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]
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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, and the last time until 2020.
Results
edit| 1996 United States presidential election in Arizona | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore (incumbent) | 653,288 | 46.5% | 8 | |
| Republican | Robert Dole | Jack Kemp | 622,073 | 44.3% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 112,072 | 8.0% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 14,358 | 1.0% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 2,062 | 0.2% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' | Howard Phillips | 347 | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 153 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| No Party | Charles Collins | Rosemary Giumarra | 36 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-in | 16 | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,404,405 | 100.0% | 8 | |||
Results by county
edit| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Harry Browne[2] Libertarian | Various candidates[2] 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 | 2.21% | 1,404,405 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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| Republican Hold Gain from Democratic |
References
edit- ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona
- ^ a b c Our Campaigns; AZ US President Race, November 05, 1996
- ^ "AllPolitics – Arizona President Exit Poll Results". CNN. November 6, 1996. Archived from the original on February 20, 1999.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016