The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th and most recent quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican Party nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and his running mate, incumbent Governor of Indiana Mike Pence, defeated the Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, incumbent Senator Tim Kaine. The US Elections Project estimates that 128.8 million Americans cast a ballot in 2016, out of 231 million eligible voters—a turnout rate of 55.6 percent. Trump is expected to take office as the 45th President on January 20, 2017; Mike Pence will take office as the 48th Vice President.Voters selected presidential electors, who in turn will vote, based on the results of their jurisdiction, for a new president and vice president through the Electoral College on December 19, 2016.The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses took place between February and June 2016, staggered among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. This nominating process was also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to a political party's nominating convention, who in turn elected their party's presidential nominee.Businessman and reality television personality Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presidential nominee on July 19, 2016, after defeating U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Governor of Ohio John Kasich, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and other candidates in the Republican primary elections. Former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator from New York Hillary Clinton became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee on July 26, 2016, after defeating U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Clinton had hoped to become the first female president of the United States.Various third party and independent presidential candidates also ran in the election. Libertarian Party nominee and former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson had ballot access in all 50 states plus Washington D.C. representing all 538 electoral votes. Green Party nominee and former physician Jill Stein, who also would have been the first female president, had ballot access in 44 states plus Washington D.C., representing 480 electoral votes. Johnson and Stein (who also ran as their parties' presidential nominees in the 2012 election) appeared in major national polls. At least 24 other third party candidates and independents appeared on the ballot in at least some states or ran as write-in candidates. Independent candidate and former Chief Policy Director for the House Republican Conference Evan McMullin led in at least one opinion poll in his home state of Utah.On November 9, 2016, at 3:00 AM Eastern time, Donald Trump secured over 270 electoral votes, the majority of the 538 electors in the electoral college required to make him the president-elect of the United States.The victory, considered unlikely and even "impossible" by most pre-election forecasts, was characterized as an 'upset' and as 'shocking' by the media.
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states projected for Trump/Pence; Blue denotes those projected for Clinton/Kaine. Numbers
indicate electoral votes alloted to the winner of each state. The electoral college will vote on December 19, 2016.
* 3 of Maine's electoral votes have been projected for Clinton/Kaine while 1 of the state's electoral votes has been projected for Trump/Pence.
| Alabama
9 electoral votes
|
35%
718,084
|
63%
1,306,925
| |
| Alaska
3 electoral votes
|
38%
93,007
|
53%
130,415
| |
| Arizona
11 electoral votes
|
45%
888,374
|
50%
972,900
| |
| Arkansas
6 electoral votes
|
34%
378,729
|
60%
677,904
| |
| California
55 electoral votes
|
61%
5,488,261
|
33%
2,969,532
| |
| Colorado
9 electoral votes
|
47%
1,126,384
|
45%
1,075,770
| |
| Connecticut
7 electoral votes
|
54%
823,360
|
42%
637,919
