1996 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1996 United States presidential election in Ohio
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
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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 vote2100
Popular vote2,148,2221,859,883483,207
Percentage47.38%41.02%10.66%

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County Results

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. State voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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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 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. 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 and the southeastern border with West Virginia, who voted largely for Clinton. In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led 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.

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Columbiana, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Perry, Pike, Scioto, Vinton, Carroll, Gallia, Guernsey, Huron, Noble, Ross, and Seneca. [2] This was the first time since 1940 that a Democrat carried Ohio in two consecutive presidential elections, and the last time a Democrat carried the state by more than 5%.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Ohio
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent)2,148,22247.38%21
Republican Bob Dole 1,859,88341.02%0
Reform Ross Perot 483,20710.66%0
Not Designated Harry Browne 12,8510.28%0
Not Designated Monica Moorehead 10,8130.24%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 9,1200.20%0
Not Designated Howard Phillips 7,3610.16%0
Green Ralph Nader (write-in)2,9620.07%0
Other write-ins150.00%0
Totals4,534,434100.00%21
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton
Democratic
Bob Dole
Republican
Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 4,31741.59%4,76345.88%1,22311.78%780.75%-446-4.29%10,381
Allen 15,52935.33%24,32555.35%3,7998.64%2950.67%-8,796-20.02%43,948
Ashland 6,57333.24%10,40252.61%2,63013.30%1680.85%-3,829-19.37%19,773
Ashtabula 19,34149.95%13,28734.31%5,70014.72%3941.02%6,05415.64%38,722
Athens 13,41856.02%7,15429.87%2,77711.59%6052.53%6,26426.15%23,954
Auglaize 6,65233.88%10,16951.80%2,64113.45%1700.87%-3,517-17.92%19,632
Belmont 17,70557.79%8,21326.81%4,45214.53%2690.88%9,49230.98%30,639
Brown 6,31841.12%6,97045.36%1,94112.63%1370.89%-652-4.24%15,366
Butler 43,69035.70%67,02354.76%10,5408.61%1,1450.94%-23,333-19.06%122,398
Carroll 4,79240.64%4,44937.74%2,44520.74%1040.88%3432.90%11,790
Champaign 5,99040.22%6,56844.10%2,21914.90%1160.78%-578-3.88%14,893
Clark 27,89048.25%22,29738.57%7,08312.25%5320.92%5,5939.68%57,802
Clermont 21,32933.24%36,45756.81%5,7959.03%5930.92%-15,128-23.57%64,174
Clinton 5,30336.52%7,50451.68%1,58810.94%1260.87%-2,201-15.16%14,521
Columbiana 20,71647.48%15,38635.27%7,12716.34%4000.92%5,33012.21%43,629
Coshocton 6,00541.91%6,01842.00%2,18315.23%1240.87%-13-0.09%14,330
Crawford 7,44938.30%8,73044.88%3,07215.79%2001.03%-1,281-6.58%19,451
Cuyahoga 341,35760.75%163,77029.15%50,6919.02%6,0741.08%177,58731.60%561,892
Darke 8,87138.52%10,79846.88%3,16813.75%1950.85%-1,927-8.36%23,032
Defiance 6,34339.91%7,46947.00%1,92912.14%1520.96%-1,126-7.09%15,893
Delaware 13,46332.51%24,12358.25%3,4718.38%3580.86%-10,660-25.74%41,415
Erie 16,73050.02%12,20436.49%4,22512.63%2900.87%4,52613.53%33,449
Fairfield 18,82137.13%26,85052.98%4,6609.19%3530.70%-8,029-15.85%50,684
Fayette 3,66538.15%4,83150.29%1,04710.90%640.67%-1,166-12.14%9,607
Franklin 192,79548.14%178,41244.55%25,4006.34%3,9080.98%14,3833.59%400,515
Fulton 6,66237.20%8,70348.60%2,41213.47%1300.73%-2,041-11.40%17,907
Gallia 5,38643.21%5,13541.19%1,83914.75%1060.85%2512.02%12,466
Geauga 14,14336.18%19,66250.30%4,84812.40%4361.12%-5,519-14.12%39,089
Greene 25,08240.60%30,67749.65%5,2468.49%7771.26%-5,595-9.05%61,782
Guernsey 6,73144.55%5,97039.52%2,25114.90%1561.03%7615.03%15,108
Hamilton 160,45843.13%186,49350.12%21,3355.73%3,7821.02%-26,035-6.99%372,068
