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Line 1: − {{About|the United States presidential election held in 2016|information about other elections held within the United States in 2016|United States elections, 2016}}{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}}+ − {{Infobox election+ − | election_name = United States presidential election, 2016 − | country = United States − | flag_year = 1960 − | type = presidential − | previous_election = United States presidential election, 2012 − | previous_year = 2012 − | election_date = November 8, 2016 − | next_election = United States presidential election, 2020 − | next_year = ''2020'' − | votes_for_election = 538 members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] − | needed_votes = 270 electoral − | turnout = 55.3%<ref name=turnout>Estimate of 138.8 million votes cast and 251.1 million people of voting age. This represents an increase in total votes cast and percentage turnout from the 2012 election (130,292,355 votes cast and 241 million people of voting age).{{cite web|url=http://www.electproject.org/2016g |title=2016 November General Election Turnout Rates |website=www.electproject.org |date= |accessdate=December 17, 2016}}</ref> (estimated) {{increase}} 0.4 [[percentage point|pp]] <!-- do not change without reading and commenting in the talk. We've had consensus but are willing to talk about changes --> − <!-- Donald Trump --> − | image1 = [[File:Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg|center|x200px|border]] − | nominee1 = '''[[Donald Trump]]''' − | party1 = Republican Party (United States) − | home_state1 = [[New York (state)|New York]] − | running_mate1 = '''[[Mike Pence]]''' − | electoral_vote1 = '''304'''{{efn|name=pledged|In state-by-state tallies, Trump earned 306 pledged electors, Clinton 232. They lost respectively 2 and 5 votes to [[Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016|faithless electors]]. Pence and Kaine lost one and five votes, respectively.}}<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Schmdt|first1=Kiersten|last2=Andrews|first2=Wilson|title=A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html?_r=0|accessdate=December 20, 2016|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> − | states_carried1 = '''30 + [[Maine's 2nd congressional district|ME-02]]''' − | popular_vote1 = 62,985,106 − | percentage1 = {{percent|<!-- TRUMP: --> 62,985,106|<!-- TOTAL: --> 137,100,229|1|pad=yes}} − <!-- Hillary Clinton -->+ − | image2 = [[File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|center|x200px|border]]<!-- Please don't change infobox images without first discussing on the talk page. --> − | nominee2 = [[Hillary Clinton]] − | running_mate2 = [[Tim Kaine]] − | party2 = Democratic Party (United States)<!-- Please see talk page for consensus on party order on first row. --> − | home_state2 = [[New York (state)|New York]] − | electoral_vote2 = 227{{efn|name=pledged}}<ref name="NYT"/> − | states_carried2 = 20 + [[United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2016|DC]] − | popular_vote2 = '''65,853,625''' − | percentage2 = '''{{percent|<!-- CLINTON: --> 65,853,625|<!-- TOTAL: --> 137,100,229|1|pad=yes}}''' − + − | map_size = 350px − | map = {{United States presidential election, 2016 imagemap}} − | map_caption = Presidential election results map. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes states won by Trump/Pence, <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes those won by Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate [[electoral votes]] allotted to the winner of each state. − [[Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016|Faithless votes]]: Colin Powell 3, John Kasich 1, Ron Paul 1, Bernie Sanders 1, Faith Spotted Eagle 1 − | title = President − | before_election = [[Barack Obama]] − | before_party = Democratic Party (United States) − | after_election = [[Donald Trump]] − | after_party = Republican Party (United States) − }} − {{US 2016 presidential elections series}} − The '''United States presidential election of 2016''' was the 58th quadrennial [[United States presidential election|American presidential election]], held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ticket of businessman [[Donald Trump]] and Indiana Governor [[Mike Pence]] defeated the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ticket of former [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] and U.S. Senator from Virginia [[Tim Kaine]]. Trump [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|took office]] as the [[List of Presidents of the United States|45th President]], and Pence as the [[List of Vice Presidents of the United States|48th Vice President]], on January 20, 2017. Concurrent with the presidential election, [[United States Senate elections, 2016|Senate]], [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2016|House]], and many [[United States gubernatorial elections, 2016|gubernatorial]] and [[United States elections, 2016|state and local elections]] were also held on November 8.+ − Voters selected members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] in each state, in most cases by [[Plurality voting system|"winner-takes-all" plurality]]; those state electors in turn voted for a new [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] on December 19, 2016.{{efn|name=pledged}} While Clinton received about {{Formatnum: {{#expr: ({{Formatnum: <!-- CLINTON: --> 65,853,625 |R}} - {{Formatnum: <!-- TRUMP: --> 62,985,106 |R}}) / 1e6 round 1}}}} million more votes nationwide, a margin of {{Formatnum: {{#expr: 100 * ({{Formatnum: <!-- CLINTON: --> 65,853,625 |R}} - {{Formatnum: <!-- TRUMP: --> 62,985,106 |R}}) / {{Formatnum: <!-- TOTAL: --> 137,100,229 |R}} round 1}}}}%, Trump won with 56% of electors in the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]], winning 30 states with 306 ''pledged'' electors out of 538. He won the perennial [[swing state]]s of [[Florida]], [[Iowa]] and [[Ohio]], as well as Clinton's "[[Blue wall (politics)|blue wall]]" states of [[Michigan]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Wisconsin]], which had been Democratic strongholds in presidential elections since the 1990s. Leading up to the election, a Trump victory was considered unlikely by almost all media forecasts.+ + − In the Electoral College vote on December 19, seven electors [[#Faithless electors|voted against their pledged candidates]]: two against Trump and five against Clinton. A further three electors attempted to vote against Clinton but were replaced or forced to vote again. Ultimately, Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton garnered 227, while [[Colin Powell]] won three, and [[John Kasich]], [[Ron Paul]], [[Bernie Sanders]], and [[Faith Spotted Eagle]] each received one.+ + − Trump is the fifth person in U.S. history to become president despite [[United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote|losing the nationwide popular vote]].{{efn|In early elections, beginning with the election of [[Electoral history of George Washington|George Washington]], many electors were chosen by state legislatures instead of public balloting and, in those states which practiced public balloting, votes were cast for undifferentiated lists of candidates, leaving no or only partial vote totals. Some states continued to allocate electors by legislative vote as late as 1876.<ref>Moore, John L., ed. (1985). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc. p. 266.</ref>}} He is the first [[List of Presidents of the United States by previous experience|president without any prior experience in public service or the military]], while Clinton was the [[List of American women's firsts|first woman]] to be the presidential nominee of [[Democratic Party (United States)|the Democratic Party]]. + − This was the first time since the landslide [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 re-election]] of [[Ronald Reagan]] that [[United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2016|Wisconsin voted]] for the Republican nominee, and the first time since [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988]] that the Republican nominee won the states of [[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016|Pennsylvania]] and [[United States presidential election in Michigan, 2016|Michigan]] as well as [[United States presidential election in Maine, 2016|Maine's 2nd Congressional District]]. It was also the first time since the [[United States presidential election, 1828|1828 election]] of Democratic nominee [[Andrew Jackson]] that an electoral vote split [[United States presidential election in Maine, 2016|occurred in Maine]].+ − ==Background==+ − {{Further information|United States presidential election#Procedure}} − [[File:Barack_Obama_in_2016.jpg|thumb|upright=.79|[[Barack Obama]], the incumbent president in 2016, whose term expired on January 20, 2017.]] − [[Article Two of the United States Constitution#Clause 5: Qualifications for office|Article Two]] of the [[United States Constitution]] provides that the President and Vice President of the United States must be [[Natural-born-citizen clause|natural-born citizens]] of the United States, at least 35 years old, and residents of the United States for a period of at least 14 years. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the political parties, in which case each party devises a method (such as a [[primary election]]) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. Traditionally, the primary elections are [[indirect election]]s where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The general election in November is <!-- R: put Trump first, he received more electoral votes (in the first column) -->also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]]; these electors in turn directly elect the President and Vice President. − President [[Barack Obama]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Illinois]], was ineligible to seek reelection to a third term due to the restrictions of the [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-second Amendment]]; in accordance with Section I of the [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twentieth Amendment]], his term expired at noon on January 20, 2017.+ − + − [[File:2016 Presidential Election ballot.jpg|thumb|left|A general election ballot, listing the presidential and vice presidential candidates.]]+ − − Speculation about the 2016 campaign began almost immediately following the 2012 campaign, with ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine declaring the race had begun in an article published on November 8, two days after the 2012 election.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Amira |first1 = Dan |title = Let the 2016 Campaign Season Begin! |url = http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/11/let-the-2016-campaign-season-begin.html |accessdate = July 5, 2015 |location = New York |date = November 8, 2012 }}</ref> On the same day, ''[[Politico]]'' released an article predicting the 2016 general election would be between Clinton and former [[Governor of Florida|Florida Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], while a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article named [[List of Governors of New Jersey|New Jersey Governor]] [[Chris Christie]] and Senator [[Cory Booker]] from [[New Jersey]] as potential candidates.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Martin |first1 = Johnathon |last2 = Haberman |first2 = Maggie |title = 2016 election: Hillary Clinton vs. Jeb Bush? |url = http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83550_Page4.html |accessdate = July 5, 2015 |publisher = Politico |date = November 8, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1 = Barbaro |first1 = Micharl |title = After Obama, Christie Wants a G.O.P. Hug |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/us/politics/after-embrace-of-obama-chris-christie-woos-a-wary-gop.html|accessdate = July 5, 2015 |work = The New York Times |date = November 8, 2012 }}</ref>+ + − + − + − {{Main article|Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016}} − With seventeen major candidates entering the race, starting with [[Ted Cruz]] on March 23, 2015, this was the largest presidential primary field for any political party in American history.<ref>{{cite news |title = More People Are Running for Presidential Nomination Than Ever |url = http://time.com/3948922/jim-gilmore-virginia-2016/ |work = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date = February 14, 2016 |first = Jack |last = Linshi|date=July 7, 2015 }}</ref> − Prior to the [[Iowa Republican caucuses, 2016|Iowa caucuses]] on February 1, 2016, Perry, Walker, Jindal, Graham and Pataki withdrew due to low polling numbers. Despite leading many polls in Iowa, Trump came in second to Cruz, after which Huckabee, Paul and Santorum withdrew due to poor performances at the ballot box. Following a sizable victory for Trump in the [[New Hampshire Republican primary, 2016|New Hampshire primary]], Christie, Fiorina and Gilmore abandoned the race. Bush followed suit after scoring fourth place to Trump, Rubio and Cruz in [[South Carolina Republican primary, 2016|South Carolina]]. On March 1, 2016, the first of four "[[Super Tuesday]]" primaries, Rubio won his first contest in Minnesota, Cruz won Alaska, Oklahoma and his home of Texas and Trump won the other seven states that voted. Failing to gain traction, Carson suspended his campaign a few days later.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ben-carson-suspends-2016-campaign-cpac-n532056 |title = Ben Carson Suspends 2016 Campaign at CPAC |publisher = [[NBC News]] |access-date = March 9, 2016 |date=March 4, 2016|first=Andrew |last=Rafferty}}</ref> On March 15, 2016, the second "Super Tuesday", Kasich won his only contest in his home state of Ohio and Trump won five primaries including Florida. Rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home state.<ref name=Rubio>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/us/politics/marco-rubio.html|title = Marco Rubio Suspends His Presidential Campaign |date = March 16, 2016 |last2 = Barbaro |first2 = Michael |last1 = Peters |first1 = Jeremy |newspaper = The New York Times |accessdate = March 16, 2016 }}</ref>+ − Between March 16 and May 3, 2016, only three candidates remained in the race: Trump, Cruz and Kasich. Cruz won the most delegates in four Western contests and in Wisconsin, keeping a credible path to denying Trump the nomination on first ballot with 1,237 delegates. Trump then augmented his lead by scoring landslide victories in New York and five Northeastern states in April, followed by a decisive victory in Indiana on May 3, 2016, securing all 57 of the state's delegates. Without any further chances of forcing a [[Brokered convention|contested convention]], both Cruz<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Rosenfeld |first1 = Everett |title = Ted Cruz suspends presidential campaign |url = http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/03/ted-cruz-suspends-campaign.html |publisher = [[CNBC]] |accessdate = May 4, 2016 |date= May 3, 2016}}</ref> and Kasich<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/politics/john-kasich.html |title=John Kasich Drops Out of Presidential Race |last=Kaplan |first=Thomas |date=May 4, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331 |access-date=May 4, 2016 }}</ref> suspended their campaigns. Trump remained the only active candidate and was declared the presumptive Republican nominee by [[Republican National Committee]] chairman [[Reince Priebus]] on the evening of May 3, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reince Priebus on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/reince/status/727665447684820992|website=Twitter|accessdate=November 13, 2016|date=May 3, 2016|quote=".@realDonaldTrump will be presumptive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite..."}}</ref>+ + − === Nominees ===+ − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − | style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|+ + − + + + + + + + + + + + + − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#f33; width:200px;"|[[Donald Trump|{{color|white|Donald Trump}}]]+ − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#f33; width:200px;"|[[Mike Pence|{{color|white|Mike Pence}}]]+ − |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:#ffd0d7;"+ − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President'''''+ − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President'''''+ − | [[File:Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg|center|200x200px]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENSUS. See [[Talk:Donald Trump]] --> − + + + + + + − | Chairman of<br /> [[The Trump Organization]]<br /><small>(1971–2017)</small>+ − | [[List of Governors of Indiana|50th]]<br />[[Governor of Indiana]]<br /><small>(2013–2017)</small>+ + + − + + + + − | colspan=2 |[[File:Trump-Pence 2016.svg|center|275px]]+ + + + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − {{Main article|Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016}} − Major candidates were determined by the various media based on common consensus. The following were invited to sanctioned televised debates based on their poll ratings. − Trump received 14,010,177 total votes in the primary. Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Kasich each won at least one primary, with Trump receiving the highest number of votes and Ted Cruz receiving the second highest.+ − + − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"+ − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[John Kasich]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Ted Cruz]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Marco Rubio]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Ben Carson]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Jeb Bush]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Jim Gilmore]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Carly Fiorina]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Chris Christie]] − + − + − + − |[[File:Ben Carson by Skidmore with lighting correction.jpg|center|120x120px]]+ − − |[[File:Jim Gilmore 2015.jpg|center|120x120px]] − |[[File:Carly Fiorina NFRW 2015.jpg|center|120x120px]] − |[[File:Chris Christie April 2015 (cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]] − + − + − + − + − |<center>[[List of governors of Florida|43rd]]<br />[[Governor of Florida]]<br /><small>(1999–2007)</small></center> − |<center>[[List of governors of Virginia|68th]]<br />[[Governor of Virginia]]<br /><small>(1998–2002)</small></center> − |<center>[[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Hewlett-Packard]]<br /><small>(1999–2005)</small></center> − |<center>[[List of governors of New Jersey|55th]]<br />[[Governor of New Jersey]]<br /><small>(2010–''present'')</small></center> − + − + − |<center>[[Marco Rubio presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>+ − |<center>[[Ben Carson presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>+ − − − |<center>[[Carly Fiorina presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center> − |<center>[[Chris Christie presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center> − + − + − + − + − |<center>''W: Feb 20''<br /><small>'''286,634''' votes</small></center> − |<center>''W: Feb 12''<br /><small>18,364 votes</small></center> − |<center>''W: Feb 10''<br /><small>40,577 votes</small></center> − |<center>''W: Feb 10''<br /><small>57,634 votes</small></center> − + − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-na-pn-ted-cruz-presidential-bid-20150322-story.html|title=Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz Launches Presidential Bid|date=March 22, 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=March 23, 2015|first1=Lisa|last1=Mascaro|first2=David|last2=Lauter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/23/ted-cruz-announces-presidential-run|title=Ted Cruz Announces He's Running for President|date=March 23, 2015|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=March 23, 2015|author=Zezima, Katie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/891/15031403891/15031403891.pdf|title=Ted Cruz FEC filing|date=March 23, 2015|work=FEC.gov|accessdate=April 1, 2015}}</ref></center>+ − |<center><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/us/politics/marco-rubio-2016-presidential-campaign.html?smid=tw-bna|title=Marco Rubio Announces 2016 Presidential Bid|date=April 13, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=April 13, 2015|author=Parker, Ashley}}</ref><ref name="Pitch2">{{cite web|last=Nelson|first=Rebecca|date=April 13, 2015|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/marco-rubio-presidential-announcement-2016-20150413|title=Marco Rubio Makes His Pitch as the Fresh Face of the GOP in 2016|work=[[National Journal]]|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/229/15031412229/15031412229.pdf|title=Marco Rubio FEC Filing|date=April 13, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref></center>+ − <!-- Please DO NOT REMOVE TED CRUZ from this list or add disclaimers regarding his eligibility to be President. Please see the Wikipedia article *Ted Cruz presidential campaign, 2016*, section "Eligibility concerns", for information on this subject -->+ − |<center><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/03/ben-carson-to-announce-presidential-campaign-monday/|title=Ben Carson announces presidential campaign|date=May 3, 2015|work=[[The Washington Post]]|last1=Terris|first1=Ben|accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ben-carson-announces-2016-run-n353241|title=Ben Carson Announces 2016 Run|date=May 4, 2015|publisher=[[NBCNews.com]]|accessdate=May 4, 2015|author=Rafferty , Andrew}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/874/15031422874/15031422874.pdf|title=Ben Carson FEC Filing|date=May 4, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref></center> − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/jeb-bush-set-make-2016-run-official-n375621|title=Jeb Bush Makes 2016 Run Official|date=June 15, 2015|publisher=[[NBC News]]|accessdate=June 15, 2015|author=Rafferty, Andrew}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/747/15031431747/15031431747.pdf|title=Jeb Bush FEC Filing|date=June 15, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=June 16, 2015}}</ref></center> − − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/carly-fiorina-2016-presidential-bid-117593.html|title=Carly Fiorina: 'Yes, I am running for president'|date=May 4, 2015|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=May 4, 2015|author=Gass, Nick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/870/15031422870/15031422870.pdf|title=Carly Fiorina FEC Filing|date=May 4, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref></center> − |<center><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/us/politics/chris-christie-presidential-campaign.