The 1996 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania was won by President Bill Clinton by a margin of 9.2%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 9.56% of the popular vote in Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania, Clinton received 49.2% of the vote, the same percentage as the national vote when rounded to the nearest tenth. Pennsylvania was also the tipping-point state in this election. , this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Warren, Clinton, Westmoreland, Schuylkill, Armstrong, Columbia, Forest, and Indiana. It was also the last election until 2008 in which Pennsylvania was the most Republican of the three Rust Belt swing states (including Wisconsin and Michigan).
Clinton won 15 of 21 districts, including five held by Republicans, while the other six were won by Dole, including one held by a Democrat.