| Election Name: | 1996 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | Bill Clinton.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bill Clinton |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Arkansas |
| Running Mate1: | Al Gore |
| Electoral Vote1: | 21 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,148,222 |
| Percentage1: | 47.38% |
| Nominee2: | Bob Dole |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Running Mate2: | Jack Kemp |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,859,883 |
| Percentage2: | 41.02% |
| Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Reform Party of the United States of America |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | James Campbell |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 483,207 |
| Percentage3: | 10.66% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Bill Clinton |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Clinton |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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. State 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 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. 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 and the southeastern border with West Virginia, who voted largely for Clinton. In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led 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.
, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Columbiana, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Perry, Pike, Scioto, Vinton, Carroll, Gallia, Guernsey, Huron, Noble, Ross, and Seneca.[2] This was the first time since 1940 that a Democrat carried Ohio in two consecutive presidential elections, and the last time a Democrat carried the state by more than 5%.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Ohio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 2,148,222 | 47.38% | 21 | ||
| Republican | 1,859,883 | 41.02% | 0 | |||
| Reform | Ross Perot | 483,207 | 10.66% | 0 | ||
| Not Designated | Harry Browne | 12,851 | 0.28% | 0 | ||
| Not Designated | 10,813 | 0.24% | 0 | |||
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 9,120 | 0.20% | 0 | ||
| Not Designated | 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) | ||||||
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 4,317 | 41.59% | 4,763 | 45.88% | 1,223 | 11.78% | 78 | 0.75% | -446 | -4.29% | 10,381 | ||||||||||||
| Allen | 15,529 | 35.33% | 24,325 | 55.35% | 3,799 | 8.64% | 295 | 0.67% | -8,796 | -20.02% | 43,948 | ||||||||||||
| Ashland | 6,573 | 33.24% | 10,402 | 52.61% | 2,630 | 13.30% | 168 | 0.85% | -3,829 | -19.37% | 19,773 | ||||||||||||
| Ashtabula | 19,341 | 49.95% | 13,287 | 34.31% | 5,700 | 14.72% | 394 | 1.02% | 6,054 | 15.64% | 38,722 | ||||||||||||
| Athens | 13,418 | 56.02% | 7,154 | 29.87% | 2,777 | 11.59% | 605 | 2.53% | 6,264 | 26.15% | 23,954 | ||||||||||||
| Auglaize | 6,652 | 33.88% | 10,169 | 51.80% | 2,641 | 13.45% | 170 | 0.87% | -3,517 | -17.92% | 19,632 | ||||||||||||
| Belmont | 17,705 | 57.79% | 8,213 | 26.81% | 4,452 | 14.53% | 269 | 0.88% | 9,492 | 30.98% | 30,639 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 6,318 | 41.12% | 6,970 | 45.36% | 1,941 | 12.63% | 137 | 0.89% | -652 | -4.24% | 15,366 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 43,690 | 35.70% | 67,023 | 54.76% | 10,540 | 8.61% | 1,145 | 0.94% | -23,333 | -19.06% | 122,398 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 4,792 | 40.64% | 4,449 | 37.74% | 2,445 | 20.74% | 104 | 0.88% | 343 | 2.90% | 11,790 | ||||||||||||
