1996 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1996 United States presidential election in Illinois
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
Turnout64.70%
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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 vote2200
Popular vote2,341,7441,587,021346,408
Percentage54.32%36.81%8.03%

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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Illinois was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 54.32% to 36.81% for a margin of 17.51%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.03 percent of the popular vote. [1]

As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Bond County, Christian County, Clay County, Clinton County, Fayette County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Jefferson County, Jersey County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Marshall County, Massac County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Randolph County, Saline County, Shelby County, Union County, White County, and Williamson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2]

Primaries

Turnout

For the state-run primaries (Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian), turnout was 26.46%, with 1,620,768 votes cast. [3] For the general election, turnout was 64.70%, with 4,311,391 votes cast. [4]

State-run primaries were held for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties on March 19. [3]

Democratic

1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
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  1992 March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19) 2000  
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Candidate Bill Clinton
Home state Arkansas
Popular vote770,001
Percentage96.17%

The 1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.

Incumbent president Bill Clinton secured a victory with no major opposition.

1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary [3]
CandidateVotes%Delegates
Bill Clinton (incumbent)770,00196.17
Elvena Lloyd-Duffie 16,0452.000
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. 14,6241.830
Heather Anne Harder (write-in)60.000
Total800,676100%

Republican

1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary
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  1992 March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19) 2000  
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Candidate Bob Dole Pat Buchanan
Home state Kansas Virginia
Popular vote532,467 votes186,177 votes
Percentage65.07%22.7%

The 1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.

1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary [3]
CandidateVotes%Delegates
Bob Dole 532,46765.07
Patrick J. Buchannan 186,17722.75
Steve Forbes withdrawn39,9064.88
Alan L. Keyes 30,0523.67
Lamar Alexander withdrawn12,5851.54
Richard G. Lugar withdrawn8,2861.01
Phil Gramm withdrawn6,6960.82
Morry Taylor withdrawn2,1890.27
V.A. Kelly (write-in)60.00
Total818,364100%

Libertarian

1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary
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March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19)
Candidate Harry Browne Irwin Schiff
Home state Tennessee Connecticut
Popular vote1,278450
Percentage73.96%26.04%

The 1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Libertarian Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election. It was a non-binding preference primary, from which no delegates were awarded.

1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary [3]
CandidateVotes%
Harry Browne 1,27873.96
Irwin Schiff 45026.04
Total1,728100%

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Illinois [4]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (Incumbent) Al Gore (Incumbent)2,341,74454.32%22
Republican Bob Dole Jack Kemp 1,587,02136.81%0
Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 346,4088.03%0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 22,5480.52%0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Joseph Zdonczyk [a] 7,6060.17%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 4,6060.10%0
Write-in Ralph Nader 1,4470.03%0
No party Write-in 100.00%0
Write-in Earl Dodge 10.00%0

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton
Democratic
Bob Dole
Republican
Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [6]
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 11,33639.90%13,83648.70%3,06910.80%1700.60%-2,500-8.80%28,321
Alexander 2,75363.96%1,21228.16%3217.46%180.42%1,54135.80%4,296
Bond 3,21346.10%3,01843.30%6859.83%540.77%1952.80%6,938
Boone 5,34541.09%6,18147.51%1,37710.58%1060.81%-836-6.42%12,939
Brown 99743.40%1,05345.84%23710.32%100.44%-56-2.44%2,290
Bureau 7,65147.60%6,52840.61%1,79811.19%960.60%1,1236.99%16,011
Calhoun 1,67655.63%94131.23%36312.05%331.10%73524.40%3,003
Carroll 2,92643.04%3,02944.55%79211.65%520.76%-103-1.51%6,759
Cass 2,83450.01%2,21439.07%58910.39%300.53%62010.94%5,653
Champaign 32,45448.86%28,23242.50%4,8067.23%9371.41%4,2226.36%65,884
Christian 7,43150.08%5,56337.49%1,72711.64%1160.78%1,86812.59%14,778
Clark 2,99541.48%3,40947.22%78110.82%350.48%-414-5.74%7,201
Clay 2,75044.16%2,70343.40%71911.54%560.90%470.76%6,206
Clinton 6,10444.09%6,06543.81%1,58011.41%950.69%390.28%13,797
Coles 8,95046.38%8,03841.65%2,13711.07%1730.90%9124.73%19,215
Cook 1,153,28966.79%461,55726.73%96,6335.60%15,1870.88%691,73240.06%1,716,586
Crawford 3,62741.72%3,96545.61%1,05712.16%440.51%-338-3.89%8,663
Cumberland 1,77639.74%2,00244.80%65714.70%340.76%-226-5.06%4,449
DeKalb 12,71544.57%12,38043.40%3,00910.55%4231.48%3351.17%28,226
DeWitt 2,87843.68%2,97845.20%69410.53%390.59%-100-1.52%6,564
Douglas 2,95542.14%3,27246.66%74010.55%460.66%-317-4.52%6,989
DuPage 129,70939.97%164,63050.74%27,4198.45%2,7280.84%-34,921-10.77%322,688
Edgar 3,55242.78%3,74645.12%93511.26%690.83%-194-2.34%8,273
Edwards 1,08935.10%1,61351.98%38412.38%170.55%-524-16.88%3,096
Effingham 4,82533.97%7,69654.18%1,55510.95%1280.90%-2,871-20.21%14,134
Fayette 3,88744.21%3,88144.14%96410.96%600.68%60.07%8,769
Ford 2,06535.79%3,07753.33%59010.23%380.66%-1,012-17.54%5,753
Franklin 9,81456.54%5,35430.84%2,09612.08%940.54%4,46025.70%17,310
Fulton 8,85756.39%5,15532.82%1,61010.25%840.53%3,70223.57%15,663
Gallatin 2,11360.15%85624.37%52715.00%170.48%1,25735.78%3,505
Greene 2,73446.07%2,24537.83%90315.22%520.88%4898.24%5,909
Grundy 6,75945.36%6,17741.45%1,86012.48%1060.71%5823.91%14,839
Hamilton 2,24249.72%1,67737.19%56012.42%300.67%56512.53%4,493
Hancock 4,00143.59%3,96143.16%1,14812.51%680.74%400.43%9,140
Hardin 1,32350.55%79030.19%48518.53%190.73%53320.36%2,606
Henderson 1,95353.97%1,23334.07%40811.27%250.69%72019.90%3,611
Henry 11,20151.15%8,39338.33%2,19410.02%1090.50%2,80812.82%21,839
Iroquois 4,55935.79%6,56451.53%1,52211.95%920.72%-2,005-15.74%12,684
Jackson 12,21455.49%7,42233.72%2,0829.46%2931.33%4,79221.77%21,860
Jasper 2,03841.16%2,23445.12%64112.95%380.77%-196-3.96%4,930
Jefferson 7,26348.48%5,93739.63%1,64710.99%1340.89%1,3268.85%14,924
Jersey 4,27548.77%3,21136.63%1,18613.53%941.07%1,06412.14%8,721
Jo Daviess 4,17144.82%3,91542.07%1,13112.15%890.96%2562.75%9,266
Johnson 2,00940.75%2,24145.46%64012.98%400.81%-232-4.71%4,906
Kane 47,90241.77%54,37547.41%11,2709.83%1,1461.00%-6,473-5.64%113,983
Kankakee 16,82047.73%14,59541.41%3,57410.14%2520.72%2,2256.32%35,097
Kendall 6,49936.78%8,95850.69%2,05511.63%1600.91%-2,459-13.91%17,575
Knox 12,48755.38%7,82234.69%2,0969.30%1430.63%4,66520.69%22,454
Lake 93,31545.57%93,14945.49%16,6408.13%1,6600.81%1660.08%203,702
LaSalle 21,64350.94%15,29936.01%5,25912.38%2900.68%6,34414.93%42,298
Lawrence 2,87144.92%2,56840.18%91614.33%370.58%3034.74%6,369
Lee 5,89541.57%6,67747.08%1,52010.72%900.63%-782-5.51%14,128
Livingston 5,64138.15%7,65351.75%1,4099.53%850.57%-2,012-13.60%14,737
Logan 4,61837.41%6,51852.80%1,1419.24%680.55%-1,900-15.39%12,308
Macon 24,25651.35%18,16138.45%4,5409.61%2780.59%6,09512.90%47,063
Macoupin 11,10752.70%7,23534.33%2,53212.01%2010.95%3,87218.37%21,005
