Election in Pennsylvania
County Results
Clinton
40-50%
50-60%
70-80%
Dole
40-50%
50-60%
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 .
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). Pennsylvania was also the tipping-point state in this election. As of the 2020 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]
YouTube Encyclopedic
1 / 5
Views: 33 588
12 731
142 070
198 311
822
The 1996 Election Explained
Geography of United States Elections | Lecture 3
The American Presidential Election of 1900
The American Presidential Election of 2004
China in the U.S. Presidential Election
Primaries
Democratic primary
Candidate
Votes
Percent
Bill Clinton (incumbent)
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 (incumbent)
Al Gore (incumbent)
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
Bill Clinton Democratic
Bob Dole Republican
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
18.21%
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
-16.59%
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
-13.05%
2,231
Carbon
9,457
47.69%
7,193
36.28%
2,992
15.09%
187
0.94%
2,264
11.41%
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
11.88%
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
-19.23%
78,985
Dauphin
40,936
44.03%
44,417
47.78%
6,967
7.49%
651
0.70%
-3,481
-3.75%
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
26.33%
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
16.28%
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
3.26%
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
-9.84%
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
-16.79%
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
16.94%
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
1.13%
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
49.17%
1,801,169
39.97%
430,984
9.56%
58,146
1.29%
414,650
9.20%
4,506,118
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References
This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 02:46