<page_title> 1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Bill Clinton (incumbent) <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1996 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 61.47% <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1996 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Republican <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1996 </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Bob Dole <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1996 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 28.09% <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1996 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Clinton took 61.47% of the vote, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 28.09%, in the 1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts.