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The1996 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1996 United States presidential election. State voters chose 21 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentBill Clinton ofArkansas, who was running againstKansas SenatorBob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with formerTennessee SenatorAl Gore as vice president, and Dole ran with formerNew YorkCongressmanJack Kemp.[2]
Ohio weighed in for this election as 2% morethird-party than the national average. The presidential election of 1996 was a verymulti-partisan election for Ohio, with over 11% of the electorate voting forthird-party candidates. Mostcounties in the state turned out more for Dole than Clinton. Two notable exceptions to this trend wereCleveland'sCuyahoga County, and residents of several counties on the eastern border withPennsylvania and the southeastern border withWest Virginia, who voted largely for Clinton. In his second bid for the presidency,Ross Perot led the newly reformedReform Party to gain over 10% of the votes in Ohio, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate:Columbiana,Harrison,Hocking,Jackson,Lawrence,Meigs,Perry,Pike,Scioto,Vinton,Carroll,Gallia,Guernsey,Huron,Noble,Ross, andSeneca.[3] This was the first time since 1940 that a Democrat carried Ohio in two consecutive presidential elections, and the last time a Democrat carried the state by more than 5%.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Ohio | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 2,148,222 | 47.38% | +7.20% | 21 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | 1,859,883 | 41.02% | +2.67% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | 483,207 | 10.66% | -10.32% | 0 | |
| Not Designated | Harry Browne | 12,851 | 0.28% | N/A | 0 | |
| Not Designated | Monica Moorehead | 10,813 | 0.24% | N/A | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 9,120 | 0.20% | N/A | 0 | |
| Not Designated | Howard Phillips | 7,361 | 0.16% | N/A | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader(write-in) | 2,962 | 0.07% | N/A | 0 | |
| Other write-ins | 15 | 0.00% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4,534,434 | 100.00% | +4.53% | 21 | ||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | ||||||
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,317 | 41.59% | 4,763 | 45.88% | 1,223 | 11.78% | 78 | 0.75% | -446 | -4.29% | 10,381 |
| Allen | 15,529 | 35.33% | 24,325 | 55.35% | 3,799 | 8.64% | 295 | 0.67% | -8,796 | -20.02% | 43,948 |
| Ashland | 6,573 | 33.24% | 10,402 | 52.61% | 2,630 | 13.30% | 168 | 0.85% | -3,829 | -19.37% | 19,773 |
| Ashtabula | 19,341 | 49.95% | 13,287 | 34.31% | 5,700 | 14.72% | 394 | 1.02% | 6,054 | 15.64% | 38,722 |
| Athens | 13,418 | 56.02% | 7,154 | 29.87% | 2,777 | 11.59% | 605 | 2.53% | 6,264 | 26.15% | 23,954 |
| Auglaize | 6,652 | 33.88% | 10,169 | 51.80% | 2,641 | 13.45% | 170 | 0.87% | -3,517 | -17.92% | 19,632 |
| Belmont | 17,705 | 57.79% | 8,213 | 26.81% | 4,452 | 14.53% | 269 | 0.88% | 9,492 | 30.98% | 30,639 |
| Brown | 6,318 | 41.12% | 6,970 | 45.36% | 1,941 | 12.63% | 137 | 0.89% | -652 | -4.24% | 15,366 |
