The 1996 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Utah was won by Republican nominee Bob Dole, who obtained 54.37 percent of the vote - his highest total in any state - and won by a 21.07 point margin, his highest margin of victory nationwide.Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Utah

, this is the last election in which Tooele and Carbon Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This also marked the first time since statehood that a president won two terms without ever carrying Utah.

This is the only presidential election in Utah in which fewer votes were cast than in the previous election.

Results

Results by county County Bob DoleRepublican Bill ClintonDemocratic Ross PerotReform Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 1,164 55.59% 687 32.81% 217 10.36% 26 1.24% 477 22.78% 2,094 Box Elder 8,373 62.65% 3,170 23.72% 1,578 11.81% 244 1.83% 5,203 38.93% 13,365 Cache 16,832 63.77% 6,595 24.99% 2,399 9.09% 568 2.15% 10,237 38.78% 26,394 Carbon 2,343 30.90% 4,172 55.03% 952 12.56% 115 1.52% -1,829 -24.13% 7,582 Daggett 237 55.63% 131 30.75% 55 12.91% 3 0.70% 106 24.88% 426 Davis 42,768 60.25% 19,301 27.19% 7,495 10.56% 1,417 2.00% 23,467 33.06% 70,981 Duchesne 2,648 63.67% 892 21.45% 566 13.61% 53 1.27% 1,756 42.22% 4,159 Emery 2,033 49.32% 1,371 33.26% 663 16.08% 55 1.33% 662 16.06% 4,122 Garfield 1,330 72.01% 283 15.32% 222 12.02% 12 0.65% 1,047 56.69% 1,847 Grand 1,384 42.57% 1,199 36.88% 432 13.29% 236 7.26% 185 5.69% 3,251 Iron 6,550 69.75% 1,887 20.09% 716 7.62% 238 2.53% 4,663 49.66% 9,391 Juab 1,290 49.12% 928 35.34% 353 13.44% 55 2.09% 362 13.78% 2,626 Kane 1,682 72.63% 304 13.13% 290 12.52% 40 1.73% 1,378 59.50% 2,316 Millard 2,681 63.29% 945 22.31% 505 11.92% 105 2.48% 1,736 40.98% 4,236 Morgan 1,659 57.05% 859 29.54% 337 11.59% 53 1.82% 800 27.51% 2,908 Piute 475 66.25% 176 24.55% 59 8.23% 7 0.98% 299 41.70% 717 Rich 523 65.70% 179 22.49% 88 11.06% 6 0.75% 344 43.21% 796 Salt Lake 127,951 45.51% 117,951 41.95% 27,620 9.82% 7,655 2.72% 10,000 3.56% 281,177 San Juan 2,139 51.36% 1,675 40.22% 271 6.51% 80 1.92% 464 11.14% 4,165 Sanpete 3,631 58.78% 1,568 25.38% 801 12.97% 177 2.87% 2,063 33.40% 6,177 Sevier 4,031 65.79% 1,327 21.66% 670 10.94% 99 1.62% 2,704 44.13% 6,127 Summit 3,867 41.50% 4,177 44.82% 971 10.42% 304 3.26% -310 -3.32% 9,319 Tooele 3,881 41.68% 3,992 42.87% 1,244 13.36% 195 2.09% -111 -1.19% 9,312 Uintah 4,743 63.55% 1,714 22.96% 899 12.04% 108 1.45% 3,029 40.59% 7,464 Utah 69,653 71.05% 18,291 18.66% 8,106 8.27% 1,981 2.02% 51,362 52.39% 98,031 Wasatch 2,222 52.38% 1,374 32.39% 558 13.15% 88 2.07% 848 19.99% 4,242 Washington 17,637 70.49% 4,816 19.25% 2,069 8.27% 498 1.99% 12,821 51.24% 25,020 Wayne 741 64.89% 265 23.20% 121 10.60% 15 1.31% 476 41.69% 1,142 Weber 27,443 48.79% 21,404 38.06% 6,204 11.03% 1,191 2.12% 6,039 10.73% 56,242Totals361,91154.37%221,63333.30%66,4619.98%15,6242.35%140,27821.07%665,629

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Summit Tooele

Electors Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than their candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met in December 1996 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.

See also United States presidential elections in Utah Presidency of Bill Clinton

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