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In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49. 2 % of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole ( 40. 7 % of the popular vote ) and Reform candidate Ross Perot ( 8. 4 % of the popular vote ), becoming the first Democratic incumbent since Lyndon Johnson to be elected to a second term and the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected President more than once.

The Republicans lost a few seats in the House and gained a few in the Senate, but retained control of both houses of the 105th United States Congress.

Clinton received 379, or over 70 % of the Electoral College votes, with Dole receiving 159 electoral votes.