Hancock 9,33431.21%17,25257.68%2,9049.71%4181.40%-7,918-26.47%29,908
Hardin 4,93041.51%5,50646.36%1,36511.49%750.63%-576-4.85%11,876
Harrison 3,72150.27%2,31031.21%1,30217.59%690.93%1,41119.06%7,402
Henry 4,76237.25%6,38549.94%1,55012.12%880.69%-1,623-12.69%12,785
Highland 5,83739.78%7,10248.40%1,62911.10%1060.72%-1,265-8.62%14,674
Hocking 4,64644.86%4,01738.79%1,56415.10%1291.25%6296.07%10,356
Holmes 2,53127.86%5,21357.39%1,27614.05%640.70%-2,682-29.53%9,084
Huron 8,85841.86%8,75041.35%3,33815.77%2151.02%1080.51%21,161
Jackson 5,53845.79%4,92240.69%1,52912.64%1060.88%6165.10%12,095
Jefferson 19,40256.04%10,21229.49%4,74813.71%2610.75%9,19026.55%34,623
Knox 7,56237.68%10,15950.62%2,13810.65%2091.04%-2,597-12.94%20,068
Lake 43,18644.19%40,97441.92%12,50712.80%1,0691.09%2,2122.27%97,736
Lawrence 11,59548.46%8,83236.91%3,23213.51%2671.12%2,76311.55%23,926
Licking 22,62439.03%28,27648.78%6,51611.24%5510.95%-5,652-9.75%57,967
Logan 6,39737.31%8,32548.56%2,26413.21%1590.93%-1,928-11.25%17,145
Lorain 55,74452.37%34,93732.82%14,88913.99%8750.82%20,80719.55%106,445
Lucas 104,91157.72%58,12031.98%17,2829.51%1,4340.79%46,79125.74%181,747
Madison 5,07237.79%6,87151.20%1,38610.33%920.69%-1,799-13.41%13,421
Mahoning 72,71661.53%31,39726.57%13,21311.18%8520.72%41,31934.96%118,178
Marion 10,48242.48%11,11245.04%2,89711.74%1830.74%-630-2.56%24,674
Medina 23,72740.16%26,12044.21%8,70014.72%5390.91%-2,393-4.05%59,086
Meigs 4,27545.17%3,62238.27%1,45315.35%1151.22%6536.90%9,465
Mercer 6,30035.69%8,83250.03%2,36113.37%1600.91%-2,532-14.34%17,653
Miami 15,54038.85%19,50948.77%4,59911.50%3570.89%-3,969-9.92%40,005
Monroe 3,91456.18%1,85626.64%1,12816.19%690.99%2,05829.54%6,967
Montgomery 115,46950.00%95,39141.30%18,2987.92%1,7990.78%20,0788.70%230,957
Morgan 2,38539.94%2,56642.97%92215.44%981.64%-181-3.03%5,971
Morrow 4,62737.69%5,65546.07%1,74514.22%2482.02%-1,028-8.38%12,275
Muskingum 13,81341.89%13,86142.04%4,88014.80%4181.27%-48-0.15%32,972
Noble 2,36642.91%2,18339.59%89916.30%661.20%1833.32%5,514
Ottawa 9,32149.35%6,99137.01%2,43812.91%1380.73%2,33012.34%18,888
Paulding 3,44940.12%3,76043.74%1,29215.03%951.11%-311-3.62%8,596
Perry 5,81946.75%4,60637.00%1,85414.90%1681.35%1,2139.75%12,447
Pickaway 7,04240.24%8,66649.52%1,7029.73%910.52%-1,624-9.28%17,501
Pike 5,54251.38%3,75934.85%1,40213.00%840.78%1,78316.53%10,787
Portage 29,44150.55%18,93932.52%9,17815.76%6801.17%10,50218.03%58,238
Preble 6,61138.59%8,13947.50%2,23513.05%1480.86%-1,528-8.91%17,133
Putnam 4,97230.77%9,29457.52%1,76710.94%1250.77%-4,322-26.75%16,158
Richland 20,83240.49%23,69746.06%6,61312.85%3090.60%-2,865-5.57%51,451
Ross 12,64949.03%10,28639.87%2,64810.26%2140.83%2,3639.16%25,797
Sandusky 11,54745.44%10,03339.48%3,61714.23%2160.85%1,5145.96%25,413
Scioto 15,04148.01%11,67937.28%4,41814.10%1900.61%3,36210.73%31,328
Seneca 10,04442.72%9,71341.31%3,49814.88%2561.09%3311.41%23,511
Shelby 6,72936.65%8,77347.78%2,68614.63%1740.95%-2,044-11.13%18,362
Stark 73,43746.38%60,21238.03%23,00414.53%1,6931.07%13,2258.35%158,346
Summit 112,05052.07%73,55534.18%27,72312.88%1,8670.87%38,49517.89%215,195
Trumbull 55,60458.69%24,81126.19%13,56314.32%7670.81%30,79332.50%94,745
Tuscarawas 15,24443.86%13,38838.52%5,68216.35%4411.27%1,8565.34%34,755
Union 4,98933.25%8,29055.26%1,59610.64%1280.85%-3,301-22.01%15,003
Van Wert 4,45334.15%6,99953.67%1,48711.40%1020.78%-2,546-19.52%13,041
Vinton 2,35048.85%1,67334.77%72815.13%601.25%67714.08%4,811
Warren 17,08930.84%33,21059.94%4,6898.46%4210.76%-16,121-29.10%55,409
Washington 10,94542.13%11,96546.06%2,83210.90%2350.90%-1,020-3.93%25,977
Wayne 14,85036.62%19,62848.41%5,77114.23%2990.74%-4,778-11.79%40,548
Williams 5,52435.41%7,74749.67%2,12113.60%2061.32%-2,223-14.26%15,598
Wood 23,18346.98%20,51841.58%5,06510.26%5771.17%2,6655.40%49,343
Wyandot 3,67738.27%4,47346.56%1,34714.02%1101.14%-796-8.29%9,607
Totals2,148,22247.38%1,859,88341.02%483,20710.66%43,1220.95%288,3396.36%4,534,434

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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