1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
The 1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1996 as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Pennsylvania was won by President Bill Clinton by a margin of 9.2%.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 9.56% of the popular vote in Pennsylvania.[1]
In Pennsylvania, Bill Clinton received 49.2% of the vote, the same percentage as the national vote (when rounded to the nearest tenth). As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Warren, Clinton, Westmoreland, Schuylkill, Armstrong, Columbia, Forest, and Indiana.[2]
Primaries
Democratic Primary
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
| Bill Clinton | 666,486 | 92.05% |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 57,583 | 7.95% |
| Totals | 724,069 | Turnout: 23.00% |
Republican Primary
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
| Bob Dole | 435,031 | 63.59% |
| Patrick J. Buchanan | 123,011 | 17.98% |
| Steve Forbes | 55,028 | 8.04% |
| Other | 71,043 | 10.38% |
| Totals | 684,113 | Turnout: 21.64% |
Results
| 1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 2,215,819 | 49.17% | 23 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 1,801,169 | 39.97% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 430,984 | 9.56% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 28,000 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 19,552 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Mike Tompkins | 5,783 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,495,524 | 100.00% | 23 | |||
Results by county
| County | William Jefferson Clinton Democratic |
Robert Joseph Dole Republican |
Henry Ross Perot Reform |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 10,774 | 36.51% | 15,338 | 51.98% | 3,186 | 10.80% | 210 | 0.71% | -4,564 | -15.47% | 29,508 |
| Allegheny | 284,480 | 52.82% | 204,067 | 37.89% | 42,309 | 7.86% | 7,759 | 1.44% | 80,413 | 14.93% | 538,615 |
| Armstrong | 11,130 | 43.17% | 11,052 | 42.87% | 3,452 | 13.39% | 145 | 0.56% | 78 | 0.30% | 25,779 |
| Beaver | 39,578 | 53.28% | 26,048 | 35.07% | 8,276 | 11.14% | 377 | 0.51% | 13,530 | 18.22% | 74,279 |
| Bedford | 5,954 | 32.85% | 10,064 | 55.52% | 2,041 | 11.26% | 68 | 0.38% | -4,110 | -22.67% | 18,127 |
| Berks | 49,887 | 40.99% | 56,289 | 46.25% | 13,788 | 11.33% | 1,754 | 1.44% | -6,402 | -5.26% | 121,718 |
| Blair | 15,036 | 36.95% | 21,282 | 52.30% | 4,014 | 9.86% | 359 | 0.88% | -6,246 | -15.35% | 40,691 |
| Bradford | 7,736 | 36.82% | 10,393 | 49.47% | 2,712 | 12.91% | 167 | 0.79% | -2,657 | -12.65% | 21,008 |
| Bucks | 103,313 | 45.44% | 94,899 | 41.74% | 24,544 | 10.80% | 4,607 | 2.03% | 8,414 | 3.70% | 227,363 |
| Butler | 21,990 | 36.29% | 32,038 | 52.88% | 6,145 | 10.14% | 418 | 0.69% | -10,048 | -16.58% | 60,591 |
| Cambria | 30,391 | 51.27% | 20,341 | 34.32% | 7,837 | 13.22% | 706 | 1.19% | 10,050 | 16.95% | 59,275 |
| Cameron | 822 | 36.84% | 1,113 | 49.89% | 283 | 12.68% | 13 | 0.58% | -291 | -13.04% | 2,231 |
