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The1996 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.Arizona was won byPresidentBill Clinton (D) over SenatorBob 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 Arizonafour years earlier. In his re-election bid, he was able to gain a larger share of the vote in Democratic-trendingPima County as well as most of northern Arizona. He also increased his support inMaricopa 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 businessmanRoss 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 2024, this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate:Gila,Greenlee,Navajo,Pinal andLa Paz.[4]
This is the last election in which Arizona would vote differently fromGeorgia, as both had Republican winning streaks from 2000 to 2016, with both states flipping simultaneously in2020 and2024.
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 whichYavapai County, home to the city ofPrescott, did so. This was the first time a Democrat had won Arizona in a presidential election since1948,[5] and the last time until2020. This is also the only presidential election since1944 in which Arizona voted Democratic while Colorado voted Republican, and the only presidential election since1980 in which Arizona voted to the left of Nevada.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Arizona[6] | ||||||
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| 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 | |||
| County[6] | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Harry Browne Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
| Republican Hold Gain from Democratic |
Clinton won three of six congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.[7]
| District | Dole | Clinton | Perot | Representative |
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| 1st | 47% | 46% | 7% | Matt Salmon |
| 2nd | 29% | 64% | 7% | Ed Pastor |
| 3rd | 48% | 42% | 10% | Bob Stump |
| 4th | 49% | 44% | 7% | John Shadegg |
| 5th | 44% | 48% | 8% | Jim Kolbe |
| 6th | 45% | 47% | 8% | J.D. Hayworth |
| Bill Clinton &Al Gore Democratic Party | Bob Dole &Jack Kemp Republican Party | Ross Perot &Pat Choate Reform Party |
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| John Hagelin &Mike Tompkins Natural Law Party | Charles Collins &Rosemary Giumarra Independent | Caroline Killeen &William F. Buckley Jr. Maverick Democratic | Robert B. Winn Independent |
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