2016 Presidential Election

November 8, 2016 · The Polarized Era · 538 electoral votes, 270 to win

Trump lost the popular vote by nearly three million yet won 304 electoral votes by flipping Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin by a combined 78,000 votes, the fifth inversion and the biggest polling shock since 1948. Seven faithless electors scattered, a modern record.

Elected

Donald Trump

Republican

Electoral vote

304 of 538

won while losing the popular vote

Popular vote

46.1%

62,984,828 votes

Turnout

60.1%

VEP 59.2% · VAP 55.7%

The result

EV share
Donald TrumpRepublicanMike Pence304
62,984,82846.09%30
Hillary ClintonDemocraticTim Kaine227
65,844,61048.18%21
Gary JohnsonLibertarianWilliam Weld—4,489,3413.28%—
Jill SteinGreenAjamu Baraka—1,457,2181.07%—
Evan McMullinIndependentMindy Finn—731,9910.54%—
Darrell CastleConstitutionScott Bradley—203,0900.15%—

135,711,078 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaDonald Trump62.1%9Hillary Clinton · 34.4%
AlaskaDonald Trump51.3%3Hillary Clinton · 36.5%
ArizonaDonald Trump48.7%11Hillary Clinton · 45.1%
ArkansasDonald Trump60.6%6Hillary Clinton · 33.6%
CaliforniaHillary Clinton61.7%55Donald Trump · 31.6%
ColoradoHillary Clinton48.2%9Donald Trump · 43.3%
ConnecticutHillary Clinton54.6%7Donald Trump · 40.9%
DelawareHillary Clinton53.1%3Donald Trump · 41.7%
District of ColumbiaHillary Clinton90.9%3Donald Trump · 4.1%
FloridaDonald Trump49.0%29Hillary Clinton · 47.8%
GeorgiaDonald Trump50.8%16Hillary Clinton · 45.6%
HawaiiHillary Clinton62.2%3 Clinton · 1 OthersDonald Trump · 30.0%
IdahoDonald Trump59.3%4Hillary Clinton · 27.5%
IllinoisHillary Clinton55.8%20Donald Trump · 38.8%
IndianaDonald Trump56.9%11Hillary Clinton · 37.8%
IowaDonald Trump51.1%6Hillary Clinton · 41.7%
KansasDonald Trump56.6%6Hillary Clinton · 36.0%
KentuckyDonald Trump62.5%8Hillary Clinton · 32.7%
LouisianaDonald Trump58.1%8Hillary Clinton · 38.5%
MaineHillary Clinton47.8%2Donald Trump · 44.9%
MarylandHillary Clinton60.3%10Donald Trump · 33.9%
MassachusettsHillary Clinton60.0%11Donald Trump · 32.8%
MichiganDonald Trump47.5%16Hillary Clinton · 47.3%
MinnesotaHillary Clinton46.4%10Donald Trump · 44.9%
MississippiDonald Trump57.9%6Hillary Clinton · 40.1%
MissouriDonald Trump56.8%10Hillary Clinton · 38.1%
MontanaDonald Trump56.2%3Hillary Clinton · 35.8%
NebraskaDonald Trump58.8%2Hillary Clinton · 33.7%
NevadaHillary Clinton47.9%6Donald Trump · 45.5%
New HampshireHillary Clinton46.8%4Donald Trump · 46.5%
New JerseyHillary Clinton55.5%14Donald Trump · 41.4%
New MexicoHillary Clinton48.3%5Donald Trump · 40.0%
New YorkHillary Clinton59.0%29Donald Trump · 36.5%
North CarolinaDonald Trump49.8%15Hillary Clinton · 46.2%
North DakotaDonald Trump63.0%3Hillary Clinton · 27.2%
OhioDonald Trump51.7%18Hillary Clinton · 43.6%
OklahomaDonald Trump65.3%7Hillary Clinton · 28.9%
OregonHillary Clinton50.1%7Donald Trump · 39.1%
PennsylvaniaDonald Trump48.2%20Hillary Clinton · 47.5%
Rhode IslandHillary Clinton54.4%4Donald Trump · 38.9%
South CarolinaDonald Trump54.9%9Hillary Clinton · 40.7%
South DakotaDonald Trump61.5%3Hillary Clinton · 31.7%
TennesseeDonald Trump60.7%11Hillary Clinton · 34.7%
TexasDonald Trump52.2%36 Trump · 2 OthersHillary Clinton · 43.2%
UtahDonald Trump45.5%6Hillary Clinton · 27.5%
VermontHillary Clinton56.7%3Donald Trump · 30.3%
VirginiaHillary Clinton49.7%13Donald Trump · 44.4%
WashingtonHillary Clinton52.5%8 Clinton · 4 OthersDonald Trump · 36.8%
West VirginiaDonald Trump68.5%5Hillary Clinton · 26.4%
WisconsinDonald Trump47.2%10Hillary Clinton · 46.5%
WyomingDonald Trump68.2%3Hillary Clinton · 21.9%

The state table accounts for 226 of Hillary Clinton's 227 official electoral votes; 300 of Donald Trump's 304 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.

The Congress it seated

115th Congress

2017–2019

Unified government

Senate

46–50

Democratic vs Republican · 2 others

House

194–241

Democratic vs Republican