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| Overview of the 1996 Election |
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William Jefferson Clinton*
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
Party:
DEMOCRATIC
Home State: Clinton - AR
; Gore - TN
Electoral Votes:
379
Popular Votes:
47,402,357 (49.2%) * Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III; he adopted his stepfather's name at fourteen. |
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Robert Joseph Dole
Jack French Kemp
Party:
REPUBLICAN
Home State: Dole - KS
; KEMP - NY
Electoral Votes:
159
Popular Votes:
39,198,755 (40.7%) |
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Henry Ross Perot
Patrick Jeffrey Choate**
Party:
Reform
Home State: Perot - TX
; Choate - DC
Electoral Votes:
0
Popular Votes:
8,085,402 (8.4%) ** In thirteen states James Campbell (CA) was listed on the ballot as Perot's vice presidential running mate. |
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Other Candidates
Party:
Green, Libertarian, U.S. Taxpayers, et al.
Electoral Votes:
0
Popular Votes:
1,591,120 (1.7%) |
Total electoral votes - 538 (from 50 states and D.C.)
Majority needed to win - 270
Total popular vote: 96,277,634
Percentage of eligible population voting: 49.0% |
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| 1996 State-by-State Results | | STATE | CLINTON | DOLE | PEROT | OTHERS | ST. | | Electors | EVs |  | | ALABAMA | 662,165
(43.2%) | 769,044
(50.1%) | 92,149
(6.0%) | 10,991
(0.7%) | AL | | Bill Armistead, Pat Duncan, Glen Dunlap, Len Gavin, Henry King, Melba Peters, George G. Seibels Jr., Don Sledge, Sam Steele | 9 | | | ALASKA | 80,380
(33.3%) | 122,746
(50.8%) | 26,333
(10.9%) | 12,161
(5.0%) | AK | | Joan B. Clutts, Alyce Hanley, Bob Ward | 3 | | | ARIZONA | 653,288
(46.5%) | 622,073
(44.3%) | 112,072
(8.0%) | 16,972
(1.2%) | AZ | | Thomas "Tom" Bean, Andrew S. Gordon, Rose Mofford, Scott Thomas Olson Sr., Daniel R. Ortega Jr., Jeanne P. Perpich, E.C. "Polly" Rosenbaum, Mary V. Thomas | 8 | | | ARKANSAS | 475,171
(53.7%) | 325,416
(36.8%) | 69,884
(7.9%) | 13,791
(1.6%) | AR | | Deborah Lee, Bishop L.T. Walker, Ann Henry, Merle Peterson, Mary Jean Benett, Maurice Mitchel | 6 | | | CALIFORNIA | 5,119,835
(51.1%) | 3,828,380
(38.2%) | 697,847
(7.0%) | 373,422
(3.7%) | CA | | Sally J. Alexander, Donald R. Alvarez, Dale K. Bankhead, Nina Banuelos, Paul Barile, Robert Batinovich, Michael Bennet, Beverly D. Braden, Carl Bryan, Lindsey D. Capps, Kathleen Clark, John M. Collins, Joshua L. Conaway, Jorge Covarrubias, Kim Cox, R.O. Davis, Theresa M. Duggan, Paul Eshoo, Tim Farley, Carmen T. Garcia, Bob Glaser, Paul Goldenberg, Juana Gutierrez, Harold L. Halterman, Sandy Hester, Richard E. Holcomb, Stephen Kahn, Steven Kassel, Guy C. Kimbrough, Thomas J. Koch, Grace A. Koza, Tina L. Laine, John Laird, Hellen Lane, Francisco Leal, David C. Lizarraga, Ted Lumpkin, R. Keith McDonald, Paul Pelosi, Tom Pier, Sarah Reyes, Carol Shawn, Lane Sherman, Jason Silva, Frances Skittone, Maureen Southwell, Jennifer A. Steen, Debra Stubblefield, John M. Taylor, Karen W. Titus, Jeffrey B. Towns, Richard L. Waldron, Lenore Wax, Darity Wesley | 54 | | | COLORADO | 671,152
