1996 Presidential Election
(The New York Times Almanac for 1999, pg. 113)
Party...............Candidate........Popular Vote........%..Electoral Vote
Democrat..........Clinton/Gore......47,402,357.......49.24.........379
Republican.........Dole/Kemp........39,198,755.......40.71..........159
Reform..............Perot/Choate......8,085,402........8.40
Green................Ralph Nader..........684,902........0.71
Libertarian..........Harry Browne........485,798........0.50
U.S.Taxpayers.....Howard Phillips......184,658........0.19
Natural Law.........John Hagelin.........113,668........0.12
Workers World......Monica Moorehead..29,083........0.03
Peace & Freedom..Marsha Feinland.....25,332.........0.03
Independent.........Charles Collins........8,941..........0.01
Socialist Workers...James Harris...........8,476..........0.01
Write ins and
“none of the above”.........................49,851..........0.05
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Total vote.................................96,277,223
Clinton plurality............................8,203.602
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1) Perot did not “cost” Dole the election. Adding together the votes
for Dole and Perot do NOT equal or exceed the votes cast for Clinton.
2) Adding all third party votes to the Republican votes would give the
Republicans the majority, but just as some Republican votes were a
vote “against” the Democrats, many of the third party votes were
“against” the Republicans AND Democrats.
3) Candidates do not “cost” each other elections.
CANDIDATES WIN OR LOSE VOTES.
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited July 20, 1999).]
(The New York Times Almanac for 1999, pg. 113)
Party...............Candidate........Popular Vote........%..Electoral Vote
Democrat..........Clinton/Gore......47,402,357.......49.24.........379
Republican.........Dole/Kemp........39,198,755.......40.71..........159
Reform..............Perot/Choate......8,085,402........8.40
Green................Ralph Nader..........684,902........0.71
Libertarian..........Harry Browne........485,798........0.50
U.S.Taxpayers.....Howard Phillips......184,658........0.19
Natural Law.........John Hagelin.........113,668........0.12
Workers World......Monica Moorehead..29,083........0.03
Peace & Freedom..Marsha Feinland.....25,332.........0.03
Independent.........Charles Collins........8,941..........0.01
Socialist Workers...James Harris...........8,476..........0.01
Write ins and
“none of the above”.........................49,851..........0.05
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Total vote.................................96,277,223
Clinton plurality............................8,203.602
============================================
1) Perot did not “cost” Dole the election. Adding together the votes
for Dole and Perot do NOT equal or exceed the votes cast for Clinton.
2) Adding all third party votes to the Republican votes would give the
Republicans the majority, but just as some Republican votes were a
vote “against” the Democrats, many of the third party votes were
“against” the Republicans AND Democrats.
3) Candidates do not “cost” each other elections.
CANDIDATES WIN OR LOSE VOTES.
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited July 20, 1999).]