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1996 United States presidential election in Utah

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States presidential election in Utah
country	Utah
flag_year	1922
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United States presidential election in Utah
previous_year	1992
next_election	2000 United States presidential election in Utah
next_year	2000
election_date	November 5, 1996
image_size	x160px
image1	Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Bob Dole
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Kansas
running_mate1	Jack Kemp
electoral_vote1	5
popular_vote1	361,911
percentage1	54.37%
image2	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee2	Bill Clinton
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Arkansas
running_mate2	Al Gore
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	221,633
percentage2	33.30%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Reform Party of the United States of America
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	Pat Choate
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	66,461
percentage3	9.98%
map_image	Utah Presidential Election Results 1996.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Bill Clinton
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Clinton
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
turnout	65.78% (of registered voters)

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election

Dole Clinton 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, who obtained 54.37 percent of the vote - his highest total in any state - and won by a 21.07 point margin, his highest margin of victory nationwide.

, this is the last election in which Tooele and Carbon Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This also marked the first time since statehood that a president won two terms without ever carrying Utah.

This is the only presidential election in Utah in which fewer votes were cast than in the previous election.

Results

Results by county

County	Bob Dole
Republican	Bill Clinton
Democratic	Ross Perot
Reform	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	361,911	54.37%	221,633	33.30%	66,461	9.98%	15,624	2.35%	140,278	21.07%	665,629
	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		38.78%		26,394
	Carbon		2,343		30.90%		4,172		55.03%		952		12.56%		115		1.52%		-1,829		-24.13%		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		49.66%		9,391
	Juab		1,290		49.12%		928		35.34%		353		13.44%		55		2.09%		362		13.78%		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		43.21%		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		-3.32%		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		40.59%		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		41.69%		1,142
	Weber		27,443		48.79%		21,404		38.06%		6,204		11.03%		1,191		2.12%		6,039		10.73%		56,242

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.

References

"Official Results - State of Utah General Election November 5, 1996".
"1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=49&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Utah]
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
(1997). "Federal Elections 96". Federal Elections Commission.
"General Election Ballot for Wasatch County, Utah - November 5, 1996". The Wasatch Wave.

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