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2016 United States presidential election ← 2012 November 8, 2016 2020 → 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 60.1% (1.5 pp) Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Electoral vote 304 [a] 227 [a] States carried 30 + ME-02 20 + DC Popular vote ...
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. Retrospective ...
In late October 2016, Clinton's lead narrowed significantly towards the election. Trump also won the last poll conducted on election day 49% to 47%. [31] The average of the last three polls had Clinton leading Trump 47.6% to 45%. [32] Ultimately, Trump's win here was an extreme surprise.
Trump's reduced margin of victory made Georgia one of eleven states (plus the District of Columbia) to vote more Democratic in 2016 than in 2012. [4] This trend would continue into 2020 , when Trump became the first Republican to lose Georgia since George H.W. Bush in 1992 , though he won it back in 2024 by a 2.2% margin.
Donald Trump won every pre-election poll conducted by at least 5 points, and often by double digits. The average of the last 3 polls showed Trump ahead of Hillary Clinton 49% to 38%. [5] Donald Trump had won almost all the undecided vote, as shown by the results where he won 56% to 37%.
As Election Day draws near, Clinton and Trump are increasingly focused on several battleground states which will determine who becomes the next president. Presidential polls 2016: Here's who's ...
This was the first election with a female presidential nominee from a major political party, as well as the first election since 1944 that had major party presidential nominees from the same home state. Clinton won the popular vote, taking 48% of the vote compared to Trump's 46% of the vote, but Trump won the electoral vote and thus the presidency.
Until September 2016, Hillary Clinton won or tied in the vast majority of polls, with Trump only winning 2 polls before September. However, on September 7, Trump won his first statewide poll in 4 months by 46% to 45%. Subsequently, in September, Republican nominee Donald Trump took a lead in Ohio polls, winning every poll but one.