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=Chris Christie Announces Run, Pledging ‘Truth’ About Nation's Woes|date=June 30, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=June 30, 2015|author=Barbaro, Michael}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/058/201507010300005058/201507010300005058.pdf|title=Christopher J. Christie FEC Filing|date=July 1, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref></center> − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Rand Paul]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Rick Santorum]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Mike Huckabee]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[George Pataki]]+ − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lindsey Graham]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Bobby Jindal]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Rick Perry]] − + − + − + − + − |[[File:Lindsey Graham by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|center|120x120px]] − |[[File:Bobby Jindal 26 February 2015.jpg|center|120x120px]] − |[[File:Scott Walker March 2015.jpg|center|120x120px]] − |[[File:Rick Perry February 2015.jpg|center|120x120px]] − + − + − + − |<center>[[List of governors of New York|53rd]]<br />[[Governor of New York]]<br /><small>(1995–2006)</small></center>+ − − |<center>[[List of governors of Louisiana|55th]]<br />[[Governor of Louisiana]]<br /><small>(2008–2016)</small></center> − |<center>45th<br />[[Governor of Wisconsin]]<br /><small>(2011–''present'')</small></center> − |<center>47th<br />[[List of governors of Texas|Governor of Texas]]<br /><small>(2000–2015)</small></center> − + − + − |<center>[[Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>+ − + − |<center>[[Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>+ − |<center>[[Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center> − − |<center>[[Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center> − + − + − |<center>''W: Feb 1''<br /><small>51,436 votes</small></center>+ − + − − |<center>''W: November 17, 2015''<br /><small>222 votes</small></center> − |<center>''W: September 21, 2015''<br /><small>1 write-in vote in New Hampshire</small></center> − |<center>''W: September 11, 2015''<br /><small>1 write-in vote in New Hampshire</small></center> − + − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2015/05/27/rick-santorum-2016-presidential-race/28011791/|title=Santorum officially begins 2016 presidential campaign|date=May 27, 2015|work=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=May 28, 2015|author=Jackson, David}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/613/15031430613/15031430613.pdf|title=Rick Santorum FEC filing|date=May 27, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=June 1, 2015}}</ref></center>+ − + − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/946/15031430946/15031430946.pdf|title=George Pataki FEC filing|date=June 2, 2015|work=FEC.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref></center>+ − |<center><ref>Jaffe, Alexandra (June 1, 2015) [http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/lindsey-graham-presidential-announcement-election-2016/index.html "Graham bets on foreign experience in White House bid announcement"], [[CNN]]. Retrieved June 1, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/870/15031430870/15031430870.pdf|title=Lindsey Graham FEC Filing|date=June 1, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=June 2, 2015}}</ref></center> − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/24/bobby-jindal-to-announce-presidential-plans-wednesday/|title=Bobby Jindal announces entry into 2016 presidential race|date=June 24, 2015|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=June 24, 2015|author1=Fahrenthold, David A. |author2=Hohmann, James}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/728/15031432728/15031432728.pdf|title=Bobby Jindal FEC Filing|date=June 29, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref></center> − |<center><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/13/politics/scott-walker-2016-presidential-announcement/|title=Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker officially enters 2016 presidential race|date=July 13, 2015|publisher=CNN|accessdate=July 13, 2015|author1=Burlij, Terence|author2=Lee, MJ|author3=LoBianco, Tom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=P60006046&tabIndex=1|title=Scott Walker FEC filing|website=FEC|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://sos.nh.gov/2016RepPresPrim.aspx?id=8589957200|title=2016 Presidential Primary – Republican President – NHSOS|website=sos.nh.gov|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref></center> − |<center><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/3909057/rick-perry-2016-campaign-launch/|title=Rick Perry Announces Presidential Bid|date=June 4, 2015|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=June 4, 2015|author=Beckwith , Ryan Teague; Rhodan, Maya}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/864/15971217864/15971217864.pdf|title=Rick Perry FEC filing|date=June 19, 2015|work=FEC.gov|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref></center> − + − {{Main article|Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, 2016}} − Trump turned his attention towards selecting a running mate after he became the presumptive nominee on May 4, 2016.<ref name="mkeneally">{{cite news|last1=Keneally|first1=Meghan|title=Donald Trump Teases Possible VP Requirements|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-teases-vp-requirements/story?id=38869060|accessdate=May 4, 2016|publisher=ABC News|date=May 4, 2016}}</ref> In mid-June, Eli Stokols and Burgess Everett of ''Politico'' reported that the Trump campaign was considering [[New Jersey]] Governor [[Chris Christie]], former [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] of Alabama, and [[Oklahoma]] Governor [[Mary Fallin]].<ref name="estokols">{{cite news|last1=Stokols|first1=Eli|last2=Everett|first2=Burgess|title=Trump's performance raises hard question: Who'd want to be his VP?|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-vice-president-224488|accessdate=June 21, 2016|publisher=Politico|date=June 17, 2016}}</ref> A June 30 ''[[Washington Post]]'' report also included Senators [[Bob Corker]] from Tennessee, [[Richard Burr]] from [[North Carolina]], [[Tom Cotton]] from Arkansas, [[Joni Ernst]] from Iowa, and Indiana Governor [[Mike Pence]] as individuals still being considered for the ticket.<ref name="vetting2">{{cite news|last1=Costa|first1=Robert|title=Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump's running mate|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gingrich-christie-are-the-leading-candidates-to-be-trumps-running-mate/2016/06/30/98fa3ecc-3eef-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html|accessdate=July 1, 2016|publisher=Washington Post|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> Trump also stated that he was considering two military generals for the position, including retired Lieutenant General [[Michael T. Flynn|Michael Flynn]].<ref name="zurcher">{{cite news|last1=Zurcher|first1=Anthony|title=US election: Who will Trump pick as his vice-president?|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36678388|accessdate=July 8, 2016|publisher=BBC|date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> − In July 2016, it was reported that Trump had narrowed his list of possible running mates down to three: Christie, Gingrich, and Pence.<ref name=FinalThree>{{cite web|last=O'Donnell|first=Kelly|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/team-trump-plans-public-event-friday-vp-pick-n608161|title=Team Trump Plans Public Event Friday With VP Pick|work=[[NBC News]]|date=July 12, 2016|accessdate=July 12, 2016}}</ref>+ + − On July 14, 2016, several major media outlets reported that Trump had selected Pence as his running mate. Trump confirmed these reports in a message on [[Twitter]] on July 15, 2016, and formally made the announcement the following day in New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/politics/donald-trump-vice-presidential-choice/ |title=Donald Trump selects Mike Pence as VP |publisher=CNN | date=July 14, 2016 | accessdate=July 14, 2016 |author1=[[Dana Bash|Bash, Dana]] |author2=[[Jim Acosta|Acosta, Jim]]; Lee, MJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ivan |last=Levingston |url=http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/15/donald-trump-officially-names-mike-pence-as-his-vp.html |title=Donald Trump officially names Mike Pence as his VP |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=July 15, 2016 |accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> On July 19, the second night of the [[2016 Republican National Convention]], Pence won the Republican vice presidential nomination by acclamation.<ref name="tcook">{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Tony|title=Gov. Mike Pence formally nominated as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/19/indiana-formally-casts-its-votes-nominate-trump-republican-national-convention/87317966/|accessdate=July 20, 2016|work=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|date=July 19, 2016}}</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − == Democratic Party ==+ − + − {{Main article|Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016}}+ − Former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]], who also served in the U.S. Senate and was the [[First Lady of the United States]], became the first woman to formally launch a major candidacy for the presidency. Clinton made the announcement on April 12, 2015, via a video message.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/04/10/398729582/hillary-clinton-expected-to-go-small-with-big-announcement|title=Hillary Clinton Expected To Go Small With Big Announcement|date=April 10, 2015|publisher=NPR|last2=Montanar|first2=Domenico|last1=Keith|first1=Tamara|accessdate=April 12, 2015}}</ref> While [[Nationwide opinion polling for the Democratic Party 2016 presidential primaries|nationwide opinion polls]] in 2015 indicated that Clinton was the [[front-runner]] for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, she faced challenges from Independent Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] of Vermont,<ref name="Sanders leading">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2015/08/25/second-straight-poll-shows-bernie-sanders-leading-new-hampshire/F1MfDFGZAYZPHLV22upEwM/story.html|title=Second straight poll shows Bernie Sanders leading in New Hampshire|work=Boston Globe|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}</ref> who became the second major candidate when he formally announced on April 30, 2015, that he was running for the Democratic nomination.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/29/politics/bernie-sanders-announces-presidential-run/|title=Bernie Sanders is running for president|date=April 30, 2015|publisher=CNN|last1=Merica|first1=Dan|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> September 2015 polling numbers indicated a narrowing gap between Clinton and Sanders.<ref name="Sanders leading" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-new-hampshire-poll_55dc947ce4b08cd3359d5f80|title=Bernie Sanders surpasses Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire polls|date=August 25, 2015|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-democratic-primary|title=Huffpost Pollster|date=October 1, 2015|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=October 1, 2015}}</ref> On May 30, 2015, former [[Governor of Maryland]] [[Martin O'Malley]] was the third major candidate to enter the Democratic primary race,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/05/30/martin-omalley-president-announcement/27330857/|title=Martin O'Malley jumps into presidential race|date=May 30, 2015|work=[[USA Today]]|last2=Cooper|first2=Allen|accessdate=May 30, 2015|last1=Jackson|first1=David}}</ref> followed by former Independent Governor and Republican Senator of Rhode Island [[Lincoln Chafee]] on June 3, 2015,<ref name="DelReal, Jose A">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/03/lincoln-chafee-expected-to-announce-longshot-presidential-bid/|title=Lincoln Chafee announces long-shot presidential bid|date=June 3, 2015|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=June 3, 2015|author=DelReal, Jose A.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/06/rhode_islands_chafee_enters_2016_democratic_contest|title=Rhode Island's Chafee enters 2016 Democratic contest|date=June 3, 2015|work=[[Boston Herald]]|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=June 3, 2015}}</ref> former Virginia Senator [[Jim Webb]] on July 2, 2015,<ref name="Announces">{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2015/07/02/jim-webb-announces-for-president|title=Jim Webb Announces For President|date=July 2, 2015|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|accessdate=July 2, 2015|author=Catanese, David}}</ref> and former Harvard law professor [[Lawrence Lessig]] on September 6, 2015.<ref name="Lessig running">{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/lawrence-lessig-2016-presidential-run-213376|title=Lessig: I'm running for president|date=September 6, 2015|work=Slate|accessdate=September 7, 2015|author=Meyer, Theodoric}}</ref> − On October 20, 2015, Webb announced his withdrawal from the Democratic primaries, and explored a potential Independent run.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/jim-webb-democrats-independent-214929|title=Jim Webb to consider running as an independent|website=POLITICO|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref> The next day Vice-President [[Joe Biden]] decided not to run, ending months of speculation, stating, "While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/10/21/biden-to-make-announcement-about-plans/|title=Biden says he's not running in 2016|website=OnPolitics|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-running-president/story?id=34338816|title=Joe Biden Not Running for President|date=October 21, 2015|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref> On October 23, Chafee withdrew, stating that he hoped for "an end to the endless wars and the beginning of a new era for the United States and humanity".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/23/chafee-ends-democratic-bid-for-president/|title=Lincoln Chafee ends Democratic bid for president|last=Wagner|first=John|date=October 23, 2015|last2=Weigel|first2=David|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|issn=0190-8286|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> On November 2, after failing to qualify for the second DNC-sanctioned debate after adoption of a rule change negated polls which before might have necessitated his inclusion in the debate, Lessig withdrew as well, narrowing the field to Clinton, O'Malley, and Sanders.<ref name="outofrace">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/lawrence-lessig-drops-out-215443|title=Lessig drops out of presidential race|date=November 2, 2015|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=November 2, 2015|author=Strauss, Daniel}}</ref>+ − − On February 1, 2016, in an extremely close contest, Clinton won the [[Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2016|Iowa caucuses]] by a margin of 0.2 points over Sanders. After winning no delegates in Iowa, O'Malley withdrew from the presidential race that day. On February 9, Sanders bounced back to win the [[New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2016|New Hampshire primary]] with 60% of the vote. In the remaining two February contests, Clinton won the [[Nevada Democratic caucuses, 2016|Nevada caucuses]] with 53% of the vote and scored a decisive victory in the [[South Carolina Democratic primary, 2016|South Carolina primary]] with 73% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/nevada|title=Nevada Caucus Results|website=The New York Times|accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/south-carolina|title=South Carolina Primary Results|website=The New York Times|accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref> On March 1, 11 states participated in the first of four "[[Super Tuesday]]" primaries. Clinton won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia and 504 pledged delegates, while Sanders won [[Colorado]], Minnesota, [[Oklahoma]] and his home state of Vermont and 340 delegates. The following weekend, Sanders won victories in [[Kansas Democratic caucuses, 2016|Kansas]], [[Nebraska Democratic caucuses, 2016|Nebraska]] and [[Maine Democratic caucuses, 2016|Maine]] with 15–30-point margins, while Clinton won the [[Louisiana Democratic primary, 2016|Louisiana primary]] with 71% of the vote. On March 8, despite never having a lead in the [[Michigan Democratic primary, 2016|Michigan primary]], Sanders won by a small margin of 1.5 points and outperforming polls by over 19 points, while Clinton won 83% of the vote in [[Mississippi Democratic primary, 2016|Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-polls-missed-bernie-sanders-michigan-upset/|title=Why The Polls Missed Bernie Sanders's Michigan Upset|date=March 9, 2016|website=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=May 1, 2016}}</ref> On March 15, the second "Super Tuesday", Clinton won in [[Florida Democratic primary, 2016|Florida]], [[Illinois Democratic primary, 2016|Illinois]], [[Missouri Democratic primary, 2016|Missouri]], [[North Carolina Democratic primary, 2016|North Carolina]] and [[Ohio Democratic primary, 2016|Ohio]]. Between March 22 and April 9, Sanders won six caucuses in [[Idaho Democratic caucuses, 2016|Idaho]], [[Utah Democratic caucuses, 2016|Utah]], [[Alaska Democratic caucuses, 2016|Alaska]], [[Hawaii Democratic caucuses, 2016|Hawaii]], [[Washington Democratic caucuses, 2016|Washington]] and [[Wyoming Democratic caucuses, 2016|Wyoming]], as well as the [[Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2016|Wisconsin primary]], while Clinton won the [[Arizona Democratic primary, 2016|Arizona primary]]. On April 19, Clinton won the [[New York Democratic primary, 2016|New York primary]] with 58% of the vote. On April 26, in the third "Super Tuesday" dubbed the "Acela primary", she won contests in [[Connecticut Democratic primary, 2016|Connecticut]], [[Delaware Democratic primary, 2016|Delaware]], [[Maryland Democratic primary, 2016|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2016|Pennsylvania]], while Sanders won in [[Rhode Island Democratic primary, 2016|Rhode Island]]. Over the course of May, Sanders accomplished another surprise win in the [[Indiana Democratic primary, 2016|Indiana primary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/03/bernie-sanders-wins-indiana-democratic-primary|title=Bernie Sanders pulls off shock victory over Hillary Clinton in Indiana|last=Roberts|first=Dan|last2=Jacobs|first2=Ben|date=May 4, 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=May 4, 2016}}</ref> and also won in [[West Virginia Democratic primary, 2016|West Virginia]] and [[Oregon Democratic primary, 2016|Oregon]], while Clinton won the [[Guam Democratic caucus, 2016|Guam caucus]] and [[Kentucky Democratic primary, 2016|Kentucky primary]]. − − On June 4 and 5, Clinton won two victories in the [[United States Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses, 2016|Virgin Islands caucus]] and [[Puerto Rico Democratic caucuses, 2016|Puerto Rico primary]]. On June 6, 2016, the [[Associated Press]] and [[NBC News]] reported that Clinton had become the [[presumptive nominee]] after reaching the required number of delegates, including pledged delegates and [[superdelegate]]s, to secure the nomination, becoming the [[List of American women's firsts|first woman]] to ever clinch the presidential nomination of a major United States political party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clinton-hits-magic-number-delegates-clinch-nomination/|title=Clinton hits ‘magic number’ of delegates to clinch nomination|last=Dann|first=Carrie|date=June 6, 2016|publisher=[[NBC News]]|access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref> On June 7, Clinton secured a majority of pledged delegates after winning primaries in [[California Democratic primary, 2016|California]], [[New Jersey Democratic primary, 2016|New Jersey]], [[New Mexico Democratic primary, 2016|New Mexico]] and [[South Dakota Democratic primary, 2016|South Dakota]], while Sanders only won in [[Montana Democratic primary, 2016|Montana]] and [[North Dakota Democratic caucuses, 2016|North Dakota]]. Clinton also won the final primary in the [[United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2016|District of Columbia]] on June 14. At the conclusion of the primary process, Clinton had won 2,204 pledged delegates (54% of the total) awarded by the primary elections and caucuses, while Sanders had won 1,847 (46%). Out of the 714 [[List of Democratic Party superdelegates, 2016|unpledged delegates or "superdelegates"]] who were set to vote in the [[2016 Democratic National Convention|convention in July]], Clinton received endorsements from 560 (78%), while Sanders received 47 (7%).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/D|title=Democratic Convention 2016|publisher=thegreenpapers.com|access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> − − Although Sanders had not formally dropped out of the race, he announced on June 16, 2016, that his main goal in the coming months would be to work with Clinton to defeat Trump in the general election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-idUSKCN0Z305E|title=Sanders vows to help Clinton beat Trump, but keeps campaign alive|date=June 17, 2016|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> On July 8, appointees from the Clinton campaign, the Sanders campaign, and the Democratic National Committee negotiated a draft of the party's platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-democratic-platform-orlando-story.html|title=Sanders backers frustrated by defeats at Orlando platform meeting|publisher=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref> On July 12, Sanders formally endorsed Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire in which he appeared with her.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-endorses-hillary-clinton_us_56e98f60e4b0b25c91841bdd|title=Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton For President|date=July 12, 2016|publisher=Huffington Post|last1=Reily|first1=Molly|accessdate=July 13, 2016}}</ref> On July 22, three days before the start of the [[2016 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]], the Clinton campaign announced that Virginia Senator [[Tim Kaine]] had been selected as her running mate. − − === Nominees === − − − | colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;" |[[File:U.S. Democratic Party logo (transparent).svg|65px|center|link=Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party (United States)]]<big>'''Democratic Party ticket, 2016'''</big>+ + + + − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#33f; width:200px;"|[[Hillary Clinton|{{color|white|Hillary Clinton}}]]+ − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#33f; width:200px;"|[[Tim Kaine|{{color|white|Tim Kaine}}]]+ − |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:#c8ebff;"+ − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President'''''+ − − + − + + + − + − + + + − + + + + − | colspan="2" |[[File:Clinton Kaine.png|center|275px]]+ − + − | colspan="2" |<!-- Clinton --><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-campaign.html|title=Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=April 12, 2015|author=Chozick, Amy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-2016-election-presidential-launch-116888.html|title=Hillary Clinton formally announces 2016 run|date=April 12, 2015|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=April 18, 2015|author=Karni, Annie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/524/15031411524/15031411524.pdf|title=Hillary Rodham Clinton FEC filing|date=April 13, 2015|work=FEC|accessdate=April 13, 2015}}</ref>+ + − + − {{Main article|Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2016}} − The following candidates were frequently interviewed by major broadcast networks and cable news channels, or were listed in publicly published national polls. Lessig was invited to one forum, but withdrew when rules were changed which prevented him from participating in officially sanctioned debates. − Clinton received 16,849,779 votes in the primary.