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Donald Trump won the general election of Tuesday, November 8, 2016. He lost the popular vote but won the electoral college . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Most polls correctly predicted a popular vote victory for Hillary Clinton , but overestimated the size of her lead, with the result that Trump's electoral college victory was a surprise to analysts.
The two major party candidates were chosen at the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention in July 2016. The general election occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The general election occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
The 2016 election was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Six states plus a portion of Maine that Obama won in 2012 switched to Trump (Electoral College votes in parentheses): Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), and ...
In most states, all electors vote with the state’s popular opinion. If 51 percent of voters in California choose Hillary Clinton, all 55 of California’s electors will vote for Clinton — and none will vote for Donald Trump. (Historically, a few so-called faithless electors have voted against popular opinion. They never changed the outcome ...
Donald Trump enjoys a two-point lead over Hillary Clinton in a new Rasmussen poll. Among 1,000 likely voters, Trump chalked up 41 percent support to Clinton's 39 percent. The poll has a three ...
The 2016 election was the first general election that now former President Donald Trump ran in as a major party candidate, defeating then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Trump won the ...
The poll, taken between April and early July, surveyed nearly 60,000 registered voters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in massive new poll, losing ...
This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the Republican primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election. The persons named in the polls were either declared candidates, former candidates, or received media speculation about their possible candidacy.