United States presidential election in Utah, 1996

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November 5, 1996

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Nominee	Robert Dole	Bill Clinton	Ross Perot
Party	Republican	Democratic	Reform
Home state	Kansas	Arkansas	Texas
Running mate	Jack Kemp	Al Gore	Pat Choate
Electoral vote	5	0	0
Popular vote	361,911	221,633	66,461
Percentage	54.4%	33.3%	10.0%

County Results

Clinton—50-60%

Clinton—40-50%

Dole—40-50%

Dole—50-60%

Dole—60-70%

Dole—70-80%

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Utah was won by Republican nominee Bob Dole by a 21.1% margin of victory. This was Dole's highest margin of victory for any state in the country. Dole also obtained 54.4% of the vote in Utah, higher than any other state.

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 5 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 his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

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