| Carbon | 9,457 | 47.69% | 7,193 | 36.28% | 2,992 | 15.09% | 187 | 0.94% | 2,264 | 11.42% | 19,829 |
| Centre | 21,145 | 45.16% | 20,935 | 44.71% | 4,173 | 8.91% | 573 | 1.22% | 210 | 0.45% | 46,826 |
| Chester | 64,783 | 40.91% | 77,029 | 48.64% | 14,067 | 8.88% | 2,487 | 1.57% | -12,246 | -7.73% | 158,366 |
| Clarion | 5,954 | 39.51% | 6,916 | 45.89% | 2,064 | 13.70% | 137 | 0.91% | -962 | -6.38% | 15,071 |
| Clearfield | 11,991 | 41.41% | 12,987 | 44.85% | 3,758 | 12.98% | 219 | 0.76% | -996 | -3.44% | 28,955 |
| Clinton | 5,658 | 49.27% | 4,293 | 37.39% | 1,424 | 12.40% | 108 | 0.94% | 1,365 | 11.89% | 11,483 |
| Columbia | 8,379 | 41.13% | 8,234 | 40.42% | 3,654 | 17.94% | 105 | 0.52% | 145 | 0.71% | 20,372 |
| Crawford | 12,943 | 41.16% | 14,659 | 46.62% | 3,519 | 11.19% | 325 | 1.03% | -1,716 | -5.46% | 31,446 |
| Cumberland | 28,749 | 36.40% | 43,943 | 55.63% | 5,669 | 7.18% | 624 | 0.79% | -15,194 | -19.24% | 78,985 |
| Dauphin | 40,936 | 44.03% | 44,417 | 47.78% | 6,967 | 7.49% | 651 | 0.70% | -3,481 | -3.74% | 92,971 |
| Delaware | 115,946 | 49.39% | 92,628 | 39.46% | 21,883 | 9.32% | 4,291 | 1.83% | 23,318 | 9.93% | 234,748 |
| Elk | 5,749 | 44.18% | 4,889 | 37.57% | 2,293 | 17.62% | 82 | 0.63% | 860 | 6.61% | 13,013 |
| Erie | 57,508 | 52.86% | 39,884 | 36.66% | 10,386 | 9.55% | 1,013 | 0.93% | 17,624 | 16.20% | 108,791 |
| Fayette | 26,359 | 56.65% | 14,019 | 30.13% | 5,722 | 12.30% | 432 | 0.93% | 12,340 | 26.52% | 46,532 |
| Forest | 964 | 43.80% | 902 | 40.98% | 325 | 14.77% | 10 | 0.45% | 62 | 2.82% | 2,201 |
| Franklin | 14,980 | 33.49% | 25,392 | 56.77% | 4,127 | 9.23% | 231 | 0.52% | -10,412 | -23.28% | 44,730 |
| Fulton | 1,620 | 33.28% | 2,665 | 54.75% | 554 | 11.38% | 29 | 0.60% | -1,045 | -21.47% | 4,868 |
| Greene | 7,620 | 55.47% | 4,002 | 29.14% | 2,052 | 14.94% | 62 | 0.45% | 3,618 | 26.34% | 13,736 |
| Huntingdon | 5,285 | 36.46% | 7,324 | 50.53% | 1,813 | 12.51% | 73 | 0.50% | -2,039 | -14.07% | 14,495 |
| Indiana | 13,868 | 45.35% | 12,874 | 42.10% | 3,674 | 12.01% | 167 | 0.55% | 994 | 3.25% | 30,583 |
| Jefferson | 5,846 | 35.52% | 8,156 | 49.56% | 2,322 | 14.11% | 133 | 0.81% | -2,310 | -14.04% | 16,457 |
| Juniata | 2,896 | 36.27% | 4,128 | 51.70% | 911 | 11.41% | 49 | 0.61% | -1,232 | -15.43% | 7,984 |
| Lackawanna | 46,377 | 56.09% | 26,930 | 32.57% | 8,189 | 9.90% | 1,185 | 1.43% | 19,447 | 23.52% | 82,681 |
| Lancaster | 49,120 | 31.63% | 92,875 | 59.81% | 11,601 | 7.47% | 1,690 | 1.09% | -43,755 | -28.18% | 155,286 |
| Lawrence | 18,993 | 52.38% | 13,088 | 36.10% | 4,002 | 11.04% | 176 | 0.49% | 5,905 | 16.29% | 36,259 |
| Lebanon | 14,187 | 34.83% | 21,885 | 53.73% | 4,235 | 10.40% | 428 | 1.05% | -7,698 | -18.90% | 40,735 |
| Lehigh | 48,568 | 45.77% | 45,103 | 42.51% | 10,947 | 10.32% | 1,492 | 1.41% | 3,465 | 3.27% | 106,110 |
| Luzerne | 60,174 | 51.51% | 43,577 | 37.30% | 12,424 | 10.64% | 642 | 0.55% | 16,597 | 14.21% | 116,817 |
| Lycoming | 13,516 | 34.44% | 21,535 | 54.88% | 3,855 | 9.82% | 335 | 0.85% | -8,019 | -20.44% | 39,241 |