| |
| Delaware
3 electoral votes
|
53%
235,581
|
42%
185,103
| |
| District of Columbia
3 electoral votes
|
93%
260,223
|
4%
11,553
| |
| Florida
29 electoral votes
|
48%
4,485,745
|
49%
4,605,515
| |
| Georgia
16 electoral votes
|
46%
1,837,300
|
51%
2,068,623
| |
| Hawaii
4 electoral votes
|
62%
266,827
|
30%
128,815
| |
| Idaho
4 electoral votes
|
28%
189,677
|
59%
407,199
| |
| Illinois
20 electoral votes
|
55%
2,977,498
|
39%
2,118,179
| |
| Indiana
11 electoral votes
|
38%
1,029,197
|
57%
1,555,020
| |
| Iowa
6 electoral votes
|
42%
650,790
|
52%
798,923
| |
| Kansas
6 electoral votes
|
36%
414,788
|
57%
656,009
| |
| Kentucky
8 electoral votes
|
33%
628,834
|
63%
1,202,942
| |
| Louisiana
8 electoral votes
|
38%
779,535
|
58%
1,178,004
| |
| Maine
4 electoral votes
|
48%
352,485
|
45%
332,591
| |
| Maryland
10 electoral votes
|
61%
1,497,951
|
35%
873,646
| |
| Massachusetts
11 electoral votes
|
61%
1,964,768
|
34%
1,083,069
| |
| Michigan
16 electoral votes
|
47%
2,267,373
|
48%
2,279,210
| |
| Minnesota
10 electoral votes
|
47%
1,364,067
|
45%
1,321,120
| |
| Mississippi
6 electoral votes
|
40%
462,250
|
58%
677,782
| |
| Missouri
10 electoral votes
|
38%
1,054,889
|
57%
1,585,753
| |
| Montana
3 electoral votes
|
36%
174,249
|
57%
273,696
| |
| Nebraska
5 electoral votes
|
34%
273,858
|
60%
485,819
| |
| Nevada
6 electoral votes
|
48%
537,753
|
46%
511,319
| |
| New Hampshire
4 electoral votes
|
48%
346,816
|
47%
345,379
| |
| New Jersey
14 electoral votes
|
55%
1,979,768
|
42%
1,516,915
| |
| New Mexico
5 electoral votes
|
48%
380,724
|
40%
315,875
| |
| New York
29 electoral votes
|
59%
4,143,541
|
37%
2,637,678
| |
| North Carolina
15 electoral votes
|
47%
2,162,074
|
51%
2,339,603
| |
| North Dakota
3 electoral votes
|
28%
93,526
|
64%
216,133
| |
| Ohio
18 electoral votes
|
44%
2,317,001
|
52%
2,771,984
| |
| Oklahoma
7 electoral votes
|
29%
419,788
|
65%
947,934
| |
| Oregon
7 electoral votes
|
52%
934,631
|
41%
742,506
| |
| Pennsylvania
20 electoral votes
|
48%
2,844,705
|
49%
2,912,941
| |
| Rhode Island
4 electoral votes
|
55%
225,445
|
40%
165,810
| |
| South Carolina
9 electoral votes
|
41%
849,469
|
55%
1,143,611
| |
| South Dakota
3 electoral votes
|
32%
117,442
|
62%
227,701
| |
| Tennessee
11 electoral votes
|
35%
867,110
|
61%
1,517,402
| |
| Texas
38 electoral votes
|
43%
3,867,816
|
53%
4,681,590
| |
| Utah
6 electoral votes
|
28%
222,858
|
47%
375,006
| |
| Vermont
3 electoral votes
|
61%
178,072
|
33%
95,027
| |
| Virginia
13 electoral votes
|
50%
1,916,845
|
45%
1,731,156
| |
| Washington
12 electoral votes
|
56%
1,207,943
|
38%
827,555
| |
| West Virginia
5 electoral votes
|
26%
187,457
|
69%
486,198
| |
| Wisconsin
10 electoral votes
|
47%
1,382,210
|
48%
1,409,467
| |
| Wyoming
3 electoral votes
|
22%
55,949
|
70%
174,248
|
Republicans won the US Senate
Alabama
Richard Shelby (R) won
Alaska
Lisa Murkowski (R) won
Arizona
John McCain (R) won
Arkansas
John Boozman (R) won
California
Kamala Harris (D) won
Colorado
Michael Bennet (D) won
Connecticut
Richard Blumenthal (D) won
Florida
Marco Rubio (R) won
Georgia
Johnny Isakson (R) won
Hawaii
Brian Schatz (D) won
Idaho
Mike Crapo (R) won
Illinois
Tammy Duckworth (D) won
Indiana
Todd Young (R) won
Iowa
Chuck Grassley (R) won
Kansas
Jerry Moran (R) won
Kentucky
Rand Paul (R) won
Louisiana
No candidate won 50%. Runoff election is Dec 10.
Maryland
Chris Van Hollen (D) won
Missouri
Roy Blunt (R) won
Nevada
Catherine Cortez Masto (D) won
New Hampshire
Maggie Hassan (D) won
New York
Charles Schumer (D) won
North Carolina
Richard Burr (R) won
North Dakota
John Hoeven (R) won
Ohio
Rob Portman (R) won
Oklahoma
James Lankford (R) won
Oregon
Ron Wyden (D) won
Pennsylvania
Pat Toomey (R) won
South Carolina
Tim Scott (R) won
South Dakota
John Thune (R) won
Utah
Mike Lee (R) won
Vermont
Patrick Leahy (D) won
Washington
Patty Murray (D) won
Wisconsin
Ron Johnson (R) won
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