| Champaign | 5,990 | 40.22% | 6,568 | 44.10% | 2,219 | 14.90% | 116 | 0.78% | -578 | -3.88% | 14,893 | ||||||||||||
| Clark | 27,890 | 48.25% | 22,297 | 38.57% | 7,083 | 12.25% | 532 | 0.92% | 5,593 | 9.68% | 57,802 | ||||||||||||
| Clermont | 21,329 | 33.24% | 36,457 | 56.81% | 5,795 | 9.03% | 593 | 0.92% | -15,128 | -23.57% | 64,174 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 5,303 | 36.52% | 7,504 | 51.68% | 1,588 | 10.94% | 126 | 0.87% | -2,201 | -15.16% | 14,521 | ||||||||||||
| Columbiana | 20,716 | 47.48% | 15,386 | 35.27% | 7,127 | 16.34% | 400 | 0.92% | 5,330 | 12.21% | 43,629 | ||||||||||||
| Coshocton | 6,005 | 41.91% | 6,018 | 42.00% | 2,183 | 15.23% | 124 | 0.87% | -13 | -0.09% | 14,330 | ||||||||||||
| Crawford | 7,449 | 38.30% | 8,730 | 44.88% | 3,072 | 15.79% | 200 | 1.03% | -1,281 | -6.58% | 19,451 | ||||||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 341,357 | 60.75% | 163,770 | 29.15% | 50,691 | 9.02% | 6,074 | 1.08% | 177,587 | 31.60% | 561,892 | ||||||||||||
| Darke | 8,871 | 38.52% | 10,798 | 46.88% | 3,168 | 13.75% | 195 | 0.85% | -1,927 | -8.36% | 23,032 | ||||||||||||
| Defiance | 6,343 | 39.91% | 7,469 | 47.00% | 1,929 | 12.14% | 152 | 0.96% | -1,126 | -7.09% | 15,893 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 13,463 | 32.51% | 24,123 | 58.25% | 3,471 | 8.38% | 358 | 0.86% | -10,660 | -25.74% | 41,415 | ||||||||||||
| Erie | 16,730 | 50.02% | 12,204 | 36.49% | 4,225 | 12.63% | 290 | 0.87% | 4,526 | 13.53% | 33,449 | ||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 18,821 | 37.13% | 26,850 | 52.98% | 4,660 | 9.19% | 353 | 0.70% | -8,029 | -15.85% | 50,684 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 3,665 | 38.15% | 4,831 | 50.29% | 1,047 | 10.90% | 64 | 0.67% | -1,166 | -12.14% | 9,607 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 192,795 | 48.14% | 178,412 | 44.55% | 25,400 | 6.34% | 3,908 | 0.98% | 14,383 | 3.59% | 400,515 | ||||||||||||
| Fulton | 6,662 | 37.20% | 8,703 | 48.60% | 2,412 | 13.47% | 130 | 0.73% | -2,041 | -11.40% | 17,907 | ||||||||||||
| Gallia | 5,386 | 43.21% | 5,135 | 41.19% | 1,839 | 14.75% | 106 | 0.85% | 251 | 2.02% | 12,466 | ||||||||||||
| Geauga | 14,143 | 36.18% | 19,662 | 50.30% | 4,848 | 12.40% | 436 | 1.12% | -5,519 | -14.12% | 39,089 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 25,082 | 40.60% | 30,677 | 49.65% | 5,246 | 8.49% | 777 | 1.26% | -5,595 | -9.05% | 61,782 | ||||||||||||
| Guernsey | 6,731 | 44.55% | 5,970 | 39.52% | 2,251 | 14.90% | 156 | 1.03% | 761 | 5.03% | 15,108 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 160,458 | 43.13% | 186,493 | 50.12% | 21,335 | 5.73% | 3,782 | 1.02% | -26,035 | -6.99% | 372,068 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 9,334 | 31.21% | 17,252 | 57.68% | 2,904 | 9.71% | 418 | 1.40% | -7,918 | -26.47% | 29,908 | ||||||||||||
| Hardin | 4,930 | 41.51% | 5,506 | 46.36% | 1,365 | 11.49% | 75 | 0.63% | -576 | -4.85% | 11,876 | ||||||||||||
| Harrison | 3,721 | 50.27% | 2,310 | 31.21% | 1,302 | 17.59% | 69 | 0.93% | 1,411 | 19.06% | 7,402 | ||||||||||||
| Henry | 4,762 | 37.25% | 6,385 | 49.94% | 1,550 | 12.12% | 88 | 0.69% | -1,623 | -12.69% | 12,785 | ||||||||||||