(44.4%) | 691,848
(45.8%) | 99,629
(6.6%) | 48,075
(3.2%) | CO | | Ron Buxman, Mason Carpenter, Carley Johnson, Barbara McTurk, Natalie Meyer, Don Bain, Shannon Robinson, Kendall Sansing | 8 | | | CONNECTICUT | 735,740
(52.8%) | 483,109
(34.7%) | 139,523
(10.0%) | 34,242
(2.5%) | CT | | Frank L. Aieta, Dominic F. Balletto, Marjorie C. Bennett, Leo Canty, John Larson, Fleeta Hudson, Hilda Santiago, Kenneth Slapin | 8 | | | DELAWARE | 140,355
(51.8%) | 99,062
(36.6%) | 28,719
(10.6%) | 2,709
(1.0%) | DE | | Gary E. Hindes, Catherine J. Mancini, Sam Lathem | 3 | | | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 158,220
(85.2%) | 17,339
(9.3%) | 3,611
(1.9%) | 6,556
(3.5%) | DC | | Harry L. Thomas Sr., Jeff Coudriet, Anne Westerfield Pitts | 3 | | | FLORIDA | 2,546,870
(48.0%) | 2,244,536
(42.3%) | 483,870
(9.1%) | 28,518
(0.5%) | FL | | Joe Chapman, Marilyn Lenard, Charles William Nelson, Mitchell Berger, Bob Butterworth, Gloria Jackson, Dianne Glasser, Ron LaFace, Adele Graham, Cynthia Hall, Terrie Brady, Nancy Dick, Cathy Bartolotti, George Sheldon, Buddy MacKay, Jon Ausman, Richard Swann, Skeets Friedkin, George Comerford, Katherine Kelly, Scott R. Falmlen, Juanita Geathers, Pattie Lanier, Rudolph Parker, Joyce Cusack | 25 | | | GEORGIA | 1,053,849
(45.8%) | 1,080,843
(47.0%) | 146,337
(6.4%) | 18,042
(0.8%) | GA | | Thomas J. Barnette, Dot Burns, Jeanne Ferst, Briggs A. Goggans, Camilla Johnson-Moore, Brenda R. "B.J." Lopez, Mack Mattingly, Russell K. "Rusty" Paul, Oscar N. Persons, Alec Poitevint, John M. Stuckey Jr., Stan Wise, Ray Wooldridge | 13 | | | HAWAII | 205,012
(56.9%) | 113,943
(31.6%) | 27,358
(7.6%) | 13,807
(3.8%) | HI | | Robert Bunda, Marsha Joyner, Joy Kobashigawa Lewis, R. Carolyn Wilcox | 4 | | | IDAHO | 165,443
(33.6%) | 256,595
(52.2%) | 62,518
(12.7%) | 7,163
(1.5%) | ID | | Helen McKinney, Skip Smyser, Leora Day, John Sandy | 4 | | | ILLINOIS | 2,341,744
(54.3%) | 1,587,021
(36.8%) | 346,408
(8.0%) | 36,218
(0.8%) | IL | | Addie C. Wyatt, Donald Pedro, Rose Marie Lipinski, Neomi Hernandez, James DeLeo, Joan Brennan, Eileen Jackson, James Sheehan, William Marovitz, Dan Pierce, Marge Friedman, Ruth Jackson, Kathryn "Tinker" Harvey, Mary Lou Kearns, Carolyn Brown Hodge, John Nelson, Dave Bybee, Shirley McCombs, Joe McGlaughlin, Jerry Sinclair, Gary J. LaPaille, Patrick Thompson | 22 | | | INDIANA | 887,424
(41.5%) | 1,006,693
(47.1%) | 224,299
(10.5%) | 17,426
(0.8%) | IN | | Michael McDaniel, Barbara McClellan, Roger Chiabai, Virgil Scheidt, R. Wyatt Mick Jr., Iris H. Clark, John R. Zentz, Bob Nelson, David C. Masten, Jim A. Kohlmeyer, Max A. Middendorf, John W. Sweezy | 12 | | | IOWA | 620,258
(50.3%) | 492,644
(39.9%) | 105,159
(8.5%) | 16,014