| Butler | 43,690 | 35.70% | 67,023 | 54.76% | 10,540 | 8.61% | 1,145 | 0.94% | -23,333 | -19.06% | 122,398 |
| Carroll | 4,792 | 40.64% | 4,449 | 37.74% | 2,445 | 20.74% | 104 | 0.88% | 343 | 2.90% | 11,790 |
| Champaign | 5,990 | 40.22% | 6,568 | 44.10% | 2,219 | 14.90% | 116 | 0.78% | -578 | -3.88% | 14,893 |
| Clark | 27,890 | 48.25% | 22,297 | 38.57% | 7,083 | 12.25% | 532 | 0.92% | 5,593 | 9.68% | 57,802 |
| Clermont | 21,329 | 33.24% | 36,457 | 56.81% | 5,795 | 9.03% | 593 | 0.92% | -15,128 | -23.57% | 64,174 |
| Clinton | 5,303 | 36.52% | 7,504 | 51.68% | 1,588 | 10.94% | 126 | 0.87% | -2,201 | -15.16% | 14,521 |
| Columbiana | 20,716 | 47.48% | 15,386 | 35.27% | 7,127 | 16.34% | 400 | 0.92% | 5,330 | 12.21% | 43,629 |
| Coshocton | 6,005 | 41.91% | 6,018 | 42.00% | 2,183 | 15.23% | 124 | 0.87% | -13 | -0.09% | 14,330 |
| Crawford | 7,449 | 38.30% | 8,730 | 44.88% | 3,072 | 15.79% | 200 | 1.03% | -1,281 | -6.58% | 19,451 |
| Cuyahoga | 341,357 | 60.75% | 163,770 | 29.15% | 50,691 | 9.02% | 6,074 | 1.08% | 177,587 | 31.60% | 561,892 |
| Darke | 8,871 | 38.52% | 10,798 | 46.88% | 3,168 | 13.75% | 195 | 0.85% | -1,927 | -8.36% | 23,032 |
| Defiance | 6,343 | 39.91% | 7,469 | 47.00% | 1,929 | 12.14% | 152 | 0.96% | -1,126 | -7.09% | 15,893 |
| Delaware | 13,463 | 32.51% | 24,123 | 58.25% | 3,471 | 8.38% | 358 | 0.86% | -10,660 | -25.74% | 41,415 |
| Erie | 16,730 | 50.02% | 12,204 | 36.49% | 4,225 | 12.63% | 290 | 0.87% | 4,526 | 13.53% | 33,449 |
| Fairfield | 18,821 | 37.13% | 26,850 | 52.98% | 4,660 | 9.19% | 353 | 0.70% | -8,029 | -15.85% | 50,684 |
| Fayette | 3,665 | 38.15% | 4,831 | 50.29% | 1,047 | 10.90% | 64 | 0.67% | -1,166 | -12.14% | 9,607 |
| Franklin | 192,795 | 48.14% | 178,412 | 44.55% | 25,400 | 6.34% | 3,908 | 0.98% | 14,383 | 3.59% | 400,515 |
| Fulton | 6,662 | 37.20% | 8,703 | 48.60% | 2,412 | 13.47% | 130 | 0.73% | -2,041 | -11.40% | 17,907 |
| Gallia | 5,386 | 43.21% | 5,135 | 41.19% | 1,839 | 14.75% | 106 | 0.85% | 251 | 2.02% | 12,466 |
| Geauga | 14,143 | 36.18% | 19,662 | 50.30% | 4,848 | 12.40% | 436 | 1.12% | -5,519 | -14.12% | 39,089 |
| Greene | 25,082 | 40.60% | 30,677 | 49.65% | 5,246 | 8.49% | 777 | 1.26% | -5,595 | -9.05% | 61,782 |
| Guernsey | 6,731 | 44.55% | 5,970 | 39.52% | 2,251 | 14.90% | 156 | 1.03% | 761 | 5.03% | 15,108 |
| Hamilton | 160,458 | 43.13% | 186,493 | 50.12% | 21,335 | 5.73% | 3,782 | 1.02% | -26,035 | -6.99% | 372,068 |
| Hancock | 9,334 | 31.21% | 17,252 | 57.68% | 2,904 | 9.71% | 418 | 1.40% | -7,918 | -26.47% | 29,908 |
| Hardin | 4,930 | 41.51% | 5,506 | 46.36% | 1,365 | 11.49% | 75 | 0.63% | -576 | -4.85% | 11,876 |
| Harrison | 3,721 | 50.27% | 2,310 | 31.21% | 1,302 | 17.59% | 69 | 0.93% | 1,411 | 19.06% | 7,402 |
| Henry | 4,762 | 37.25% | 6,385 | 49.94% | 1,550 | 12.12% | 88 | 0.69% | -1,623 | -12.69% | 12,785 |
| Highland | 5,837 | 39.78% | 7,102 | 48.40% | 1,629 | 11.10% | 106 | 0.72% | -1,265 | -8.62% | 14,674 |
| Hocking | 4,646 | 44.86% | 4,017 | 38.79% | 1,564 | 15.10% | 129 | 1.25% | 629 | 6.07% | 10,356 |
| Holmes | 2,531 | 27.86% | 5,213 | 57.39% | 1,276 | 14.05% | 64 | 0.70% | -2,682 | -29.53% | 9,084 |
| Huron | 8,858 | 41.86% | 8,750 | 41.35% | 3,338 | 15.77% | 215 | 1.02% | 108 | 0.51% | 21,161 |
