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1996 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1996 United States presidential election in Arizona

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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 653,288 622,073 112,072
Percentage 46.52% 44.29% 7.98%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arizona was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 46.5% to 44.3% by a margin of 2.2%.[1][2]

Clinton had come fairly close to winning Arizona four years earlier. In his re-election bid, he was able to gain a larger share of the vote in Democratic-trending Pima County as well as most of northern Arizona. He also increased his support in Maricopa County, although it was again carried by the Republican candidate. His statewide margin of victory was slightly over 31,000 votes out of about 1.4 million cast. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 8.0% of the popular vote. Exit polls suggest he did not change the outcome.[3] As of 2020, this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Gila, Greenlee, Navajo, Pinal and La Paz.[4]

This is the only presidential election in Arizona's history in which Maricopa County, containing more than half of Arizona's population, voted for a candidate that lost the state, and one of only two elections in which Yavapai County, home to the city of Prescott, did so. This was the first time a Democrat had won Arizona in a presidential election since 1948,[5] and the last time until 2020.

Results

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1996 United States presidential election in Arizona[6]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent) 653,288 46.52% 8
Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 622,073 44.29% 0
Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 112,072 7.98% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 14,358 1.02% 0
Green Ralph Nader (write-in) Winona LaDuke 2,062 0.15% 0
U.S. Taxpayers' Howard Phillips (write-in) [a] 347 0.02% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin (write-in) Mike Tompkins 153 0.01% 0
No Party Charles Collins (write-in) Rosemary Giumarra 36 0.00% 0
Maverick Democratic Caroline Killeen (write-in) William F. Buckley Jr. 16 0.00% 0
No Party Robert B. Winn (write-in) 5 0.00% 0
Totals 1,404,405 100.00% 8

Results by county

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County[6] Bill Clinton
Democratic
Bob Dole
Republican
Ross Perot
Reform
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Apache 12,394 66.33% 4,761 25.48% 1,296 6.94% 204 1.09% 29 0.16% 7,633 40.85% 18,684
Cochise 13,782 43.17% 14,365 45.00% 3,346 10.48% 383 1.20% 47 0.15% -583 -1.83% 31,923
Coconino 20,475 53.15% 13,638 35.40% 3,666 9.52% 609 1.58% 137 0.35% 6,837 17.75% 38,522
Gila 8,577 49.26% 6,407 36.80% 2,211 12.70% 204 1.17% 12 0.07% 2,170 12.46% 17,411
Graham 3,938 42.36% 4,222 45.42% 1,034 11.12% 100 1.08% 2 0.02% -284 -3.06% 9,296
Greenlee 1,755 51.72% 1,159 34.16% 426 12.56% 53 1.56% 0 0.00% 596 17.56% 3,393
La Paz 1,964 43.71% 1,902 42.33% 597 13.29% 30 0.67% 0 0.00% 62 1.38% 4,493
Maricopa 363,991 44.53% 386,015 47.22% 58,479 7.15% 7,551 0.92% 1,396 0.18% -22,024 -2.69% 817,432
Mohave 16,629 40.04% 17,997 43.33% 6,369 15.33% 481 1.16% 57 0.14% -1,368 -3.29% 41,533
Navajo 12,912 51.78% 9,262 37.14% 2,461 9.87% 272 1.09% 31 0.12% 3,650 14.64% 24,938
Pima 137,983 52.16% 104,121 39.36% 18,809 7.11% 2,894 1.09% 745 0.28% 33,862 12.80% 264,552
Pinal 19,579 53.07% 13,034 35.33% 3,972 10.77% 293 0.79% 17 0.04% 6,545 17.74% 36,895
Santa Cruz 5,241 64.17% 2,256 27.62% 600 7.35% 65 0.80% 5 0.06% 2,985 36.55% 8,167
Yavapai 21,801 36.64% 29,921 50.29% 6,649 11.18% 1,009 1.70% 115 0.19% -8,120 -13.65% 59,495
Yuma 12,267 44.33% 13,013 47.03% 2,157 7.80% 210 0.76% 24 0.08% -746 -2.70% 27,671
Totals 653,288 46.52% 622,073 44.29% 112,072 7.98% 14,358 1.02% 2,614 0.19% 31,215 2.23% 1,404,405

