United States presidential election in Utah, 1996

United States presidential election in Utah, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Robert Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Reform Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Pat Choate Electoral vote 5 0 0 Popular vote 361,911 221,633 66,461 Percentage 54.4% 33.3% 10.0%

County Results   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Dole—40-50%   Dole—50-60%   Dole—60-70%   Dole—70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

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 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Utah was won by Republican nominee Bob Dole by a 21.1% margin of victory. This was Dole's highest margin of victory for any state in the country. Dole also obtained 54.4% of the vote in Utah, higher than any other state. ^[1]

Results

United States presidential election in Utah, 1996
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	361,911	54.4%	5
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (incumbent)	Al Gore	221,633	33.3%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	66,461	10.0%	0
	Green Party	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	4,615	0.7%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	4,129	0.6%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers' Party	Howard Phillips	Herbert Titus	2,601	0.4%	0
	Independent American Party	Diane Templin	Gary Van Horn	1,290	0.2%	0
	Independent Party of Utah	Peter Crane	Connie Chandler	1,101	0.2%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	1,085	0.2%	0
	Workers World Party	Monica Moorehead	Gloria La Riva	298	0.0%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	James Harris	Laura Garza	235	0.0%	0
	Prohibition	Earl Dodge	Rachel Kelly	111	0.0%	0
	Other write-ins			98	0.00%	0
	Write-in	Mary Cal Hollis	Eric Chester	53	0.00%	0
	Write-in	Charles Collins	Rosemary Giumarra	8	0.00%	0
Totals				665,629	100.00%	5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 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 5 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

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

See also