United States presidential election, 2016
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states projected for Trump/Pence; Blue denotes those projected for Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted 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.
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Results by state
States won by Clinton/Kaine |
States won by Trump/Pence |
Electoral methods
- WTA – Winner-takes-all
- CD – Congressional district★
Hillary Clinton Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Gary Johnson Libertarian | Jill Stein Green | Evan McMullin Independent | |||||||||||||
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State or district | Electoral method | # | % | Electoral votes | # | % | Electoral votes | # | % | Electoral votes | # | % | Electoral votes | # | % | Electoral votes | # |
Alabama | WTA | 718,084 | 34.55% | – | 1,306,925 | 62.89% | 9 | 43,869 | 2.11% | – | 9,287 | 0.45% | – | AL | |||
Alaska | WTA | 93,007 | 37.72% | – | 130,415 | 52.89% | 3 | 14,593 | 5.92% | – | 4,445 | 1.80% | – | AK | |||
Arizona | WTA | 888,374 | 45.32% | – | 972,900 | 49.64% | 11 | 75,082 | 3.83% | – | 23,697 | 1.21% | – | AZ | |||
Arkansas | WTA | 378,632 | 33.65% | – | 681,765 | 60.59% | 6 | 29,593 | 2.63% | – | 9,406 | 0.84% | – | 13,180 | 1.17% | – | AR |
California | WTA | 5,488,261 | 61.46% | 55 | 2,969,532 | 33.25% | – | 281,922 | 3.16% | – | 152,539 | 1.71% | – | CA | |||
Colorado | WTA | 1,126,384 | 46.91% | 9 | 1,075,770 | 44.80% | – | 117,906 | 4.91% | – | 29,299 | 1.22% | – | 24,679 | 1.03% | – | CO |
Connecticut | WTA | 823,360 | 53.86% | 7 | 637,919 | 41.73% | – | 45,999 | 3.01% | – | 21,539 | 1.41% | – | 1,481 | 0.10% | – | CT |
Delaware | WTA | 235,581 | 53.35% | 3 | 185,103 | 41.92% | – | 14,751 | 3.35% | – | 5,865 | 1.38% | – | DE | |||
D.C. | WTA | 260,223 | 90.54% | 3 | 11,553 | 4.02% | – | 4,501 | 1.57% | – | 3,995 | 1.39% | – | DC | |||
Florida | WTA | 4,487,657 | 47.79% | – | 4,607,146 | 49.06% | 29 | 206,189 | 2.20% | – | 64,060 | 0.68% | – | FL | |||
Georgia | WTA | 1,856,509 | 45.74% | – | 2,078,064 | 51.20% | 16 | 124,000 | 3.06% | – | – | GA | |||||
Hawaii | WTA | 266,827 | 60.98% | 4 | 128,815 | 29.44% | – | 15,949 | 3.64% | – | 12,727 | 2.91% | – | HI | |||
Idaho | WTA | 190,971 | 27.46% | – | 412,525 | 59.32% | 4 | 28,452 | 4.09% | – | 8,524 | 1.23% | – | 46,702 | 6.72% | – | ID |
Illinois | WTA | 2,982,415 | 55.41% | 20 | 2,121,573 | 39.41% | – | 204,672 | 3.80% | – | 74,026 | 1.38% | – | IL | |||
