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==General election results==

==General election results==

===Results===

===Results===

Trump won the election with an [[Electoral College]] majority of 306 to 232.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}</ref> Clinton won the popular vote 64,902,259 (48.2 percent) to 62,535,892 (46.4 percent) for Trump, according to unofficial results.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> Trump received more votes than any other Republican candidate in history. By comparison, McCain got 60.0 million votes in 2008 and Romney got 60.9 million votes in 2012.<ref>"[http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/clinton-vs-trump-popular-vote-2016-margin-lead-latest-update-results-2012-2008-2000-hillary-gore-obama-electoral-college/ How Hillary Clinton’s 1.4 Million Popular Vote Lead Broke Records]"</ref> A total of 134,768,463 votes were cast, a 4.4 percent increase over 2012.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> Republican candidates to the House of Representatives received 49.9 percent of the vote compared to 47.3 percent for Democrats.<ref name=NationalHouse>"[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oArjXSYeg40u4qQRR93qveN2N1UELQ6v04_mamrKg9g/edit#gid=0 2016 National House Popular Vote Tracker]"</ref> Thus the Democrats were 1.8 points ahead in the popular vote for president, but 2.6 points behind in the popular vote for the House of Representatives. That is to say, congressional Republicans ran ahead of Trump by a four-point margin. In 2012, congressional Republicans ran ahead of Romney by a three-point margin.

Trump won the election with an [[Electoral College]] majority of 306 to 232.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}</ref> Clinton won the popular vote 64,902,259 (48.2 percent) to 62,535,892 (46.4 percent) for Trump, according to unofficial results.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> Trump received more votes than any other Republican candidate in history. By comparison, McCain got 60.0 million votes in 2008 and Romney got 60.9 million votes in 2012.<ref>"[http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/clinton-vs-trump-popular-vote-2016-margin-lead-latest-update-results-2012-2008-2000-hillary-gore-obama-electoral-college/ How Hillary Clinton’s 1.4 Million Popular Vote Lead Broke Records]"</ref> A total of 134,768,463 votes were cast, a 4.4 percent increase over 2012.<ref name="NationalPopular" /><ref "name="VoteTracker">"[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview?sle=true#gid=19 2016 National Popular Vote Tracker]".</ref> Republican candidates to the House of Representatives received 49.9 percent of the vote compared to 47.3 percent for Democrats.<ref name=NationalHouse>"[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oArjXSYeg40u4qQRR93qveN2N1UELQ6v04_mamrKg9g/edit#gid=0 2016 National House Popular Vote Tracker]"</ref> Thus the Democrats were 1.8 points ahead in the popular vote for president, but 2.6 points behind in the popular vote for the House of Representatives. That is to say, congressional Republicans ran ahead of Trump by a four-point margin. In 2012, congressional Republicans ran ahead of Romney by a three-point margin.

Republican turnout in California, the most populous U.S. state, was exceptionally low in 2016 as this state had no major contested race.<ref>"[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442141/donald-trump-election-dont-blame-electoral-college Why We Have an Electoral College].", ''National Review''</ref> Without California, Trump would have carried the national popular vote by 58.1 million votes to 56.4 million votes.<ref name="NationalPopular" /><ref name=Calpop>"[http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/popular-vote-results-2016-clinton-trump-2012-2008-vs-electoral-college-california-uncounted-ballots-new-york-update-totals-final/ Popular Vote 2016: How California Drove Hillary Clinton’s Lead]"</ref> The results in the states with the most representative voting populations, or swing states, provide another way to estimate what a national popular vote might have looked like. In the thirteen swing states, Trump received a total of 22.2 million votes compared to 21.4 million for Clinton.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> Both of these metrics correspond to a two point edge for Trump in the popular vote.

Republican turnout in California, the most populous U.S. state, was exceptionally low in 2016 as this state had no major contested race.<ref>"[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442141/donald-trump-election-dont-blame-electoral-college Why We Have an Electoral College].", ''National Review''</ref> Without California, Trump would have carried the national popular vote by 58.1 million votes to 56.4 million votes.<ref name="NationalPopular" /><ref "name="VoteTracker"/><ref name=Calpop>"[http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/popular-vote-results-2016-clinton-trump-2012-2008-vs-electoral-college-california-uncounted-ballots-new-york-update-totals-final/ Popular Vote 2016: How California Drove Hillary Clinton’s Lead]"</ref> The results in the states with the most representative voting populations, or swing states, provide another way to estimate what a national popular vote might have looked like. In the thirteen swing states, Trump received a total of 22.2 million votes compared to 21.4 million for Clinton.<ref name="NationalPopular" /><ref "name="VoteTracker"/> Both of these metrics correspond to a two point edge for Trump in the popular vote.

===Historic upset===

===Historic upset===