1996 United States presidential election in Illinois
← 1992 November 5, 1996 2000 →
Turnout64.70%
 
Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate
Electoral vote 22 0 0
Popular vote 2,341,744 1,587,021 346,408
Percentage 54.32% 36.81% 8.03%
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Bill Clinton
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Bill Clinton
Democratic

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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]

Primaries

Turnout

For the state-run primaries (Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian), turnout was 26.46%, with 1,620,768 votes cast.[3] For the general election, turnout was 64.70%, with 4,311,391 votes cast.[4]

State-run primaries were held for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties on March 19.[3]

Democratic

1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
← 1992 March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19) 2000 →
 
Candidate Bill Clinton
Home state Arkansas
Popular vote 770,001
Percentage 96.17%

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.

1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary[3]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
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%

Republican

1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary
← 1992 March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19) 2000 →
 
Candidate Bob Dole Pat Buchanan
Home state Kansas Virginia
Popular vote 532,467 votes 186,177 votes
Percentage 65.07% 22.7%

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.

1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary[3]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
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%

Libertarian

1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary
March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19)
Candidate Harry Browne Irwin Schiff
Home state Tennessee Connecticut
Popular vote 1,278 450
Percentage 73.96% 26.04%

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.

1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary[3]
Candidate Votes %
Harry Browne 1,278 73.96
Irwin Schiff 450 26.04
Total 1,728 100%

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Illinois[4]
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[a] 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 Bill Clinton
Democratic 		Bob Dole
Republican 		Ross Perot
Reform 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[6]
# % # % # % # % # %
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 -6.42% 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 24.40% 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 -5.74% 7,201
Clay 2,750 44.16% 2,703 43.40% 719 11.54% 56 0.90% 47 0.76% 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 -10.77% 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 -16.88% 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 25.70% 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 0.43% 9,140
Hardin 1,323 50.55% 790 30.19% 485 18.53% 19 0.73% 533 20.36% 2,606
Henderson 1,953 53.97% 1,233 34.07% 408 11.27% 25 0.69% 720 19.90% 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 6.32% 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 -13.60% 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 5.52% 6,037
McDonough 5,632 46.80% 5,049 41.95% 1,217 10.11% 137 1.14% 583 4.85% 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 -4.78% 11,500
Montgomery 6,338 50.18% 4,770 37.76% 1,436 11.37% 87 0.69% 1,568 12.42% 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 4.76% 7,914
Pope 915 44.55% 850 41.38% 277 13.49% 12 0.58% 65 3.17% 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 -3.72% 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 4.61% 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 17.51% 4,311,391

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Illinois was one of the states where Howard Phillips's running mate (Herbert Titus) was replaced on the ballot by Joseph Zdonczyk.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results 1996 Illinois Results
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ a b c d e "State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Our Campaigns; IL US President 1996
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