1996 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1996 United States presidential election in Ohio

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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 James Campbell 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   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Dole   40-50%   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. State 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 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, 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 ^[update] , 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	2,148,222	47.38%	21
	Republican	Bob Dole	1,859,883	41.02%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	483,207	10.66%	0
	Not Designated	Harry Browne	12,851	0.28%	0
	Not Designated	Monica Moorehead	10,813	0.24%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	9,120	0.20%	0
	Not Designated	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)

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		Bob Dole Republican		Ross Perot Reform		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	4,317	41.59%	4,763	45.88%	1,223	11.78%	78	0.75%	-446	-4.29%	10,381
Allen	15,529	35.33%	24,325	55.35%	3,799	8.64%	295	0.67%	-8,796	-20.02%	43,948
Ashland	6,573	33.24%	10,402	52.61%	2,630	13.30%	168	0.85%	-3,829	-19.37%	19,773
Ashtabula	19,341	49.95%	13,287	34.31%	5,700	14.72%	394	1.02%	6,054	15.64%	38,722
Athens	13,418	56.02%	7,154	29.87%	2,777	11.59%	605	2.53%	6,264	26.15%	23,954
Auglaize	6,652	33.88%	10,169	51.80%	2,641	13.45%	170	0.87%	-3,517	-17.92%	19,632
Belmont	17,705	57.79%	8,213	26.81%	4,452	14.53%	269	0.88%	9,492	30.98%	30,639
Brown	6,318	41.12%	6,970	45.36%	1,941	12.63%	137	0.89%	-652	-4.24%	15,366
Butler	43,690	35.70%	67,023	54.76%	10,540	8.61%	1,145	0.94%	-23,333	-19.06%	122,398
Carroll	4,792	40.64%	4,449	37.74%	2,445	20.74%	104	0.88%	343	2.90%	11,790
Champaign	5,990	40.22%	6,568	44.10%	2,219	14.90%	116	0.78%	-578	-3.88%	14,893
Clark	27,890	48.25%	22,297	38.57%	7,083	12.25%	532	0.92%	5,593	9.68%	57,802
Clermont	21,329	33.24%	36,457	56.81%	5,795	9.03%	593	0.92%	-15,128	-23.57%	64,174
Clinton	5,303	36.52%	7,504	51.68%	1,588	10.94%	126	0.87%	-2,201	-15.16%	14,521
Columbiana	20,716	47.48%	15,386	35.27%	7,127	16.34%	400	0.92%	5,330	12.21%	43,629
Coshocton	6,005	41.91%	6,018	42.00%	2,183	15.23%	124	0.87%	-13	-0.09%	14,330
Crawford	7,449	38.30%	8,730	44.88%	3,072	15.79%	200	1.03%	-1,281	-6.58%	19,451
Cuyahoga	341,357	60.75%	163,770	29.15%	50,691	9.02%	6,074	1.08%	177,587	31.60%	561,892
Darke	8,871	38.52%	10,798	46.88%	3,168	13.75%	195	0.85%	-1,927	-8.36%	23,032
Defiance	6,343	39.91%	7,469	47.00%	1,929	12.14%	152	0.96%	-1,126	-7.09%	15,893
Delaware	13,463	32.51%	24,123	58.25%	3,471	8.38%	358	0.86%	-10,660	-25.74%	41,415
Erie	16,730	50.02%	12,204	36.49%	4,225	12.63%	290	0.87%	4,526	13.53%	33,449