(1.3%) | IA | | Karl J. Rhomberg, Paul Swenson, Versal Vanordstrand, Jim Carnahan, Steve Mandernach, Patsy Ramacitti, Rich Pope | 7 | | | KANSAS | 387,659
(36.1%) | 583,245
(54.3%) | 92,639
(8.6%) | 10,757
(1.0%) | KS | | Timothy Golba, Michael Harris, Betty Hanicke, Marynell Reece, Marjorie Robards, John Watkins | 6 | | | KENTUCKY | 636,614
(45.8%) | 623,283
(44.9%) | 120,396
(8.7%) | 8,415
(0.6%) | KY | | Winnie Townsend, Bremer Ehrler, June Lyne, Eldon Renaud, Gwen Meehan, Don McMillan, Rodney Casada, Sandra Frank | 8 | | | LOUISIANA | 927,837
(52.0%) | 712,586
(39.9%) | 123,293
(6.9%) | 20,243
(1.1%) | LA | | Benjiman Lee Jeffers, Garland W. Webb, Bonnie P. Tynes, Stephanie R. Edwards, Henry A. Smith Jr., Dorothy Huffman Wallace, Mary Lou T. Winters, Mary E. Wisham, Carla Chrisco | 9 | | | MAINE | 312,788
(51.6%) | 186,378
(30.8%) | 85,970
(14.2%) | 20,761
(3.4%) | ME | | Joseph Mayo, Sharon McIntyre, Samuel D. Shapiro, Burt Wartell | 4 | | | MARYLAND | 966,207
(54.3%) | 681,530
(38.3%) | 115,812
(6.5%) | 17,321
(1.0%) | MD | | Clarence W. Blount, Louis L. Goldstein, Harry R. Hughes, Katherine M. Jones, Dianne Madonni, Shelley Morhaim, Mary K. Prangley, Saul Stern, Irene C. Strieby, Marvin F. Wilson | 10 | | | MASSACHUSETTS | 1,571,763
(61.5%) | 718,107
(28.1%) | 227,217
(8.9%) | 39,699
(1.6%) | MA | | Jovita Fontanez, Carol Ann Aloisi, Barbara Travers, Mary K. O'Brien, Carol A. Donovan, Mary J. Richards, Michael J. Whouley, Mark S. DiSalvo, John R. Doogan, Kevin A. Tarpley, Marc R. Pacheco, William H. Bradley | 12 | | | MICHIGAN | 1,989,653
(51.7%) | 1,481,212
(38.5%) | 336,670
(8.7%) | 41,309
(1.1%) | MI | | Richard Deneweth, Laurie A. Stupak, Rosemary DiPonio, Beverly Barringer, Benjamin Harrison DeHart, Donald J. Mosher, James L. Sjoberg, Elijah Buxton Jr., Eleanor Tocco, George N. Andros, Stephen Borrello, Tom Downs, Evelyn Zeidman, Deborah Dingell, Freeman Hendrix, Julius A. Maddox, Vicki Metz Wagner, Owen Bieber | 18 | | | MINNESOTA | 1,120,438
(51.1%) | 766,476
(35.0%) | 257,704
(11.8%) | 48,022
(2.2%) | MN | | Lance Peterson, Verna Lunz, Jackie Stevenson, Gladys Morton, Peggy Specktor, Opal Peterson, Lorraine Cecil, George Hunter, Marlene Kayser, John Massmann | 10 | | | MISSISSIPPI | 394,022
(44.1%) | 439,838
(49.2%) | 52,222
(5.8%) | 7,775
(0.9%) | MS | | Bob Anthony, J.L. Holloway, Larry Homan, Charles Irby, Robert Kane, John McCarty, Lois Robertson | 7 | | | MISSOURI | 1,025,935
(47.5%) | 890,016
(41.2%) | 217,188
(10.1%) | 24,926
(1.2%) | MO | | Connie Johnson, Carole Gambino, Linda Schilly, Willard Reine, Virgil Troutwine, Bob Staton, Steve Stepp, Shirla Howard, H. E. "Scat" Davis, Nancy Reynolds, Robert Wheeler | 11 | | | MONTANA | 167,922
(41.2%) | 179,652
(44.1%) | 55,229
(13.6%) | 4,458
(1.1%) | MT | | Jack Galt, Ada Nash, Archie Lucht | 3 | | | NEBRASKA | 236,761
(35.0%) | 363,467
(53.7%) | 71,278
(10.5%) | 5,909
(0.9%) | NE | | Chuck Sigerson, Hal Daub, Alice Dittman, Joyce Schram, Dawyn Otto | 5 | | | NEVADA | 203,974
