That's The Ticket:
A Parade of Presidential Elections
Democratic Ticket ![]() | |
Presidential candidate: | BILL CLINTON, President |
VP candidate: | AL GORE, Vice President |
Popular votes: | 47,402,357 (49.2%) |
Electoral votes: | 379 |
Republican Ticket | |
Presidential candidate: | Bob Dole, Kansas Senator |
VP candidate: | Jack Kemp, former HUD Secretary |
Popular votes: | 39,198,755 (40.7%) |
Electoral votes: | 159 |

Election Facts
- Character issues dogged Clinton again but his personality, his record of moderate policy initiatives, and a strong economy worked to his benefit.
- Clinton adopted conservative approaches to welfare reform, deficit reduction, and family values while holding to Democratic stances on the environment, health care, and education.
- Clinton made the Republicans' adoption of a conservative platform look extreme by comparison.
- Clinton's support by women and minorities helped him win re-election.
Bob Dole speaks at a campaign rally in Madison, September 5, 1996.
Photo by Joseph W. Jackson III, courtesy of the "Wisconsin State Journal."
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