This is a revision of the United States presidential election of 1996.
The election was a three-way race between incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton, Republican Bob Dole, and Independent Ross Perot. In the current timeline, Clinton beat Dole by around 9 percentage points (about 49% to about 40%), with Perot coming in third, but with considerably less of the popular vote than in 1992. This revised version of history makes this 1996 victory for Clinton slightly narrower. In this revision, Clinton has 48.7% of the popular vote compared to Dole’s 41.3%, for a victory margin of more than 7 percentage points between Clinton and Dole.
The background to this election involves the aftermath of the 1994 midterm congressional elections, where Republicans take back the House of Representatives and Senate. In order to find more approval with the American people, he works with the congressional Republicans to balance the federal budget and get the U.S. economy back to prosperity. I feel this cannot be denied. However, due to Clinton’s morally sinful character as well as reflecting presidential elections of the then-recent past, I figured the race should be a little closer.
The revised election below is organized state-by-state in alphabetical order, for a total of 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
Bob Dole (R): 663,358 (51.1%)
Bill Clinton (D): 547,088 (42.2%)
Ross Perot (I): 77,989 (6%)
Other: 9,213 (0.7%)
Total: 1,297,648
Dole: 97,946 (51.8%)
Clinton: 62,896 (33.3%)
Perot: 18,716 (9.9%)
Other: 9,490 (5%)
Total: 189,048
Clinton: 421,867 (46%)
Dole: 415,176 (45.3%)
Perot: 68,570 (7.5%)
Other: 11,092 (1.2%)
Total: 916,705
Clinton: 493,778 (53.2%)
Dole: 350,578 (37.8%)
Perot: 68,632 (7.4%)
Other: 14,468 (1.6%)
Total: 927,456
Clinton: 4,593,355 (50.1%)
Dole: 3,594,203 (39.2%)
Perot: 637,992 (7%)
Other: 340,996 (3.7%)
Total: 9,166,546
Dole: 537,255 (46.8%)
Clinton: 498,567 (43.4%)
Perot: 75,652 (6.6%)
Other: 36,506 (3.2%)
Total: 1,147,980
Clinton: 653,329 (51.8%)
Dole: 449,967 (35.7%)
Perot: 126,329 (10%)
Other: 31,141 (2.5%)
Total: 1,260,766
Clinton: 119,767 (50.8%)
Dole: 88,540 (37.5%)
Perot: 24,977 (10.6%)
Other: 2,571 (1.1%)
Total: 235,855
Clinton: 161,392 (84.2%)
Dole: 19,822 (10.3%)
Perot: 3,719 (1.9%)
Other: 6,767 (3.5%)
Total: 191,700
Clinton: 1,891,730 (47%)
Dole: 1,742,870 (43.3%)
Perot: 366,920 (9.1%)
Other: 21,726 (0.5%)
Total: 4,023,246
Dole: 832,720 (48%)
Clinton: 777,564 (44.8%)
Perot: 110,486 (6.4%)
Other: 13,702 (0.8%)
Total: 1,734,472
Clinton: 178,022 (55.9%)
Dole: 103,891 (32.6%)
Perot: 24,190 (7.6%)
Other: 12,191 (3.8%)
Total: 318,294
Dole: 246,488 (53.2%)
Clinton: 151,332 (32.6%)
Perot: 58,911 (12.7%)
Other: 6,767 (1.5%)
Total: 463,498
Clinton: 2,755,484 (53.3%)
Dole: 1,953,954 (37.8%)
Perot: 414,976 (8%)
Other: 43,410 (0.8%)
Total: 5,167,824
Dole: 1,035,781 (48.1%)
Clinton: 872,656 (40.6%)
Perot: 225,965 (10.5%)
Other: 17,647 (0.8%)
Total: 2,152,049
Clinton: 635,317 (49.3%)
Dole: 527,753 (40.9%)
Perot: 109,884 (8.5%)
Other: 16,766 (1.3%)
Total: 1,289,720
Dole: 521,229 (55.3%)
Clinton: 330,706 (35.1%)
Perot: 81,262 (8.6%)
Other: 9,521 (1%)
Total: 942,718
Clinton: 607,980 (45.8%)
Dole: 595,247 (44.9%)
Perot: 114,991 (8.7%)
Other: 8,090 (0.6%)
Total: 1,326,308
Clinton: 821,390 (51%)
Dole: 659,237 (40.9%)
Perot: 111,268 (6.9%)
Other: 18,357 (1.1%)
Total: 1,610,252
Clinton: 280,075 (50.6%)
Dole: 175,725 (31.8%)
Perot: 78,512 (14.2%)
