1996 Presidential Election

A major political event in the western world

One major event that took place during 1996 was the Presidential Election. The candidates that ran that  year was Democratic candidate Bill Clinton from Arkansas and his running mate Al Gore from Tennessee and the Republican candidate was a former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas and his running mate former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp from New York. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate. Ross received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates. The 1996 election spent the most money in order to be funded up to that point. The combined amount spent by the two major parties for all federal candidates topped $2 billion, which was 33 percent more than what was spent in 1992.

Clinton had a relatively easy victory in November and became the first Democratic President to be elected to two terms in office since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936.  One of the promises that Bob Dole made was a 15 percent tax cut, but the economy was already pretty healthy economy so that was not a high priority for voters.  The world was largely at peace while Clinton was in office. That election focussed largely on economic issues like jobs, taxes, etc. The economy was also prospering very much during Clinton's term so Clinton beat Dole rather handily. Bill Clinton had 379 electoral votes while Dole only had 159 allowing Clinton to win as president.

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