(43.9%) | 199,244
(42.9%) | 43,986
(9.5%) | 17,075
(3.7%) | NV | | Douglas Bache, Virginia Cain, Marie Ripps, Charles Waterman | 4 | | | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 246,214
(49.3%) | 196,532
(39.4%) | 48,390
(9.7%) | 8,039
(1.6%) | NH | | Joseph F. Keefe, Edward E. Shumaker III, Jeanne Shaheen, Pat Russell | 4 | | | NEW JERSEY | 1,652,329
(53.7%) | 1,103,078
(35.9%) | 262,134
(8.5%) | 58,266
(1.9%) | NJ | | Reni Erdos, Zulima V. Farber, David Fernandez, Henry Gallo, Thomas P. Giblin, Thomas S. Higgins, Lynne B. Hurwitz, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Karen J. Kominsky, Susan Bass Levin, Jean Holtz, David S. Steiner, Phillip Thigpen Sr., Stephen Weinstein, Susan Wilson | 15 | | | NEW MEXICO | 273,495
(49.2%) | 232,751
(41.9%) | 32,257
(5.8%) | 17,571
(3.2%) | NM | | Bruce King, Stephanie Gonzales, Sheryl Williams, Manuel Sanchez, Fannie Atcitty | 5 | | | NEW YORK | 3,756,177
(59.5%) | 1,933,492
(30.6%) | 503,458
(8.0%) | 123,002
(1.9%) | NY | | Dominic J. Baranello, Judith Hope, Jeffrey C. Feldman, Marcella Maxwell, Kathryn B. Mackey, H. Carl Mc Call, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Gerard J. Sweeney, Audrey I. Pheffer, Stanley Kalmon Schlein, Elizabeth Velez, Michael Bragman, Sheldon Silver, Martin Connor, Michael H. Reich, Ann Galante, Raymond B. Harding, Paul F. Cole, Fran Reiter, John Sullivan, Leornard Weiss, G. Steven Pigeon, Victor A. Kovner, Edward F. Draves, Helen M. Marshall, Esther Kate Fiore, Thomas A. Fink, Paula Redd Zeman, Densie W. King, Alberta M. Madonna, Deborah Glick, Inez Dickens, Mary C. Paladino | 33 | | | NORTH CAROLINA | 1,107,849
(44.0%) | 1,225,938
(48.7%) | 168,059
(6.7%) | 13,961
(0.6%) | NC | | Howard B. Smith, Bettie West, J.D. Teachey, Nelson Dollar, Lee Q. McMillan, Carolyn McGee, Jim Cole, Tom Dwiggins, John Van Hanford, Gary Whitener, George Alexander Jones, Quentine Finch, Bill Graham, Dorothy Bursey | 14 | | | NORTH DAKOTA | 106,905
(40.1%) | 125,050
(46.9%) | 32,515
(12.2%) | 1,941
(0.7%) | ND | | Earl Strinden, Vernon E. "Vern" Wagner, Robert W. "Bob" Peterson | 3 | | | OHIO | 2,148,222
(47.4%) | 1,859,883
(41.0%) | 483,207
(10.7%) | 43,122
(1.0%) | OH | | Catherine Barrett, Dan Martin, Regina Rollins, John C. Myers, Mary A. Briggs, John H. Schuler, Barbara Myers, David Giese, Enid Goubeaux, Cecilia Huffman, Nathaniel R. Hodoh, Michael Morley, Dennis Lieberman, Timothy Barnhart, Jack Sizemore, William Anthony Jr., Frances Alberty, Socrates Space, Margaret Kearsey, William Burga, William Sundermeyer | 21 | | | OKLAHOMA | 488,105
(40.4%) | 582,315
(48.3%) | 130,788
(10.8%) | 5,505
(0.5%) | OK | | Gary W. Banz, J. Michael Brown, Dixie I. Galloway, Steven F. Garrett, Skip Healey, Leo F. Herlacher, Dale N. Switzer, Paul E. Thornbrugh | 8 | | | OREGON | 649,641
(47.2%) | 538,152
(39.1%) | 121,221
(8.8%) | 68,746
(5.0%) | OR | | Jeannie Dodson-Edgars, Linda Johnson, Valerie Payne, Marc Abrams, Michael Graham, John McFadden, Margaret Carter | 7 | | | PENNSYLVANIA | 2,215,819