| Highland | 5,837 | 39.78% | 7,102 | 48.40% | 1,629 | 11.10% | 106 | 0.72% | -1,265 | -8.62% | 14,674 | ||||||||||||
| Hocking | 4,646 | 44.86% | 4,017 | 38.79% | 1,564 | 15.10% | 129 | 1.25% | 629 | 6.07% | 10,356 | ||||||||||||
| Holmes | 2,531 | 27.86% | 5,213 | 57.39% | 1,276 | 14.05% | 64 | 0.70% | -2,682 | -29.53% | 9,084 | ||||||||||||
| Huron | 8,858 | 41.86% | 8,750 | 41.35% | 3,338 | 15.77% | 215 | 1.02% | 108 | 0.51% | 21,161 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 5,538 | 45.79% | 4,922 | 40.69% | 1,529 | 12.64% | 106 | 0.88% | 616 | 5.10% | 12,095 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 19,402 | 56.04% | 10,212 | 29.49% | 4,748 | 13.71% | 261 | 0.75% | 9,190 | 26.55% | 34,623 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 7,562 | 37.68% | 10,159 | 50.62% | 2,138 | 10.65% | 209 | 1.04% | -2,597 | -12.94% | 20,068 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 43,186 | 44.19% | 40,974 | 41.92% | 12,507 | 12.80% | 1,069 | 1.09% | 2,212 | 2.27% | 97,736 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 11,595 | 48.46% | 8,832 | 36.91% | 3,232 | 13.51% | 267 | 1.12% | 2,763 | 11.55% | 23,926 | ||||||||||||
| Licking | 22,624 | 39.03% | 28,276 | 48.78% | 6,516 | 11.24% | 551 | 0.95% | -5,652 | -9.75% | 57,967 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 6,397 | 37.31% | 8,325 | 48.56% | 2,264 | 13.21% | 159 | 0.93% | -1,928 | -11.25% | 17,145 | ||||||||||||
| Lorain | 55,744 | 52.37% | 34,937 | 32.82% | 14,889 | 13.99% | 875 | 0.82% | 20,807 | 19.55% | 106,445 | ||||||||||||
| Lucas | 104,911 | 57.72% | 58,120 | 31.98% | 17,282 | 9.51% | 1,434 | 0.79% | 46,791 | 25.74% | 181,747 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 5,072 | 37.79% | 6,871 | 51.20% | 1,386 | 10.33% | 92 | 0.69% | -1,799 | -13.41% | 13,421 | ||||||||||||
| Mahoning | 72,716 | 61.53% | 31,397 | 26.57% | 13,213 | 11.18% | 852 | 0.72% | 41,319 | 34.96% | 118,178 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 10,482 | 42.48% | 11,112 | 45.04% | 2,897 | 11.74% | 183 | 0.74% | -630 | -2.56% | 24,674 | ||||||||||||
| Medina | 23,727 | 40.16% | 26,120 | 44.21% | 8,700 | 14.72% | 539 | 0.91% | -2,393 | -4.05% | 59,086 | ||||||||||||
| Meigs | 4,275 | 45.17% | 3,622 | 38.27% | 1,453 | 15.35% | 115 | 1.22% | 653 | 6.90% | 9,465 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 6,300 | 35.69% | 8,832 | 50.03% | 2,361 | 13.37% | 160 | 0.91% | -2,532 | -14.34% | 17,653 | ||||||||||||
| Miami | 15,540 | 38.85% | 19,509 | 48.77% | 4,599 | 11.50% | 357 | 0.89% | -3,969 | -9.92% | 40,005 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 3,914 | 56.18% | 1,856 | 26.64% | 1,128 | 16.19% | 69 | 0.99% | 2,058 | 29.54% | 6,967 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 115,469 | 50.00% | 95,391 | 41.30% | 18,298 | 7.92% | 1,799 | 0.78% | 20,078 | 8.70% | 230,957 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,385 | 39.94% | 2,566 | 42.97% | 922 | 15.44% | 98 | 1.64% | -181 | -3.03% | 5,971 | ||||||||||||
| Morrow | 4,627 | 37.69% | 5,655 | 46.07% | 1,745 | 14.22% | 248 | 2.02% | -1,028 | -8.38% | 12,275 | ||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 13,813 | 41.89% | 13,861 | 42.04% | 4,880 | 14.80% | 418 | 1.27% | -48 | -0.15% | 32,972 | ||||||||||||
| Noble | 2,366 | 42.91% | 2,183 | 39.59% | 899 | 16.30% | 66 | 1.20% | 183 | 3.32% | 5,514 | ||||||||||||
| Ottawa | 9,321 | 49.35% | 6,991 | 37.01% | 2,438 | 12.91% | 138 | 0.73% | 2,330 | 12.34% | 18,888 | ||||||||||||
