1996 United States presidential election in Utah
Introduction The '''1996 United States presidential election in Utah''' took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.Utah was won by Republican nominee Bob Dole by a 21.07 percent margin of victory. This was Dole’s highest margin of victory for any state in the country. Dole also obtained 54.37 percent of the vote in Utah, higher than any other state., this is the last election in which Tooele County and Carbon County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This also marked the first time since statehood that a president won two terms without ever carrying Utah.
Results  1996 United States presidential election in UtahPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes '''Republican''' '''Robert Dole''' '''Jack Kemp''' '''361,911''' '''54.37%''' '''5''' Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore 221,633 33.30% 0 Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 66,461 9.98% 0 Green Party Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 4,615 0.69% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 4,129 0.62% 0 U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 2,601 0.39% 0 Independent American Party Diane Templin Gary Van Horn 1,290 0.19% 0 Independent Party of Utah Peter Crane Connie Chandler 1,101 0.17% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 1,085 0.16% 0 Workers World Party Monica Moorehead Gloria La Riva 298 0.04% 0 Socialist Workers Party James Harris Laura Garza 235 0.04% 0 Prohibition Earl Dodge Rachel Kelly 111 0.02% 0 Other write-ins   98 0.01% 0 Write-in Mary Cal Hollis Eric Chester 53 0.01% 0 Write-in Charles Collins Rosemary Giumarra 8 0.00% 0 '''Totals'''  '''665,629''' '''100.00%''' '''5''' Voter turnout (Voting age population) '''50%'''===Results by county=== County Robert Joseph DoleRepublican William Jefferson ClintonDemocratic Henry Ross PerotReform Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Beaver'''1,164''''''55.59%''' 687 32.81% 217 10.36% 26 1.24% 477 22.78% 2,094 Box Elder'''8,373''''''62.65%''' 3,170 23.72% 1,578 11.81% 244 1.83% 5,203 38.93% 13,365 Cache'''16,832''''''63.77%''' 6,595 24.99% 2,399 9.09% 568 2.15% 10,237 38.79% 26,394 Carbon 2,343 30.90%'''4,172''''''55.03%''' 952 12.56% 115 1.52% -1,829 -24.12% 7,582 Daggett'''237''''''55.63%''' 131 30.75% 55 12.91% 3 0.70% 106 24.88% 426 Davis'''42,768''''''60.25%''' 19,301 27.19% 7,495 10.56% 1,417 2.00% 23,467 33.06% 70,981 Duchesne'''2,648''''''63.67%''' 892 21.45% 566 13.61% 53 1.27% 1,756 42.22% 4,159 Emery'''2,033''''''49.32%''' 1,371 33.26% 663 16.08% 55 1.33% 662 16.06% 4,122 Garfield'''1,330''''''72.01%''' 283 15.32% 222 12.02% 12 0.65% 1,047 56.69% 1,847 Grand'''1,384''''''42.57%''' 1,199 36.88% 432 13.29% 236 7.26% 185 5.69% 3,251 Iron'''6,550''''''69.75%''' 1,887 20.09% 716 7.62% 238 2.53% 4,663 49.65% 9,391 Juab'''1,290''''''49.12%''' 928 35.34% 353 13.44% 55 2.09% 362 13.79% 2,626 Kane'''1,682''''''72.63%''' 304 13.13% 290 12.52% 40 1.73% 1,378 59.50% 2,316 Millard'''2,681''''''63.29%''' 945 22.31% 505 11.92% 105 2.48% 1,736 40.98% 4,236 Morgan'''1,659''''''57.05%''' 859 29.54% 337 11.59% 53 1.82% 800 27.51% 2,908 Piute'''475''''''66.25%''' 176 24.55% 59 8.23% 7 0.98% 299 41.70% 717 Rich'''523''''''65.70%''' 179 22.49% 88 11.06% 6 0.75% 344 43.22% 796 Salt Lake'''127,951''''''45.51%''' 117,951 41.95% 27,620 9.82% 7,655 2.72% 10,000 3.56% 281,177 San Juan'''2,139''''''51.36%''' 1,675 40.22% 271 6.51% 80 1.92% 464 11.14% 4,165 Sanpete'''3,631''''''58.78%''' 1,568 25.38% 801 12.97% 177 2.87% 2,063 33.40% 6,177 Sevier'''4,031''''''65.79%''' 1,327 21.66% 670 10.94% 99 1.62% 2,704 44.13% 6,127 Summit 3,867 41.50%'''4,177''''''44.82%''' 971 10.42% 304 3.26% -310 -3.33% 9,319 Tooele 3,881 41.68%'''3,992''''''42.87%''' 1,244 13.36% 195 2.09% -111 -1.19% 9,312 Uintah'''4,743''''''63.55%''' 1,714 22.96% 899 12.04% 108 1.45% 3,029 40.58% 7,464 Utah'''69,653''''''71.05%''' 18,291 18.66% 8,106 8.27% 1,981 2.02% 51,362 52.39% 98,031 Wasatch'''2,222''''''52.38%''' 1,374 32.39% 558 13.15% 88 2.07% 848 19.99% 4,242 Washington'''17,637''''''70.49%''' 4,816 19.25% 2,069 8.27% 498 1.99% 12,821 51.24% 25,020 Wayne'''741''''''64.89%''' 265 23.20% 121 10.60% 15 1.31% 476 41.68% 1,142 Weber'''27,443''''''48.79%''' 21,404 38.06% 6,204 11.03% 1,191 2.12% 6,039 10.74% 56,242Totals361,91154.37%221,63333.30%66,4619.98%15,6242.35%140,27821.07%665,629==== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican ====* Grand==== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ====* Summit* Tooele
Electors Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met in December 1996 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.
See also * United States presidential elections in Utah* Presidency of Bill Clinton
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