2016 USA Elections

United States presidential election, 2016

2012 ← November 8, 2016 → 2020

538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Turnout 55.3% (estimated) 0.4 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 62,979,879 65,844,954 Percentage 46.0% 48.0%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Trump/Pence, blue denotes those won by Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Faithless electoral votes went to Powell (three), Kasich, Paul, Sanders and Spotted Eagle.

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Barack Obama
Democratic

Donald Trump
Republican

The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine. Trump is scheduled to take office as the 45th President, and Pence as the 48th Vice President, on January 20, 2017.

Voters selected members of the Electoral College in each state, in most cases by "winner-takes-all" plurality; those state electors in turn voted for a new president and vice president on December 19, 2016. Trump obtained the required majority to become President-elect of the United States, winning 30 states with 306 pledged electors out of 538. His victory had been considered unlikely by most media forecasts. Clinton received about 2.9 million more votes nationwide, 2.1% of the total cast.

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