| Paulding | 3,449 | 40.12% | 3,760 | 43.74% | 1,292 | 15.03% | 95 | 1.11% | -311 | -3.62% | 8,596 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 5,819 | 46.75% | 4,606 | 37.00% | 1,854 | 14.90% | 168 | 1.35% | 1,213 | 9.75% | 12,447 | ||||||||||||
| Pickaway | 7,042 | 40.24% | 8,666 | 49.52% | 1,702 | 9.73% | 91 | 0.52% | -1,624 | -9.28% | 17,501 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 5,542 | 51.38% | 3,759 | 34.85% | 1,402 | 13.00% | 84 | 0.78% | 1,783 | 16.53% | 10,787 | ||||||||||||
| Portage | 29,441 | 50.55% | 18,939 | 32.52% | 9,178 | 15.76% | 680 | 1.17% | 10,502 | 18.03% | 58,238 | ||||||||||||
| Preble | 6,611 | 38.59% | 8,139 | 47.50% | 2,235 | 13.05% | 148 | 0.86% | -1,528 | -8.91% | 17,133 | ||||||||||||
| Putnam | 4,972 | 30.77% | 9,294 | 57.52% | 1,767 | 10.94% | 125 | 0.77% | -4,322 | -26.75% | 16,158 | ||||||||||||
| Richland | 20,832 | 40.49% | 23,697 | 46.06% | 6,613 | 12.85% | 309 | 0.60% | -2,865 | -5.57% | 51,451 | ||||||||||||
| Ross | 12,649 | 49.03% | 10,286 | 39.87% | 2,648 | 10.26% | 214 | 0.83% | 2,363 | 9.16% | 25,797 | ||||||||||||
| Sandusky | 11,547 | 45.44% | 10,033 | 39.48% | 3,617 | 14.23% | 216 | 0.85% | 1,514 | 5.96% | 25,413 | ||||||||||||
| Scioto | 15,041 | 48.01% | 11,679 | 37.28% | 4,418 | 14.10% | 190 | 0.61% | 3,362 | 10.73% | 31,328 | ||||||||||||
| Seneca | 10,044 | 42.72% | 9,713 | 41.31% | 3,498 | 14.88% | 256 | 1.09% | 331 | 1.41% | 23,511 | ||||||||||||
| Shelby | 6,729 | 36.65% | 8,773 | 47.78% | 2,686 | 14.63% | 174 | 0.95% | -2,044 | -11.13% | 18,362 | ||||||||||||
| Stark | 73,437 | 46.38% | 60,212 | 38.03% | 23,004 | 14.53% | 1,693 | 1.07% | 13,225 | 8.35% | 158,346 | ||||||||||||
| Summit | 112,050 | 52.07% | 73,555 | 34.18% | 27,723 | 12.88% | 1,867 | 0.87% | 38,495 | 17.89% | 215,195 | ||||||||||||
| Trumbull | 55,604 | 58.69% | 24,811 | 26.19% | 13,563 | 14.32% | 767 | 0.81% | 30,793 | 32.50% | 94,745 | ||||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 15,244 | 43.86% | 13,388 | 38.52% | 5,682 | 16.35% | 441 | 1.27% | 1,856 | 5.34% | 34,755 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 4,989 | 33.25% | 8,290 | 55.26% | 1,596 | 10.64% | 128 | 0.85% | -3,301 | -22.01% | 15,003 | ||||||||||||
| Van Wert | 4,453 | 34.15% | 6,999 | 53.67% | 1,487 | 11.40% | 102 | 0.78% | -2,546 | -19.52% | 13,041 | ||||||||||||
| Vinton | 2,350 | 48.85% | 1,673 | 34.77% | 728 | 15.13% | 60 | 1.25% | 677 | 14.08% | 4,811 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 17,089 | 30.84% | 33,210 | 59.94% | 4,689 | 8.46% | 421 | 0.76% | -16,121 | -29.10% | 55,409 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 10,945 | 42.13% | 11,965 | 46.06% | 2,832 | 10.90% | 235 | 0.90% | -1,020 | -3.93% | 25,977 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 14,850 | 36.62% | 19,628 | 48.41% | 5,771 | 14.23% | 299 | 0.74% | -4,778 | -11.79% | 40,548 | ||||||||||||
| Williams | 5,524 | 35.41% | 7,747 | 49.67% | 2,121 | 13.60% | 206 | 1.32% | -2,223 | -14.26% | 15,598 | ||||||||||||
| Wood | 23,183 | 46.98% | 20,518 | 41.58% | 5,065 | 10.26% | 577 | 1.17% | 2,665 | 5.40% | 49,343 | ||||||||||||
| Wyandot | 3,677 | 38.27% | 4,473 | 46.56% | 1,347 | 14.02% | 110 | 1.14% | -796 | -8.29% | 9,607 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 2,148,222 | 47.38% | 1,859,883 | 41.02% | 483,207 | 10.66% | 43,122 | 0.95% | 288,339 | 6.36% | 4,534,434 | ||||||||||||