1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

Election Name:	1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Country:	Pennsylvania
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Previous Year:	1992
Next Election:	2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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:	23
Popular Vote1:	2,215,819
Percentage1:	49.17%
Nominee2:	Bob Dole
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Kansas
Running Mate2:	Jack Kemp
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	1,801,169
Percentage2:	39.97%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Reform Party of the United States of America
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	Patrick Choate
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	430,984
Percentage3:	9.56%
Map Size:	300px
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 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., 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]

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
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

• Clearfield

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• • Columbia Schuylkill

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania. 2018-03-22.
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016