| McKean | 5,509 | 37.05% | 6,838 | 45.99% | 2,350 | 15.80% | 172 | 1.16% | -1,329 | -8.94% | 14,869 |
| Mercer | 23,003 | 50.25% | 17,213 | 37.60% | 5,108 | 11.16% | 455 | 0.99% | 5,790 | 12.65% | 45,779 |
| Mifflin | 5,327 | 38.83% | 6,888 | 50.21% | 1,392 | 10.15% | 111 | 0.81% | -1,561 | -11.38% | 13,718 |
| Monroe | 16,547 | 42.36% | 17,326 | 44.35% | 4,650 | 11.90% | 542 | 1.39% | -779 | -1.99% | 39,065 |
| Montgomery | 143,664 | 48.87% | 121,047 | 41.18% | 24,392 | 8.30% | 4,858 | 1.65% | 22,617 | 7.69% | 293,961 |
| Montour | 2,183 | 37.57% | 2,785 | 47.93% | 784 | 13.49% | 59 | 1.02% | -602 | -10.36% | 5,811 |
| Northampton | 43,959 | 48.31% | 35,726 | 39.26% | 9,848 | 10.82% | 1,469 | 1.61% | 8,233 | 9.05% | 91,002 |
| Northumberland | 13,418 | 41.41% | 13,551 | 41.82% | 5,173 | 15.97% | 258 | 0.80% | -133 | -0.41% | 32,400 |
| Perry | 4,611 | 31.77% | 8,156 | 56.19% | 1,609 | 11.09% | 139 | 0.96% | -3,545 | -24.42% | 14,515 |
| Philadelphia | 412,988 | 77.44% | 85,345 | 16.00% | 29,329 | 5.50% | 5,615 | 1.05% | 327,643 | 61.44% | 533,277 |
| Pike | 5,509 | 38.68% | 6,697 | 47.02% | 1,873 | 13.15% | 165 | 1.16% | -1,188 | -8.34% | 14,244 |
| Potter | 2,146 | 31.48% | 3,714 | 54.48% | 925 | 13.57% | 32 | 0.47% | -1,568 | -23.00% | 6,817 |
| Schuylkill | 24,860 | 43.90% | 22,920 | 40.47% | 8,471 | 14.96% | 378 | 0.67% | 1,940 | 3.43% | 56,629 |
| Snyder | 3,405 | 29.25% | 6,742 | 57.91% | 1,451 | 12.46% | 44 | 0.38% | -3,337 | -28.66% | 11,642 |
| Somerset | 12,719 | 40.26% | 14,735 | 46.64% | 3,968 | 12.56% | 169 | 0.53% | -2,016 | -6.38% | 31,591 |
| Sullivan | 1,071 | 37.47% | 1,352 | 47.31% | 418 | 14.63% | 17 | 0.59% | -281 | -9.83% | 2,858 |
| Susquehanna | 5,912 | 37.81% | 7,354 | 47.03% | 2,266 | 14.49% | 104 | 0.67% | -1,442 | -9.22% | 15,636 |
| Tioga | 4,961 | 34.39% | 7,382 | 51.18% | 1,993 | 13.82% | 89 | 0.62% | -2,421 | -16.78% | 14,425 |
| Union | 3,658 | 31.20% | 6,570 | 56.04% | 1,431 | 12.21% | 65 | 0.55% | -2,912 | -24.84% | 11,724 |
| Venango | 8,205 | 41.97% | 8,398 | 42.96% | 2,777 | 14.21% | 169 | 0.86% | -193 | -0.99% | 19,549 |
| Warren | 7,291 | 42.72% | 7,056 | 41.34% | 2,504 | 14.67% | 216 | 1.27% | 235 | 1.38% | 17,067 |
| Washington | 40,952 | 52.67% | 27,777 | 35.73% | 8,661 | 11.14% | 355 | 0.46% | 13,175 | 16.95% | 77,745 |
| Wayne | 5,928 | 36.29% | 8,077 | 49.45% | 2,126 | 13.02% | 203 | 1.24% | -2,149 | -13.16% | 16,334 |
| Westmoreland | 63,686 | 44.43% | 62,058 | 43.30% | 16,230 | 11.32% | 1,355 | 0.95% | 1,628 | 1.14% | 143,329 |
| Wyoming | 4,049 | 38.90% | 4,888 | 46.96% | 1,414 | 13.59% | 57 | 0.55% | -839 | -8.06% | 10,408 |
| York | 49,596 | 38.70% | 65,188 | 50.87% | 11,652 | 9.09% | 1,720 | 1.34% | -15,592 | -12.17% | 128,156 |
| Totals | 2,215,819 | 49.23% | 1,801,169 | 40.01% | 430,984 | 9.57% | 53,335 | 1.18% | 414,650 | 9.21% | 4,501,307 |
References
- David Leip. "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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