United States presidential election in Ohio, 1996

United States presidential election in Ohio, 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 21 0 0 Popular vote 2,148,222 1,859,883 483,207 Percentage 47.38% 41.02% 10.66%

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 Ohio took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Ohio 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 and 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.

Partisan background

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 lead 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.

Results

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	2,148,222	47.38%	21
	Republican	Bob Dole	1,859,883	41.02%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	483,207	10.66%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	12,851	0.28%	0
	Workers World	Monica Moorehead	10,813	0.24%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	9,120	0.20%	0
	Taxpayers’	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)

See also

• Yugoslav Wars
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.