2016 Electoral Map

2016 Election Results

Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, winning states and congressional districts worth 306 electoral votes to her 232 despite losing the popular vote by nearly 2.9 million votes. Seven electors broke with their pledged candidates, leaving the official totals at 304 for Trump and 227 for Clinton.

Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania decided the outcome. Trump won all three by less than one percentage point, with a combined margin of fewer than 78,000 votes. Had Clinton held those states, which Obama won twice, she would have secured an Electoral College majority.

Trump also flipped Florida, Ohio, Iowa and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Clinton gained no states that Romney had carried in 2012. Her strength in large Democratic states increased her national vote total but could not compensate for losses across the industrial Midwest and Pennsylvania.

Trump’s attacks on trade agreements, immigration and the political establishment helped him reach voters alienated from both parties, particularly white voters without college degrees. Clinton faced persistent doubts about her trustworthiness and renewed scrutiny of her email practices late in the campaign. The result overturned assumptions about the Democrats’ Northern defenses: states that had supported the party for decades could still decide the presidency by razor-thin margins.