United States presidential election in Illinois, 1996

November 5, 1996

County Results

Clinton—80-90%

Clinton—70-80%

Clinton—60-70%

Clinton—50-60%

Dole—50-60%

Dole—60-70%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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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

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1996
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (Incumbent)	Al Gore	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

↑ 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

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