United States presidential election in Illinois, 1996
Main article: United States presidential election, 1996
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Clinton—80-90%
Clinton—70-80%
Clinton—60-70%
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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% by a margin of 17.51%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third with 8.03% of the popular vote.[1]
Results
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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[2][3] | 7,606 | 0.18% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 4,606 | 0.11% | 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 | ||
References
- ↑ Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 Illinois Results
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=17&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 - ↑ Illinois is one of the states where Howard Phillips's running mate (Herbert Titus) was replaced on the ballot by Joseph Zdonczyk.
- ↑ President Elect - The Unofficial Home of the Electoral College - President Elect 1996
http://presidentelect.org/e1996.html
See also
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