+ − − − |- <sup>†</sup> − | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; width:700px; font-size:120%; color:white; background:#33f;"|''Candidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawal from the primaries'' − |- − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Bernie Sanders]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Martin O'Malley]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lawrence Lessig]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lincoln Chafee]] − ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Jim Webb]] − |[[File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg|center|120x120px]]+ − |[[File:Governor O'Malley Portrait.jpg|center|120x120px]]+ − |[[File:Lessig (cropped).png|center|120x120px]]+ − |[[File:Lincoln Chafee (14103606100 cc56e38ddd h).jpg|center|120x120px]]+ − |[[File:Jim Webb official 110th Congress photo (cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]] − + − + − + − |<center>74th<br />[[Governor of Rhode Island]]<br /><small>(2011–2015)</small></center>+ − |<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br />from [[Virginia]]<br /><small>(2007–2013)</small></center> − + − + − + − |<center>[[Lincoln Chafee presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>+ − |<center>[[Jim Webb presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center> − + − + − |<center>''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: November 2, 2015''<br /><small>4 write-in votes in New Hampshire</small></center>+ − |<center>''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: October 23, 2015''<br /><small>0 votes</small></center>+ − |<center>''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: October 20, 2015''<br /><small>2 write-in votes in New Hampshire</small></center> − |- − |<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/11/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/|title=Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton}}</ref></center> − − |<center><ref name="outofrace" /></center> − |<center><ref>Merica, Dan; LoBianco, Tom (October 23, 2015) [http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/politics/lincoln-chafee-2016-election-dnc-meeting/index.html "Lincoln Chafee drops out of Democratic primary race"], [[CNN]].com. Retrieved October 23, 2015</ref></center> − |<ref>Walsh, Michael (October 20, 2015) [https://www.yahoo.com/politics/jim-webb-plans-to-drop-out-of-democratic-primary-153500314.html "Jim Webb drops out of Democratic primary race"], [[Yahoo!]] Politics. Retrieved October 23, 2015.</ref> − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + + + + − On July 22, Clinton announced that she had chosen Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia as her running mate.<ref name="gearan3">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-timothy-m-kaine-of-virginia-chosen-as-hillary-clintons-vp/2016/07/22/8926ecce-4ed6-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html|title=Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia chosen as Hillary Clinton's VP|date=July 22, 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]|last2=Wagner|first2=John|last1=Gearan|first1=Anne|accessdate=July 23, 2016}}</ref> The delegates at the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]], which took place July 25–28, formally nominated the Democratic ticket.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − Third party and independent candidates that have obtained more than 100,000 votes nationally and one percent of the vote in at least one state, are listed separately. − + − {{Main article|Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party presidential primaries, 2016}} − * '''[[Gary Johnson]]''', [[List of Governors of New Mexico|29th Governor of New Mexico]]. Vice-presidential nominee: '''[[Bill Weld]]''', [[List of Governors of Massachusetts|68th Governor of Massachusetts]] − {{hidden begin+ − |title=Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party − |titlestyle= background:#B0CEFF; text-align:center; − }} − {{Gary Johnson series}} − {{William Weld series}} − :''Additional Party Endorsements: [[Independence Party of New York]]''+ − Ballot access to all 538 electoral votes+ − '''Nominees'''+ − <!-- To avoid "citation overkill" please post no more than THREE (3) citations per candidate -->+ − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" − |- − | style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"| [[File:Libertarian Party US Logo.svg|30px|center|link=Libertarian Party (United States)]]<big>'''Libertarian Party ticket, 2016'''</big> − |- − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FED105; width:200px;"| [[Gary Johnson|{{color|black|Gary Johnson}}]] − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FED105; width:200px;"| [[William Weld|{{color|black|William Weld}}]] − |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:#ffffbf;" − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President''''' − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President''''' − |- − | [[File:Gary Johnson campaign portrait.jpg|center|200x200px]] − | [[File:Bill Weld campaign portrait.jpg|center|200x200px]] − |- − | [[List of Governors of New Mexico|29th]]<br />[[Governor of New Mexico]]<br /><small>(1995–2003)</small> − | [[List of Governors of Massachusetts|68th]]<br />[[Governor of Massachusetts]]<br /><small>(1991–1997)</small> − |- − | colspan=2 |[[Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016|'''Campaign''']] − |- − | colspan=2 |[[File:Johnson Weld 2016.svg|center|250px]] − |- − | colspan=2 |<center><ref>{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Eliza|title=Libertarian Gary Johnson launches presidential bid|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/gary-johnson-2016-presidential-bid-217403|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 6, 2016|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Johnson U.S. FEC filing|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/927/201603290300057927/201603290300057927.pdf|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]]|accessdate=November 13, 2016|format=PDF}}</ref></center> − |} − {{clear}} − {{hidden end}} − === Green Party ===+ − {{Main article|Green Party of the United States|Green Party presidential primaries, 2016}} − * '''[[Jill Stein]]''', physician from [[Lexington, Massachusetts]]. Vice-presidential nominee: '''[[Ajamu Baraka]]''', activist from [[Washington, DC]] − {{hidden begin+ − |title=Jill Stein, Green Party − |titlestyle= background:#B0CEFF; text-align:center; − }} − {{Jill Stein series}} − Ballot access to 480 electoral votes (''522 with write-in''):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/02/new-hampshire-secretary-of-state-says-jill-stein-petition-is-valid/|title=New Hampshire Secretary of State Says Jill Stein Petition is Valid|publisher=ballot-access.org|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref> – [[:File:Green Party ballot access (2016).svg|map]]+ − * As write-in: <small>''Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina''<ref name="Green Party Ballot Access">{{cite web|url=http://www.gp.org/ballotaccess|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20160505231521/http://www.gp.org/ballotaccess|archivedate=May 5, 2016|title=Ballot Access|publisher=gp.org|access-date=June 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/11/jill-stein-qualifies-for-write-in-status-in-north-carolina-no-other-write-in-presidential-candidate-does-so/|title=Jill Stein Qualifies for Write-in Status in North Carolina; No Other Write-in Presidential Candidate Does So|work=[[Ballot Access News]]|accessdate=August 20, 2016|date=August 11, 2016|first=Richard|last=Winger}}</ref></small> − * Ballot access lawsuit pending: <small>Oklahoma<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/10/rocky-de-la-fuente-and-jill-stein-file-oklahoma-ballot-access-case/ |title=Rocky De La Fuente and Jill Stein File Oklahoma Ballot Access Case |first=Richard |last=Winger |work=[[Ballot Access News]] |date=August 10, 2016 |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref></small> − * No ballot access: <small>Nevada, South Dakota<ref name="Green Party Ballot Access"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/01/nevada-green-party-loses-ballot-access-lawsuit/#comment-306033|title=Nevada Green Party Loses Ballot Access Lawsuit|publisher=ballot-access.org|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref></small> − '''Nominees'''+ − <!-- To avoid "citation overkill" please post no more than THREE (3) citations per candidate --> − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" − |- − | style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|[[File:Green Party of the United States New Logo.png|175px|center|link=Green Party of the United States]]<big>'''Green Party ticket, 2016'''</big> − |- − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#17AA5C; width:200px;"| [[Jill Stein|{{color|black|Jill Stein}}]] − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#17AA5C; width:200px;"| [[Ajamu Baraka|{{color|black|Ajamu Baraka}}]] − |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:#6BDE9D;" − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President''''' − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President''''' − |- − | [[File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|200x200px]] − | [[File:Ajamu Baraka at Oct 2016 Berkeley rally for Jill Stein - 4 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|center|x200px]] − |- − | Physician<br />from [[Lexington, Massachusetts]] − | Activist<br />from [[Washington, DC]] − |- − | colspan=2 |'''[[Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]''' − |- − | colspan=2 |[[File:SteinBaraka.png|center|275px]] − |- − | colspan=2 |<ref name="Exclusive">{{cite web | url=http://www.democracynow.org/2015/6/22/exclusive_green_partys_jill_stein_announces | title=Exclusive: Green Party's Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President on Democracy Now! | publisher=[[Democracy Now!]] | date=June 22, 2015 | accessdate=May 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Green Party candidate Jill Stein announces VP running mate | url=https://www.rt.com/usa/354223-green-party-jill-stein-vice-presidential-mate/ | date=August 1, 2016 | accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref> − |} − {{clear}} − {{hidden end}} − ===Independents===+ − {{Main article|Evan McMullin presidential campaign, 2016}} − − {{hidden begin+ − |title=Evan McMullin, Independents+ − |titlestyle= background:#B0CEFF; text-align:center; − }} − :''Additional Party Endorsement: [[Independence Party of Minnesota]], [[South Carolina Independence Party]]'' − Ballot access to 84 electoral votes (''451 with write-in''):<ref name="McMullin states">{{cite web |last1=McMullin|first1=Evan|title=34 States and Counting |url=https://www.evanmcmullin.com/34_states_and_counting |website=Evan McMullin for President |publisher=Rumpf, Sarah |accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref> – [[:File:Evan McMullin ballot access (2016).svg|map]]+ − * As write-in: <small>''Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin''<ref name="McMullin states"/><ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov//statewide-elections/2016-general/list-write-in-candidates.pdf |title=November 8, 2016, General Election Certified List of Write-In Candidates |date=October 28, 2016 |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="CT">{{cite web |url=http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/lead_communications/2016/20161027114816968.pdf |title=REGISTERED WRITE-IN CANDIDATES NOVEMBER 8, 2016 |date=October 28, 2016 |website=sots.ct.gov |publisher=Connecticut Secretary of State |access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="KS"/><ref name="MO">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/31/missouri-secretary-of-state-releases-list-of-presidential-write-in-candidates/ |title=Missouri Secretary of State Releases List of Presidential Write-in Candidates |first=Richard |last=Winger |publisher=Ballot Access News |date=October 31, 2016 |accessdate=November 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NY" /><ref name="ND">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/20/six-write-in-presidential-candidates-file-to-have-north-dakota-write-ins-counted/ |title=Six Write-in Presidential Candidates File to Have North Dakota Write-ins Counted |first=Richard |last=Winger |publisher=Ballot Access News |website=ballot-access.org |date=October 20, 2016 |accessdate=October 20, 2016}}</ref></small> − * No ballot access: <small>District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming</small> − In some states, Evan McMullin's running mate was listed as Nathan Johnson on the ballot rather than Mindy Finn, although Nathan Johnson was intended to only be a placeholder until an actual running mate was chosen.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Strauss|first1=Daniel|title=Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/evan-mcmullin-running-mate-227803|accessdate=November 16, 2016|work=Politico|date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>+ − <!-- To avoid "citation overkill" please post no more than THREE (3) citations per candidate --> − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" − |- − | style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|<big>'''Independent ticket, 2016'''</big> − |- − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF5800; width:200px;"| [[Evan McMullin|{{color|white|Evan McMullin}}]] − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF5800; width:200px;"| [[Mindy Finn|{{color|white|Mindy Finn}}]] − |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:orange;" − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President''''' − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President''''' − |- − | [[File:Evan McMullin 2016-10-21 headshot.jpg|center|200x200px]] − | [[File:Mindy Finn at CAP (cropped).jpg|center|200x200px]] − |- − | Chief policy director for the <br />[[House Republican Conference]] <small>{{nowrap|(2015–2016)</small>}} − | President of<br />Empowered Women<br /><small>(2015–''present'')</small> − |- − | colspan=2 |'''[[Evan McMullin presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]''' − |- − | colspan=2 |[[File:EvanMcMullinMindyFinn2016.png|center|275px]] − |- − | colspan=2 |<ref name="BuzzFeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/anti-trump-republican-launching-independent-presidential-bid|title=Anti-Trump Republican Launching Independent Presidential Bid|publisher=[[BuzzFeed]]|accessdate=August 8, 2016}}</ref> − |} − {{hidden end}} − === Constitution Party ===+ − {{Main article|Constitution Party of the United States|Constitution Party presidential primaries, 2016}} − * '''[[Darrell Castle]]''', Attorney from [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. Vice-presidential nominee: '''[[Scott Bradley (politician)|Scott Bradley]]''', Businessman from [[Utah]] − {{hidden begin+ − |title=Darrell Castle, Constitution Party − |titlestyle= background:#B0CEFF; text-align:center; − }} − Ballot access to 207 electoral votes (''451 with write-in''):<ref name="Constitution party ballot access">{{cite web |url=http://www.constitutionparty.com/get-involved/election-central/ballot-access/ |title=Ballot access {{!}} The Constitution Party |website=www.constitutionparty.com |access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="ND2016-09-07">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/07/north-dakota-says-all-three-independent-presidential-petitions-are-valid/ |date=September 7, 2016 |first=Richard |last=Winger |work=[[Ballot Access News]] |title=North Dakota Says All Three Independent Presidential Petitions are Valid |authorlink=Richard Winger}}</ref> – [[:File:Constitution Party ballot access (2016).svg|map]] − * As write-in: <small>''Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia''<ref name="Constitution party ballot access" /><ref name="AZ">{{cite web |url=http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2016/General/home.htm |title=2016 Election Information |publisher=Arizona Secretary of State |website=azsos.gov |date= |accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="GA">{{cite web |url=http://elections.sos.ga.gov/GAElection/CandidateDetails |title=Qualifying Candidate Information |first=Brian |last=Kemp |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |website=sos.ga.gov |date=September 12, 2016 |accessdate=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MD">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2016/general_candidates/gen_cand_lists_2016_4_001-.html |title=2016 Candidate Listing |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |website=elections.state.md.us |year=2016 |accessdate=September 21, 2016}}</ref></small><ref name="VA">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/CastYourBallot/CandidateList/CertifiedWrite-in-USPresVicePres2016.pdf |title=2016 Certification of Write-in Candidates – President and Vice President |publisher=Virginia Department of Elections |access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> − * No ballot access: <small>California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma<ref name="Constitution party ballot access" /></small> − + − <!-- To avoid "citation overkill" please post no more than THREE (3) citations per candidate -->+ − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" − |- − | colspan="2" style="background:#f1f1f1;" | [[File:Constitution Party Logo.gif|250px|center|link=Constitution Party (United States)]]<big>'''Constitution Party ticket, 2016'''</big> − |- − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:purple; width:200px;"| [[Darrell Castle|{{color|white|Darrell Castle}}]] − ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:purple; width:200px;"| [[Scott Bradley (politician)|{{color|white|Scott Bradley}}]] − |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:#A049AF;" − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President''''' − | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President''''' − |- − | [[File:DCastle08.jpg|center|200x200px]] − | <!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH --> − |- − | Attorney<br />from [[Memphis, Tennessee]] − | Businessman<br />from [[Utah]] − |- − | colspan=2 |'''[[Darrell Castle presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]''' − |- − | colspan=2 |[[File:Castle 2016 logo, flat.png]] − |- − | colspan=2 |<ref>{{cite web | title=Constitution Party Nominates Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley | url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/04/16/constitution-party-nominates-darrell-castle/ | date=April 16, 2016 | accessdate=August 23, 2016}}</ref> − |} − {{hidden end}} − === Other nominations ===+ − {{Main article|United States third-party and independent presidential candidates, 2016}} − {{hidden begin+ − |title=Other nominations − |titlestyle= background:#B0CEFF; text-align:center; − }} − <!-- Parties and candidates in this section have attained ballot lines in one or more states, but not for a majority of electoral votes. Individuals included in this section have either received the presidential nomination of a [[minor party]], or are running as an [[Independent politician|independent]] presidential candidate. -->+ − <!-- Please list only minor parties which have a standalone page on Wikipedia. --> − <!-- Please list presidential tickets in order of the number of electoral votes the party/candidate has ballot lines for. Keep common style, and do not advocate for or against individuals in this space. --> − − {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"+ − |-+ − !style="width:15em;"|Party − !Presidential nominee − !Vice presidential nominee − !style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number"|Attainable Electors<br />(''write-in'') − !style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number"|Popular Vote − !style="width:18em;"|States with ballot access<br />(''write-in'') − |- − |[[American Delta Party]]<br />[[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] − |[[Rocky De La Fuente]]<br />Businessman from [[California]] − |[[Michael Steinberg (lawyer)|Michael Steinberg]]<br />Lawyer from [[Florida]] − |147<br />(''305'')<br />[[:File:Rocky De La Fuente 2016 general election ballot access.svg|map]] − |33,133<br>''(0.02%)'' − |<small>Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming<ref name="ND2016-09-07" /><ref name="BAN Sept">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/01/september-2016-ballot-access-news-print-edition |title=September 2016 Ballot Access News Print Edition |last=Winger |first=Richard |date=September 1, 2016 |page=5 |work=Ballot Access News |volume=32 |number=4 |accessdate=September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/09/eight-presidential-candidates-will-be-on-mississippi-ballot |title=Eight Presidential Candidates will be on Mississippi ballot|date=September 9, 2016 |work=ballot-access.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/08/new-hampshire-says-rocky-de-la-fuente-has-enough-valid-signatures |title=New Hampshire Says Rocky De La Fuente Has Enough Valid Signatures |website=ballot-access.org |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYSBE">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/reports/rwservlet?cmdkey=whofiled |title=Federal Nominations filed for the 2016 General Election|date=August 11, 2016 |website=elections.ny.gov |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |access-date=August 11, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/09/rhode-island-secretary-of-state-says-three-independent-presidential-petitions-have-enough-valid-signatures/ |title=Rhode Island Secretary of State Says Three Independent Presidential Petitions Have Enough Valid Signatures |access-date=September 9, 2016 |work=Ballot Access News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/08/wyoming-says-jill-stein-and-rocky-de-la-fuente-have-enough-valid-signatures-still-checking-evan-mcmullin/ |title=Wyoming Says Jill Stein and Rocky De La Fuente Have Enough Valid Signatures |access-date=September 8, 2016 |work=Ballot Access News}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia'')<ref name="CA"/><ref name="CT"/><ref name="KS">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election-Write-In_Presidential_Candidates.pdf |title=2016 General Election Write-In Presidential Candidates |publisher=Kansas Secretary of State |website=sos.ks.gov |date=October 31, 2016 |accessdate=November 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NY">{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/law/OfficialPresidentialWrite-Ins2016.pdf |title=Official Write-In Candidates for President |date=October 24, 2016 |website=www.elections.ny.gov |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AZ"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/07/30/july-2016-ballot-access-news-print-edition/ |title=Ballot Access News |last=Winger |first=Richard |date=July 1, 2016 |website=ballot-access.org |page=4 |volume=32 |number=2 |accessdate=September 10, 2016 |quote=States that allow write-ins in the general election, and don’t have write-in filing laws, are legally obliged to count all write-ins: Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont.... Only one state, South Carolina, has a law that says that although write-ins in general elections are permitted, they are not permitted for president.