Indiana | WTA | 1,024,180 | 37.87% | – | 1,544,609 | 57.12% | 11 | 133,001 | 4.92% | – | 1,829 | 0.07% | – | IN | |||
Iowa | WTA | 650,780 | 41.71% | – | 798,923 | 51.21% | 6 | 58,893 | 3.77% | – | 11,406 | 0.73% | – | 12,264 | 0.79% | – | IA |
Kansas | WTA | 414,572 | 36.13% | – | 656,470 | 57.22% | 6 | 53,559 | 4.67% | – | 22,717 | 1.98% | – | KS | |||
Kentucky | WTA | 628,834 | 32.69% | – | 1,202,942 | 62.54% | 8 | 53,749 | 2.79% | – | 13,913 | 0.72% | – | 22,780 | 1.18% | – | KY |
Louisiana | WTA | 779,535 | 38.44% | – | 1,178,004 | 58.09% | 8 | 37,950 | 1.87% | – | 14,018 | 0.69% | – | 8,546 | 0.42% | – | LA |
Maine | CD | 352,156 | 47.84% | 3 | 332,418 | 45.16% | 1 | 37,513 | 5.10% | – | 13,995 | 1.90% | – | ME | |||
Maryland | WTA | 1,502,820 | 59.50% | 10 | 878,615 | 34.79% | – | 71,514 | 2.83% | – | 32,019 | 1.27% | – | MD | |||
Massachusetts | WTA | 1,967,667 | 60.81% | 11 | 1,084,400 | 33.52% | – | 136,568 | 4.22% | – | 46,931 | 1.45% | – | MA | |||
Michigan | WTA | 2,264,807 | 47.33% | – | 2,277,914 | 47.60% | 16 | 172,726 | 3.61% | – | 51,420 | 1.07% | – | MI | |||
Minnesota | WTA | 1,364,067 | 46.41% | 10 | 1,321,120 | 44.95% | – | 112,778 | 3.84% | – | 36,921 | 1.26% | – | 53,028 | 1.80% | – | MN |
Mississippi | WTA | 462,127 | 39.74% | – | 678,284 | 58.32% | 6 | 13,834 | 1.19% | – | 3,590 | 0.31% | – | MS | |||
Missouri | WTA | 1,054,889 | 37.84% | – | 1,585,753 | 56.88% | 10 | 96,404 | 3.46% | – | 25,086 | 0.90% | – | 1,372 | 0.05% | – | MO |
Montana | WTA | 174,281 | 35.97% | – | 273,879 | 56.52% | 3 | 27,216 | 5.62% | – | 7,662 | 1.58% | – | MT | |||
Nebraska | CD | 273,181 | 33.96% | – | 485,326 | 60.33% | 5 | 37,576 | 4.67% | – | 8,335 | 1.04% | – | NE | |||
Nevada | WTA | 537,753 | 47.89% | 6 | 511,319 | 45.53% | – | 37,299 | 3.32% | – | – | NV | |||||
New Hampshire | WTA | 348,497 | 47.62% | 4 | 345,810 | 47.25% | – | 30,484 | 4.17% | – | 6,377 | 0.87% | – | NH | |||
New Jersey | WTA | 1,967,444 | 54.77% | 14 | 1,509,688 | 42.03% | – | 66,993 | 1.86% | – | 35,305 | 0.98% | – | NJ | |||
New Mexico | WTA | 380,923 | 48.26% | 5 | 316,134 | 40.05% | – | 73,712 | 9.34% | – | 9,740 | 1.23% | – | 5,722 | 0.72% | – | NM |
New York | WTA | 4,145,376 | 57.89% | 29 | 2,638,135 | 36.84% | – | 162,136 | 2.26% | – | 100,033 | 1.40% | – | NY | |||
North Carolina | WTA | 2,162,822 | 46.13% | – | 2,339,830 | 49.90% | 15 | 127,746 | 2.72% | – | 590 | 0.01% | – | NC | |||
North Dakota | WTA | 93,526 | 27.24% | – | 216,133 | 62.95% | 3 | 21,351 | 6.22% | – | 3,769 | 1.10% | – | ND | |||