Other: 18,977 (3.4%)
Total: 553,289
Clinton: 848,683 (53.2%)
Dole: 625,874 (39.3%)
Perot: 103,595 (6.5%)
Other: 15,619 (1%)
Total: 1,593,771
Clinton: 1,593,581 (60.5%)
Dole: 766,616 (29.1%)
Perot: 234,280 (8.9%)
Other: 40,847 (1.5%)
Total: 2,635,324
Clinton: 2,069,538 (50.7%)
Dole: 1,611,864 (39.5%)
Perot: 357,239 (8.7%)
Other: 44,094 (1.1%)
Total: 4,082,735
Clinton: 986,695 (50.1%)
Dole: 708,214 (36%)
Perot: 231,410 (11.7%)
Other: 43,131 (2.2%)
Total: 1,969,450
Dole: 482,983 (50.2%)
Clinton: 414,397 (43.1%)
Perot: 56,176 (5.8%)
Other: 8,369 (0.9%)
Total: 961,925
Clinton: 1,014,528 (46.5%)
Dole: 920,792 (42.2%)
Perot: 219,298 (10.1%)
Other: 25,287 (1.2%)
Total: 2,179,905
Dole: 171,976 (45.1%)
Clinton: 153,371 (40.2%)
Perot: 51,696 (13.6%)
Other: 4,193 (1.1%)
Total: 381,236
Dole: 369,397 (54.7%)
Clinton: 229,479 (34%)
Perot: 71,108 (10.5%)
Other: 5,948 (0.9%)
Total: 675,932
Clinton: 129,757 (43.9%)
Dole: 126,745 (42.9%)
Perot: 27,972 (9.5%)
Other: 10,899 (3.7%)
Total: 295,373
Clinton: 198,067 (48.3%)
Dole: 165,479 (40.4%)
Perot: 39,720 (9.7%)
Other: 6,640 (1.6%)
Total: 409,906
Clinton: 1,702,245 (52.7%)
Dole: 1,190,152 (36.9%)
Perot: 275,097 (8.5%)
Other: 61,349 (1.9%)
Total: 3,228,843
Clinton: 244,705 (48.2%)
Dole: 217,685 (42.9%)
Perot: 29,458 (5.8%)
Other: 16,049 (3.2%)
Total: 507,897
Clinton: 4,618,329 (58.5%)
Dole: 2,496,757 (31.6%)
Perot: 629,521 (8%)
Other: 154,023 (1.9%)
Total: 7,898,630
Dole: 1,104,266 (49.7%)
Clinton: 955,712 (43%)
Perot: 148,331 (6.7%)
Other: 12,213 (0.6%)
Total: 2,220,522
Dole: 150,882 (47.9%)
Clinton: 123,153 (39.1%)
Perot: 38,397 (12.2%)
Other: 2,298 (0.7%)
Total: 314,730
Clinton: 2,079,316 (46.4%)
Dole: 1,883,847 (42%)
Perot: 477,911 (10.7%)
Other: 42,142 (0.9%)
Total: 4,483,216
Dole: 520,585 (49.3%)
Clinton: 416,912 (39.5%)
Perot: 114,558 (10.8%)
Other: 4,755 (0.4%)
Total: 1,056,810
Clinton: 471,436 (46.1%)
Dole: 409,225 (40.1%)
Perot: 89,895 (8.8%)
Other: 50,974 (5%)
Total: 1,021,530
Clinton: 2,427,378 (48.2%)
Dole: 2,064,557 (41%)
Perot: 481,747 (9.6%)
Other: 65,509 (1.3%)
Total: 5,039,191
Clinton: 254,925 (59.2%)
Dole: 117,624 (27.3%)
Perot: 48,221 (11.2%)
Other: 9,773 (2.3%)
Total: 430,543
Dole: 508,521 (50.9%)
Clinton: 428,180 (42.8%)
Perot: 55,958 (5.6%)
Other: 6,595 (0.7%)
Total: 999,254
Dole: 159,204 (47.5%)
Clinton: 140,901 (42%)
Perot: 32,350 (9.6%)
Other: 2,783 (0.8%)
Total: 335,238
Clinton: 792,689 (47.5%)
Dole: 769,159 (46.1%)
Perot: 93,287 (5.6%)
Other: 13,684 (0.8%)
Total: 1,668,819
Dole: 2,625,654 (49.8%)
Clinton: 2,259,982 (42.8%)
Perot: 356,173 (6.8%)
Other: 34,826 (0.7%)
Total: 5,276,635
Dole: 344,135 (55.4%)
Clinton: 200,751 (32.3%)
Perot: 62,028 (10%)
Other: 14,605 (2.3%)
Total: 621,519
Clinton: 114,313 (52.3%)
Dole: 70,073 (32.1%)
Perot: 26,204 (12%)
Other: 7,774 (3.6%)
Total: 218,364
Dole: 944,720 (48.1%)
Clinton: 867,138 (44.1%)
Perot: 130,022 (6.6%)
Other: 22,194 (1.1%)
Total: 1,964,074
Clinton: 820,155 (48.8%)
Dole: 643,159 (38.3%)
Perot: 149,791 (8.9%)
Other: 66,162 (3.9%)
Total: 1,679,267
Clinton: 415,072 (49.5%)
Dole: 324,948 (38.8%)
Perot: 94,399 (11.3%)
Other: 3,940 (0.5%)
Total: 838,359
Clinton: 1,048,837 (47.8%)
Dole: 866,096 (39.5%)
Perot: 227,054 (10.3%)
Other: 51,773 (2.4%)
Total: 2,193,760
Dole: 100,843 (56.8%)
Clinton: 52,968 (29.8%)
Perot: 21,745 (12.3%)
Other: 1,952 (1.1%)
Total: 177,508
Clinton: 44,927,488 (48.7%)
Dole: 38,073,772 (41.3%)
Perot: 7,774,582 (8.4%)
Other: 1,499,798 (1.6%)
Total: 92,275,640