}}</ref><ref name="DE">{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/pdfs/2016GeneralElectionDeclaredWriteInCandidates.pdf |title=Declared Write-In Candidates, November 8, 2016 General Election |year=2016 |website=elections.delaware.gov |publisher=Delaware Department of Elections |accessdate=September 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="IN">{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2016%20General%20Election%20Candidate%20Abbreviated%20List%2008%2022%2016.pdf |title=2016 General Election Candidate Abbreviated List |date=August 22, 2016 |website=www.in.gov |publisher=Indiana Secretary of State Election Division |access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/31/missouri-secretary-of-state-adds-rocky-de-la-fuente-to-the-list-of-declared-write-in-presidential-candidates/ |title=Missouri Secretary of State Adds Rocky De La Fuente to the List of Declared Write-in Presidential Candidates |first=Richard |last=Winger |publisher=Ballot Access News |website=ballot-access.org |date=November 1, 2016 |accessdate=November 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NE">{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/NE |title=Nebraska 2016 General Election |first=Tony |last=Roza |website=thegreenpapers.com |year=2016 |accessdate=November 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="OR write-in">{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_requirements_for_presidential_candidates_in_Oregon#Write-in_requirements |title=Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Oregon |website=ballotpedia.org |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="VA"/><ref name="WA">{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/candidates/2016-Write-in-Presidental.pdf |title=Official List of Write-In Candidates for the 2016 General Election|website=sos.wa.gov |publisher=Washington Secretary of State |access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="WV">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/current/Documents/Write-In%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf |title=Write-In Candidate Listing |year=2016 |website=sos.wv.gov |publisher=West Virginia Secretary of State |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref></small> − |- − |[[Party for Socialism and Liberation]]<br /> − [[Peace and Freedom Party|Peace and Freedom]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/13/peace-freedom-party-nominates-gloria-lariva-for-president/ |title=Peace & Freedom Party Nominates Gloria LaRiva for President |first=Richard |last=Winger |work= Ballot Access News |date=August 13, 2016 |accessdate=August 13, 2016}}</ref><br /> − [[Liberty Union Party]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/05/15/liberty-union-party-of-vermont-nominates-gloria-la-riva-for-president/ |title=Liberty Union Party of Vermont Nominates Gloria La Riva for President |last=Winger |first=Richard |date=May 15, 2016 |work=[[Ballot Access News]] |accessdate=May 16, 2016}}</ref> − |[[Gloria La Riva]]<br />Newspaper printer and activist from [[California]] − |[[Eugene Puryear]]<br />Activist from [[Washington, DC]] − |112<br />(''226'')<br />[[:File:Gloria La Riva ballot access (2016).svg|map]] − |74,402<br>''(0.05%)'' − |<small>California, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Washington<ref name="BAN others">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/01/september-2016-ballot-access-news-print-edition |title=September 2016 Ballot Access News Print Edition |first=Richard |last=Winger |website=ballot-access.org |volume=32 |number=4 |page=6 |date=September 1, 2016 |accessdate=September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="FL">{{cite web |url=http://dos.elections.myflorida.com/candidates/canlist.asp |title=Candidate Listing |publisher=Florida Department of State, Division of Elections |website=elections.myflorida.com |year=2016 |accessdate=September 13, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia'')<ref name="CT"/><ref name="KS"/><ref name="NY"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="MN write-in">{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/MN#P |title=Minnesota 2016 General Election |editor=Tony Roza |website=thegreenpapers.com |year=2016 |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref></small> − |- − |[[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] − |[[Alyson Kennedy]]<br />Mineworker and Labor Leader from [[Illinois]] − |[[Osborne Hart]]<br />of [[Pennsylvania]] − |70<br />(''123'')<br />[[:File:Socialist Workers Party ballot access, 2016.svg|map]] − |12,465<br>''(0.01%)'' − |<small>Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, Washington<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[Workers World Party]] − |[[Monica Moorehead]]<br />[[perennial candidate]] and political activist from [[Alabama]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/11/workers-world-party-nominates-monica-moorehead-for-president/ |title=Workers World Party Nominates Monica Moorehead for President |date=November 9, 2015 |language=en-US |access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> − |[[Lamont Lilly]]<br />of [[North Carolina]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2016/06/16/durhams-lamont-lilly-is-running-for-vice-president-of-the-united-states |title=Durham's Lamont Lilly is Running for Vice President (of the United States) |last=Hudnall |first=David |access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> − |30<br />(''235'')<br />[[:File:Workers World Party ballot access 2016.svg|map]] − |4,319<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>New Jersey, Utah, Wisconsin<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Indiana, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New, York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia'')<ref name="KS"/><ref name="NY"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="IN"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="ID write-in">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/candidat/2016/16_General_WriteIn_List.pdf |title=2016 November General Write-In List |publisher=Idaho Secretary of State |website=sos.idaho.gov |date=October 11, 2016 |accessdate=October 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MA">{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/MA |title=Massachusetts 2016 General Election |editor=Tony Roza |website=thegreenpapers.com |year=2016 |accessdate=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MI">{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/11/02/michigan-list-of-declared-write-in-presidential-candidates/ |title=Michigan List of Declared Write-in Presidential Candidates |first=Richard |last=Winger |publisher=Ballot Access News |website=ballot-access.org |date=November 2, 2016 |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MT">{{cite web |url=http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Officials/Forms/documents/Write-In-State-Filed-Candidates-General.pdf |archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20160929231248/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Officials/Forms/documents/Write-In-State-Filed-Candidates-General.pdf |archivedate=2016-09-29 |title=2016 General Election Official State-Filed Write-In Candidates |first=Henry |last=Jorden |publisher=Montana Secretary of State |website=sos.mt.gov |date=October 5, 2016 |accessdate=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="OH">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/2016/gen/candidates.xlsx |title=Ohio 2016 General Election Candidates List |first=Laura |last=Pietenpol |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |website=sos.state.oh.us |date=October 3, 2016 |accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="TX write-in">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/2016-writein-presidential-certifications.pdf |title=2016 Write-in Certificate with New Presidential Write-in |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |website=sos.state.tx.us |year=2016 |accessdate=September 22, 2016}}</ref></small> − |- − |[[Socialist Party USA]]<br /> − [[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/01/natural-law-party-of-michigan-nominates-socialist-party-national-ticket|title=Natural Law Party of Michigan Nominates Socialist Party National Ticket | Ballot Access News|date=|website=Ballot-access.org|author=|accessdate=August 2, 2016}}</ref> − |[[Mimi Soltysik]]<br />former National Co-Chair of the [[Socialist Party USA]] from [[California]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2015/10/17/socialist-party-national-ticket-nominated/|title=Socialist Party National Ticket Nominated|date=October 17, 2015|website=[[Ballot Access News]]|last1=Winger|first1=Richard|accessdate=October 17, 2015}}</ref><br /><small>[[Mimi Soltysik presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</small> − |[[Angela Nicole Walker]]<br />of [[Wisconsin]] − |25<br />(''209'')<br />[[:File:Emidio Soltysik ballot access 2016.svg|map]] − |2,704<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado, Michigan, ''Guam''<ref name="BAN others"/><ref name="FL"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/25/socialist-party-is-only-party-besides-republicans-and-democrats-to-file-for-guam-advisory-presidential-vote/ |title=Socialist Party is Only Party, Besides Republicans and Democrats, to File for Guam Advisory Presidential Vote |first=Richard |last=Winger |editor= |publisher=Ballot Access News |website=ballot-access.org |date=September 26, 2016 |accessdate=September 26, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin'')<ref name="NY"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="IN"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="MT"/><ref name="TX write-in"/><ref name="UT">{{cite web |url=https://elections.utah.gov/election-resources/2016-candidate-filings#Federal%7Ctitle=2016 |title=2016 Candidate Fillings |publisher=Utah Lieutenant Governor |website=elections.utah.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="WI"/></small> − |- − |[[Prohibition Party]] − |[[James Hedges]]<br />former Tax Assessor for Thompson Township, Fulton County, [[Pennsylvania]]<ref name="National ticket">{{cite web |url = http://ballot-access.org/2015/07/31/prohibition-party-nominates-national-ticket/ |title = Prohibition Party Nominates National Ticket |work = Ballot Access News |date = July 31, 2015 |accessdate = August 3, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/045/201510270300031045/201510270300031045.pdf |title = James Hedges FEC Filing |date = October 27, 2015 |work = Federal Election Commission |accessdate = October 30, 2015 }}</ref> − |Bill Bayes<br />of [[Mississippi]]<ref name="National ticket" /> − |21<br />(''116'')<br />[[:File:Prohibition Party ballot access (2016).svg|map]] − |5,617<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia'')<ref name="KS"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MT"/></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |Mike Smith<br />Lawyer, [[Colorado]] − |Daniel White − |20<br />(''222'') − |9,345<br>''(0.01%)'' − |<small>Colorado, Tennessee<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington. West Virginia'')<ref name="CT"/><ref name="KS"/><ref name="AZ"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="VA"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MT"/><ref name="OH"/><ref name="UT"/><ref name="AK">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2016/General/candidate_info_gen_2016.php |title=November 8, 2016 General Election Candidate List |website=elections.alaska.gov |publisher=State of Alaska Division of Elections |year=2016 |access-date=September 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="KY">{{cite web |url=http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/default.aspx?id=1 |title=Election Candidate Filings – President of the United States |website=apps.sos.ky.gov |access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |Richard Duncan<br />Real Estate Agent from [[Ohio]] − |Ricky Johnson<br />Preacher from [[Pennsylvania]] − |18<br />(''173'') − |24,307<br>''(0.02%)'' − |<small>Ohio<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/mediaCenter/2016/2016-08-24.aspx |title=Husted Announces Independent Candidates for President and Vice President |first=Jon |last=Husted |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |website=sos.state.oh.us |date=August 24, 2016 |accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia'')<ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="IN"/><ref name="NE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="FL"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MT"/><ref name="AK"/><ref name="KY"/></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |[[Laurence Kotlikoff]]<br />Economics Professor at [[Boston University]], [[Massachusetts]] − |[[Edward E. Leamer]]<br />Economics Professor at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[California]] − |17<br />(''428'')<br />[[:File:Laurence Kotlikoff ballot access (2016).svg|map]] − |3,596<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado, Louisiana<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin'')<ref name="CA"/><ref name="CT"/><ref name="MO"/><ref name="ND"/><ref name="AZ"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="VA"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="IN"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="FL"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MA"/><ref name="MI"/><ref name="MT"/><ref name="OH"/><ref name="TX write-in"/><ref name="UT"/><ref name="WI">{{cite web |url=http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/registered_write_in_candidates_10_19_2016_pdf_54893.pdf |archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161023051131/http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/registered_write_in_candidates_10_19_2016_pdf_54893.pdf |archivedate=October 23, 2016 |title=Registered Write-in Candidates for November 8, 2016 |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |website=elections.wi.gov |access-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AK"/><ref name="KY"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/19/georgia-secretary-of-state-now-says-laurence-kotlikoff-may-be-a-declared-write-in-presidential-candidate/ |title=Georgia Secretary of State Now Says Laurence Kotlikoff May be a Declared Write-in Presidential Candidate |first=Richard |last=Winger |publisher=Ballot Access News |website=ballot-access.org |date=September 19, 2016 |accessdate=September 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="IL write-in">{{cite web |url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/2016elections/Pages/110816Writeincandidates.aspx |title=November 8, 2016 Write-in Candidates |publisher=Cook County Clerk |website=cookcountyclerk.com |year=2016 |accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/writeins1116.xlsx |title=List of Declared Write-in Candidates for the General Election |publisher=Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions |website=maine.gov |date=September 9, 2016 |accessdate=September 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="TN">{{citation |url=http://sos.tn.gov/elections |title=Certified Write-In Candidates for United States President November 8, 2016 |first=Kathy |last=Summers |publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State |website=sos.tn.gov |date=October 4, 2016 |accessdate=October 4, 2016}}</ref></small> − |- − |[[America's Party (political party)|America's Party]] − |[[Tom Hoefling]]<br />activist from [[Iowa]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ziggler |first=Jed |url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2016/01/tom-hoefling-announces-2016-presidential-campaign/ |title=Tom Hoefling Announces 2016 Presidential Campaign |publisher=Independent Political Report |date=January 1, 2016 |accessdate=January 15, 2016}}</ref> − |Steve Schulin<br />of [[South Carolina]] − |17<br />(''369'')<br />[[:File:Tom Hoefling ballot access (2016).svg|map]] − |4,845<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado, Louisiana<ref name="BAN others"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/25/arkansas-secretary-of-state-removes-tom-hoefling-from-ballot-for-president/ |title=Arkansas Secretary of State Removes Tom Hoefling from Ballot for President |first=Richard |last=Winger |publisher=Ballot Access News |website=ballot-access.org |date=September 26, 2016 |accessdate=September 26, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin'')<ref name="CT"/><ref name="KS"/><ref name="MO"/><ref name="NY"/><ref name="AZ"/><ref name="GA"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="VA"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="IN"/><ref name="NE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MI"/><ref name="MT"/><ref name="OH"/><ref name="TX write-in"/><ref name="UT"/><ref name="WI"/><ref name="AK"/><ref name="KY"/><ref name="IL write-in"/><ref name="TN"/></small> − |- − |[[Veterans Party of America]] − |[[Chris Keniston]]<br />reliability engineer from [[Texas]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://chriskeniston2016.com/ |title = Chris Keniston 2016 |work = Chris Keniston 2016 }}</ref> − |Deacon Taylor<br />of [[Nevada]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.veteranspartyofamerica.org/#!candidates/c9nu |title = Veterans Party of America |work=Veterans Party of America }}</ref> − |17<br />(''196'')<br />[[:File:Veterans Party ballot access, 2016.svg|map]] − |7,248<br>''(0.01%)'' − |<small>Colorado, Louisiana<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin'')<ref name="NY"/><ref name="VA"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="NE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="OH"/><ref name="WI"/><ref name="AK"/><ref name="KY"/></small> − |- − |[[Legal Marijuana Now Party]] − |Dan Vacek<br />of [[Minnesota]] − |Mark Elworth Jr.<br />of [[Nebraska]] − |16<br />(''77'') − |13,537<br>''(0.01%)'' − |<small>Iowa, Minnesota<ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |Lynn Kahn<br />Doctor of Clinical Psychology from [[Maryland]] − |Kathleen Monahan<br />of [[Florida]] − |12<br />(''160'') − |5,730<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Arkansas, Iowa<ref name="NYSBE"/><ref name="BAN others"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia'')<ref name="KS"/><ref name="NY"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="NE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MT"/></small> − |- − |[[American Solidarity Party]] − |[[Mike Maturen]]<br />sales professional and magician from [[Michigan]] − |Juan Muñoz<br />of [[Texas]] − |9<br />(''332'')<br />[[:File:Mike Maturen ballot access (2016) (1).svg|map]] − |6,714<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO">{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/generalCandidates.html |title=2016 General Election Candidate List |editor=Wayne Williams |publisher=Colorado Secretary of State |website=sos.state.co.us |date=August 31, 2016 |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin'')<ref name="CA"/><ref name="KS"/><ref name="NY"/><ref name="ND"/><ref name="GA"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="VA"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="NE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="ID write-in"/><ref name="MI"/><ref name="OH"/><ref name="TX write-in"/><ref name="WI"/><ref name="AK"/><ref name="KY"/></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |Joseph Allen Maldonado<br />of [[Oklahoma]] − |Douglas K. Terranova − |9<br />(''212'') − |961<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin'')<ref name="CT"/><ref name="AZ"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="IN"/><ref name="NE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WA"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="MT"/><ref name="OH"/><ref name="WI"/><ref name="AK"/><ref name="KY"/><ref name="IL write-in"/></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |Ryan Alan Scott − |Bruce Kendall Barnard − |9<br />(''108'') − |749<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="NY"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[American Party of South Carolina|American Party (South Carolina)]] − |[[Peter Skewes]]<br />Animal Science Professor at [[Clemson University]], [[South Carolina]] − |Michael Lacy − |9<br />(83) − |3,246<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>South Carolina<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winger |first1=Richard |title=American Party of South Carolina Nominates Peter Skewes for President |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/06/01/american-party-of-south-carolina-nominates-peter-skewes-for-president/ |website=[[Ballot Access News]] |accessdate=June 5, 2016 |date=June 1, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="CT"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |Approval Voting Party − |Frank Atwood<br />of [[Colorado]] − |Blake Huber<br />of [[Colorado]] − |9<br />(''76'') − |337<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[Independent American Party]] − |Kyle Kenley Kopitke<br />of [[Michigan]] − |Narthan R. Sorenson − |9<br />(''76'') − |1,096<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[Nutrition Party]] − |[[Rod Silva (businessman)|Rod Silva]]<br />restaurateur from [[New Jersey]]<ref name="fec">{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/407/201510209003140407/201510209003140407.pdf|title=FEC Form 2: Statement of Candidacy|date=October 20, 2015|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission|fec.gov]]|last1=Silva|first1=Rod|accessdate=December 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name="silva2016">{{cite web|url=http://rodsilva2016.com/|title=My fellow Americans|website=Rod Silva for President 2016|last1=Silva|first1=Rod|accessdate=December 22, 2015}}</ref> − |Richard Silva − |9<br />(''76'') − |751<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[United States Pacifist Party]] − |[[Bradford Lyttle]]<br />peace activist from [[Illinois]] − |Hannah Walsh − |9<br />(''76'') − |382<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Colorado<ref name="CO"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[Socialist Equality Party (United States)|Socialist Equality Party]] − |[[Jerry White (socialist)|Jerry White]]<br />peace activist from [[Michigan]] − |Niles Niemuth<br />journalist from [[Wisconsin]] − |8<br />(''166'') − |481<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Louisiana<ref name="LA">{{cite web |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/CandidateInquiry |title=Candidate Inquiry |editor=Tom Schedler |publisher=Louisiana Department of State |website=sos.la.