Ohio | WTA | 2,320,596 | 43.51% | – | 2,776,683 | 52.06% | 18 | 168,565 | 3.16% | – | 44,278 | 0.83% | – | OH | |||
Oklahoma | WTA | 419,788 | 28.93% | – | 947,934 | 65.33% | 7 | 83,334 | 5.74% | – | – | OK | |||||
Oregon | WTA | 949,319 | 49.89% | 7 | 751,438 | 39.49% | – | 88,145 | 4.63% | – | 46,510 | 2.44% | – | OR | |||
Pennsylvania | WTA | 2,817,409 | 47.60% | – | 2,890,633 | 48.84% | 20 | 141,476 | 2.39% | – | 48,588 | 0.82% | – | PA | |||
Rhode Island | WTA | 227,062 | 53.83% | 4 | 166,454 | 39.46% | – | 13,523 | 3.21% | – | 5,763 | 1.37% | – | RI | |||
South Carolina | WTA | 850,629 | 40.71% | – | 1,147,045 | 54.90% | 9 | 48,888 | 2.34% | – | 12,945 | 0.62% | – | 20,871 | 1.00% | – | SC |
South Dakota | WTA | 117,442 | 31.74% | – | 227,701 | 61.53% | 3 | 20,845 | 5.63% | – | – | SD | |||||
Tennessee | WTA | 868,853 | 34.90% | – | 1,519,926 | 61.06% | 11 | 70,266 | 2.82% | – | 15,952 | 0.64% | – | TN | |||
Texas | WTA | 3,867,816 | 43.32% | – | 4,681,590 | 52.43% | 38 | 282,524 | 3.16% | – | 71,307 | 0.80% | – | 20,227 | 0.23% | – | TX |
Utah | WTA | 222,858 | 27.81% | – | 375,006 | 46.80% | 6 | 25,732 | 3.21% | – | 5,484 | 0.68% | – | 163,573 | 20.41% | – | UT |
Vermont | WTA | 178,082 | 61.12% | 3 | 95,114 | 32.64% | – | 10,037 | 3.44% | – | 6,727 | 2.31% | – | VT | |||
Virginia | WTA | 1,916,148 | 49.49% | 13 | 1,729,932 | 44.68% | – | 115,998 | 3.00% | – | 27,248 | 0.70% | – | 52,860 | 1.37% | – | VA |
Washington | WTA | 1,210,824 | 55.57% | 12 | 831,631 | 38.17% | – | 91,427 | 4.20% | – | 30,540 | 1.40% | – | WA | |||
West Virginia | WTA | 187,519 | 26.47% | – | 486,304 | 68.65% | 5 | 22,777 | 3.22% | – | 8,016 | 1.13% | – | WV | |||
Wisconsin | WTA | 1,383,926 | 46.94% | – | 1,411,432 | 47.87% | 10 | 106,449 | 3.61% | – | 30,942 | 1.05% | – | WI | |||
Wyoming | WTA | 55,964 | 21.63% | – | 174,383 | 67.40% | 3 | 13,282 | 5.13% | – | 2,482 | 0.96% | – | WY | |||
U.S. Total | – | 60,017,405 | 232 | 59,772,837 | 306 | 4,084,355 | – | 1,225,174 | – | 449,190 | – | US |
★Two states (Maine and Nebraska) allow for their electoral votes to be split between candidates. The winner within each congressional district gets one electoral vote for the district. The winner of the statewide vote gets two additional electoral votes.[310][311] Results are from the Associated Press.[312]
Close races
Red denotes states (or congressional districts that contribute an electoral vote) won by Republican Donald Trump; blue denotes those won by Democrat Hillary Clinton.
