Clinton could run a campaign through the summer defining his opponent as an aged conservative far from the mainstream before Dole was in a position to respond. Although the Republicans lost 3 seats, 1 of them included an Independent who would caucus with them and switch to the Republicans. The 1996 United States elections were held on November 5. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Republicans won in West Virginia, but this was countered by a Democratic victory in New Hampshire. State voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Democrats won the popular vote by almost 60,000 votes (0.07%) and gained a net of two [3] [4] seats from the Republicans, but the Republicans retained an overall majority of seats in the House for the … The Green Party of the United States  – Ralph Nader of Connecticut was drafted as a candidate for President of the United States on the Green Party ticket. Economist Pat Choate was nominated for Vice President. To prove that he was still healthy and active, Dole released all of his medical records to the public and published photographs of himself running on a treadmill. [3] [4], Clinton easily won primaries nationwide, with margins consistently higher than 80%.

Browne and Jorgensen drew 485,798 votes (0.5% of the popular vote). Billionaire and 1992 Independent Presidential candidate Ross Perot of Texas, the nominee of the newly founded Reform Party, though performing strongly for a third party candidate and receiving 8.4% of the vote, was unable to replicate his 1992 performance. Political adviser Dick Morris urged Clinton to raise huge sums of campaign funds via soft money for an unprecedented early TV blitz of swing states promoting Clinton's agenda and record.

The Electoral College map did not change much from the previous election, with the Democratic incumbent winning 379 votes to the Republican ticket's 159. In the South, Clinton took Florida – a state he had failed to win in 1992 – from the Republicans in exchange for the less electoral-vote-rich Georgia.

Hsia was eventually convicted by a jury in March 2000. The 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election.

The 1996 elections to the United States Senate coincided with the 1996 presidential election, in which Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore were reelected President and …