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, California, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia'')<ref name="CA"/><ref name="MD"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="DE"/><ref name="OR write-in"/><ref name="WV"/><ref name="MN write-in"/><ref name="KY"/></small> − |- − |''Independent'' − |Princess Khadijah Jacob-Fambro<br />of [[California]] − |Milton Fambro<br />of [[California]] − |8<br />(''75'') − |749<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Louisiana<ref name="LA"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |[[Independent American Party]] − |Rocky Giordani<br />from [[California]] − |Farley Anderson<br />activist from [[Utah]] − |6<br />(''79'') − |2,752<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Utah<ref name="UT"/><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="KS"/><ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |- − |Constitution Party of Idaho − |Scott Copeland<br />of [[Texas]] − |J.R. Meyers − |4<br />(''71'') − |2,356<br>''(0.00%)'' − |<small>Idaho<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/candidat/2016/2016_November_General_Candidate_List.pdf |title=2016 November General Candidate List |publisher=Idaho Secretary of State |website=sos.idaho.gov |date=September 1, 2016 |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref><br /> − (''Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont'')<ref name="BAN write-in"/><ref name="OR write-in"/></small> − |} − + + + + − ===Candidates gallery===+ − <gallery perrow="5" mode="packed" heights="200">+ − File:Gary Johnson campaign portrait.jpg|[[Gary Johnson]]<br />([[Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]) − File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[Jill Stein]]<br />([[Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]) − File:Evan McMullin 2016-10-21 headshot.jpg|[[Evan McMullin]]<br />([[Evan McMullin presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]) − File:DCastle08.jpg|[[Darrell Castle]]<br />([[Darrell Castle presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]) − − + − Hillary Clinton focused her candidacy on several themes, including raising middle class incomes, expanding women's rights, instituting campaign finance reform, and improving the [[Affordable Care Act]]. In March 2016, she laid out a detailed economic plan basing her economic philosophy on [[inclusive capitalism]], which proposed a "clawback" which would rescind tax relief and other benefits for companies that move jobs overseas; with provision of incentives for companies that share profits with employees, communities and the environment, rather than focusing on short-term profits to increase stock value and rewarding shareholders; as well as increasing collective bargaining rights; and placing an "exit tax" on companies that move their headquarters out of America in order to pay a lower tax rate overseas.<ref name=offersecplan>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/hillary-clinton-offers-economic-plan-focused-on-jobs.html |title=Clinton Offers Economic Plan Focused on Jobs |first=Amy |last=Chozick |work=The New York Times |date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Clinton promoted equal pay for equal work to address current alleged shortfalls in how much women are paid to do the same jobs men do,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-equal-pay-problem-solving-would-be-top-priorities/ |title=Hillary Clinton: Equal pay, problem-solving would be top priorities |date=February 24, 2015 |work=CBS News}}</ref> promoted explicitly focus on family issues and support of [[universal preschool]],<ref name="AP outset">{{cite news |url= http://bigstory.ap.org/article/130dda61f1e24e05ba2233b3e80fa638/clinton-patches-relations-liberals-campaigns-outset |title= Clinton patches relations with liberals at campaign's outset |work=The Big Story |agency= Associated Press |first=Lisa |last=Lerder |date= April 19, 2015 |dead-url=no |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150623162718/bigstory.ap.org/article/130dda61f1e24e05ba2233b3e80fa638/clinton-patches-relations-liberals-campaigns-outset |archivedate= June 23, 2015}}</ref> expressed support for the right to same-sex marriage,<ref name="AP outset"/> and proposed allowing undocumented immigrants to have a path to citizenship stating that it "{{bracket|i}}s at its heart a family issue."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chozick |first1=Amy |title=A Path to Citizenship, Clinton Says, ‘Is at Its Heart a Family Issue’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/05/a-path-to-citizenship-clinton-says-is-at-its-heart-a-family-issue/ |work=The New York Times |date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>+ − Donald Trump's campaign drew heavily on his personal image, enhanced by his previous media exposure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2016/04/28/donald-trump-branding-power/|title=Explaining Donald Trump's Massive Branding Power|author=Geoff, Colvin |date=April 28, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=July 16, 2016|work=Fortune }}</ref> The primary slogan of the Trump campaign, extensively used on campaign merchandise, was [[Make America Great Again]]. The red baseball cap with the slogan emblazoned on the front became a symbol of the campaign, and has been frequently donned by Trump and his supporters.<ref name="trumphats">{{cite web|last1=Mai-Duc|first1=Christine|title=Inside the Southern California factory that makes the Donald Trump hats|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-trump-hats-cali-fame-carson-20151124-story.html|website=latimes.com|accessdate=July 17, 2016|date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> Trump's [[Right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] positions—reported by [[The New Yorker]] to be [[Nativism (politics)|nativist]], [[Protectionism|protectionist]], and semi-[[Isolationism|isolationist]]—differ in many ways from traditional [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatism]].<ref name="Cassidy">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/donald-trump-is-transforming-the-g-o-p-into-a-populist-nativist-party|title=Donald Trump Is Transforming the G.O.P. Into a Populist, Nativist Party|last=Cassidy|first=John|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=February 29, 2016|accessdate=March 5, 2016|quote=What is perhaps more surprising, at least to Washington-based conservatives, is how many Republicans are also embracing Trump's populist lines on ending free trade, protecting Social Security, and providing basic health care.}}</ref> He opposed many [[Free trade area|free trade deals]] and [[Peacekeeping|military interventionist policies]] that conservatives generally support, and opposed cuts in [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security benefits]]. Moreover, he has insisted that Washington is "broken" and can only be fixed by an outsider.<ref name = POLITICO915>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/trump-tea-party-populist-exposed-213111 |title=How Trump Exposed the Tea Party |work=Politico Magazine|quote=For years the Republican elite has gotten away with promoting policies about trade and entitlements that are the exact opposites of the policies favored by much of their electoral base. Populist conservatives who want to end illegal immigration, tax the rich, protect Social Security and Medicare, and fight fewer foreign wars have been there all along. It's just that mainstream pundits and journalists, searching for a libertarian right more to their liking (and comprehension), refused to see them before the Summer of Trump.}}</ref><ref name="NYT032816">{{cite news|author1=Nicholas Confessore|title=How the G.O.P. Elite Lost Its Voters to Donald Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-voters.html|accessdate=March 28, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=March 28, 2016|quote=While wages declined and workers grew anxious about retirement, Republicans offered an economic program still centered on tax cuts for the affluent and the curtailing of popular entitlements like Medicare and Social Security.}}</ref><ref name="WP032816a">{{cite news|author1=Greg Sargent|title=This one anecdote perfectly explains how Donald Trump is hijacking the GOP|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/28/this-one-anecdote-perfectly-explains-how-donald-trump-is-hijacking-the-gop/|accessdate=March 29, 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> Trump support was high among working and middle-class white male voters with annual incomes of less than $50,000 and no college degree.<ref name="NYT033016">{{cite news|author1=Thomas B. Edsall|title=Who Are the Angriest Republicans?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/opinion/campaign-stops/who-are-the-angriest-republicans.html|accessdate=March 30, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=March 30, 2016}}</ref> This group, particularly those with less than a high-school education, suffered a decline in their income in recent years.<ref name="MJ01816">{{cite news|author1=Steve Rattner|authorlink1=Steven Rattner|title=White, working class men back Trump, charts show|url=http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/white--working-class-men-back-trump--charts-show-598331459704|accessdate=March 25, 2016|work=Morning Joe MNSBC|date=January 8, 2016|format=video|quote=Steve Rattner breaks down the demographics of who is supporting Donald Trump and how these supporters are doing financially. Duration: 2:25}}</ref> According to ''The Washington Post'', support for Trump is higher in areas with a higher mortality rate for middle-age white people.<ref name="WP03416">{{cite news|author1=Jeff Guo|title=Death predicts whether people vote for Donald Trump|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/04/death-predicts-whether-people-vote-for-donald-trump/|accessdate=March 18, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 4, 2016|quote=Even after controlling for these other factors, the middle-aged white death rate in a county was still a significant predictor of the share of votes that went to Trump}}</ref> A sample of interviews with more than 11,000 Republican-leaning respondents from August to December 2015 found that Trump at that time found his strongest support among Republicans in [[West Virginia]], followed by [[New York (state)|New York]], and then followed by six Southern states.<ref>Nate Cohn, [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/upshot/donald-trumps-strongest-supporters-a-certain-kind-of-democrat.html Donald Trump's Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat], ''The New York Times'' (December 31, 2015).</ref>+ − Clinton had an uneasy, and at times adversarial relationship with the press throughout her life in public service.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Glenn |last1=Thrush |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |title=What Is Hillary Clinton Afraid Of |url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/hillary-clinton-media-105901.html |publisher=Politico |date=May 2014}}</ref> Weeks before her official entry as a presidential candidate, Clinton attended a political press corps event, pledging to start fresh on what she described as a "complicated" relationship with political reporters.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Merica |title=Hillary Clinton seeks 'new beginning' with the press |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-election-press/ |publisher=CNN |date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> Clinton was initially criticized by the press for avoiding taking their questions,<ref name="NYT52215">{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Horowitz |title=Hillary Clinton, Acutely Aware of Pitfalls, Avoids Press on Campaign Trail |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/us/politics/hillary-clinton-acutely-aware-of-pitfalls-avoids-press-on-campaign-trail.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 22, 2015 |quote=it makes all the political sense in the world for Mrs. Clinton to ignore them}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Waldman |title=Why Hillary Clinton needs to start treating the press better |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/02/why-hillary-clinton-needs-to-start-treating-the-press-better/ |work=The Washington Post |date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> after which she provided more interviews.+ − + − Both Clinton and Trump were seen unfavorably by the general public. In consequence, the controversial nature of both main parties' campaigns marked the road to the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president/clintontrumpfavorability.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Clinton & Trump: Favorability Ratings|website=[[Real Clear Politics]]|access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>+ + − [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|Clinton's practice of using her own private email address and server during her time as Secretary of State]], in lieu of State Department servers, gained widespread public attention back in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/politics/using-private-email-hillary-clinton-thwarted-record-requests.html |title=Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Chozick |first2=Amy |work=The New York Times |date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Concerns were raised about security and preservation of emails, and the possibility that laws may have been violated.<ref name="wapo-email">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-department-reviewing-whether-clinton-e-mail-violated-security-rules/2015/03/05/16d1547e-c378-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html |title=Clinton e-mail review could find security issues |last1=Leonnig |first1=Carol D. |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |last3=Gearan |first3=Anne |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> After allegations were raised that some of the emails in question fell into this so-called "born classified" category, an FBI probe was initiated regarding how classified information was handled on the Clinton server.<ref name="Dilanian Feb 4">{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/clinton-emails-held-indirect-references-undercover-cia-officers-n510741 |title=Clinton Emails Held Indirect References to Undercover CIA Officers |first=Ken |last=Dilanian |work=NBC News |date=February 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name=NYT8815>{{cite news |first1=Scott |last1=Shane |first2=Michael S. |last2=Schmidt |title=Hillary Clinton Emails Take Long Path to Controversy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/us/hillary-clinton-emails-take-long-path-to-controversy.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Douglas |last=Cox |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/27/opinions/cox-clinton-email-controversy/ |title=Hillary Clinton email controversy: How serious is it? |date=July 27, 2015 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/04/how-did-top-secret-emails-end-up-on-hillary-clintons-server/ |title=How did ‘top secret’ emails end up on Hillary Clinton's server? |date=February 4, 2016 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref> The FBI probe was concluded on July 5, 2016, with a recommendation of no charges, a recommendation that was followed by the Justice Department. On October 28, eleven days before the election, [[FBI Director]] [[James Comey]] informed Congress that the FBI was analyzing additional emails obtained during its investigation of [[Anthony Weiner sexting scandals|an unrelated case]].<ref name="FbiAbedinEmails">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/fbi-reviewing-new-emails-in-clinton-probe-director-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/|title=Comey notified Congress of email probe despite DOJ concerns|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Brown|first2=Pamela|date=October 29, 2016|work=CNN|accessdate=October 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="FbiAbedinEmails2">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-emails-fbi-abedin/index.html|title=FBI discovered Clinton-related emails weeks ago|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Brown|first2=Pamela|date=October 31, 2016|work=CNN|accessdate=October 31, 2016}}</ref> On November 6, he notified Congress that the new emails did not change the FBI's earlier conclusion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/fbi-completes-review-newly-revealed-hillary-clinton-emails-finds-no-n678701|title=FBI finds no criminality in review of newly discovered Clinton emails|work=NBC News|date=November 6, 2016|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/hilary-clinton-male-voters-donald-trump.html|title=Emails Warrant No New Action Against Hillary Clinton, F.B.I. Director Says|date=November 6, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>+ − Also, on September 9, 2016, Clinton stated: "You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. They're racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic—you name it."<ref name=npr-20160910>{{cite web |title=Hillary Clinton's 'Basket Of Deplorables,' In Full Context Of This Ugly Campaign |url=http://www.npr.org/2016/09/10/493427601/hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables-in-full-context-of-this-ugly-campaign |work=[[National Public Radio|NPR]] |first=Domenico |last=Montanaro |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=The remarks also remind of inflammatory remarks in recent presidential elections on both sides — from Barack Obama's assertion in 2008 that people in small towns are "bitter" and "cling to guns or religion," to Mitt Romney's 2012 statement that 47 percent of Americans vote for Democrats because they are "dependent upon government" and believe they are "victims," to his vice presidential pick Paul Ryan's comment that the country is divided between "makers and takers."}}</ref>+ − Donald Trump criticized Clinton's remark as insulting his supporters.<ref name=bloomberg-20160910>{{cite news |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-10/clinton-calls-trumps-supporters-basket-of-deplorables |title=Clinton Calls Some Trump Supporters ‘Basket of Deplorables’ |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |first=Jennifer |last=Epstein |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=Republican pollster Frank Luntz described Clinton's comments as her "47 percent moment," a reference to Republican Mitt Romney's remarks at a private fundraiser in the 2012 campaign.}}</ref><ref name=nyt-20160910>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton Calls Many Trump Backers 'Deplorables,' and GOP Pounces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables.html |work=[[New York Times]] |first=Amy |last=Chozick |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=Prof. Jennifer Mercieca, an expert in American political discourse at Texas A&M University, said in an email that the "deplorable" comment "sounds bad on the face of it" and compared it to Mr. Romney's 47 percent gaffe. "The comment demonstrates that she (like Romney) lacks empathy for that group," Professor Mercieca said.}}</ref> The following day Clinton expressed regret for saying "half", while insisting that Trump had deplorably amplified "hateful views and voices".<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton Says She Regrets Part of Her ‘Deplorables’ Comment |url=http://time.com/4486601/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables-half/ |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |first=Katie |last=Reilly |date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> Previously on August 25, 2016, Clinton gave a speech criticizing Trump's campaign for using "racist lies" and allowing the [[alt-right]] to gain prominence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-speech.html |title=Hillary Clinton Says ‘Radical Fringe’ Is Taking Over G.O.P. Under Donald Trump |work=[[New York Times]] |first=Matt |last=Flegenheimer |date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> − On the other side, on October 7, 2016, [[Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording controversy|video and accompanying audio]] were released by ''The Washington Post'' in which Trump referred obscenely to women in a 2005 conversation with [[Billy Bush]] while they were preparing to film an episode of ''[[Access Hollywood]]''. The audio was met with a reaction of disbelief and disgust from the media.<ref>Cassidy, John, ''[http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/a-sexual-predator-in-the-republican-partys-midst A Sexual Predator in the Republican Party's Midst]'', The New Yorker, October 8, 2016.</ref><ref name="wp-lewd-conversation">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html|title=Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005|publisher=|accessdate=October 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-07/2005-video-shows-donald-trump-saying-lewd-things-about-women|title=2005 Video Shows Donald Trump Saying Lewd Things About Women|publisher=|accessdate=October 7, 2016}}</ref> Following the revelation, Trump's campaign issued an apology, stating that the video was of a private conversation from "many years ago".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116|title=Trump on hot mic: 'When you're a star ... You can do anything' to women|publisher=|accessdate=October 7, 2016}}</ref> The incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans like [[Reince Priebus]], [[Mitt Romney]], [[John Kasich]], [[Jeb Bush]]<ref name="BIHarrington">{{cite news|last1=Harrington|first1=Rebecca|title=RNC Chair Reince Priebus condemns Trump for obscene comments about women in 2005 video|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/reince-priebus-statement-trump-2005-video-women-2016-10 |date=October 7, 2016 |accessdate=October 8, 2016|website=Business Insider}}</ref> and the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Paul Ryan]].<ref name=Lee>{{cite web | url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-trailguide-paul-ryan-disinvites-trump-to-campaign-1475889847-htmlstory.html | title=Speaker Paul Ryan disinvites Trump to his campaign event, says he's 'sickened' by tape | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=October 7, 2016 | accessdate=October 7, 2016 | author=Lee, Kurtis}}</ref> By October 8 several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let Pence head the ticket.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/07/the-gops-brutal-responses-to-the-new-trump-video-broken-down/?tid=pm_politics_pop_b|title=Here's the fast-growing list of Republicans calling for Donald Trump to drop out|last=Blake|first=Aaron|date=October 8, 2016|work=Washington Post|accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Trump insisted he would never drop out.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|last1=Costa|first1=Robert|title=Amid growing calls to drop out, Trump vows to 'never withdraw'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-growing-calls-to-drop-out-trump-vows-to-never-withdraw/2016/10/08/8c0b5b7a-8d68-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html|accessdate=October 8, 2016|work=Washington Post|date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>+ − The ongoing of the election made third parties attract voters' attention. On March 3, 2016, Libertarian Gary Johnson addressed the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in Washington DC, touting himself as the third-party option for anti-Trump Republicans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4788104425001/gary-johnson-third-party-is-going-to-be-the-libertarian-party/#sp=show-clips |title=Gary Johnson: Third party is going to be the Libertarian Party | On Air Videos|website=[[Fox Business]] |date= |accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SarlinAntiTrump">Benjy Sarlin, [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/anti-trump-forces-have-few-options-third-party-alternative Anti-Trump forces have few options for third party alternative], MSNBC (March 4, 2016): "'I am the third party,' former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the party's 2012 nominee, told conservative gathering CPAC on Thursday. 'The Libertarian Party will be on the ballot in all 50 states.'"