States where the margin of victory was under 5% (146 electoral votes):
- Michigan, 0.27%
- New Hampshire, 0.37%
- Wisconsin, 0.93%
- Pennsylvania, 1.24%
- Florida, 1.27%
- Minnesota, 1.46%
- Colorado, 2.62%
- Maine, 2.68%
- Nevada, 2.73%
- North Carolina, 3.77%
- Arizona, 4.40%
- Virginia, 4.81%
States/districts where the margin of victory was between 5% and 10% (78 electoral votes):
- Georgia, 5.46%
- Ohio, 8.55%
- Texas, 9.11%
- Iowa, 9.50%
Reactions
Further information: International reactions to the United States presidential election, 2016 and Protests of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 § Post-election protests
Spontaneous protests were held in many locations on November 9, 2016.[313]
Voter demographics
2016 Presidential vote by demographic subgroup | |||||||
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Demographic subgroup | Clinton | Trump | Other | % of total vote | |||
Total vote | 47.7 | 47.5 | 4.8 | 100 | |||
Ideology | |||||||
Liberals | 84 | 10 | 6 | 26 | |||
Moderates | 52 | 41 | 7 | 39 | |||
Conservatives | 15 | 81 | 4 | 35 | |||
Party | |||||||
Democrats | 89 | 9 | 2 | 37 | |||
Republicans | 7 | 90 | 3 | 33 | |||
Independents | 42 | 48 | 10 | 31 | |||
Gender | |||||||
Men | 41 | 53 | 6 | 48 | |||
Women | 54 | 42 | 4 | 52 | |||
Gender by marital status | |||||||
Married men | 37 | 58 | 5 | 29 | |||
Married women | 49 | 47 | 4 | 30 | |||
Non-married men | 46 | 45 | 9 | 19 | |||
Non-married women | 62 | 33 | 5 | 23 | |||
Race/ethnicity | |||||||
White | 37 | 58 | 5 | 70 | |||
Black | 88 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||
Asian | 65 | 29 | 6 | 4 | |||
Other | 56 | 37 | 7 | 3 | |||
Hispanic | 65 | 29 | 6 | 11 | |||
Religion | |||||||
Protestant | 37 | 60 | 3 | 27 | |||
Catholic | 45 | 52 | 3 | 23 | |||
Other Christian | 43 | 55 | 2 | 24 | |||
Mormon | 25 | 61 | 14 | 1 | |||
Jewish | 71 | 24 | 5 | 3 | |||
Other religion | 58 | 33 | 9 | 7 | |||
None | 68 | 26 | 6 | 15 | |||
Religious service attendance | |||||||
Weekly or more | 40 | 56 | 4 | 33 | |||
Monthly | 46 | 49 | 5 | 16 | |||
A few times a year | 48 | 47 | 5 | 29 | |||
Never | 62 | 31 | 7 | 22 | |||
White evangelical or born-again Christian? | |||||||
White evangelical or born-again Christian | 16 | 81 | 3 | 26 | |||
Everyone else | 59 | 35 | 6 | 74 | |||
Age | |||||||
18–24 years old | 56 | 35 | 9 | 10 | |||
25–29 years old | 53 | 39 | 8 | 9 | |||
30–39 years old | 51 | 40 | 9 | 17 | |||
40–49 years old | 46 | 50 | 4 | 19 | |||
50–64 years old | 44 | 53 | 3 | 30 | |||
65 and older | 45 | 53 | 2 | 15 | |||
Sexual orientation | |||||||
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual | 78 | 14 | 8 | 5 | |||
Heterosexual | 47 | 48 | 5 | 95 | |||
First time voter? | |||||||
First time voter | 56 | 40 | 4 | 10 | |||
Everyone else | 47 | 47 | 6 | 90 | |||
Education | |||||||
High school or less | 45 | 51 | 4 | 18 | |||
Some college education | 43 | 52 | 5 | 32 | |||
College graduate | 49 | 45 | 6 | 32 | |||
Postgraduate education | 58 | 37 | 5 | 18 | |||
Family income | |||||||
Under $30,000 | 53 | 41 | 6 | 17 | |||
$30,000–49,999 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 19 | |||
$50,000–99,999 | 46 | 50 | 4 | 31 | |||
$100,000–199,999 | 47 | 48 | 5 | 24 | |||
$200,000–249,999 | 48 | 49 | 3 | 4 | |||
Over $250,000 | 46 | 48 | 6 | 6 | |||
Important issues | |||||||
Foreign policy | 60 | 34 | 6 | 13 | |||
Immigration | 32 | 64 | 4 | 13 | |||
Economy | 52 | 42 | 6 | 52 | |||
Terrorism | 39 | 57 | 4 | 18 | |||
Community size | |||||||
Cities (population 50,000 above) | 59 | 35 | 6 | 34 | |||
Suburbs | 45 | 50 | 5 | 49 | |||
Rural areas | 34 | 62 | 4 | 17 |
Source: Data for 2016 were collected by Edison Research for the National Election Pool, a consortium of ABC News, The Associated Press, CBSNews, CNN, Fox News and NBC News. The voter survey is based on questionnaires completed by 24,537 voters leaving 350 voting places throughout the United States on Election Day including 4,398 telephone interviews with early and absentee voters.[314][315]