Bill Clinton Democratic Bill Clinton Democratic The 1996 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election.

Montana voted for Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole over President Bill Clinton by a slim margin of 2.88%.

[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 13.56% of the popular vote in Montana.

With 13.56% of the popular vote, Montana would prove to be Ross Perot's second strongest state in the 1996 election after Maine.

[2] Montana was one of three states won by Clinton in 1992 that Bob Dole was able to flip, the others being Colorado and Georgia.