| Jackson | 5,538 | 45.79% | 4,922 | 40.69% | 1,529 | 12.64% | 106 | 0.88% | 616 | 5.10% | 12,095 |
| Jefferson | 19,402 | 56.04% | 10,212 | 29.49% | 4,748 | 13.71% | 261 | 0.75% | 9,190 | 26.55% | 34,623 |
| Knox | 7,562 | 37.68% | 10,159 | 50.62% | 2,138 | 10.65% | 209 | 1.04% | -2,597 | -12.94% | 20,068 |
| Lake | 43,186 | 44.19% | 40,974 | 41.92% | 12,507 | 12.80% | 1,069 | 1.09% | 2,212 | 2.27% | 97,736 |
| Lawrence | 11,595 | 48.46% | 8,832 | 36.91% | 3,232 | 13.51% | 267 | 1.12% | 2,763 | 11.55% | 23,926 |
| Licking | 22,624 | 39.03% | 28,276 | 48.78% | 6,516 | 11.24% | 551 | 0.95% | -5,652 | -9.75% | 57,967 |
| Logan | 6,397 | 37.31% | 8,325 | 48.56% | 2,264 | 13.21% | 159 | 0.93% | -1,928 | -11.25% | 17,145 |
| Lorain | 55,744 | 52.37% | 34,937 | 32.82% | 14,889 | 13.99% | 875 | 0.82% | 20,807 | 19.55% | 106,445 |
| Lucas | 104,911 | 57.72% | 58,120 | 31.98% | 17,282 | 9.51% | 1,434 | 0.79% | 46,791 | 25.74% | 181,747 |
| Madison | 5,072 | 37.79% | 6,871 | 51.20% | 1,386 | 10.33% | 92 | 0.69% | -1,799 | -13.41% | 13,421 |
| Mahoning | 72,716 | 61.53% | 31,397 | 26.57% | 13,213 | 11.18% | 852 | 0.72% | 41,319 | 34.96% | 118,178 |
| Marion | 10,482 | 42.48% | 11,112 | 45.04% | 2,897 | 11.74% | 183 | 0.74% | -630 | -2.56% | 24,674 |
| Medina | 23,727 | 40.16% | 26,120 | 44.21% | 8,700 | 14.72% | 539 | 0.91% | -2,393 | -4.05% | 59,086 |
| Meigs | 4,275 | 45.17% | 3,622 | 38.27% | 1,453 | 15.35% | 115 | 1.22% | 653 | 6.90% | 9,465 |
| Mercer | 6,300 | 35.69% | 8,832 | 50.03% | 2,361 | 13.37% | 160 | 0.91% | -2,532 | -14.34% | 17,653 |
| Miami | 15,540 | 38.85% | 19,509 | 48.77% | 4,599 | 11.50% | 357 | 0.89% | -3,969 | -9.92% | 40,005 |
| Monroe | 3,914 | 56.18% | 1,856 | 26.64% | 1,128 | 16.19% | 69 | 0.99% | 2,058 | 29.54% | 6,967 |
| Montgomery | 115,469 | 50.00% | 95,391 | 41.30% | 18,298 | 7.92% | 1,799 | 0.78% | 20,078 | 8.70% | 230,957 |
| Morgan | 2,385 | 39.94% | 2,566 | 42.97% | 922 | 15.44% | 98 | 1.64% | -181 | -3.03% | 5,971 |
| Morrow | 4,627 | 37.69% | 5,655 | 46.07% | 1,745 | 14.22% | 248 | 2.02% | -1,028 | -8.38% | 12,275 |
| Muskingum | 13,813 | 41.89% | 13,861 | 42.04% | 4,880 | 14.80% | 418 | 1.27% | -48 | -0.15% | 32,972 |
| Noble | 2,366 | 42.91% | 2,183 | 39.59% | 899 | 16.30% | 66 | 1.20% | 183 | 3.32% | 5,514 |
| Ottawa | 9,321 | 49.35% | 6,991 | 37.01% | 2,438 | 12.91% | 138 | 0.73% | 2,330 | 12.34% | 18,888 |
| Paulding | 3,449 | 40.12% | 3,760 | 43.74% | 1,292 | 15.03% | 95 | 1.11% | -311 | -3.62% | 8,596 |
| Perry | 5,819 | 46.75% | 4,606 | 37.00% | 1,854 | 14.90% | 168 | 1.35% | 1,213 | 9.75% | 12,447 |
| Pickaway | 7,042 | 40.24% | 8,666 | 49.52% | 1,702 | 9.73% | 91 | 0.52% | -1,624 | -9.28% | 17,501 |
| Pike | 5,542 | 51.38% | 3,759 | 34.85% | 1,402 | 13.00% | 84 | 0.78% | 1,783 | 16.53% | 10,787 |
| Portage | 29,441 | 50.55% | 18,939 | 32.52% | 9,178 | 15.76% | 680 | 1.17% | 10,502 | 18.03% | 58,238 |
| Preble | 6,611 | 38.59% | 8,139 | 47.50% | 2,235 | 13.05% | 148 | 0.86% | -1,528 | -8.91% | 17,133 |
| Putnam | 4,972 | 30.77% | 9,294 | 57.52% | 1,767 | 10.94% | 125 | 0.77% | -4,322 | -26.75% | 16,158 |
| Richland | 20,832 | 40.49% | 23,697 | 46.06% | 6,613 | 12.85% | 309 | 0.60% | -2,865 | -5.57% | 51,451 |