Madison 53,56853.26%35,75835.55%10,12110.06%1,1261.12%17,81017.71%100,101
Marion 7,79249.43%5,99938.06%1,82511.58%1470.93%1,79311.37%15,681
Marshall 2,64046.20%2,45342.93%58610.26%350.61%1873.27%5,693
Mason 3,38552.53%2,43037.71%6009.31%290.45%95514.82%6,425
Massac 2,84146.90%2,50741.38%67511.14%350.58%3345.52%6,037
McDonough 5,63246.80%5,04941.95%1,21710.11%1371.14%5834.85%11,962
McHenry 31,24037.52%41,13649.41%10,08212.11%7980.96%-9,896-11.89%82,780
McLean 22,70842.50%26,42849.46%3,8167.14%4830.90%-3,720-6.96%53,088
Menard 2,20437.56%3,10652.93%5349.10%240.41%-902-15.37%5,857
Mercer 4,27854.17%2,68834.04%88911.26%420.53%1,59020.13%7,871
Monroe 4,79841.60%5,35046.38%1,27611.06%1110.96%-552-4.78%11,500
Montgomery 6,33850.18%4,77037.76%1,43611.37%870.69%1,56812.42%12,584
Morgan 6,15043.19%6,35244.61%1,63311.47%1030.72%-202-1.42%14,179
Moultrie 2,62948.23%2,19940.34%59610.93%270.50%4307.89%5,430
Ogle 6,76536.90%9,55852.13%1,87610.23%1360.74%-2,793-15.23%18,251
Peoria 37,38350.45%30,99041.82%5,2207.04%5090.69%6,3938.63%73,773
Perry 5,34753.90%3,23732.63%1,26212.72%750.76%2,11021.27%9,898
Piatt 3,27444.17%3,26544.05%81811.04%550.74%90.12%7,383
Pike 3,60445.32%3,22540.56%1,03913.07%841.06%3794.76%7,914
Pope 91544.55%85041.38%27713.49%120.58%653.17%2,047
Pulaski 1,52454.16%1,03636.82%2358.35%190.68%48817.34%2,805
Putnam 1,42551.56%98735.71%32211.65%301.09%43815.85%2,745
Randolph 7,41950.65%5,42237.02%1,69811.59%1080.74%1,99713.63%14,591
Richland 2,67939.31%3,13746.03%92713.60%721.06%-458-6.72%6,789
Rock Island 34,82257.13%20,62633.84%5,1358.42%3720.61%14,19623.29%60,718
Saline 6,15652.77%3,69331.66%1,75215.02%640.55%2,46321.11%11,624
Sangamon 38,90244.15%42,17447.87%6,4467.32%5830.66%-3,272-3.72%87,791
Schuyler 1,63643.64%1,59742.60%48312.88%330.88%391.04%3,729
Scott 1,01239.87%1,11243.81%39615.60%180.71%-100-3.94%2,528
Shelby 4,24943.41%4,21543.06%1,26212.89%620.63%340.35%9,756
St. Clair 53,40556.56%33,06635.02%7,0277.44%9310.99%20,33921.54%93,908
Stark 1,26244.06%1,27844.62%31210.89%120.42%-16-0.56%2,859
Stephenson 7,14539.42%8,87148.94%1,94010.70%1690.93%-1,726-9.52%18,020
Tazewell 24,13944.97%24,39545.45%4,8148.97%3300.61%-256-0.48%53,448
Union 4,25251.34%3,14738.00%83210.05%510.62%1,10513.34%8,264
Vermilion 15,52549.55%12,01538.35%3,57711.42%2120.68%3,51011.20%31,175
Wabash 2,17741.28%2,38145.15%68312.95%330.63%-204-3.87%5,256
Warren 3,50048.28%2,97441.02%74210.23%340.47%5267.26%7,227
Washington 2,74439.61%3,33948.20%79011.40%540.78%-595-8.59%6,902
Wayne 3,05437.52%4,02949.50%99912.27%580.71%-975-11.98%8,114
White 3,55348.33%2,87839.15%88812.08%330.45%6759.18%7,335
Whiteside 11,91351.03%8,85937.95%2,43610.44%1360.58%3,05413.08%23,261
Will 69,35446.76%62,50642.15%15,48510.44%9590.65%6,8484.61%147,689
Williamson 12,51049.50%9,73438.52%2,87711.38%1510.60%2,77610.98%25,202
Winnebago 46,26446.31%44,47944.52%8,1928.20%9750.98%1,7851.79%99,250
Woodford 5,27035.03%8,52756.68%1,1707.78%760.51%-3,257-21.65%14,997
Totals2,341,74454.32%1,587,02136.81%346,4088.03%36,2180.84%754,72317.51%4,311,391

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. Illinois was one of the states where Howard Phillips's running mate (Herbert Titus) was replaced on the ballot by Joseph Zdonczyk. [5]

References

  1. Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results 1996 Illinois Results
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. 1966. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ." Illinois State Board of Elections. 1978. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  5. President Elect - The Unofficial Home of the Electoral College - President Elect 1996
    http://presidentelect.org/e1996.html Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Our Campaigns; IL US President 1996