votes) Indiana, 5.58% (119,269 votes) Florida, 5.70% (302,334 votes) South Carolina, 6.04% (69,407 votes) Missouri, 6.30% (135,919 votes) Ohio, 6.36% (288,339 votes) North Dakota, 6.81% (18,145 votes) Alabama, 6.96% (106,879 votes) New Mexico, 7.32% (40,744 votes) Oklahoma, 7.81% (94,210 votes) Oregon, 8.09% (111,489 votes) Pennsylvania, 9.20% (414,650 votes) (tipping point state) New Hampshire, 9.95% (49,682 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Starr County, Texas 86.94% Bronx County, New York 85.80% Macon County, Alabama 85.55% Washington, D.C. 85.19% Duval County, Texas 84.94% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Ochiltree County, Texas 79.20% Russell County, Kansas 78.98% Glasscock County, Texas 78.93% Hayes County, Nebraska 77.02% Sioux County, Iowa 77.00% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Other) Mineral County, Montana 23.72% Grant County, North Dakota 21.55% Shoshone County, Idaho 21.55% Sanders County, Montana 21.24% Billings County, North Dakota 21.10% Voter demographics Source: Voter News Service exit poll, reported in The New York Times, November 10, 1996, 28. Polling controversy The polling in the election was criticized by Everett Carll Ladd, who argued that "polls had overestimated Clinton's lead during the campaign and had thereby dampened interest in the election." Others such as Warren J. Mitofsky rebutted Ladd's view; in an analysis in Public Opinion Quarterly, Mitofsky wrote that "1996 was not the best but was far from the worst year for the polls", with accuracy surpassing the polling in 1948 and in 1980. Because Clinton won the election by a comfortable margin, there was no major reaction towards the impreciseness of the polls. See also List of presidents of the United States Second inauguration of Bill Clinton Newspaper endorsements in the 1996 United States presidential election 1996 United States gubernatorial elections 1996 United States House of Representatives elections 1996 United States Senate elections Notes References Further reading Books Journals Immelman, Aubrey. "The political personalities of 1996 US presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole." Leadership Quarterly 9.3 (1998): 335–366. online Web references External links Campaign websites Clinton-Gore 1996 website screen shots (as of 1996) Dole-Kemp 1996 website (still active as of February 2021) Other links The Election Wall's 1996 Election Video Page 1996 popular vote by counties 1996 popular vote by states 1996 popular vote by states (with bar graphs) CNN: 1996 Presidential Campaign Ads Popular vote data from the Federal Election Commission – MTV pages on the election Documentary about the 1996 Vice Presidential Candidates, "Running Mate," 1996-10-01,