1996 United States presidential election in Arizona
November 5, 1996
 
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 8 0 0
Popular vote 653,288 622,073 112,072
Percentage 46.52% 44.29% 7.98%
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arizona was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 46.5% to 44.3% by a margin of 2.2%.[1][2]

Clinton had come fairly close to winning Arizona four years earlier. In his re-election bid, he was able to gain a larger share of the vote in Democratic-trending Pima County as well as most of northern Arizona. He also increased his support in Maricopa County, although it was again carried by the Republican candidate. His statewide margin of victory was slightly over 31,000 votes out of about 1.4 million cast. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 8.0% of the popular vote. Exit polls suggest he did not change the outcome.[3] As of 2020, this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Gila, Greenlee, Navajo, Pinal and La Paz.[4]

This is the only presidential election in Arizona's history in which Maricopa County, containing more than half of Arizona's population, voted for a candidate that lost the state, and one of only two elections in which Yavapai County, home to the city of Prescott, did so. This was the first time a Democrat had won Arizona in a presidential election since 1948, and the last time until 2020.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Arizona
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore 653,288 46.5% 8
Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 622,073 44.3% 0
Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 112,072 8.0% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 14,358 1.0% 0
Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 2,062 0.2% 0
U.S. Taxpayers' Howard Phillips 347 0.0% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 153 0.0% 0
No Party Charles Collins Rosemary Giumarra 36 0.0% 0
No party Write-in 16 0.0% 0
Totals 1,404,405 100.0% 8

Results by county

County William Jefferson Clinton
Democratic		 Robert Joseph Dole
Republican		 Henry Ross Perot
Reform		 Harry Browne[2]
Libertarian		 Various candidates[2]
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Apache 12,394 66.3% 4,761 25.5% 1,296 6.9% 204 1.1% 29 0.2% 7,633 40.9% 18,684
Cochise 13,782 43.2% 14,365 45.0% 3,346 10.48% 383 1.2% 47 0.2% -583 -1.8% 31,923
Coconino 20,475 53.2% 13,638 35.4% 3,666 9.5% 609 1.6% 137 0.4% 6,837 17.8% 38,522
Gila 8,577 49.3% 6,407 36.8% 2,211 12.7% 204 1.2% 12 0.1% 2,170 12.5% 17,411
Graham 3,938 42.4% 4,222 45.42% 1,034 11.1% 100 1.1% 2 0.0% -284 -3.1% 9,296
Greenlee 1,755 51.7% 1,159 34.2% 426 12.6% 53 1.6% 0 0.0% 596 17.6% 3,393
La Paz 1,964 43.7% 1,902 42.3% 597 13.3% 30 0.7% 0 0.0% 62 1.4% 4,493
Maricopa 363,991 44.5% 386,015 47.2% 58,479 7.2% 7,551 0.9% 1,396 0.2% -22,024 -2.7% 817,432
Mohave 16,629 40.0% 17,997 43.3% 6,369 15.3% 481 1.2% 57 0.1% -1,368 -3.3% 41,533
Navajo 12,912 51.8% 9,262 37.1% 2,461 9.9% 272 1.09% 31 0.1% 3,650 14.6% 24,938
Pima 137,983 52.2% 104,121 39.4% 18,809 7.1% 2,894 1.1% 745 0.3% 33,862 12.8% 264,552
Pinal 19,579 53.1% 13,034 35.3% 3,972 10.8% 293 0.8% 17 0.1% 6,545 17.7% 36,895
Santa Cruz 5,241 64.2% 2,256 27.6% 600 7.4% 65 0.8% 5 0.1% 2,985 36.6% 8,167
Yavapai 21,801 36.6% 29,921 50.3% 6,649 11.2% 1,009 1.7% 115 0.2% -8,120 -13.7% 59,495
Yuma 12,267 44.3% 13,013 47.0% 2,157 7.8% 210 0.8% 24 0.1% -746 -2.7% 27,671
Totals653,28846.5%622,07344.3%112,0728.0%14,3581.0%2,6140.2%31,2152.2%1,404,405

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

County flips from 1992-1996:

References

  1. ↑ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona
  2. 1 2 3 Our Campaigns; AZ US President Race, November 05, 1996
  3. ↑ "AllPolitics – Arizona President Exit Poll Results". CNN. November 6, 1996. Archived from the original on February 20, 1999.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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