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The 1996 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 54.32% to 36.81% for a margin of 17.51%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.03 percent of the popular vote.[1]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Bond County, Christian County, Clay County, Clinton County, Fayette County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Jefferson County, Jersey County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Marshall County, Massac County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Randolph County, Saline County, Shelby County, Union County, White County, and Williamson County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[2] Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Brown County since John F. Kennedy in 1960.
As of 2020, this marks the most recent time Illinois voted more Democratic than Maryland.[3][4] This was the first time since 1964 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections.
Primaries
Turnout
For the state-run primaries (Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian), turnout was 26.46%, with 1,620,768 votes cast.[5] For the general election, turnout was 64.70%, with 4,311,391 votes cast.[6]
State-run primaries were held for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties on March 19.[5]
Democratic
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The 1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.
Incumbent president Bill Clinton secured a victory with no major opposition.
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 770,001 | 96.17 | |
Elvena Lloyd-Duffie | 16,045 | 2.00 | 0 |
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. | 14,624 | 1.83 | 0 |
Heather Anne Harder (write-in) | 6 | 0.00 | 0 |
Total | 800,676 | 100% |
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The 1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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Bob Dole | 532,467 | 65.07 | |
Patrick J. Buchannan | 186,177 | 22.75 | |
Steve Forbes withdrawn | 39,906 | 4.88 | |
Alan L. Keyes | 30,052 | 3.67 | |
Lamar Alexander withdrawn | 12,585 | 1.54 | |
Richard G. Lugar withdrawn | 8,286 | 1.01 | |
Phil Gramm withdrawn | 6,696 | 0.82 | |
Morry Taylor withdrawn | 2,189 | 0.27 | |
V.A. Kelly (write-in) | 6 | 0.00 | |
Total | 818,364 | 100% |
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The 1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Libertarian Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election. It was a non-binding preference primary, from which no delegates were awarded.
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Harry Browne | 1,278 | 73.96 |
Irwin Schiff | 450 | 26.04 |
Total | 1,728 | 100% |
Results
1996 United States presidential election in Illinois[6] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton (Incumbent) | Al Gore (Incumbent) | 2,341,744 | 54.32% | 22 | |
Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 1,587,021 | 36.81% | 0 | |
Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 346,408 | 8.03% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 22,548 | 0.52% | 0 | |
U.S. Taxpayers' Party | Howard Phillips | Joseph Zdonczyk[lower-alpha 1] | 7,606 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 4,606 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Write-in | Ralph Nader | 1,447 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
No party | Write-in | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Earl Dodge | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Results by county
County | William Jefferson Clinton Democratic |
Robert Joseph Dole Republican |
Henry Ross Perot Reform |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[8] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 11,336 | 39.90% | 13,836 | 48.70% | 3,069 | 10.80% | 170 | 0.60% | -2,500 | -8.80% | 28,321 |
Alexander | 2,753 | 63.96% | 1,212 | 28.16% | 321 | 7.46% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,541 | 35.80% | 4,296 |
Bond | 3,213 | 46.10% | 3,018 | 43.30% | 685 | 9.83% | 54 | 0.77% | 195 | 2.80% | 6,938 |
Boone | 5,345 | 41.09% | 6,181 | 47.51% | 1,377 | 10.58% | 106 | 0.81% | -836 | -6.43% | 12,939 |
Brown | 997 | 43.40% | 1,053 | 45.84% | 237 | 10.32% | 10 | 0.44% | -56 | -2.44% | 2,290 |
Bureau | 7,651 | 47.60% | 6,528 | 40.61% | 1,798 | 11.19% | 96 | 0.60% | 1,123 | 6.99% | 16,011 |
Calhoun | 1,676 | 55.63% | 941 | 31.23% | 363 | 12.05% | 33 | 1.10% | 735 | 24.39% | 3,003 |
Carroll | 2,926 | 43.04% | 3,029 | 44.55% | 792 | 11.65% | 52 | 0.76% | -103 | -1.51% | 6,759 |
Cass | 2,834 | 50.01% | 2,214 | 39.07% | 589 | 10.39% | 30 | 0.53% | 620 | 10.94% | 5,653 |
Champaign | 32,454 | 48.86% | 28,232 | 42.50% | 4,806 | 7.23% | 937 | 1.41% | 4,222 | 6.36% | 65,884 |
Christian | 7,431 | 50.08% | 5,563 | 37.49% | 1,727 | 11.64% | 116 | 0.78% | 1,868 | 12.59% | 14,778 |
Clark | 2,995 | 41.48% | 3,409 | 47.22% | 781 | 10.82% | 35 | 0.48% | -414 | -5.73% | 7,201 |
Clay | 2,750 | 44.16% | 2,703 | 43.40% | 719 | 11.54% | 56 | 0.90% | 47 | 0.75% | 6,206 |
Clinton | 6,104 | 44.09% | 6,065 | 43.81% | 1,580 | 11.41% | 95 | 0.69% | 39 | 0.28% | 13,797 |
Coles | 8,950 | 46.38% | 8,038 | 41.65% | 2,137 | 11.07% | 173 | 0.90% | 912 | 4.73% | 19,215 |
Cook | 1,153,289 | 66.79% | 461,557 | 26.73% | 96,633 | 5.60% | 15,187 | 0.88% | 691,732 | 40.06% | 1,716,586 |
Crawford | 3,627 | 41.72% | 3,965 | 45.61% | 1,057 | 12.16% | 44 | 0.51% | -338 | -3.89% | 8,663 |
Cumberland | 1,776 | 39.74% | 2,002 | 44.80% | 657 | 14.70% | 34 | 0.76% | -226 | -5.06% | 4,449 |
DeKalb | 12,715 | 44.57% | 12,380 | 43.40% | 3,009 | 10.55% | 423 | 1.48% | 335 | 1.17% | 28,226 |
DeWitt | 2,878 | 43.68% | 2,978 | 45.20% | 694 | 10.53% | 39 | 0.59% | -100 | -1.52% | 6,564 |
Douglas | 2,955 | 42.14% | 3,272 | 46.66% | 740 | 10.55% | 46 | 0.66% | -317 | -4.52% | 6,989 |
