2016 United States presidential election

2016 United States presidential election

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538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout55.7%[1] Increase 0.8 pp
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 304 227
States carried 30 + ME-02 20 + DC
Popular vote 62,984,828 65,853,514
Percentage 46.1% 48.2%

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Presidential election results map. Red shows states won by Trump/Pence. Numbers show the number of electoral votes from each state. Blue shows states won by Clinton/Kaine.

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th presidential election that happened on November 8, 2016. Businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated former secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Virginia senator Tim Kaine on the Republican Party ticket.[2]

Then-incumbent President Barack Obama was term limited by the Twenty-second amendment, which made him unable to serve a third presidential term. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination. Trump became his party's front-runner against many candidates in the Republican primary, defeating Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, and Ohio Governor John Kasich among other candidates.

Many third-party candidates ran, such as Gary Johnson. Trump chose Governor of Indiana Mike Pence as his running mate, and Clinton chose Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.

Trump received 304 electoral votes, 34 more votes than what was needed to win, while Clinton received 227.[3] Even though Trump lost the popular vote, the electoral votes decide the actual winner of the election. Trump took office on January 20, 2017.

  1. ("Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. December 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.) ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016". United States Census Bureau. May 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.)
  2. "In major upset, Donald Trump wins the presidency". CBS News.
  3. "Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million". Associated Press. December 22, 2016. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

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