Bill Clinton Democratic-NPL Bill Clinton Democratic-NPL The 1996 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 5, 1996.

North Dakota was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas.

[1] North Dakota weighed in for this election as 5% more third-party than the national average.

In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 12% of the votes in North Dakota, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for the U.S. presidency in recent times.

His performance in the state was his fifth-strongest in the election after Maine, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.