Fairfield	18,821	37.13%	26,850	52.98%	4,660	9.19%	353	0.70%	-8,029	-15.85%	50,684
Fayette	3,665	38.15%	4,831	50.29%	1,047	10.90%	64	0.67%	-1,166	-12.14%	9,607
Franklin	192,795	48.14%	178,412	44.55%	25,400	6.34%	3,908	0.98%	14,383	3.59%	400,515
Fulton	6,662	37.20%	8,703	48.60%	2,412	13.47%	130	0.73%	-2,041	-11.40%	17,907
Gallia	5,386	43.21%	5,135	41.19%	1,839	14.75%	106	0.85%	251	2.02%	12,466
Geauga	14,143	36.18%	19,662	50.30%	4,848	12.40%	436	1.12%	-5,519	-14.12%	39,089
Greene	25,082	40.60%	30,677	49.65%	5,246	8.49%	777	1.26%	-5,595	-9.05%	61,782
Guernsey	6,731	44.55%	5,970	39.52%	2,251	14.90%	156	1.03%	761	5.03%	15,108
Hamilton	160,458	43.13%	186,493	50.12%	21,335	5.73%	3,782	1.02%	-26,035	-6.99%	372,068
Hancock	9,334	31.21%	17,252	57.68%	2,904	9.71%	418	1.40%	-7,918	-26.47%	29,908
Hardin	4,930	41.51%	5,506	46.36%	1,365	11.49%	75	0.63%	-576	-4.85%	11,876
Harrison	3,721	50.27%	2,310	31.21%	1,302	17.59%	69	0.93%	1,411	19.06%	7,402
Henry	4,762	37.25%	6,385	49.94%	1,550	12.12%	88	0.69%	-1,623	-12.69%	12,785
Highland	5,837	39.78%	7,102	48.40%	1,629	11.10%	106	0.72%	-1,265	-8.62%	14,674
Hocking	4,646	44.86%	4,017	38.79%	1,564	15.10%	129	1.25%	629	6.07%	10,356
Holmes	2,531	27.86%	5,213	57.39%	1,276	14.05%	64	0.70%	-2,682	-29.53%	9,084
Huron	8,858	41.86%	8,750	41.35%	3,338	15.77%	215	1.02%	108	0.51%	21,161
Jackson	5,538	45.79%	4,922	40.69%	1,529	12.64%	106	0.88%	616	5.10%	12,095
Jefferson	19,402	56.04%	10,212	29.49%	4,748	13.71%	261	0.75%	9,190	26.55%	34,623
Knox	7,562	37.68%	10,159	50.62%	2,138	10.65%	209	1.04%	-2,597	-12.94%	20,068
Lake	43,186	44.19%	40,974	41.92%	12,507	12.80%	1,069	1.09%	2,212	2.27%	97,736
Lawrence	11,595	48.46%	8,832	36.91%	3,232	13.51%	267	1.12%	2,763	11.55%	23,926
Licking	22,624	39.03%	28,276	48.78%	6,516	11.24%	551	0.95%	-5,652	-9.75%	57,967
Logan	6,397	37.31%	8,325	48.56%	2,264	13.21%	159	0.93%	-1,928	-11.25%	17,145
Lorain	55,744	52.37%	34,937	32.82%	14,889	13.99%	875	0.82%	20,807	19.55%	106,445
Lucas	104,911	57.72%	58,120	31.98%	17,282	9.51%	1,434	0.79%	46,791	25.74%	181,747
Madison	5,072	37.79%	6,871	51.20%	1,386	10.33%	92	0.69%	-1,799	-13.41%	13,421
Mahoning	72,716	61.53%	31,397	26.57%	13,213	11.18%	852	0.72%	41,319	34.96%	118,178
Marion	10,482	42.48%	11,112	45.04%	2,897	11.74%	183	0.74%	-630	-2.56%	24,674
Medina	23,727	40.16%	26,120	44.21%	8,700	14.72%	539	0.91%	-2,393	-4.05%	59,086
Meigs	4,275	45.17%	3,622	38.27%	1,453	15.35%	115	1.22%	653	6.90%	9,465
Mercer	6,300	35.69%	8,832	50.03%	2,361	13.37%	160	0.91%	-2,532	-14.34%	17,653
Miami	15,540	38.85%	19,509	48.77%	4,599	11.50%	357	0.89%	-3,969	-9.92%	40,005
Monroe	3,914	56.18%	1,856	26.64%	1,128	16.19%	69	0.99%	2,058	29.54%	6,967
Montgomery	115,469	50.00%	95,391	41.30%	18,298	7.92%	1,799	0.78%	20,078	8.70%	230,957
Morgan	2,385	39.94%	2,566	42.97%	922	15.44%	98	1.64%	-181	-3.03%	5,971
