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Donald Trump (left) and Barack Obama (right) together on Trump's inauguration day, January 20, 2017. In the United States, Obama–Trump voters, sometimes referred to as Trump Democrats or Obama Republicans, are people who voted for Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 and/or 2012 presidential elections, but later voted for Republican Party nominee Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and ...
Trump has officially run as a candidate for president four times, in 2000, 2016, 2020, and 2024; he also unofficially campaigned in 2012 and mulled a run in 2004. [1] He won the 2016 general election through the Electoral College while losing the popular vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by 2.8 million votes, the largest margin ever to ...
Then-incumbent President Barack Obama casts his vote early in Chicago on October 7, 2016. The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, while Republicans retained control of Congress.
Trump's ability to win over voters in crucial states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin-- all states that went for former President Barack Obama in 2012 -- sealed his fate as the successful ...
The chant was later used at many Trump campaign rallies and even against other politicians critical of Trump, such as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer [345] [346] and (as "lock him up") against President Joe Biden. [347] The phrase would also see use in the 2024 United States presidential election by opponents of Trump in reference to his ...
National Review released a January 2016 special issue called "Against Trump", in opposition to Trump's bid for the presidency. [ 464 ] [ 465 ] [ 466 ] William Kristol , publisher of The Weekly Standard , was highly critical of Trump and carried on a public search for an independent candidate to run against Trump and Clinton in the general ...
Obama gave an election night speech that looked forward to the general election campaign against McCain. [113] The pace of superdelegate endorsements increased. On May 10, Obama's superdelegate total surpassed Clinton's for the first time in the race, making the math increasingly difficult for a Clinton win. [114]
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.