Who won Utah in the 1996 presidential election?

Dole (Republican) carried Utah in 1996, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1996?

Utah cast 5 electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1996?

No. Utah backed Dole, while Bill Clinton won the presidency nationally.

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1996

Utah: Dole carries 5 EV.

Utah cast its 5 electoral votes for Dole (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Utah voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Utah, 1996

In 1996, Utah awarded its 5 electoral votes to Dole of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Utah among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Utah backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona joined Utah for the Republican ticket, while New Mexico and Nevada did not. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Bill Clinton took 379 of the 538 electoral votes, against Bob Dole's 159. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 49.23% of the ballots cast.

The 1996 national map

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