DuPage | 129,709 | 39.97% | 164,630 | 50.74% | 27,419 | 8.45% | 2,728 | 0.84% | -34,921 | -10.76% | 322,688 |
Edgar | 3,552 | 42.78% | 3,746 | 45.12% | 935 | 11.26% | 69 | 0.83% | -194 | -2.34% | 8,273 |
Edwards | 1,089 | 35.10% | 1,613 | 51.98% | 384 | 12.38% | 17 | 0.55% | -524 | -16.89% | 3,096 |
Effingham | 4,825 | 33.97% | 7,696 | 54.18% | 1,555 | 10.95% | 128 | 0.90% | -2,871 | -20.21% | 14,134 |
Fayette | 3,887 | 44.21% | 3,881 | 44.14% | 964 | 10.96% | 60 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.07% | 8,769 |
Ford | 2,065 | 35.79% | 3,077 | 53.33% | 590 | 10.23% | 38 | 0.66% | -1,012 | -17.54% | 5,753 |
Franklin | 9,814 | 56.54% | 5,354 | 30.84% | 2,096 | 12.08% | 94 | 0.54% | 4,460 | 25.69% | 17,310 |
Fulton | 8,857 | 56.39% | 5,155 | 32.82% | 1,610 | 10.25% | 84 | 0.53% | 3,702 | 23.57% | 15,663 |
Gallatin | 2,113 | 60.15% | 856 | 24.37% | 527 | 15.00% | 17 | 0.48% | 1,257 | 35.78% | 3,505 |
Greene | 2,734 | 46.07% | 2,245 | 37.83% | 903 | 15.22% | 52 | 0.88% | 489 | 8.24% | 5,909 |
Grundy | 6,759 | 45.36% | 6,177 | 41.45% | 1,860 | 12.48% | 106 | 0.71% | 582 | 3.91% | 14,839 |
Hamilton | 2,242 | 49.72% | 1,677 | 37.19% | 560 | 12.42% | 30 | 0.67% | 565 | 12.53% | 4,493 |
Hancock | 4,001 | 43.59% | 3,961 | 43.16% | 1,148 | 12.51% | 68 | 0.74% | 40 | 0.44% | 9,140 |
Hardin | 1,323 | 50.55% | 790 | 30.19% | 485 | 18.53% | 19 | 0.73% | 533 | 20.37% | 2,606 |
Henderson | 1,953 | 53.97% | 1,233 | 34.07% | 408 | 11.27% | 25 | 0.69% | 720 | 19.89% | 3,611 |
Henry | 11,201 | 51.15% | 8,393 | 38.33% | 2,194 | 10.02% | 109 | 0.50% | 2,808 | 12.82% | 21,839 |
Iroquois | 4,559 | 35.79% | 6,564 | 51.53% | 1,522 | 11.95% | 92 | 0.72% | -2,005 | -15.74% | 12,684 |
Jackson | 12,214 | 55.49% | 7,422 | 33.72% | 2,082 | 9.46% | 293 | 1.33% | 4,792 | 21.77% | 21,860 |
Jasper | 2,038 | 41.16% | 2,234 | 45.12% | 641 | 12.95% | 38 | 0.77% | -196 | -3.96% | 4,930 |
Jefferson | 7,263 | 48.48% | 5,937 | 39.63% | 1,647 | 10.99% | 134 | 0.89% | 1,326 | 8.85% | 14,924 |
Jersey | 4,275 | 48.77% | 3,211 | 36.63% | 1,186 | 13.53% | 94 | 1.07% | 1,064 | 12.14% | 8,721 |
Jo Daviess | 4,171 | 44.82% | 3,915 | 42.07% | 1,131 | 12.15% | 89 | 0.96% | 256 | 2.75% | 9,266 |
Johnson | 2,009 | 40.75% | 2,241 | 45.46% | 640 | 12.98% | 40 | 0.81% | -232 | -4.71% | 4,906 |
Kane | 47,902 | 41.77% | 54,375 | 47.41% | 11,270 | 9.83% | 1,146 | 1.00% | -6,473 | -5.64% | 113,983 |
Kankakee | 16,820 | 47.73% | 14,595 | 41.41% | 3,574 | 10.14% | 252 | 0.72% | 2,225 | 6.31% | 35,097 |
Kendall | 6,499 | 36.78% | 8,958 | 50.69% | 2,055 | 11.63% | 160 | 0.91% | -2,459 | -13.91% | 17,575 |
Knox | 12,487 | 55.38% | 7,822 | 34.69% | 2,096 | 9.30% | 143 | 0.63% | 4,665 | 20.69% | 22,454 |
Lake | 93,315 | 45.57% | 93,149 | 45.49% | 16,640 | 8.13% | 1,660 | 0.81% | 166 | 0.08% | 203,702 |
LaSalle | 21,643 | 50.94% | 15,299 | 36.01% | 5,259 | 12.38% | 290 | 0.68% | 6,344 | 14.93% | 42,298 |
