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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Ohio

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Ohio in 1996, 47.4% to 41.0%, a margin of 6.4 points and 288,339 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Republicans led in 49 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 39. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 561,892 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.6 points. The closest was Coshocton, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 2,148,222 47.4%
Bob Dole Republican 1,859,883 41.0%
Ross Perot Reform 483,207 10.7%
All other candidates 43,122 1.0%
Total4,534,434

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 341,357 60.8% 163,770 29.1% 56,765 561,892 D+31.6
Franklin 192,795 48.1% 178,412 44.5% 29,308 400,515 D+3.6
Hamilton 160,458 43.1% 186,493 50.1% 25,117 372,068 R+7.0
Montgomery 115,469 50.0% 95,391 41.3% 20,097 230,957 D+8.7
Summit 112,050 52.1% 73,555 34.2% 29,590 215,195 D+17.9
Lucas 104,911 57.7% 58,120 32.0% 18,716 181,747 D+25.7
Stark 73,437 46.4% 60,212 38.0% 24,697 158,346 D+8.4
Butler 43,690 35.7% 67,023 54.8% 11,685 122,398 R+19.1
Mahoning 72,716 61.5% 31,397 26.6% 14,065 118,178 D+35.0
Lorain 55,744 52.4% 34,937 32.8% 15,764 106,445 D+19.5
Lake 43,186 44.2% 40,974 41.9% 13,576 97,736 D+2.3
Trumbull 55,604 58.7% 24,811 26.2% 14,330 94,745 D+32.5
Clermont 21,329 33.2% 36,457 56.8% 6,388 64,174 R+23.6
Greene 25,082 40.6% 30,677 49.7% 6,023 61,782 R+9.1
Medina 23,727 40.2% 26,120 44.2% 9,239 59,086 R+4.1
Portage 29,441 50.6% 18,939 32.5% 9,858 58,238 D+18.0
Licking 22,624 39.0% 28,276 48.8% 7,067 57,967 R+9.8
Clark 27,890 48.3% 22,297 38.6% 7,615 57,802 D+9.7
Warren 17,089 30.8% 33,210 59.9% 5,110 55,409 R+29.1
Richland 20,832 40.5% 23,697 46.1% 6,922 51,451 R+5.6
Fairfield 18,821 37.1% 26,850 53.0% 5,013 50,684 R+15.8
Wood 23,183 47.0% 20,518 41.6% 5,642 49,343 D+5.4
Allen 15,529 35.3% 24,325 55.3% 4,094 43,948 R+20.0
Columbiana 20,716 47.5% 15,386 35.3% 7,527 43,629 D+12.2
Delaware 13,463 32.5% 24,123 58.2% 3,829 41,415 R+25.7
Wayne 14,850 36.6% 19,628 48.4% 6,070 40,548 R+11.8
Miami 15,540 38.8% 19,509 48.8% 4,956 40,005 R+9.9
Geauga 14,143 36.2% 19,662 50.3% 5,284 39,089 R+14.1
Ashtabula 19,341 49.9% 13,287 34.3% 6,094 38,722 D+15.6
Tuscarawas 15,244 43.9% 13,388 38.5% 6,123 34,755 D+5.3
Jefferson 19,402 56.0% 10,212 29.5% 5,009 34,623 D+26.5
Erie 16,730 50.0% 12,204 36.5% 4,515 33,449 D+13.5
Muskingum 13,813 41.9% 13,861 42.0% 5,298 32,972 R+0.1
Scioto 15,041 48.0% 11,679 37.3% 4,608 31,328 D+10.7
Belmont 17,705 57.8% 8,213 26.8% 4,721 30,639 D+31.0
Hancock 9,334 31.2% 17,252 57.7% 3,322 29,908 R+26.5
