United States presidential election in Ohio, 1996

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1996
Ohio
November 5, 1996
 
Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate
Electoral vote 21 0 0
Popular vote 2,148,222 1,859,883 483,207
Percentage 47.38% 41.02% 10.66%

County Results
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—40-50%
  Dole—40-50%
  Dole—50-60%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Ohio was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator and Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[1]

Ohio weighed in for this election as 2% more third-party than the national average.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Ohio, with over 11% of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. Most counties in the state turned out more for Dole than Clinton. Two notable exceptions to this trend were Cleveland's Cuyahoga County, and residents of several counties on the Eastern border with Pennsylvania, who voted largely for Clinton.

In his second bid for the Presidency, Ross Perot lead the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 10% of the votes in Ohio, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.

Results

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1996
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 2,148,222 47.38% 21
Republican Bob Dole 1,859,883 41.02% 0
Reform Ross Perot 483,207 10.66% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 12,851 0.28% 0
Workers World Monica Moorehead 10,813 0.24% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 9,120 0.20% 0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 7,361 0.16% 0
Green Ralph Nader (write-in) 2,962 0.07% 0
Other write-ins 15 0.00% 0
Totals 4,534,434 100.00% 21
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
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