Lawrence | 2,871 | 44.92% | 2,568 | 40.18% | 916 | 14.33% | 37 | 0.58% | 303 | 4.74% | 6,369 |
Lee | 5,895 | 41.57% | 6,677 | 47.08% | 1,520 | 10.72% | 90 | 0.63% | -782 | -5.51% | 14,128 |
Livingston | 5,641 | 38.15% | 7,653 | 51.75% | 1,409 | 9.53% | 85 | 0.57% | -2,012 | -13.61% | 14,737 |
Logan | 4,618 | 37.41% | 6,518 | 52.80% | 1,141 | 9.24% | 68 | 0.55% | -1,900 | -15.39% | 12,308 |
Macon | 24,256 | 51.35% | 18,161 | 38.45% | 4,540 | 9.61% | 278 | 0.59% | 6,095 | 12.90% | 47,063 |
Macoupin | 11,107 | 52.70% | 7,235 | 34.33% | 2,532 | 12.01% | 201 | 0.95% | 3,872 | 18.37% | 21,005 |
Madison | 53,568 | 53.26% | 35,758 | 35.55% | 10,121 | 10.06% | 1,126 | 1.12% | 17,810 | 17.71% | 100,101 |
Marion | 7,792 | 49.43% | 5,999 | 38.06% | 1,825 | 11.58% | 147 | 0.93% | 1,793 | 11.37% | 15,681 |
Marshall | 2,640 | 46.20% | 2,453 | 42.93% | 586 | 10.26% | 35 | 0.61% | 187 | 3.27% | 5,693 |
Mason | 3,385 | 52.53% | 2,430 | 37.71% | 600 | 9.31% | 29 | 0.45% | 955 | 14.82% | 6,425 |
Massac | 2,841 | 46.90% | 2,507 | 41.38% | 675 | 11.14% | 35 | 0.58% | 334 | 5.51% | 6,037 |
McDonough | 5,632 | 46.80% | 5,049 | 41.95% | 1,217 | 10.11% | 137 | 1.14% | 583 | 4.84% | 11,962 |
McHenry | 31,240 | 37.52% | 41,136 | 49.41% | 10,082 | 12.11% | 798 | 0.96% | -9,896 | -11.89% | 82,780 |
McLean | 22,708 | 42.50% | 26,428 | 49.46% | 3,816 | 7.14% | 483 | 0.90% | -3,720 | -6.96% | 53,088 |
Menard | 2,204 | 37.56% | 3,106 | 52.93% | 534 | 9.10% | 24 | 0.41% | -902 | -15.37% | 5,857 |
Mercer | 4,278 | 54.17% | 2,688 | 34.04% | 889 | 11.26% | 42 | 0.53% | 1,590 | 20.13% | 7,871 |
Monroe | 4,798 | 41.60% | 5,350 | 46.38% | 1,276 | 11.06% | 111 | 0.96% | -552 | -4.79% | 11,500 |
Montgomery | 6,338 | 50.18% | 4,770 | 37.76% | 1,436 | 11.37% | 87 | 0.69% | 1,568 | 12.41% | 12,584 |
Morgan | 6,150 | 43.19% | 6,352 | 44.61% | 1,633 | 11.47% | 103 | 0.72% | -202 | -1.42% | 14,179 |
Moultrie | 2,629 | 48.23% | 2,199 | 40.34% | 596 | 10.93% | 27 | 0.50% | 430 | 7.89% | 5,430 |
Ogle | 6,765 | 36.90% | 9,558 | 52.13% | 1,876 | 10.23% | 136 | 0.74% | -2,793 | -15.23% | 18,251 |
Peoria | 37,383 | 50.45% | 30,990 | 41.82% | 5,220 | 7.04% | 509 | 0.69% | 6,393 | 8.63% | 73,773 |
Perry | 5,347 | 53.90% | 3,237 | 32.63% | 1,262 | 12.72% | 75 | 0.76% | 2,110 | 21.27% | 9,898 |
Piatt | 3,274 | 44.17% | 3,265 | 44.05% | 818 | 11.04% | 55 | 0.74% | 9 | 0.12% | 7,383 |
Pike | 3,604 | 45.32% | 3,225 | 40.56% | 1,039 | 13.07% | 84 | 1.06% | 379 | 4.77% | 7,914 |
Pope | 915 | 44.55% | 850 | 41.38% | 277 | 13.49% | 12 | 0.58% | 65 | 3.16% | 2,047 |
Pulaski | 1,524 | 54.16% | 1,036 | 36.82% | 235 | 8.35% | 19 | 0.68% | 488 | 17.34% | 2,805 |
Putnam | 1,425 | 51.56% | 987 | 35.71% | 322 | 11.65% | 30 | 1.09% | 438 | 15.85% | 2,745 |
Randolph | 7,419 | 50.65% | 5,422 | 37.02% | 1,698 | 11.59% | 108 | 0.74% | 1,997 | 13.63% | 14,591 |
Richland | 2,679 | 39.31% | 3,137 | 46.03% | 927 | 13.60% | 72 | 1.06% | -458 | -6.72% | 6,789 |
