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2016 United States presidential election

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538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout61.1%[1] Increase 2.5 pp
 
Nominee Bernie Sanders Donald Trump Michael Bloomberg
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Vermont New York New York
Running mate Amy Klobuchar Mike Pence Joe Manchin
Electoral vote 333 197[a] 6
States carried 28 + DC + NE-02 21 1
Popular vote 68,852,044 59,946,222 7,069,431
Percentage 49.6% 43.9% 5.2%

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Sanders/Klobuchar, red denotes those won by Trump/Pence, and gray denotes states won by Bloomberg/Manchin. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. On election night, Trump won 199 electors, but because of two faithless electors, Trump only received 197.

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Bernie Sanders
Democratic

  1. ^ ("National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2023.)("Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2018.) ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016". United States Census Bureau. May 2017. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2017.)


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