Bill Clinton carried Pennsylvania D+9.2.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Pennsylvania, 1996. The state ran 0.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+8.5 nationally).

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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Pennsylvania result

4,501,307 votes counted

Clinton (D)

2,215,819

49.2%

Dole (R)

1,801,169

40.0%

Perot (I)

430,984

9.6%

All others

53,335

1.2%

Margin

D+9.2

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1996 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1996

ClintonD+9.2

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	49.2%	2,215,819
Bob DoleRepublican	40.0%	1,801,169
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	53,335

D+60

R+60

67 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1996

67 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adams County	R	−15.5%	10,774	15,338	3,186	29,508
Allegheny County	D	+14.9%	284,480	204,067	42,309	538,615
Armstrong County	D	+0.3%	11,130	11,052	3,452	25,779
Beaver County	D	+18.2%	39,578	26,048	8,276	74,279
Bedford County	R	−22.7%	5,954	10,064	2,041	18,127
Berks County	R	−5.3%	49,887	56,289	13,788	121,718
Blair County	R	−15.3%	15,036	21,282	4,014	40,691
Bradford County	R	−12.6%	7,736	10,393	2,712	21,008
Bucks County	D	+3.7%	103,313	94,899	24,544	227,363
Butler County	R	−16.6%	21,990	32,038	6,145	60,591
Cambria County	D	+17.0%	30,391	20,341	7,837	59,275
Cameron County	R	−13.0%	822	1,113	283	2,231
Carbon County	D	+11.4%	9,457	7,193	2,992	19,829
Centre County	D	+0.4%	21,145	20,935	4,173	46,826
Chester County	R	−7.7%	64,783	77,029	14,067	158,366
Clarion County	R	−6.4%	5,954	6,916	2,064	15,071
Clearfield County	R	−3.4%	11,991	12,987	3,758	28,955
Clinton County	D	+11.9%	5,658	4,293	1,424	11,483
Columbia County	D	+0.7%	8,379	8,234	3,654	20,372
Crawford County	R	−5.5%	12,943	14,659	3,519	31,446
Cumberland County	R	−19.2%	28,749	43,943	5,669	78,985
Dauphin County	R	−3.7%	40,936	44,417	6,967	92,971
Delaware County	D	+9.9%	115,946	92,628	21,883	234,748
Elk County	D	+6.6%	5,749	4,889	2,293	13,013
Erie County	D	+16.2%	57,508	39,884	10,386	108,791
Fayette County	D	+26.5%	26,359	14,019	5,722	46,532
Forest County	D	+2.8%	964	902	325	2,201
Franklin County	R	−23.3%	14,980	25,392	4,127	44,730
Fulton County	R	−21.5%	1,620	2,665	554	4,868
Greene County	D	+26.3%	7,620	4,002	2,052	13,736
Huntingdon County	R	−14.1%	5,285	7,324	1,813	14,495
Indiana County	D	+3.3%	13,868	12,874	3,674	30,583
Jefferson County	R	−14.0%	5,846	8,156	2,322	16,457
Juniata County	R	−15.4%	2,896	4,128	911	7,984
Lackawanna County	D	+23.5%	46,377	26,930	8,189	82,681
Lancaster County	R	−28.2%	49,120	92,875	11,601	155,286
Lawrence County	D	+16.3%	18,993	13,088	4,002	36,259
Lebanon County	R	−18.9%	14,187	21,885	4,235	40,735
Lehigh County	D	+3.3%	48,568	45,103	10,947	106,110
Luzerne County	D	+14.2%	60,174	43,577	12,424	116,817
Lycoming County	R	−20.4%	13,516	21,535	3,855	39,241
McKean County	R	−8.9%	5,509	6,838	2,350	14,869
Mercer County	D	+12.6%	23,003	17,213	5,108	45,779
Mifflin County	R	−11.4%	5,327	6,888	1,392	13,718
Monroe County	R	−2.0%	16,547	17,326	4,650	39,065
Montgomery County	D	+7.7%	143,664	121,047	24,392	293,961
Montour County	R	−10.4%	2,183	2,785	784	5,811
Northampton County	D	+9.0%	43,959	35,726	9,848	91,002
Northumberland County	R	−0.4%	13,418	13,551	5,173	32,400
Perry County	R	−24.4%	4,611	8,156	1,609	14,515
Philadelphia County	D	+61.4%	412,988	85,345	29,329	533,277
Pike County	R	−8.3%	5,509	6,697	1,873	14,244
Potter County	R	−23.0%	2,146	3,714	925	6,817
Schuylkill County	D	+3.4%	24,860	22,920	8,471	56,629
Snyder County	R	−28.7%	3,405	6,742	1,451	11,642
Somerset County	R	−6.4%	12,719	14,735	3,968	31,591
Sullivan County	R	−9.8%	1,071	1,352	418	2,858
Susquehanna County	R	−9.2%	5,912	7,354	2,266	15,636
Tioga County	R	−16.8%	4,961	7,382	1,993	14,425
Union County	R	−24.8%	3,658	6,570	1,431	11,724
Venango County	R	−1.0%	8,205	8,398	2,777	19,549
Warren County	D	+1.4%	7,291	7,056	2,504	17,067
Washington County	D	+16.9%	40,952	27,777	8,661	77,745
Wayne County	R	−13.2%	5,928	8,077	2,126	16,334
Westmoreland County	D	+1.1%	63,686	62,058	16,230	143,329
Wyoming County	R	−8.1%	4,049	4,888	1,414	10,408
York County	R	−12.2%	49,596	65,188	11,652	128,156