Rock Island | 34,822 | 57.13% | 20,626 | 33.84% | 5,135 | 8.42% | 372 | 0.61% | 14,196 | 23.29% | 60,718 |
Saline | 6,156 | 52.77% | 3,693 | 31.66% | 1,752 | 15.02% | 64 | 0.55% | 2,463 | 21.11% | 11,624 |
Sangamon | 38,902 | 44.15% | 42,174 | 47.87% | 6,446 | 7.32% | 583 | 0.66% | -3,272 | -3.71% | 87,791 |
Schuyler | 1,636 | 43.64% | 1,597 | 42.60% | 483 | 12.88% | 33 | 0.88% | 39 | 1.04% | 3,729 |
Scott | 1,012 | 39.87% | 1,112 | 43.81% | 396 | 15.60% | 18 | 0.71% | -100 | -3.94% | 2,528 |
Shelby | 4,249 | 43.41% | 4,215 | 43.06% | 1,262 | 12.89% | 62 | 0.63% | 34 | 0.35% | 9,756 |
St. Clair | 53,405 | 56.56% | 33,066 | 35.02% | 7,027 | 7.44% | 931 | 0.99% | 20,339 | 21.54% | 93,908 |
Stark | 1,262 | 44.06% | 1,278 | 44.62% | 312 | 10.89% | 12 | 0.42% | -16 | -0.56% | 2,859 |
Stephenson | 7,145 | 39.42% | 8,871 | 48.94% | 1,940 | 10.70% | 169 | 0.93% | -1,726 | -9.52% | 18,020 |
Tazewell | 24,139 | 44.97% | 24,395 | 45.45% | 4,814 | 8.97% | 330 | 0.61% | -256 | -0.48% | 53,448 |
Union | 4,252 | 51.34% | 3,147 | 38.00% | 832 | 10.05% | 51 | 0.62% | 1,105 | 13.34% | 8,264 |
Vermilion | 15,525 | 49.55% | 12,015 | 38.35% | 3,577 | 11.42% | 212 | 0.68% | 3,510 | 11.20% | 31,175 |
Wabash | 2,177 | 41.28% | 2,381 | 45.15% | 683 | 12.95% | 33 | 0.63% | -204 | -3.87% | 5,256 |
Warren | 3,500 | 48.28% | 2,974 | 41.02% | 742 | 10.23% | 34 | 0.47% | 526 | 7.26% | 7,227 |
Washington | 2,744 | 39.61% | 3,339 | 48.20% | 790 | 11.40% | 54 | 0.78% | -595 | -8.59% | 6,902 |
Wayne | 3,054 | 37.52% | 4,029 | 49.50% | 999 | 12.27% | 58 | 0.71% | -975 | -11.98% | 8,114 |
White | 3,553 | 48.33% | 2,878 | 39.15% | 888 | 12.08% | 33 | 0.45% | 675 | 9.18% | 7,335 |
Whiteside | 11,913 | 51.03% | 8,859 | 37.95% | 2,436 | 10.44% | 136 | 0.58% | 3,054 | 13.08% | 23,261 |
Will | 69,354 | 46.76% | 62,506 | 42.15% | 15,485 | 10.44% | 959 | 0.65% | 6,848 | 4.62% | 147,689 |
Williamson | 12,510 | 49.50% | 9,734 | 38.52% | 2,877 | 11.38% | 151 | 0.60% | 2,776 | 10.98% | 25,202 |
Winnebago | 46,264 | 46.31% | 44,479 | 44.52% | 8,192 | 8.20% | 975 | 0.98% | 1,785 | 1.79% | 99,250 |
Woodford | 5,270 | 35.03% | 8,527 | 56.68% | 1,170 | 7.78% | 76 | 0.51% | -3,257 | -21.65% | 14,997 |
Totals | 2,341,744 | 54.32% | 1,587,021 | 36.81% | 346,408 | 8.03% | 36,218 | 0.84% | 754,723 | 17.60% |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results 1996 Illinois Results
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ↑ "Illinois Voting Results and Participants". CountingTheVotes.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Maryland Voting Results and Participants". CountingTheVotes.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- 1 2 "State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ↑ President Elect - The Unofficial Home of the Electoral College - President Elect 1996
http://presidentelect.org/e1996.html Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ Our Campaigns; IL US President 1996