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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Utah

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Utah in 1996, 54.4% to 33.3%, a margin of 21.1 points and 140,278 votes.

Utah voted 29.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 26 of the 29 counties and Democrats in 3. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 281,177 votes and went to the Republican by 3.6 points. The closest was Daggett, where 106 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
Bob Dole won Republican 361,911 54.4%
Bill Clinton Democratic 221,633 33.3%
Ross Perot Reform 66,461 10.0%
All other candidates 15,624 2.3%
Total665,629

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 117,951 41.9% 127,951 45.5% 35,275 281,177 R+3.6
Utah 18,291 18.7% 69,653 71.1% 10,087 98,031 R+52.4
Davis 19,301 27.2% 42,768 60.3% 8,912 70,981 R+33.1
Weber 21,404 38.1% 27,443 48.8% 7,395 56,242 R+10.7
Cache 6,595 25.0% 16,832 63.8% 2,967 26,394 R+38.8
Washington 4,816 19.2% 17,637 70.5% 2,567 25,020 R+51.2
Box Elder 3,170 23.7% 8,373 62.6% 1,822 13,365 R+38.9
Iron 1,887 20.1% 6,550 69.7% 954 9,391 R+49.7
Summit 4,177 44.8% 3,867 41.5% 1,275 9,319 D+3.3
Tooele 3,992 42.9% 3,881 41.7% 1,439 9,312 D+1.2
Carbon 4,172 55.0% 2,343 30.9% 1,067 7,582 D+24.1
Uintah 1,714 23.0% 4,743 63.5% 1,007 7,464 R+40.6
Sanpete 1,568 25.4% 3,631 58.8% 978 6,177 R+33.4
Sevier 1,327 21.7% 4,031 65.8% 769 6,127 R+44.1
Wasatch 1,374 32.4% 2,222 52.4% 646 4,242 R+20.0
Millard 945 22.3% 2,681 63.3% 610 4,236 R+41.0
San Juan 1,675 40.2% 2,139 51.4% 351 4,165 R+11.1
Duchesne 892 21.4% 2,648 63.7% 619 4,159 R+42.2
Emery 1,371 33.3% 2,033 49.3% 718 4,122 R+16.1
Grand 1,199 36.9% 1,384 42.6% 668 3,251 R+5.7
Morgan 859 29.5% 1,659 57.0% 390 2,908 R+27.5
Juab 928 35.3% 1,290 49.1% 408 2,626 R+13.8
Kane 304 13.1% 1,682 72.6% 330 2,316 R+59.5
Beaver 687 32.8% 1,164 55.6% 243 2,094 R+22.8
Garfield 283 15.3% 1,330 72.0% 234 1,847 R+56.7
Wayne 265 23.2% 741 64.9% 136 1,142 R+41.7
Rich 179 22.5% 523 65.7% 94 796 R+43.2
Piute 176 24.5% 475 66.2% 66 717 R+41.7
Daggett 131 30.8% 237 55.6% 58 426 R+24.9

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

Utah in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+21.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+18.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+48.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+28.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+45.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+21.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+18.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+34.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+49.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+52.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+28.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+29.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+24.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+39.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+17.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.9
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+2.3
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+65.5