</ref> In early May, some commentators opined that Johnson was moderate enough to pull votes away from both [[Hillary Clinton]] and Donald Trump who are very disliked and polarizing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rogers |first=Ed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/05/11/who-is-gary-johnson/ |title=Who is Gary Johnson? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 14, 2012 |accessdate=May 12, 2016}}</ref> Both [[conservative]] and [[liberalism|liberal]] media noted that Johnson could get votes from [[Never Trump movement|"Never Trump" Republicans]] and disaffected [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/05/04/trump-clinton-gary-johnson-austin-petersen-best-choice-president/ |title=As Between Trump and Clinton, Gary Johnson (or Austin Petersen) is the Best Choice for President |publisher=RedState |date=May 4, 2016 |accessdate=May 12, 2016}}</ref> Johnson also began to get time on national television, being invited on [[ABC News]], [[NBC News]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], [[MSNBC]], [[Bloomberg Television|Bloomberg]], and many other networks.<ref>{{cite news|last=Watkins |first=Eli |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/politics/gary-johnson-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/ |title=Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: What Donald Trump says is 'ridiculous'|publisher=CNN|date= |accessdate=May 12, 2016}}</ref> In September and October 2016, Johnson suffered a "string of damaging stumbles when he has fielded questions about foreign affairs."<ref name="HabermanBurns">Maggie Haberman & Alexander Burns, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/us/politics/gary-johnson-campaign.html Gary Johnson Equates Syria Deaths Caused by Assad and West], ''New York Times'' (October 5, 2016).</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/07/gary-johnson-gives-a-foreign-policy-speech-and-chides-the-media-for-giving-him-pop-quizzes/ Gary Johnson gives a foreign policy speech and chides the media for giving him pop quizzes], ''Washington Post'' (October 7, 2016): " Johnson tried to put a string of foreign policy gaffes behind him on Friday ..."</ref> On September 8, Johnson, when he appeared on [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Morning Joe]]'', was asked by panelist [[Mike Barnicle]], "What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo?" (referring to a [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–present)|war-torn city]] in Syria). Johnson responded, "And what is Aleppo?"<ref name="WhatIsAleppoCNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/gary-johnson-aleppo/|last=Wright|first=David|title=What is Aleppo?|publisher=CNN|accessdate=September 9, 2016}}</ref> Johnson's "what is Aleppo?" question prompted widespread attention, much of it negative.<ref name="WhatIsAleppoCNN"/><ref name="WhatIsPolitico">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/gary-johnson-aleppo-227873|work=Politico|title=Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: 'What is Aleppo?'|first=Louis|last=Nelson|date=September 8, 2016|accessdate=September 11, 2016}}</ref> Later that day, Johnson said that he had "blanked" and that he did "understand the dynamics of the Syrian conflict – I talk about them every day."<ref name="WhatIsPolitico"/>+ + + + − On the other hand, Green Party candidate [[Jill Stein]] stated that the Democratic and Republican parties are "two corporate parties" that have converged into one.<ref name="reddit">{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4ixbr5/i_am_jill_stein_green_party_candidate_for/d31zimt?context=3|title=I am Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for President, AMA! • /r/IAmA|website=reddit|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> Concerned by the rise of the [[far right]] internationally and the tendency towards [[neoliberalism]] within the Democratic Party, she has said, "The answer to [[neofascism]] is stopping neoliberalism. Putting another Clinton in the White House will fan the flames of this right-wing extremism."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.734445|title=WATCH //Jill Stein: To stop Trump's neofascism, we must stop Clinton's neoliberalism|website=Haaretz.com|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAJ2WrJm3Q|title=Left Forum 2016, Is Sanders the Answer to Building Left and Black Power?|website=youtube|publisher=Open University of the Left|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref>+ − In response to Johnson's growing poll numbers, the [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016|Hillary Clinton campaign]] and Democratic allies increased their criticism against Johnson in September 2016, warning that "a vote for a third party is a vote for Donald Trump" and deploying Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] (Clinton's former primary rival and then-supporter) to win over voters who might be considering voting for Johnson or for Stein.<ref name="EasleyKamisar">{{cite web |author1=Jonathan Easley |author2=Ben Kamisar|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/298183-democrats-target-libertarian-ticket|title=Democrats target Libertarian ticket|date=September 28, 2016|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>+ + + − ===Ballot access===+ − {|class="wikitable" − |- style="background:lightgrey;" − ! rowspan="2" |Presidential ticket − ! rowspan="2" |Party − ! colspan="3" |[[Ballot access]] − ! rowspan="2" |Votes<ref name="LeipAtlas2016PrezResults">{{cite news |last=Leip |first=David |date=January 20, 2017 |title=2016 Presidential General Election Results |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html |newspaper=[[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]]|location=[[Newton, Massachusetts]] |access-date=February 9, 2017}}</ref> − ! rowspan="2" |Percentage − |- style="background:lightgrey;" − !States − !Electors − !% of voters − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − |'''Trump / Pence''' − |'''Republican''' − |'''50 + [[Washington, DC|DC]]''' − |'''538''' − |'''100%''' − |'''62,985,106''' − |'''45.94%''' − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − |'''Clinton / Kaine''' − |'''Democratic''' − |'''50 + DC''' − |'''538''' − |'''100%''' − |'''65,853,625''' − |'''48.03%''' − |-{{Party shading/Libertarian}} − |'''Johnson / Weld''' − |'''Libertarian''' − |'''50 + DC''' − |'''538''' − |'''100%''' − |'''4,489,233''' − |'''3.27%''' − |-{{Party shading/Green}} − |'''Stein / Baraka''' − |'''Green''' − |'''44 + DC''' − |'''480''' − |'''89%''' − |'''1,457,222''' − |'''1.06%''' − |-{{Party shading/Independent}} − |McMullin / Finn − |Independent − |11 − |84 − |15% − |731,709 − |0.53% − |-{{Party shading/Constitution}} − |Castle / Bradley − |Constitution − |24 − |207 − |39% − |203,069 − |0.15% − |} − * Candidates in '''bold''' were on ballots representing 270 electoral votes, without needing write-in states. − * All other candidates were on the ballots of fewer than 25 states, but had write-in access greater than 270. − === Party conventions ===+ − {{Location map many | USA |left| width=400+ − | caption=+ − {{Legend|blue|Democratic Party}}+ − {{Legend|red|Republican Party}}+ − {{Legend|gold|Libertarian Party}}+ − {{Legend|green|Green Party}}+ − {{Legend|purple|Constitution Party}}+ − + − | mark1=blue pog.svg | mark1size=10 | lat1_deg=39.9500 | lon1_deg=-75.1667 | label1=Philadelphia | position1=bottom+ − | mark2=red pog.svg | mark2size=10 | lat2_deg=41.4822 | lon2_deg=-81.6697 | label2=Cleveland | position2=top − | mark3=gold pog.svg | mark3size=8 | lat3_deg=28.4158 | lon3_deg=-81.2989 | label3=Orlando | position3=top − | mark4=green pog.svg | mark4size=8 | lat4_deg=29.7199 | lon4_deg=-95.3773 | label4=Houston | position4=top − | mark5=purple pog.svg | mark5size=8 |lat5_deg=40.75 | lon5_deg=-111.883 | label5=Salt Lake City |position5=top − }} <!--1=Rep 2=Dem 3=Lib 4=Green 5=Constitution --> − ; Democratic Party+ − {{Main article|2016 Democratic National Convention}}+ − + + − ; Republican Party+ − {{Main article|2016 Republican National Convention}} − * July 18–21, 2016: Republican National Convention was held in [[Cleveland]], Ohio.<ref name="RNC">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rnc-officially-approves-cleveland-as-2016-convention-host/|date=August 8, 2014|title=RNC officially approves Cleveland as 2016 convention host|publisher=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=August 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Isenstadt|first=Alex|date=January 14, 2014|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/gop-convention-july-18-2016-114276.html|title=GOP convention set for July 18–21 in 2016|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref> − ; Libertarian Party+ − {{Main article|2016 Libertarian National Convention}}+ − * May 26–30, 2016: Libertarian National Convention was held in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/06/libertarian-party-moves-into-national-party-headquarters-that-it-owns/ |title = Libertarian Party Moves into National Party Headquarters That it Owns |work = [[Ballot Access News]] |date = July 11, 2014 |accessdate = July 11, 2014 | author=Winger, Richard |authorlink=Richard Winger}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.lp.org/files/July14-15%20Minutes-Final3.pdf |archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6ezc7Nx2D |archivedate = February 2, 2016 |title = Libertarian National Committee Minutes July 15–16, 2012 |publisher = [[Libertarian National Committee]] |accessdate = July 11, 2014 |page = 4 }}</ref> − ; Green Party+ − {{Main article|2016 Green National Convention}} − * August 4–7, 2016: Green National Convention was held in [[Houston]], Texas.<ref>Winger, Richard (August 2, 2015) [http://ballot-access.org/2015/08/02/green-party-will-probably-hold-presidential-convention-in-houston/ "Green Party Will Hold Presidential Convention in Houston"], ''[[Ballot Access News]]''. Retrieved August 5, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gp.org/pnc-2016 |archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20160510033733/http://www.gp.org/pnc-2016 |archivedate=May 10, 2016 |title=Houston, We Have a Solution – Vote Green 2016 |work=Green Party of the United States |date= April 4, 2016 |accessdate= May 11, 2016}}</ref> − ; Constitution Party+ − {{Main article|2016 Constitution Party National Convention}} − * April 13–16, 2016: Constitution Party National Convention was held in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], Utah.<ref>Mills, Glen (April 14, 2016) [http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/the-constitution-party-hosts-national-convention-in-salt-lake-city "The Constitution Party hosts national convention in Salt Lake City"], ''[[Good4Utah]]''. Retrieved September 14, 2016.</ref> − === Campaign finance ===+ − This is an overview of the money used in the campaign as it is reported to [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC) and released in September 2016. Outside groups are [[independent expenditure]] only committees—also called [[Political action committee|PACs and SuperPACs]]. <!-- Several such groups normally support each candidate, but the numbers in the table are a total of all of them. This means that a group of committees can be shown as [[Insolvency|technically insolvent]] (shown in red) even though it is not the case of all of them. The Campaign Committee's debt are shown in red if the campaign is technically insolvent. --> The sources of the numbers are the FEC and [[Center for Responsive Politics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Presidential Race|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/ |website=OpenSecrets.org |publisher = Center for Responsive Politics|accessdate=February 26, 2016}}</ref> Some spending totals are not available, due to withdrawals before the FEC deadline. As of September 2016, ten candidates with ballot access have filed financial reports with the FEC. − {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:12px; text-align: center;"+ − |- − ! rowspan="2" |Candidate − ! colspan="4" |Campaign committee <small>(as of December 9)</small> − ! colspan="3" |Outside groups <small>(as of December 9)</small> − ! rowspan="2" |Total spent − |- − ! Money raised − ! Money spent − ! Cash on hand − ! Debt − ! Money raised − ! Money spent − ! Cash on hand − |- − |data-sort-value="Clinton, Hillary" |[[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00000019 |title=Summary data for Hillary Clinton, 2016 Cycle |work=opensecrets.org |year=2016 |accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P00003392&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P00003392 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |website=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$497,808,791 − |$435,367,811 − |$62,440,979 − |$111,238 <!--NOT INSOLVENT--> − |$205,909,959 − |$204,267,754 − |$1,642,205 − |'''$639,635,565''' − |- − |data-sort-value="Trump, Donald" |[[Donald Trump]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00023864 |title=Summary data for Donald Trump, 2016 Cycle |work=opensecrets.org |year=2016 |accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P80001571&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P80001571 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |website=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$247,541,449 − |$231,546,996 − |$15,994,454 − |$2,086,572 − |$74,905,285 − |$70,941,922 − |$3,963,363 − |'''$302,488,918''' − |- − |data-sort-value="Johnson, Gary" |[[Gary Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00033226 |title=Summary data for Gary Johnson, 2016 Cycle |work=opensecrets.org |year=2016 |accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P20002671&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P20002671 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |website=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$11,410,313 − |$10,308,873 − |$1,101,440 − |$0 − |$1,386,554 − |$1,310,578 − |$75,976 − |'''$11,619,451''' − |- − |data-sort-value="De La Fuente, Rocky" |[[Rocky De La Fuente]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P60016342&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P60016342 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |work=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$7,351,270 − |$7,354,663 − | style="color:#f00;"| -$3,392 − |$7,334,250 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$7,354,663''' − |- − |data-sort-value="Stein, Jill" |[[Jill Stein]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00033776 |title=Summary data for Jill Stein, 2016 Cycle |work=opensecrets.org |year=2016 |accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=C00581199&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Committee ID: C00581199 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |website=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$3,509,477 − |$3,451,174 − |$58,303 − |$87,740 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$3,451,174''' − |- − |data-sort-value="McMullin, Evan" |[[Evan McMullin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P60022654&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P60022654 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |work=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$1,644,102 − |$1,642,165 − |$1,937 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$1,642,165''' − |- − |data-sort-value="Castle, Darrell" |[[Darrell Castle]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P60021102&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P60021102 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |work=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$52,234 − |$51,365 − |$869 − |$2,500 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$51,365''' − |- − |data-sort-value="La Riva, Gloria" |[[Gloria La Riva]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P80005572&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P80005572 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |work=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$29,243 − |$24,207 − |$5,034 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$24,207''' − |- − |data-sort-value="Moorehead, Monica" |[[Monica Moorehead]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=C00607788&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Committee ID: C00607788 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |work=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$11,547 − |$9,127 − |$2,419 − |$4,500 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$9,127''' − |- − |data-sort-value="Skewes, Peter" |[[Peter Skewes]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=P60012960&electionYr=2016 |title=Details for Candidate ID: P60012960 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |work=fec.gov |year=2016 |accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> − |$7,966 − |$4,238 − |$7,454 − |$8,000 − |$0 − |$0 − |$0 − |'''$4,238''' − |} − + − {{Main article|Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2016}}+ − Clinton was endorsed by ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name=NYTboardx>{{cite news |last=Editorial Board |title=Hillary Clinton for President |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/hillary-clinton-for-president.html| access-date =September 24, 2016}}</ref> the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name=hil-pol>{{cite news |last=Politico staff |title=LA Times endorses Clinton, bashes Trump |newspaper=Politico |date=September 23, 2016 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/la-times-endorses-clinton-228566| access-date =September 24, 2016}}</ref> the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'',<ref name=hil-hou>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/houston-chronicle-hillary-clinton-endorsement/ |title=Hillary Clinton endorsed by Houston Chronicle, Trump 'danger to the Republic' |first=Naomi |last=Lim |work=CNN |date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> the ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/21/editorial-hillary-clinton-for-president/|title=Editorial: In battle for America's soul, Hillary Clinton is our pick|date=October 21, 2016|work=The San Jose Mercury News}}</ref> the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''<ref name=hil-cst>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-vote-for-clinton-and-avert-a-train-wreck/|title=Editorial: Vote for Clinton and avert a train wreck|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> and the ''[[New York Daily News]]''<ref name=hil-nydn>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/daily-news-editorial-board-hillary-clinton-president-article-1.2730476 |title = Daily News Editorial Board says Vote Hillary Clinton: She's the best choice for President, while Donald Trump represents a clear and present danger to the republic |date=July 28, 2016|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York}}</ref> editorial boards. Trump, who has frequently criticized the [[mainstream media]], was not endorsed by the vast majority of newspapers,<ref name=Trumpstrikes>{{cite web|last1=Diaz|first1=John|title=Trump strikes out on newspaper endorsements|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/diaz/article/Trump-strikes-out-on-newspaper-endorsements-9952303.php|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=October 26, 2016|date=October 7, 2016}}</ref><ref name=HodZeroEnd>{{cite web|last1=Hod|first1=Italy|title=Donald Trump Makes History With Zero Major Newspaper Endorsements|url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/donald-trump-makes-history-zero-major-newspaper-endorsements-000943174.html|publisher=Yahoo News|accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> with the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'',<ref name=Tru-lvjr>{{cite web|title=Editorial:Donald Trump for president|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-donald-trump-president|publisher=Las Vegas Journal-Review|accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Florida Times-Union]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Editorial: Trump is the change agent America needs|url=http://jacksonville.com/opinion/2016-11-04/editorial-trump-change-agent-america-needs|website=jacksonville.com}}</ref> and the tabloid ''[[National Enquirer]]'' his highest profile supporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/09/trumps_tabloid_130505.html|last=Cannon|first=Carl|title=Trump's tabloid|work=RealClearPolitics.com|date=May 9, 2016|accessdate=May 15, 2016}}</ref> Several papers which endorsed Clinton, such as the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'',<ref name=hil-hou /> ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'',<ref name=hil-dmn>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160907-we-recommend-hillary-clinton-for-president.ece|title =We recommend Hillary Clinton for president|date=September 6, 2016|work=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]''<ref name=":UT">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/sd-hillary-clinton-endorsement-for-president-20160929-story.html|title=Endorsement Why Hillary Clinton is the safe choice for president|date=September 30, 2016|work=U-T San Diego|access-date=|via=}}</ref> ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]]''<ref name=hil-cd>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/10/09/1-editorial-for-president-trump-unfit-clinton-is-qualified.html|title=For president: Trump unfit, Clinton is qualified|last=|first=|date=|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=October 9, 2016|via=}}</ref> and ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-endorsement/91198668/ |title=Endorsement: Hillary Clinton is the only choice to move America ahead |author=The Arizona Republic Editorial Board |date=September 27, 2016}}</ref> endorsed their first Democratic candidate for many decades. ''[[USA Today]]'', which had not endorsed any candidate since it was founded in 1982, broke tradition by giving an anti-endorsement against Trump, declaring him "unfit for the presidency".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-trailguide-don-t-vote-for-trump-says-usa-today-1475192834-htmlstory.html|title=Campaign 2016 updates: Another newspaper that has long backed GOP candidates bucks Donald Trump|publisher=|via=LA Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/dont-vote-for-donald-trump-editorial-board-editorials-debates/91295020/|title=USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency'|publisher=}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic (magazine)|The Atlantic]]'', which has been in circulation since 1857, gave Clinton its third-ever endorsement (after [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-case-for-hillary-clinton-and-against-donald-trump/501161/|title=The Case for Hillary Clinton And Against Donald Trump |date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> − Other traditionally Republican papers, including the ''[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]'', which had endorsed the Republican nominee in every election for the last 100 years,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/politics/gary-johnson-joe-mcquaid-union-leader-new-hampshire/|title=Union Leader breaks with 100-year tradition, endorses Gary Johnson|first1=Daniella|last1=Diaz|first2=Cassie|last2=Spodak|work=CNN|date=September 14, 2016|accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Detroit News]]'', which had not endorsed a non-Republican in its 143 years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/09/28/endorse-johnson-president/91254412/|title=Endorsement: Libertarian Gary Johnson for president|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> and the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Editorial: A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-gary-johnson-president-endorsement-edit-1002-20160930-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=October 26, 2016|date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> endorsed Gary Johnson.