(49.2%) | 1,801,169
(40.0%) | 430,984
(9.6%) | 58,146
(1.3%) | PA | | William Titelman, Lisa Boscola, Robert A. Brady, Michael M. Dawida, Ivan Itkin, Bill George, David Gondak, Catherine Baker Knoll, Thomas A. Leonard, Judy Lynch, Alba E. Martinez, Sophie Masloff, Valerie McDonald, Robert J. Mellow, Joanne Cisco Olszewski, Lazar M. Palnik, Tom Muphy, Evelyn Rafalko-McNulty, Leslie Reid Price, Mark S. Singel, John Street, Marian B. Tasco, Anna Cibotti Verna | 23 | | | RHODE ISLAND | 233,050
(59.7%) | 104,683
(26.8%) | 43,723
(11.2%) | 8,828
(2.3%) | RI | | Muriel A. Evans, Cristine McBurney, Joseph Muschiano, Robert Riesman | 4 | | | SOUTH CAROLINA | 506,283
(44.0%) | 573,458
(49.8%) | 64,386
(5.6%) | 7,562
(0.7%) | SC | | Thomas H. McLean, Elizabeth G. "Betty" Cox, Lonnie Rowell, Michael F. Davis, Cynthia F. Costa, Daniel A. Richardson Sr., Walter "Buddy" P. Witherspoon, Bob Taylor | 8 | | | SOUTH DAKOTA | 139,333
(43.0%) | 150,543
(46.5%) | 31,250
(9.7%) | 2,700
(0.8%) | SD | | William J. Janklow, Joel Rosenthal, Carole Boos | 3 | | | TENNESSEE | 909,146
(48.0%) | 863,530
(45.6%) | 105,918
(5.6%) | 15,511
(0.8%) | TN | | Dorothy Crook, M. Inez Crutchfield, Jane G. Eskind, Gwen Fleming, Benjamin L. Hooks, Harlan Mathews, Ned McWherter, Olan Mills II, William N. "Bill" Morris, Anna Belle O'Brien, Harold G. Woods | 11 | | | TEXAS | 2,459,683
(43.8%) | 2,736,167
(48.8%) | 378,537
(6.7%) | 37,257
(0.7%) | TX | | Evelyn Collins, Joel Franke, Jean Bensmiller, Donna Peterson, Ben G. Raimer, David Thackston, Kay Copeland, Greg Davidson, Tonna Trumble, David Husband, M. A. Taylor, Nelda Eppes, Marian Faye Crossley, James Garvey, James E. Brandon, Doraline Daeley, Clint Inmon, Frank Corte Jr., Zeb D. Alford, Don Truman, Jonathan Gurwitz, Eric Thode, Mike Dugas, Leland Kirby, Melvin McCoy, Sarah McDougal, Charles D. Johnson, Melvin Cowart, Tina Hardcastle, Martin Daneman, Arthur Granado, Narciso Mendoza | 32 | | | UTAH | 221,633
(33.3%) | 361,911
(54.4%) | 66,461
(10.0%) | 15,624
(2.3%) | UT | | Michael O. Leavitt, Joseph Cannon, Olene S. Walker, Chris Cannon, Arlene Ellis | 5 | | | VERMONT | 137,894
(53.4%) | 80,352
(31.1%) | 31,024
(12.0%) | 9,179
(3.6%) | VT | | Pat Barr, Carolyn Nissen, Michael J. Obuchowski | 3 | | | VIRGINIA | 1,091,060
(45.1%) | 1,138,350
(47.1%) | 159,861
(6.6%) | 27,371
(1.1%) | VA | | Robert R. Fountain, Gary Clarence Byler, Mary A. "Polly" Braswell, Patricia Strawn Bice, Michael W. D. "Mike" Brown, Hugh D. Key, Mark D. Franko, Frank O. Meeks, Ruth Aileen Hancock, Vincent A. DiBenedetto III, Elaine Nunez McConnell, Anne R. Keast, Marilyn L. Lussen | 13 | | | WASHINGTON | 1,123,323
(49.8%) | 840,712
(37.3%) | 201,003
(8.9%) | 88,799
(3.9%) | WA | | Nancy Rust, Leora Province, Mike Barr, Barbara McFarlin-Kosiec, Claude Brewer, Nancy Pease Hogan, Ray Naugle, Doreen Cato, John Thompson, Joe Nilsson, Jody Buckley | 11 | | | WEST VIRGINIA | 327,812
