United States presidential election swing states, 1996

The 1996 U.S. Presidential election, which featured Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton and his Republican challenger Bob Dole, resulted in very close margins of victory in many states, including some not generally considered swing states. The following is a list of the states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 5%) in 1996, sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for Dole or Clinton:

*Tennessee- 2.41% "45,616 votes"
*Arizona- 2.22% "31,215 votes"
*Nevada- 1.02% "4,730 votes"
*Kentucky- 0.96% "13,331 votes"

*Georgia- 1.17% "26,994 votes"
*Colorado- 1.37% "20,696 votes"
*Virginia- 1.96% "47,290 votes"
*Montana- 2.88% "11,730 votes"
*South Dakota- 3.46% "11,210 votes"
*North Carolina- 4.69% "118,089 votes"
*Texas- 4.93% "276,484 votes"

References

*Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections [http://www.uselectionatlas.org]

ee also

*List of U.S. swing states
*Swing state