United States presidential election in Arizona, 1996

United States presidential election in Arizona, 1996

November 5, 1996

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 vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 653,288 622,073 112,072 Percentage 46.5% 44.3% 8.0%

County Results   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Dole—40-50%   Dole—50-60%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1996 as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Arizona was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 46.52% to 44.29% by a margin of 2.23%.^[1][2] This marks the only time after the 1948 election when a Democratic nominee carried this usually Republican state. Clinton had come fairly close to winning Arizona in the 1992 election. In his re-election bid, he was able to gain a larger share of the vote in Democratic-leaning Pima County as well as most of northern Arizona. He also increased his support in Maricopa County, although it was again carried by the Republican candidate. His statewide margin of victory was slightly over 31,000 votes out of about 1.4 million cast. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third with 7.98% of the popular vote. Exit polls suggest he did not change the outcome.^[3]

Results

United States presidential election in Arizona, 1996
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore	653,288	46.52%	8
	Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	622,073	44.29%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	112,072	7.98%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	14,358	1.02%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	2,062	0.15%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers'	Howard Phillips		347	0.02%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	153	0.01%	0
	No Party	Charles Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	36	0.00%	0
	No party	Write-in		16	0.00%	0
Totals				1,404,405	100.0%	8

References

1. Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 Arizona Results
2. OurCampaigns - AZ US President Race, Nov 05, 1996
3. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/AZPxp.html

See also