1996 United States presidential election
Results

Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Running mate
Running mate
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Count
Percentage
Electoral vote
Vice-presidential candidate
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William Jefferson Clinton (Incumbent)
Democratic
Arkansas
47,401,185
49.24%
379
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
Tennessee
379
Robert Joseph Dole
Republican
Kansas
39,197,469
40.71%
159
Jack French Kemp
New York
159
Henry Ross Perot
Reform
Texas
8,085,294
8.40%
0
Patrick Choate
Washington, D.C.
0
Ralph Nader
Green
Connecticut
685,297
0.71%
0
Winona LaDuke
California
0
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Tennessee
485,759
0.50%
0
Jo Jorgensen
South Carolina
0
Howard Phillips
Taxpayers
Virginia
184,656
0.19%
0
Herbert Titus
Oregon
0
John Hagelin
Natural Law
Iowa
113,670
0.12%
0
Mike Tompkins
Massachusetts
0
Other
Other
Other
113,667
0.12%
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Other
Other
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Total
Total
Total
96,277,634
100%
538
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538
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
270
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270

Question: How many electoral votes did the Democratic and the Republican incumbents win in the 1996 presidential election?
Answer: The Democratic incumbent won 379 votes, and the Republican tickets won 159 in the 1996 United States presidential election.