The 1996 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election . Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Kansas was won by former home state Senator Bob Dole (R -KS ) over President Bill Clinton (D ), with Dole winning 54.29 percent to 36.08 percent for a margin of 18.21 points. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America -TX ) finished in third, with 8.62 percent of the popular vote,[ 1] a sharp decline from 1992 , when Perot captured 27% of the state's votes and helped hold George H.W. Bush ’s victory margin to just over five percentage points. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Atchison County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 3] Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Ellis County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 .
With 54.29 percent of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Dole's second strongest state in the 1996 election after Utah .[ 4] As of the 2020 election, this marks the only occasion since 1984 in which a Republican nominee for President won his state of birth.