Washington 10,945 42.1% 11,965 46.1% 3,067 25,977 R+3.9
Ross 12,649 49.0% 10,286 39.9% 2,862 25,797 D+9.2
Sandusky 11,547 45.4% 10,033 39.5% 3,833 25,413 D+6.0
Marion 10,482 42.5% 11,112 45.0% 3,080 24,674 R+2.6
Athens 13,418 56.0% 7,154 29.9% 3,382 23,954 D+26.2
Lawrence 11,595 48.5% 8,832 36.9% 3,499 23,926 D+11.5
Seneca 10,044 42.7% 9,713 41.3% 3,754 23,511 D+1.4
Darke 8,871 38.5% 10,798 46.9% 3,363 23,032 R+8.4
Huron 8,858 41.9% 8,750 41.3% 3,553 21,161 D+0.5
Knox 7,562 37.7% 10,159 50.6% 2,347 20,068 R+12.9
Ashland 6,573 33.2% 10,402 52.6% 2,798 19,773 R+19.4
Auglaize 6,652 33.9% 10,169 51.8% 2,811 19,632 R+17.9
Crawford 7,449 38.3% 8,730 44.9% 3,272 19,451 R+6.6
Ottawa 9,321 49.3% 6,991 37.0% 2,576 18,888 D+12.3
Shelby 6,729 36.6% 8,773 47.8% 2,860 18,362 R+11.1
Fulton 6,662 37.2% 8,703 48.6% 2,542 17,907 R+11.4
Mercer 6,300 35.7% 8,832 50.0% 2,521 17,653 R+14.3
Pickaway 7,042 40.2% 8,666 49.5% 1,793 17,501 R+9.3
Logan 6,397 37.3% 8,325 48.6% 2,423 17,145 R+11.2
Preble 6,611 38.6% 8,139 47.5% 2,383 17,133 R+8.9
Putnam 4,972 30.8% 9,294 57.5% 1,892 16,158 R+26.7
Defiance 6,343 39.9% 7,469 47.0% 2,081 15,893 R+7.1
Williams 5,524 35.4% 7,747 49.7% 2,327 15,598 R+14.3
Brown 6,318 41.1% 6,970 45.4% 2,078 15,366 R+4.2
Guernsey 6,731 44.6% 5,970 39.5% 2,407 15,108 D+5.0
Union 4,989 33.3% 8,290 55.3% 1,724 15,003 R+22.0
Champaign 5,990 40.2% 6,568 44.1% 2,335 14,893 R+3.9
Highland 5,837 39.8% 7,102 48.4% 1,735 14,674 R+8.6
Clinton 5,303 36.5% 7,504 51.7% 1,714 14,521 R+15.2
Coshocton 6,005 41.9% 6,018 42.0% 2,307 14,330 R+0.1
Madison 5,072 37.8% 6,871 51.2% 1,478 13,421 R+13.4
Van Wert 4,453 34.1% 6,999 53.7% 1,589 13,041 R+19.5
Henry 4,762 37.2% 6,385 49.9% 1,638 12,785 R+12.7
Gallia 5,386 43.2% 5,135 41.2% 1,945 12,466 D+2.0
Perry 5,819 46.8% 4,606 37.0% 2,022 12,447 D+9.7
Morrow 4,627 37.7% 5,655 46.1% 1,993 12,275 R+8.4
Jackson 5,538 45.8% 4,922 40.7% 1,635 12,095 D+5.1
Hardin 4,930 41.5% 5,506 46.4% 1,440 11,876 R+4.9
Carroll 4,792 40.6% 4,449 37.7% 2,549 11,790 D+2.9
Pike 5,542 51.4% 3,759 34.8% 1,486 10,787 D+16.5
Adams 4,317 41.6% 4,763 45.9% 1,301 10,381 R+4.3
Hocking 4,646 44.9% 4,017 38.8% 1,693 10,356 D+6.1
Fayette 3,665 38.1% 4,831 50.3% 1,111 9,607 R+12.1
Wyandot 3,677 38.3% 4,473 46.6% 1,457 9,607 R+8.3
Meigs 4,275 45.2% 3,622 38.3% 1,568 9,465 D+6.9
Holmes 2,531 27.9% 5,213 57.4% 1,340 9,084 R+29.5
Paulding 3,449 40.1% 3,760 43.7% 1,387 8,596 R+3.6
Harrison 3,721 50.3% 2,310 31.2% 1,371 7,402 D+19.1
Monroe 3,914 56.2% 1,856 26.6% 1,197 6,967 D+29.5
Morgan 2,385 39.9% 2,566 43.0% 1,020 5,971 R+3.0
Noble 2,366 42.9% 2,183 39.6% 965 5,514 D+3.3
Vinton 2,350 48.8% 1,673 34.8% 788 4,811 D+14.1

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0