Morrow	4,627	37.69%	5,655	46.07%	1,745	14.22%	248	2.02%	-1,028	-8.38%	12,275
Muskingum	13,813	41.89%	13,861	42.04%	4,880	14.80%	418	1.27%	-48	-0.15%	32,972
Noble	2,366	42.91%	2,183	39.59%	899	16.30%	66	1.20%	183	3.32%	5,514
Ottawa	9,321	49.35%	6,991	37.01%	2,438	12.91%	138	0.73%	2,330	12.34%	18,888
Paulding	3,449	40.12%	3,760	43.74%	1,292	15.03%	95	1.11%	-311	-3.62%	8,596
Perry	5,819	46.75%	4,606	37.00%	1,854	14.90%	168	1.35%	1,213	9.75%	12,447
Pickaway	7,042	40.24%	8,666	49.52%	1,702	9.73%	91	0.52%	-1,624	-9.28%	17,501
Pike	5,542	51.38%	3,759	34.85%	1,402	13.00%	84	0.78%	1,783	16.53%	10,787
Portage	29,441	50.55%	18,939	32.52%	9,178	15.76%	680	1.17%	10,502	18.03%	58,238
Preble	6,611	38.59%	8,139	47.50%	2,235	13.05%	148	0.86%	-1,528	-8.91%	17,133
Putnam	4,972	30.77%	9,294	57.52%	1,767	10.94%	125	0.77%	-4,322	-26.75%	16,158
Richland	20,832	40.49%	23,697	46.06%	6,613	12.85%	309	0.60%	-2,865	-5.57%	51,451
Ross	12,649	49.03%	10,286	39.87%	2,648	10.26%	214	0.83%	2,363	9.16%	25,797
Sandusky	11,547	45.44%	10,033	39.48%	3,617	14.23%	216	0.85%	1,514	5.96%	25,413
Scioto	15,041	48.01%	11,679	37.28%	4,418	14.10%	190	0.61%	3,362	10.73%	31,328
Seneca	10,044	42.72%	9,713	41.31%	3,498	14.88%	256	1.09%	331	1.41%	23,511
Shelby	6,729	36.65%	8,773	47.78%	2,686	14.63%	174	0.95%	-2,044	-11.13%	18,362
Stark	73,437	46.38%	60,212	38.03%	23,004	14.53%	1,693	1.07%	13,225	8.35%	158,346
Summit	112,050	52.07%	73,555	34.18%	27,723	12.88%	1,867	0.87%	38,495	17.89%	215,195
Trumbull	55,604	58.69%	24,811	26.19%	13,563	14.32%	767	0.81%	30,793	32.50%	94,745
Tuscarawas	15,244	43.86%	13,388	38.52%	5,682	16.35%	441	1.27%	1,856	5.34%	34,755
Union	4,989	33.25%	8,290	55.26%	1,596	10.64%	128	0.85%	-3,301	-22.01%	15,003
Van Wert	4,453	34.15%	6,999	53.67%	1,487	11.40%	102	0.78%	-2,546	-19.52%	13,041
Vinton	2,350	48.85%	1,673	34.77%	728	15.13%	60	1.25%	677	14.08%	4,811
Warren	17,089	30.84%	33,210	59.94%	4,689	8.46%	421	0.76%	-16,121	-29.10%	55,409
Washington	10,945	42.13%	11,965	46.06%	2,832	10.90%	235	0.90%	-1,020	-3.93%	25,977
Wayne	14,850	36.62%	19,628	48.41%	5,771	14.23%	299	0.74%	-4,778	-11.79%	40,548
Williams	5,524	35.41%	7,747	49.67%	2,121	13.60%	206	1.32%	-2,223	-14.26%	15,598
Wood	23,183	46.98%	20,518	41.58%	5,065	10.26%	577	1.17%	2,665	5.40%	49,343
Wyandot	3,677	38.27%	4,473	46.56%	1,347	14.02%	110	1.14%	-796	-8.29%	9,607
Totals	2,148,222	47.38%	1,859,883	41.02%	483,207	10.66%	43,122	0.95%	288,339	6.36%	4,534,434

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Coshocton

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Franklin
• Gallia
• Huron
• Jackson
• Lake
• Noble
• Ross
• Sandusky
• Seneca

See also

• United States presidential elections in Ohio
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

References

1. "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
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