1996 United States presidential election in Utah

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1996 United States presidential election in Utah
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Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate
Electoral vote500
Popular vote361,911221,63366,461
Percentage54.37%33.30%9.98%

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County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Utah was won by Republican nominee Bob Dole, who obtained 54.37 percent of the vote - his highest total in any state - and won by a 21.07 point margin, his highest margin of victory nationwide. [1] [2]

As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Tooele and Carbon Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [3] This also marked the first time since statehood that a president won two terms without ever carrying Utah.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Utah [4]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 361,91154.37%5
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent)221,63333.30%0
Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 66,4619.98%0
Green Party Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 4,6150.69%0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 4,1290.62%0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 2,6010.39%0
Independent American PartyDiane TemplinGary Van Horn1,2900.19%0
Independent Party of Utah Peter Crane Connie Chandler1,1010.17%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 1,0850.16%0
Workers World Party Monica Moorehead Gloria La Riva 2980.04%0
Socialist Workers Party James Harris Laura Garza 2350.04%0
Prohibition Earl Dodge Rachel Kelly 1110.02%0
Other write-ins980.01%0
Write-in Mary Cal Hollis Eric Chester 530.01%0
Write-in Charles Collins Rosemary Giumarra 80.00%0
Totals665,629100.00%5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)50%

Results by county

CountyBob Dole
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Beaver 1,16455.59%68732.81%21710.36%261.24%47722.78%2,094
Box Elder 8,37362.65%3,17023.72%1,57811.81%2441.83%5,20338.93%13,365
Cache 16,83263.77%6,59524.99%2,3999.09%5682.15%10,23738.78%26,394
Carbon 2,34330.90%4,17255.03%95212.56%1151.52%-1,829-24.13%7,582
Daggett 23755.63%13130.75%5512.91%30.70%10624.88%426
Davis 42,76860.25%19,30127.19%7,49510.56%1,4172.00%23,46733.06%70,981
Duchesne 2,64863.67%89221.45%56613.61%531.27%1,75642.22%4,159
Emery 2,03349.32%1,37133.26%66316.08%551.33%66216.06%4,122
Garfield 1,33072.01%28315.32%22212.02%120.65%1,04756.69%1,847
Grand 1,38442.57%1,19936.88%43213.29%2367.26%1855.69%3,251
Iron 6,55069.75%1,88720.09%7167.62%2382.53%4,66349.66%9,391
Juab 1,29049.12%92835.34%35313.44%552.09%36213.78%2,626
Kane 1,68272.63%30413.13%29012.52%401.73%1,37859.50%2,316
Millard 2,68163.29%94522.31%50511.92%1052.48%1,73640.98%4,236
Morgan 1,65957.05%85929.54%33711.59%531.82%80027.51%2,908
Piute 47566.25%17624.55%598.23%70.98%29941.70%717
Rich 52365.70%17922.49%8811.06%60.75%34443.21%796
Salt Lake 127,95145.51%117,95141.95%27,6209.82%7,6552.72%10,0003.56%281,177
San Juan 2,13951.36%1,67540.22%2716.51%801.92%46411.14%4,165
Sanpete 3,63158.78%1,56825.38%80112.97%1772.87%2,06333.40%6,177
Sevier 4,03165.79%1,32721.66%67010.94%991.62%2,70444.13%6,127
Summit 3,86741.50%4,17744.82%97110.42%3043.26%-310-3.32%9,319
Tooele 3,88141.68%3,99242.87%1,24413.36%1952.09%-111-1.19%9,312
Uintah 4,74363.55%1,71422.96%89912.04%1081.45%3,02940.59%7,464
Utah 69,65371.05%18,29118.66%8,1068.27%1,9812.02%51,36252.39%98,031
Wasatch 2,22252.38%1,37432.39%55813.15%882.07%84819.99%4,242
Washington 17,63770.49%4,81619.25%2,0698.27%4981.99%12,82151.24%25,020
Wayne 74164.89%26523.20%12110.60%151.31%47641.69%1,142
Weber 27,44348.79%21,40438.06%6,20411.03%1,1912.12%6,03910.73%56,242
Totals361,91154.37%221,63333.30%66,4619.98%15,6242.35%140,27821.07%665,629

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met in December 1996 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.

See also

References

  1. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Utah
  3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. "1996 Presidential General Election Results - Utah".