+ − + − + − {{Main article|Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016|Republican Party presidential debates and forums, 2016|Libertarian Party presidential debates and forums, 2016|Green Party presidential debates and forums, 2016}}+ − === General election debates ===+ − {{Main article|United States presidential election debates, 2016}} − {{Location map+ − | USA − | width = 320 − | caption = Sites of the 2016 general election debates − | alt = Map of United States showing debate locations − | places = − {{Location map~ | USA − | label = '''Hofstra University<br />Hempstead, NY''' − | label_size = 75 − | position = top − | lat_deg = 40.712167 − | lon_deg = -73.599529 − }} − {{Location map~ | USA − | label = '''Longwood University<br />Farmville, VA''' − | mark = Green pog.svg − | label_size = 75 − | position = bottom − | lat_deg = 37.301556 − | lon_deg = -78.394194 − }} − {{Location map~ | USA − | label = '''Washington University<br />St. Louis, MO''' − | label_size = 75 − | position = top − | lat_deg = 38.648 − | lon_deg = -90.305 − }} − {{Location map~ | USA − | label = '''University of Nevada<br />Las Vegas''' − | label_size = 75 − | position = bottom − | lat_deg = 36.10779 − | lon_deg = -115.14376 − }} − {{Location map~ | USA − | label = '''University of Colorado Boulder''' − | mark = Blue pog.svg − | label_size = 75 − | position = top − | lat_deg = 40.0081 − | lon_deg = -105.2758 − }} − }} − + − The three locations chosen to host the presidential debates, and the one location selected to host the vice presidential debate, were announced on September 23, 2015. The site of the first debate was originally designated as [[Wright State University]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]]; however, due to rising costs and security concerns, the debate was moved to [[Hofstra University]] in [[Hempstead, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/wright-state-university-set-to-make-major-debate-a/nr2Jw/ | title=Hofstra University offers debate spots for WSU students | work=[[Dayton Daily News]] | date=July 19, 2016 | accessdate=July 21, 2016 | author=Hulsey, Lynn}}</ref>+ + + + + − On August 19, Trump's campaign manager confirmed that he would participate in a series of three debates.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flores|first1=Reena|title=Campaign manager: Trump will attend all three presidential debates|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-manager-kellyanne-conway-trump-will-attend-all-three-presidential-debates/|publisher=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=August 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=CPD>{{cite web |url = http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=2016debates |title = CPD Announces 2016 Debate Host Applicants |publisher = [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] |accessdate = April 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1 = Sanchez |first1 = Stephen M. |title = Three Texas Locations Vie For 2016 Presidential Debates |url = http://www.satxdailynews.com/national-politics/three-texas-locations-vie-for-2016-presidential-debates/ |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150403202820/http://www.satxdailynews.com/national-politics/three-texas-locations-vie-for-2016-presidential-debates/ |archivedate = April 3, 2015 |website = San Antonio Daily News |accessdate = April 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="CPD decision">{{cite web |title = Commission on Presidential Debates announces sites and dates for 2016 general election debates |url = http://www.debates.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=57&cntnt01origid=15&cntnt01detailtemplate=newspage&cntnt01returnid=80 |publisher = Commission on Presidential Debates |accessdate = September 23, 2015 }}</ref> Trump had complained that two of the scheduled debates, one on September 26 and the other October 9, will have to compete for viewers with [[National Football League]] games, referencing the similar complaints made regarding [[Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016#Dates with low expected ratings|the dates with low expected ratings]] during the [[Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016|Democratic Party presidential debates]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-schedule-226464 | title=Trump wants three presidential debates, accuses Clinton of rigging schedule | work=[[Politico]] | date=July 29, 2016 | accessdate=July 30, 2016 | last=Lima | first=Cristiano}}</ref> According to a survey by Rasmussen Reports, the majority of American voters believed that the debate moderators at the presidential debates would be helping Hillary Clinton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voters See Debate Moderators Giving Clinton A Helping Hand|url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/voters_see_debate_moderators_giving_clinton_a_helping_hand|publisher=Rasmussen Reports|date=September 26, 2016}}</ref>+ − The [[Free & Equal Elections Foundation]] announced plans to host an open debate among all presidential candidates who had ballot access sufficient to represent a majority of electoral votes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Winger |first=Richard |url=http://ballot-access.org/2015/10/06/free-and-equal-announces-date-and-location-for-general-election-presidential-debate/ |title=Free and Equal Announces Date and Location for General Election Presidential Debate |publisher=Ballot Access News |date=October 6, 2015 |accessdate=May 17, 2016}}</ref> In October 2016 Free & Equal extended the invitation to all candidates with ballot lines representing at least 15% of the electoral vote. The nominees of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]], [[Green Party of the United States|Green]], [[Constitution Party of the United States|Constitution]], [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]], and [[Party for Socialism and Liberation|Socialism and Liberation]] parties, as well as independent candidate [[Evan McMullin]], were invited to participate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freeandequal.org/uwsf/ |title=UWS Festival |publisher=Free & Equal Elections Foundation |website=freeandequal.org |year=2016 |accessdate=October 20, 2016}}</ref> The debate was held at the University of Colorado Boulder's Macky Auditorium on October 25, 2016. It was moderated by [[Ed Asner]] and [[Christina Tobin]], with [[Darrell Castle]], [[Rocky De La Fuente]], and [[Gloria La Riva]] participating.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BXjmU3Cs7w |title=United We Stand Festival & People's Presidential Debate Live Now from Boulder, CO! |author=<!--Staff--> |date=October 25, 2016 |publisher=[[Free & Equal Elections Foundation]] |access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>+ − + + − {| class="wikitable" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;"+ − |+ Debates among candidates for the 2016 U.S. presidential election − |- <sup>†</sup> − |- − ! style="white-space:nowrap;" | No. || Date || Time || Host || City || Moderator(s) || Participants − |- − ! {{CPD|P1}} − | September 26, 2016 − | 9 p.m. EDT − | [[Hofstra University]] − | [[Hempstead (village), New York|Hempstead, New York]] − | [[Lester Holt]] − | [[Hillary Clinton]]<br />[[Donald Trump]] − |- − ! {{CPD|VP}} − | October 4, 2016 − | 9 p.m. EDT − | [[Longwood University]] − | [[Farmville, Virginia]] − | [[Elaine Quijano]] − | [[Tim Kaine]]<br />[[Mike Pence]] − |- − ! {{CPD|P2}} − | October 9, 2016 − | 8 p.m. CDT − | [[Washington University in St. Louis]] − | [[St. Louis, Missouri]] − | [[Anderson Cooper]]<br />[[Martha Raddatz]] − | [[Hillary Clinton]]<br />[[Donald Trump]] − |- − ! {{CPD|P3}} − | October 19, 2016 − | 6 p.m. PDT − | [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] − | [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] − | [[Chris Wallace]] − | [[Hillary Clinton]]<br />[[Donald Trump]] − |- − ! style="background:lightblue;" |P4 − | October 25, 2016 − | 7 p.m. MDT − | [[University of Colorado Boulder]] − | [[Boulder, Colorado]] − | [[Ed Asner]]<br />[[Christina Tobin]] − | [[Darrell Castle]]<br />[[Rocky De La Fuente]]<br />[[Gloria La Riva]] − |- − | colspan="22" style="background:#F9F9F9; color:black; vertical-align:top; text-align:left; white-space:nowrap;" class="table-no" |''{{Colors|Black|#F7E7CE| }} = Sponsored by the [[Commission on Presidential Debates|CPD]]; {{Colors|Black|lightblue| }} = Sponsored by [[Free & Equal Elections Foundation|Free & Equal]]'' − |} − + − {{see also|Swing states#Swing states for the 2016 election}}+ − [[File:Barack Obama casts an early vote in the 2016 election (cropped).jpg|thumb|Incumbent President [[Barack Obama]] casts his vote [[Early voting#United States|early]] in [[Chicago]] on October 7, 2016.]] − The election was held on November 8, 2016. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton cast her vote in the [[New York City]] suburb of [[Chappaqua]], while Republican candidate Donald Trump voted in a Manhattan public school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2016/11/08/501158896/its-all-over-but-the-voting-as-trump-and-clinton-cast-their-votes|title=It's All Over But The Voting, As Trump And Clinton Cast Their Ballots|website=NPR.org|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Throughout the day, the election process went more smoothly than many had expected, with only a few reports of long lines and equipment problems.+ + − The Republican candidate performed surprisingly well in all [[Swing state|battleground states]], especially [[Florida]], [[Ohio]] and [[North Carolina]]. Even [[Wisconsin]] and [[Michigan]], states that were predicted to vote Democratic, were won by Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kansaspublicradio.org/blog/kpr-web-operations/live-coverage-election-night-2016?post=the-path-is-open-for-trump-72|title=Live Coverage: Election Night 2016|date=November 8, 2016|newspaper=Kansas Public Radio|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Cindy Adams]], present at [[Trump Tower]], reported that "Trumptown knew they’d won by 5:30. Math, calculations, candidate dislike causing voter abstention begat the numbers".<ref name="adams20161109">{{Cite news |url=http://pagesix.com/2016/11/09/i-know-exactly-who-trump-is-a-man-who-keeps-his-promises/ |title=I know exactly who Trump is: A man who keeps his promises |last=Adams |first=Cindy |date=2016-11-09 |newspaper=New York Post |author-link=Cindy Adams}}</ref>+ + + − On November 9, 2016, at 3:00 AM [[Eastern Time]], Trump secured over 270 electoral votes, the majority of the 538 electors in the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]], enough to make him the [[president-elect of the United States]].<ref name="nytimes-trump-ona">{{cite news|title=Presidential Election Results: Donald J. Trump Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="ap-victory">{{cite news|last1=Pace|first1=Julie|last2=Furlow|first2=Robert|title=Trump claims astounding victory as America's 45th president|url=https://apnews.com/fb2e92a47f054019a2589ace78d20836/Trump-wins-White-House-in-astonishing-victory|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Clinton called Trump early on Wednesday morning, conceding defeat.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martosko|first1=David|title=Conway: Huma Abedin placed the call when Clinton conceded to Trump|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3920592/Trump-campaign-manager-says-HUMA-placed-phone-call-Clinton-conceded-race-newly-minted-president-elect-didn-t-needle-email-indictment.html|website=Mail Online|accessdate=November 13, 2016|date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> Clinton asked her supporters to accept the result and hoped that Trump would be "a successful president for all Americans".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/donald-trump-won-now-what.html|title=Highlights of Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech and President Obama's Remarks|last=Rappeport|first=Alan|date=November 9, 2016|last2=Burns|first2=Alexander|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> In his victory speech Trump appealed for unity saying "it is time for us to come together as one united people" and praised Clinton who was owed "a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html|title=Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment|last=Flegenheimer|first=Matt|date=November 9, 2016|last2=Barbaro|first2=Michael|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>+ − Six states plus a portion of Maine that Obama won in 2012 switched to Trump. These are (with Electoral College votes in parentheses): Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), and Maine's second congressional district (1). Initially, Trump won exactly 100 more Electoral College votes than Mitt Romney in 2012, with two lost to [[faithless electors]] the following month. Thirty-nine states swung more Republican compared to the previous Presidential election, while eleven states and the District of Columbia swung more Democratic.<ref name="LeipAtlas2016PrezResults"/>+ − It is estimated that 138.8 million Americans cast a ballot in 2016. 65.8 million of those ballots have been counted for Clinton and just under 63 million for Trump, representing 20.3% (Clinton) and 19.4% (Trump) of the U.S. Census Bureau estimate of U.S. population that day of 324.9 million.<ref name="LeipAtlas2016PrezResults"/><ref>U.S. Census Bureau. (2016). Population clock. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/popclock/</ref> Considering a [[voting age population]] (VAP) of 251.1 million people and voting eligible population (VEP) of 230.6 million people, this is a turnout rate of 55.3% VAP and 60.2% VEP.<ref Name=turnout/> Voting turnout percentage was up compared to 2012 (54.9% VAP) but down compared to 2008 (58.2% VAP). More votes were cast in the 2016 election than any prior election due to an increase in the voting population.<ref Name=turnout/>+ − {{start U.S. presidential ticket box|pv_footnote=|ev_footnote=}}+ − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan|name=[[Donald Trump]]|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|state=[[New York (state)|New York]]|pv=''62,985,106''|pv_pct=''45.94%''|ev-projected=304|ev=304|vp_count=1|vp_name=[[Mike Pence]]|vp_party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|vp_state=[[Indiana]]|vp_ev=304}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan|name=[[Hillary Clinton]]|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|state=[[New York (state)|New York]]|pv=''65,853,625''|pv_pct=''48.03%''|ev-projected=232|ev=227|vp_count=1|vp_name=[[Tim Kaine]]|vp_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|vp_state=[[Virginia]]|vp_ev=227}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan| name=[[Colin Powell]]<sup>(a)</sup>| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]| state=[[Virginia]]| pv=''25''<sup>(c)</sup>| pv_pct=''0.00%''<sup>(c)</sup>| ev-projected=0| ev=3| vp_count=3| vp_name=[[Elizabeth Warren]]<sup>(a)</sup>|vp_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]| vp_state=[[Massachusetts]]| vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box vp subrow| vp_name=[[Maria Cantwell]]<sup>(a)</sup>|vp_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]| vp_state=[[Washington (state)|Washington]]| vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box vp subrow| vp_name=[[Susan Collins]]<sup>(a)</sup>|vp_party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]| vp_state=[[Maine]]| vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan| name=[[Bernie Sanders]]<sup>(a)</sup>| party=[[Independent politician|Independent]]| state=[[Vermont]]| pv=''111,850''<sup>(c)</sup>| pv_pct=''0.08%''<sup>(c)</sup>| ev-projected=0| ev=1| vp_name=[[Elizabeth Warren]]<sup>(a)</sup>|vp_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]| vp_state=[[Massachusetts]]| vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan| name=[[John Kasich]]<sup>(a)</sup>| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]| state=[[Ohio]]| pv=''2,684''<sup>(c)</sup>| pv_pct=''0.00%''<sup>(c)</sup>| ev-projected=0| ev=1| vvp_count=1| vp_name=[[Carly Fiorina]]<sup>(a)</sup>|vp_party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]| vp_state=[[Virginia]]| vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan| name=[[Ron Paul]]<sup>(a)</sup>| party=[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]| state=[[Texas]]| pv=''124''<sup>(c)</sup>| pv_pct= ''0.00%''<sup>(c)</sup>| ev-projected=0| ev=1| vp_name=[[Mike Pence]]|vp_party=Republican| vp_state=[[Indiana]]|vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box rowspan| name=[[Faith Spotted Eagle]]<sup>(a)</sup>| party=''none''| state=[[South Dakota]]| pv=''0''| pv_pct=''0.00%''| ev-projected=0| ev=1| vp_name=[[Winona LaDuke]]<sup>(a)</sup>|vp_party=[[Green Party (United States)|Green]]| vp_state=[[Minnesota]]| vp_ev=1}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=[[Gary Johnson]]| party=[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]| state=[[New Mexico]]| pv=''4,489,233''| pv_pct=''3.27%''| ev-projected=0| ev=0| vp_name=[[Bill Weld]]| vp_party=[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]| vp_state=[[Massachusetts]]}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=[[Jill Stein]]| party=[[Green Party of the United States|Green]]| state=[[Massachusetts]]| pv=''1,457,222''| pv_pct=''1.06%''| ev-projected=0| ev=0| vp_name=[[Ajamu Baraka]]| vp_party=[[Green Party (United States)|Green]]| vp_state=[[Illinois]]}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=[[Evan McMullin]]| party=[[Independent politician|Independent]]| state=[[Utah]]| pv=''731,709''| pv_pct=''0.53%''| ev-projected=0| ev=0| vp_name=[[Mindy Finn]]| vp_party=[[Independent politician|Independent]]| vp_state=[[District of Columbia]]}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=[[Darrell Castle]]|| party=[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]| state=[[Tennessee]]| pv=''203,069''| pv_pct=''0.15%''| ev-projected=0| ev=0| vp_name=[[Scott Bradley (politician)|Scott Bradley]]| vp_party=[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]| vp_state=[[Utah]]}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=[[Gloria La Riva]]|party=[[Party for Socialism and Liberation|Socialism and Liberation]]|state=[[California]]| pv=''74,405''| pv_pct=''0.05%''| ev-projected=0| ev=0| vp_name=[[Eugene Puryear]]|vp_party=[[Party for Socialism and Liberation|Socialism and Liberation]]| vp_state=[[District of Columbia]]}} − {{U.S. presidential ticket box other|footnote=|pv=''1,191,177''|pv_pct=''0.87%''}} − {{end U.S. presidential ticket box|pv=''137,100,229''|pv_pct=|ev=538|to_win=270}} − '''Source (Popular Vote):'''+ + − {{Leip PV source 2| year=2016| as of=February 27, 2017}}+ + − For Bernie Sanders and John Kasich: CA: <ref>http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/06-sov-summary.pdf</ref> and <ref>http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/17-presidential-formatted.pdf</ref> NH: <ref>[http://sos.nh.gov/2016PresGen.aspx?id=8589963688 President of the United States - 2016 General Election - NHSOS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> VT: <ref>https://vtelectionresults.sec.state.vt.us/Index.html#/federal</ref> NC: <ref>[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/NC#P North Carolina 2016 General Election<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> PA: [http://ballot-access.org/2016/12/23/pennsylvania-state-elections-office-tallies-presidential-write-ins-for-three-candidates-mcmullin-sanders-and-kasich/#comment-396800] RI: <ref>[http://ballot-access.org/2017/01/17/rhode-island-releases-write-ins-for-president-from-november-2016-election/ Rhode Island Releases Write-ins for President from November 2016 Election | Ballot Access News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>+ − + − ''<sup>(b)</sup> Two faithless electors from Texas cast their presidential votes for Ron Paul and John Kasich, respectively. Chris Suprun stated that he cast his presidential vote for John Kasich and his vice presidential vote for Carly Fiorina. The other faithless elector in Texas, Bill Greene, cast his presidential vote for Ron Paul but cast his vice presidential vote for Mike Pence, as pledged. John Kasich received recorded write-in votes in [[United States presidential election in Alabama, 2016|Alabama]], [[United States presidential election in Georgia, 2016|Georgia]], [[United States presidential election in Illinois, 2016|Illinois]], [[United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 2016|New Hampshire]], [[United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016|North Carolina]], [[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016|Pennsylvania]], and [[United States presidential election in Vermont, 2016|Vermont]].''+ − ''<sup>(c)</sup> Candidate received votes as a write-in. The exact amounts of write-in votes for Sanders have been published for 3 states. In California, his official running mate was [[Tulsi Gabbard]] and in New Hampshire and Vermont there was not a running mate attached to Sanders.<ref>CA: [http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/06-sov-summary.pdf] and [http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/17-presidential-formatted.pdf] NH: [http://sos.nh.gov/2016PresGen.aspx?id=8589963688] VT: [https://vtelectionresults.sec.state.vt.us/Index.html#/federal]</ref> It was possible to vote Sanders as a write-in candidate in 14 states.<ref name="Heavy">{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/how-many-write-in-votes-for-did-bernie-sanders-get-presidential-election-results-california-iowa-new-hampshire-pennsylvania-vermont-total/|title=How Many Write-In Votes Did Bernie Sanders Get in the Election?