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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County flips from 1992 to 1996:

Electors

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Bill Clinton
& Al Gore
Democratic Party
Bob Dole
& Jack Kemp
Republican Party
Ross Perot
& Pat Choate
Reform Party
  • Thomas Bean
  • Andrew S. Gordon
  • Rose Mofford
  • Scott Thomas Olson Sr.
  • Daniel R. Ortega Jr.
  • Jeanne M. Perpich
  • E. C. Rosenbaum
  • Mary V. Thomas
  • Linda Barber
  • Malcolm W. Barrett
  • Franklin Roy Dunton
  • Paul Robert Fannin
  • Donna Flanigan
  • William W. Goldsmith
  • Jack Londen
  • Kay Van Sant
  • Dean Clifton Bailey
  • James Edward Bourassa
  • Mary Martha Bourassa
  • James Wilbur Callis
  • Kathleen Durkin
  • Janice Kennedy
  • Eugene John Kerkman
  • Rosella Elaine Quinn
Harry Browne
& Jo Jorgensen
Libertarian Party
Ralph Nader
& Winona LaDuke
Green Party
Howard Phillips
U.S. Taxpayers Party
  • Carolyn Campbell
  • Darlene Franklin
  • Alfred S. Fuller
  • Sloane Haywood
  • Donna Pulling
  • Timothy D. Shinabarger
  • Edward Allen Silk
  • Alva d'Orgeix
  • Shirly C. Bardella
  • Kelly Jarvis
  • Kenneth C. Kurtzhalz
  • William Stewart Norton
  • Joyce Oldfather
  • Joel Sullins
  • Marie Joan Yappel
  • Leonard Julius Zimont
  • Jan Cohn
  • Ted J. Goldstein
  • Deborah J. Goldstein
  • Kathleen Hansen
  • Keith Hansen
  • Sashi Jorden
  • James Romaine
  • Evelyn Romaine
John Hagelin
& Mike Tompkins
Natural Law Party
Charles Collins
& Rosemary Giumarra
Independent
Caroline Killeen
& William F. Buckley Jr.
Maverick Democratic
Robert B. Winn
Independent
  • Mike Dugger
  • Barbara Elizabeth Grainger
  • Scott Grainger
  • Ernest Hancock
  • Donna Hancock
  • Kathy L. Harrer
  • Linda M. McDermott
  • Timothy P. McDermott
  • Tina Booher
  • Elizabeth Bovee
  • Carol N. Kruger
  • Leonard Pawlak
  • Mike Reeves
  • Carol A. Spoor
  • Bernard L. Weaver
  • Doreen Yonkmans
  • Kate Allan
  • Joseph Larsson
  • Brian McInerney
  • Don Rainwater
  • Lybrand Smith-Mayes
  • Alison Stout
  • Sherri Whitaker
  • Alec W. Young
  • Doyle Adair
  • Joyce Adair
  • Dean A. Brinkerhoff
  • Natalie V. Gregg
  • Sherry Lynn Gruwell
  • Dixie L. Holmes
  • Arthur W. Parker
  • George L. Sheppard

Notes

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  1. ^ Phillips' running mate on the national US Taxpayers ticket was Herbert Titus, but in Arizona, Phillips was listed without a running mate as a write-in candidate.

References

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  1. ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona
  2. ^ Our Campaigns; AZ US President Race, November 05, 1996
  3. ^ "AllPolitics – Arizona President Exit Poll Results". CNN. November 6, 1996. Archived from the original on February 20, 1999.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ^ Stone, Daria; Caldwell, Alicia A. (November 6, 1996). "Clinton takes Arizona, nation". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election - November 5, 1996". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.