| Ross | 12,649 | 49.03% | 10,286 | 39.87% | 2,648 | 10.26% | 214 | 0.83% | 2,363 | 9.16% | 25,797 |
| Sandusky | 11,547 | 45.44% | 10,033 | 39.48% | 3,617 | 14.23% | 216 | 0.85% | 1,514 | 5.96% | 25,413 |
| Scioto | 15,041 | 48.01% | 11,679 | 37.28% | 4,418 | 14.10% | 190 | 0.61% | 3,362 | 10.73% | 31,328 |
| Seneca | 10,044 | 42.72% | 9,713 | 41.31% | 3,498 | 14.88% | 256 | 1.09% | 331 | 1.41% | 23,511 |
| Shelby | 6,729 | 36.65% | 8,773 | 47.78% | 2,686 | 14.63% | 174 | 0.95% | -2,044 | -11.13% | 18,362 |
| Stark | 73,437 | 46.38% | 60,212 | 38.03% | 23,004 | 14.53% | 1,693 | 1.07% | 13,225 | 8.35% | 158,346 |
| Summit | 112,050 | 52.07% | 73,555 | 34.18% | 27,723 | 12.88% | 1,867 | 0.87% | 38,495 | 17.89% | 215,195 |
| Trumbull | 55,604 | 58.69% | 24,811 | 26.19% | 13,563 | 14.32% | 767 | 0.81% | 30,793 | 32.50% | 94,745 |
| Tuscarawas | 15,244 | 43.86% | 13,388 | 38.52% | 5,682 | 16.35% | 441 | 1.27% | 1,856 | 5.34% | 34,755 |
| Union | 4,989 | 33.25% | 8,290 | 55.26% | 1,596 | 10.64% | 128 | 0.85% | -3,301 | -22.01% | 15,003 |
| Van Wert | 4,453 | 34.15% | 6,999 | 53.67% | 1,487 | 11.40% | 102 | 0.78% | -2,546 | -19.52% | 13,041 |
| Vinton | 2,350 | 48.85% | 1,673 | 34.77% | 728 | 15.13% | 60 | 1.25% | 677 | 14.08% | 4,811 |
| Warren | 17,089 | 30.84% | 33,210 | 59.94% | 4,689 | 8.46% | 421 | 0.76% | -16,121 | -29.10% | 55,409 |
| Washington | 10,945 | 42.13% | 11,965 | 46.06% | 2,832 | 10.90% | 235 | 0.90% | -1,020 | -3.93% | 25,977 |
| Wayne | 14,850 | 36.62% | 19,628 | 48.41% | 5,771 | 14.23% | 299 | 0.74% | -4,778 | -11.79% | 40,548 |
| Williams | 5,524 | 35.41% | 7,747 | 49.67% | 2,121 | 13.60% | 206 | 1.32% | -2,223 | -14.26% | 15,598 |
| Wood | 23,183 | 46.98% | 20,518 | 41.58% | 5,065 | 10.26% | 577 | 1.17% | 2,665 | 5.40% | 49,343 |
| Wyandot | 3,677 | 38.27% | 4,473 | 46.56% | 1,347 | 14.02% | 110 | 1.14% | -796 | -8.29% | 9,607 |
| Totals | 2,148,222 | 47.38% | 1,859,883 | 41.02% | 483,207 | 10.66% | 43,122 | 0.95% | 288,339 | 6.36% | 4,534,434 |
Clinton won 13 of 19 congressional districts, including five which elected Republicans, while the remaining six districts were won by Dole.[4]
| District | Clinton | Dole | Perot | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 50% | 44% | 6% | Steve Chabot |
| 2nd | 34% | 58% | 8% | Rob Portman |
| 3rd | 50% | 42% | 8% | Tony P. Hall |
| 4th | 38% | 50% | 12% | Mike Oxley |
| 5th | 42% | 45% | 13% | Paul Gilmor |
| 6th | 45% | 43% | 12% | Frank Cremeans |
| Ted Strickland | ||||
| 7th | 41.7% | 47.8% | 10.5% | Dave Hobson |
| 8th | 37% | 52% | 11% | John Boehner |
| 9th | 56% | 34% | 10% | Marcy Kaptur |
| 10th | 52% | 36% | 12% | Martin Hoke |
| Dennis Kucinich | ||||
| 11th | 80% | 15% | 5% | Louis Stokes |
| 12th | 47.5% | 45.9% | 6.6% | John Kasich |
| 13th | 47% | 39% | 14% | Sherrod Brown |
| 14th | 53.3% | 33.4% | 13.3% | Thomas C. Sawyer |
| 15th | 45% | 48% | 7% | Deborah Pryce |
| 16th | 43.2% | 42.5% | 14.3% | Ralph Regula |
| 17th | 59% | 28% | 13% | James Traficant |
| 18th | 48% | 37% | 15% | Bob Ney |
| 19th | 49% | 39% | 12% | Steve LaTourette |
State and district results of the1996 United States presidential election | ||
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