1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1996. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania was won by President Bill Clinton by a margin of 9.2 percentage points.[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 percent of the vote, the same percentage as the national vote (when rounded to the nearest tenth). As of the 2016 presidential election[update], 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]
Results[edit]
| United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1996[1] | ||||||
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| 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 | |
Constitutional | 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[edit]
| William Jefferson Clinton Democratic | Robert Joseph Dole Republican | Henry Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
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[edit]
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^ 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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