(51.5%) | 233,946
(36.8%) | 71,639
(11.3%) | 3,062
(0.5%) | WV | | Barbara Evans Fleischauer, Daniel P. Lutz, Violet Midkiff, Rebecca I. White, Sarah Lee Neal | 5 | | | WISCONSIN | 1,071,971
(48.8%) | 845,029
(38.5%) | 227,339
(10.4%) | 51,830
(2.4%) | WI | | Jeffrey Neubauer, Mala McGhee, Sue Miller, Karen Sostarich, Rosemarie McDowell, Robert Schweder, Melissa Schroeder, Doug Oitzinger, Heidi Schwoch, Martha Love, Rober Friebert | 11 | | | WYOMING | 77,934
(36.8%) | 105,388
(49.8%) | 25,928
(12.3%) | 2,321
(1.1%) | WY | | Becky Constantino, Jim Geringer, Lorraine Quarberg | 3 | | | TOTALS | 47,402,357
(49.2%) | 39,198,755
(40.7%) | 8,085,402
(8.4%) | 1,591,120
(1.7%) |
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VOTES | 379 | 159 | 0 | 0 |
| | In 1996, 538 electoral votes were available; 270 votes were needed to secure the win. Total popular vote - 96,277,634 |
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| Other 1996 Candidates |
Presidential Candidate
Vice Presidential Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Ralph Nader (CT)
Winona LaDuke (MN)*** |
Green |
685,128 |
Harry Browne (TN)
Jo Jorgensen (SC) |
Libertarian |
485,798 |
Howard Phillips (VA)
Herbert W. Titus (OR)**** |
U.S. Taxpayers |
184,820 |
John Hagelin (IA)
Vinton D. Tompkins |
Natural Law |
113,670 |
Monica Gail Moorehead (NJ)
Gloria Estela La Riva (CA) |
Workers World |
29,083 |
Marsha Feinland (CA)
Kate McClatchy (MA) |
Peace and Freedom |
25,332 |
Charles Edwin Collins (GA)
Rosemary Giumarra (CA) |
independent |
8,952 |
James E. Harris, Jr. (GA)
Laura Garza (NY?/FL?) |
Socialist Workers |
8,476 |
Dennis Peron (CA)
Arlin D. Troutt, Jr. (MN?) |
Grassroots |
5,378 |
Mary Cal Hollis (CO)
Eric Chester (MA) |
Socialist |
4,766 |
Jerome White (MI)
Fred Mazelis (MI?/NY?) |
Socialist Equality |
2,438 |
Diane Beall Templin (CA)
Gary Van Horn (UT) |
American |
1,847 |
Earl Farwell Dodge (CO)
Rachel Catherine Bubar Kelly (IL?/ME?) |
Prohibition |
1,298 |
Alma Peter Crane (UT)
Connie Chandler (UT) |
Independent Party of Utah |
1,101 |
Justice Ralph Forbes (AR)
Andy Anderson |
America First |
932 |
| John Birrenbach (MN) |
Independent Grassroots |
787 |
| Isabell Masters (FL?/KS?) |
Looking Back |
752 |
| Steve Michael (DC?) |
AIDS Cure |
408 |
| misc. write-ins, none of the above, etc. ***** |
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30,154 |
| *** In several states Nader's vice presidential running mate was listed as one of the following: Anne E.R. Goeke in two states, Madelyn Hoffman in one state, and Muriel Tillinghast in one state.
**** In two states Phillips' vice presidential running mate was listed as Joseph A. Zdonczyk (CT). In at least three states his running mate was listed as Albion W. Knight, Jr.
***** Neither this line nor the overall total includes 123,000 miscellaneous write-ins, blank, and void votes compiled into one total in New York.
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