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Bill Clinton

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Democrat · 1946–

Bill Clinton

President of the United States · Governor of Arkansas · Attorney General of Arkansas

William Jefferson Clinton is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979, the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and governor again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist Third Way political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which defined his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party into the 21st century.

On the Ballot

2 presidential runs
1992Won43.0% of the vote · 370 EV · v. George H. W. Bush

Strongest counties, 1992

Countytwo-party sharevotes
District of Columbia, DC90.3%227,572
Macon, AL86.5%8,762
Starr, TX86.4%9,261
Duval, TX85.2%5,035
Oglala Lakota, SD84.9%1,651

Weakest counties, 1992

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Madison, ID13.9%7,763
Hansford, TX17.2%2,403
Sioux, IA17.3%14,730
Jackson, KY18.6%4,533
Utah, UT18.7%108,178
1996Won49.2% of the vote · 379 EV · v. Bob Dole

Strongest counties, 1996

Countytwo-party sharevotes
District of Columbia, DC90.1%185,726
Starr, TX89.3%7,260
Bronx, NY89.1%289,350
Oglala Lakota, SD88.4%2,284
Duval, TX87.9%4,660

Weakest counties, 1996

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Kane, UT15.3%2,316
Garfield, MT16.0%746
Ochiltree, TX16.0%3,091
Hayes, NE16.5%570
Russell, KS17.4%4,238