1996 United States presidential election in Illinois
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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[update], 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
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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.
Republican
1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary
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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.
Libertarian
1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary
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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.
Results
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
- ^ Illinois was one of the states where Howard Phillips's running mate (Herbert Titus) was replaced on the ballot by Joseph Zdonczyk.[5]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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