User:DukeOfDelTaco/sandbox/Results of the 2016 United States presidential election
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This workpage details the results of the 2016 United States presidential election, which was the 58th quadrennial presidential election held on November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump, a businessman from New York, defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state.
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Clinton led in almost every nationwide and swing-state poll with some experts predicting a landslide, however as the election neared her margins decreased. On Election Day, Trump over-performed his polls, winning several key swing-states, while losing the popular vote by 2.87 million votes. Trump received the majority in the Electoral College and won upset victories in the pivotal Rust Belt region. Ultimately, Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton 227, as two faithless electors defected from Trump and five from Clinton. Trump was the first president with neither prior public service nor military experience.
Trump flipped six states that voted Democratic in 2012: Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, as well as Maine's 2nd congressional district. He was the first Republican to win the presidency without Colorado or Nevada since 1908; he was also the first Republican to win without Virginia since 1924. As of 2024, this was the last time that Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nebraska's 2nd congressional district voted for the Republican nominee.