|first=Stephanie Dube|last=Dwilson|date=November 16, 2016|publisher=}}</ref>''+ − {{bar box+ − |title=Popular vote+ − |titlebar=#ddd − |width=600px − |barwidth=410px − |bars= − {{bar percent|'''Clinton'''|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|48.03}} − {{bar percent|Trump|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|45.94}} − {{bar percent|Johnson|{{Libertarian Party (US)/meta/color}}|3.27}} − {{bar percent|Stein|{{Green Party (US)/meta/color}}|1.06}} − {{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.69}} − }} − {{bar box − |title=Electoral vote—Pledged − |titlebar=#ddd − |width=600px − |barwidth=410px − |bars= − {{bar percent|'''Trump/Pence'''|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|56.88}} − {{bar percent|Clinton/Kaine|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|43.12}} − }} − {{bar box − |title=Electoral vote—President − |titlebar=#ddd − |width=600px − |barwidth=410px − |bars= − {{bar percent|'''Trump'''|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|56.51}} − {{bar percent|Clinton|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|42.38}} − {{bar percent|Powell|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.56}} − {{bar percent|Kasich|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − {{bar percent|Paul|{{Libertarian Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − {{bar percent|Sanders|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − {{bar percent|Spotted Eagle|#777777|0.19}} − }} − {{bar box − |title=Electoral vote—Vice President − |titlebar=#ddd − |width=600px − |barwidth=410px − |bars= − {{bar percent|'''Pence'''|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|56.70}} − {{bar percent|Kaine|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|42.38}} − {{bar percent|Warren|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.38}} − {{bar percent|Cantwell|{{Democratic Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − {{bar percent|Collins |{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − {{bar percent|Fiorina|{{Republican Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − {{bar percent|LaDuke|{{Green Party (US)/meta/color}}|0.19}} − }} − + + − ===Results by state===+ − {{update|section|date=December 2016}} − A total of 29 [[United States third-party and independent presidential candidates, 2016|third party and independent presidential candidates]] appeared on the ballot in at least one state. Former [[List of Governors of New Mexico|Governor of New Mexico]] [[Gary Johnson]] and physician [[Jill Stein]] repeated their [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012]] roles as the nominees for the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] and the [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Geier|first1=Ben|title=The 2016 Presidential Election Could Have Two Spoiler Candidates|url=http://fortune.com/2016/06/27/2016-third-parties/|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|accessdate=September 25, 2016|date=June 27, 2016}}</ref> With ballot access to the entire national electorate, Johnson received nearly 4.5 million votes (3.28%), the highest nationwide vote share for a third-party candidate since [[Ross Perot]] in [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lp.org/2016-presidential-ballot-access-map|title=2016 Presidential Ballot Access Map|publisher=}}</ref> while Stein received almost 1.45 million votes (1.06%), the most for a Green nominee since [[Ralph Nader]] in [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000]]. − Independent candidate [[Evan McMullin]], who appeared on the ballot in 11 states, received over 725,000 votes (0.53%). He won [[United States presidential election in Utah, 2016|21.4%]] of the vote in his home state of Utah, the highest share of the vote for a third-party candidate in any state since 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.270towin.com/2016_Election/|title=Presidential Election of 2016|publisher=}}</ref> Despite dropping out of the election following his defeat in the Democratic primary, Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] received [[United States presidential election in Vermont, 2016|5.7%]] of the vote in his home state of Vermont, the highest [[write-in candidate|write-in]] [[draft (politics)|draft campaign]] percentage for a presidential candidate in American history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Warner|first1=Claire|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/190417-ralph-nader-got-the-most-write-in-votes-for-president-ever-but-election-write-ins-have-a-long|title=Ralph Nader Got The Most Write-In Votes For President Ever, But Election Write-Ins Have A Long History|accessdate=December 2, 2016}}</ref> Johnson and McMullin were the first third party candidates since Nader to receive at least 5% of the vote in one or more states, with Johnson crossing the mark in 11 states and McMullin crossing it in two.+ − Aside from [[Florida]] and [[North Carolina]], the states which secured Trump's victory are situated in the [[Great Lakes region|Great Lakes]]/[[Rust Belt]] region. [[Wisconsin]] went Republican for the first time since [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984]], while [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Michigan]] went Republican for the first time since [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-blue-wall Trump stomps all over the Democrats' Blue Wall], ''[[CNN]]'', November 9, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-91869779 Angst over the economy helps Trump flip Great Lakes states], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', November 9, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-promise-of-bringing-back-jobs-worked-with-many-michigan-voters-1478728229 Donald Trump's Promise of Bringing Back Jobs Worked With Many Michigan Voters], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', November 9, 2016.</ref> Stein petitioned for a [[2016 United States presidential election recount and audit|recount]] in these states. The Clinton campaign pledged to participate in the Green Party recount efforts, while Trump backers challenged them in court.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump election: Wisconsin prepares for vote recount|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38112752|website=BBC News|accessdate=November 26, 2016|date=November 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name=splits/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/michigan-board-to-hear-trump-s-challenge-to-recount-effort/404188576/|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161203123227/http://www.startribune.com/michigan-board-to-hear-trump-s-challenge-to-recount-effort/404188576/|archivedate=2016-12-03|title=Michigan Board to Hear Trump's Challenge to Recount Effort}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[American Delta Party]]/[[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] presidential candidate [[Rocky De La Fuente]] petitioned for and was granted a partial recount in [[Nevada]].<ref name="NV">{{cite news|title=The Latest: 5 Nevada counties to recount presidential race|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-stein-to-seek-presidential-recount-in-michigan/2016/11/30/c760d82c-b724-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html?utm_term=.cb91b29d71ce|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161201081843/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-stein-to-seek-presidential-recount-in-michigan/2016/11/30/c760d82c-b724-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html?utm_term=.cb91b29d71ce|archivedate=2016-12-01|publisher=The Washington Post|date=November 30, 2016}}</ref>+ − + − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − |States won by [[Hillary Clinton|Clinton]]/[[Tim Kaine|Kaine]] − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − |States won by [[Donald Trump|Trump]]/[[Mike Pence|Pence]] − |} − '''Electoral methods''' − * WTA—Winner-takes-all − * CD—Congressional district<sup>★</sup> − <div style="overflow:auto"> − {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" − |- − ! colspan=2 | − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Hillary Clinton<br />Democratic − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Donald Trump<br />Republican − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Gary Johnson<br />Libertarian − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Jill Stein<br />Green − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Evan McMullin<br />Independent − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Others − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin<sup>★★</sup> − ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Total − |- − ! align=center | State or<br />district − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />method − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />votes − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />votes − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />votes − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />votes − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />votes − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | Electoral<br />votes − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | # − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | % − ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 80%" | State − ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 80%" | Status − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Alabama, 2016|Alabama]] || WTA ||729,547||34.36%||–||1,318,255||62.08%||9||44,467||2.09%||–||9,391||0.44%||–||||||–|| 21,712 ||1.02%||–||588,708||27.72%||2,123,372||AL||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Alabama: Canvass of Results|url=http://www.alabamavotes.gov/downloads/election/2016/general/2016-Official-General-Election-Results-Certified-2016-11-29.pdf|date=November 29, 2016|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Alaska, 2016|Alaska]] || WTA ||116,454||36.55%||–||163,387||51.28%||3||18,725|| 5.88%||–||5,735||1.80%||–||||||–|| 14,307||4.49%||–||46,933||14.73%||318,608||AK||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 General Election Official Results |url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/16GENR/data/results.htm|date=November 30, 2016|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Arizona, 2016|Arizona]] || WTA ||1,161,167||45.13%||–||1,252,401||48.67%||11||106,327||4.13%||–||34,345||1.33%||–||17,449||0.68%||–||1,476||0.06%||–||91,234||3.54%||2,573,165||AZ||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Arizona Secretary of State |url=http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2016/General/Official%20Signed%20State%20Canvass.pdf|date=November 29, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2016|Arkansas]] || WTA || 380,494||33.65%||–||684,872||60.57%||6||29,949||2.65%||–||9,473||0.84%||–||13,176||1.17%||–||12,712||1.12%||–||304,378||26.92%||1,130,676||AR||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Arkansas Secretary of State|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/63912/184157/Web01/en/summary.html|date=November 23, 2016|accessdate= November 27, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in California, 2016|California]] || WTA || 8,753,788||61.73%||55||4,483,810||31.62%||–||478,500||3.37%||–||278,657||1.96%||–||39,596||0.28%||–||147,244||1.04%||–||−4,269,978||−30.11%||14,181,595||CA||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/17-presidential-formatted.pdf|title=Election results|work=California Secretary of State|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Colorado, 2016|Colorado]] || WTA || 1,338,870||48.16%||9||1,202,484||43.25%||–||144,121||5.18%||–||38,437||1.38%||–||28,917||1.04%||–||27,391||0.99%||–||−136,386||−4.91%||2,780,220||CO||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Certified Results|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/63746/184388/Web01/en/summary.html|publisher=Colorado Secretary of State|date=December 9, 2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016|Connecticut]] || WTA || 897,572||54.57%||7||673,215||40.93%||–||48,676||2.96%||–||22,841||1.39%||–||2,108||0.13%||–||508||0.03%||–||−224,357||−13.64%||1,644,920||CT||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Results, Statewide|url=http://ctemspublic.pcctg.net/#/home|publisher=Connecticut Secretary of State|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Delaware, 2016|Delaware]] || WTA || 235,603||53.18%||3||185,127||41.79%||–||14,757||3.33%||–||6,103||1.38%||–||706||0.16%||–||701||0.16%||–||−50,476||−11.39%||442,997||DE||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/stwoff_kns.shtml|title=State Of Delaware Elections System – Official Election Results|accessdate=November 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.delaware.gov/results/pdf/2016%20General%20Election%20-%20Write-In%20Candidates%20Votes.pdf|title=State Of Delaware Elections System – Write‐In Candidates Votes Cast|accessdate=January 23, 2017}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2016|District of Columbia]] || WTA ||282,830||90.48%||3||12,723||4.07%||–||4,906||1.57%||–||4,258||1.36%||–||||||–||6,551||2.52%||–||−270,107||−86.41%||311,268||DC||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcboee.org/election_info/election_results/v3/2016/November-8-General-Election|title=Washington DC General Election 2016 – Certified Results|accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Florida, 2016|Florida]] || WTA ||4,504,975||47.82%||–||4,617,886||49.02%||29||207,043||2.20%||–||64,399||0.68%||–||||||–||25,736||0.28%||–||112,911||1.20%||9,420,039||FL||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enight.elections.myflorida.com/FederalOffices/Presidential/|title=Florida President of the United States Results|accessdate=November 23, 2016}}{{dead link|date=February 2017}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Georgia, 2016|Georgia]] || WTA || 1,877,963||45.64%||–||2,089,104||50.77%||16||125,306||3.05%||–||7,674||0.19%||–||13,017||0.32%||–||1,668||0.04%||–||211,141||5.13%||4,114,732||GA||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia General Election – Official Results|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/63991/184321/en/summary.html|accessdate=November 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/elections/2016_votes_cast_for_certified_write-in_candidates|title=2016 votes cast for certified write-in candidates|accessdate=December 18, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2016|Hawaii]] || WTA ||266,891||62.22%||4||128,847||30.03%||–||15,954||3.72%||–||12,737||2.97%||–||||||–||4,508||1.05%||–||−138,044||−32.19%||428,937||HI||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.hawaii.gov/wp-content/results/histatewide.pdf|title=General Election 2016 – State of Hawaii – Statewide|accessdate=November 16, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Idaho, 2016|Idaho]] || WTA || 189,765||27.49%||–||409,055||59.26%||4||28,331||4.10%||–||8,496||1.23%||–||46,476||6.73%||–||8,132||1.18%||–||219,290||31.77%||690,255||ID||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Statewide Totals|url=http://sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2016/General/statewide_totals.html|publisher=Idaho Secretary of State|accessdate=December 3, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Illinois, 2016|Illinois]] || WTA || 3,090,729||55.83%||20||2,146,015||38.76%||–||209,596||3.79%||–||76,802||1.39%||–||11,655||0.21%||–||1,627||0.03%||–||−944,714||−17.07%||5,536,424||IL||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Election Results|url=http://elections.il.gov/ElectionResults.aspx?ID=vlS7uG8NT%2f0%3d|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Indiana, 2016|Indiana]] || WTA || 1,033,126||37.91%||–||1,557,286||56.82%||11||133,993||4.89%||–||7,841||0.27%||–||||||–||2,712||0.10%||–||524,160||18.91%||2,734,958||IN||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Election Results|date= December 1, 2016|publisher=Indiana Secretary of State|url=http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2016?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=36&districtID=-1&candidate=|accessdate=January 12, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Iowa, 2016|Iowa]] || WTA || 653,669 ||41.74%||–||800,983||51.15%||6||59,186||3.78%||–||11,479||0.73%||–||12,366||0.79%||–||28,348||1.81%||–||147,314||9.41%||1,566,031||IA||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Federal/Statewide Races| publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|url=https://electionresults.sos.iowa.gov/Views/TabularData.aspx?TabView=StateRaces^Federal%20/%20Statewide%20Races^86&ElectionID=86|date=December 5, 2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2016|Kansas]] || WTA ||427,005||36.05%||–||671,018||56.65%||6||55,406||4.68%||–||23,506||1.98%||–||6,520||0.55%||–|| 947 ||0.08%||–||244,013||20.60%||1,184,402||KS||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Vote Totals|url=https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf|publisher=Kansas Secretary of State|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2016|Kentucky]] || WTA ||628,854||32.68%||–||1,202,971||62.52%||8||53,752||2.79%||–||13,913||0.72%||–||22,780||1.18%||–|| 1,879 ||0.10%||–||574,177||29.84%||1,924,149||KY||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official 2016 General Election Results|url=http://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Documents/2016%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf|publisher=Kentucky Secretary of State|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2016|Louisiana]] || WTA || 780,154||38.45%||–||1,178,638||58.09%||8||37,978||1.87%||–||14,031||0.69%||–||8,547||0.42%||–||9,684||0.48%||–||398,484||19.64%||2,029,032||LA||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#/2016-11-08/resultsRace/Presidential|title=Louisiana Secretary of State – Official Election Results|accessdate=November 23, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Maine, 2016|Maine]] (at-large) || CD{{efn|name=maine-split}} || 357,735||47.83%||2||335,593||44.87%||–||38,105||5.09%||–||14,251||1.91%||–||1,887||0.25%||–||356||0.05%||–||''−22,142''||''−2.96%''||747,927||ME–a/l||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Certificate of Ascertainment of Electors–State of Maine|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2016-certificates/pdfs/ascertainment-maine.pdf|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|accessdate=December 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tabulations for Elections held in 2016|url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/results/results16-17.html#tally|publisher=Maine Department of the Secretary of State|accessdate=January 7, 2017}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|''[[Maine's 1st congressional district|Maine, 1st]]''|| CD{{efn|name=maine-split}} ||''212,774''||''53.96%''||1||''154,384''||''39.15%''||–||''18,592''||''4.71%''||–||''7,563''||''1.92%''||–||''807''||''0.20%''||–||''209''||''0.05%''||–||''−58,390''||''−14.81%''||''394,329''||ME-1|| − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|''[[Maine's 2nd congressional district|Maine, 2nd]]''|| CD{{efn|name=maine-split}} ||''144,817''||''40.98%''||–||''181,177''||''51.26%''||1||''19,510''||''5.52%''||–||''6,685''||''1.89%''||–||''1,080''||0.31%||–||''147''||''0.04%''||–||''36,360''||''10.28%''||''353,416''||ME-2|| − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Maryland, 2016|Maryland]] || WTA ||1,677,928||60.33%||10||943,169||33.91%||–||79,605||2.86%||–||35,945||1.29%||–||9,630||0.35%||–||35,169||1.26%||–||−734,759||−26.42%||2,781,446||MD||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for President and Vice President of the United States|url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2016/results/general/gen_results_2016_4_001-.html| publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections|date=December 9, 2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2016|Massachusetts]] || WTA || 1,995,196||60.01%||11||1,090,893||32.81%||–||138,018||4.15%||–||47,661||1.43%||–||2,719||0.08%||–||50,559||1.52%||–||−904,303||−27.20%||3,325,046||MA||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/2016-Electors-Certification.pdf|title=Electors of President and Vice President|publisher= Massachusetts Secretary of State|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Michigan, 2016|Michigan]] || WTA ||2,268,839||47.27%||–||2,279,543||47.50%||16||172,136||3.59%||–||51,463||1.07%||–||8,177||0.17%||–||19,126||0.40%||–||10,704||0.23%||4,799,284 ||MI||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html|title=Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State – Official Election Results|date=November 28, 2016 |accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Minnesota, 2016|Minnesota]] || WTA ||1,367,716||46.44%||10||1,322,951||44.92%||–||112,972||3.84%||–||36,985||1.26%||–||53,076||1.80%||–||51,113||1.74%||–||−44,765||−1.52%||2,944,813||MN||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 General Election Results|url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/2016-general-election-results|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State| accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2016|Mississippi]] || WTA || 485,131 ||40.11%||–||700,714||57.94%||6||14,435||1.19%||–||3,731||0.31%||–||||||–|| 5,346||0.44%||–||215,583||17.83%||1,209,357||MS||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Mississippi Certificate of Vote–2016 General Election|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2016-General-Election.aspx|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 28, 2016|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Missouri, 2016|Missouri]] || WTA || 1,071,068||38.14%||–||1,594,511||56.77%||10||97,359||3.47%||–||25,419||0.91%||–||7,071||0.25%||–||13,177||0.47%||–||523,443||18.63%||2,808,605||MO||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Results|url=http://enr.sos.mo.gov/PickaRace.aspx|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Montana, 2016|Montana]] || WTA || 177,709||35.75%||–||279,240||56.17%||3||28,037||5.64%||–||7,970||1.60%||–||2,297||0.46%||–||1,894||0.38%||–||101,531||20.42%||497,147||MT||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Statewide General Election Canvass|url=http://sos.mt.gov/elections/2016/2016GeneralStatewideCanvass.pdf|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161220084738/http://sos.mt.gov/elections/2016/2016GeneralStatewideCanvass.pdf|archivedate=2016-12-20|publisher=Montana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Statewide Write-In Canvass|url=http://sos.mt.gov/elections/2016/CanvassReport-Write-Ins.pdf|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161220090038/http://sos.mt.gov/elections/2016/CanvassReport-Write-Ins.pdf|archivedate=2016-12-20|publisher=Montana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|<small>[[United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2016|Nebraska]] (at-lrg)</small>|| CD ||284,494||33.70%||–||495,961||58.75%||2||38,946||4.61%||–||8,775||1.04%||–||||||–||16,051||1.90%||–||211,467||25.05%||844,227||NE–a/l||Official<ref name="NB">{{cite web|title=Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers|url=http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2016/pdf/2016-canvass-book.pdf|publisher= Nebraska Secretary of State|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|''[[Nebraska's 1st congressional district|Nebraska, 1st]]'' || CD ||''100,126''||''35.46%''||–||''158,626''||''56.18%''||1 ||''14,031''||''4.97%''||–||''3,374''||''1.19%''||–||||||–||6,181||2.19%||–||''58,500''||''20.72%''||''282,338''||NE-1||<ref name="NB"/> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|''[[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|Nebraska, 2nd]]'' || CD ||''131,030''||''44.92%''||–||''137,564''||''47.16%''||1 ||''13,245''||''4.54%''||–||''3,347''||''1.15%''||–||||||–||6,494||2.23%||–||''6,534''||''2.24%''||''291,680''||NE-2||<ref name="NB"/> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|''[[Nebraska's 3rd congressional district|Nebraska, 3rd]]'' || CD ||''53,290''||''19.73%''||–||''199,657''||''73.92%''||1 ||''11,657''||''4.32%''||–||''2,054''||''0.76%''||–||||||–||3,451||1.28%||–||''146,367''||''54.19%''||''270,109''||NE-3||<ref name="NB"/> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Nevada, 2016|Nevada]] || WTA ||539,260||47.92%||6||512,058||45.50%||–||37,384||3.32%||–||||||–||||||–||36,683||3.26%||–||−27,202||−2.42%||1,125,385 − ||NV||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Silver State Election Night Results|url=http://silverstateelection.com/USPresidential/|publisher=Nevada Secretary of State|accessdate=December 4, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 2016|New Hampshire]]|| WTA || 348,526||46.98%||4||345,790||46.61%||–||30,777||4.15%||–||6,496||0.88%||–||1,064||0.14%||–||11,643||1.24%||–||−2,736||−0.37%||744,296||NH||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=President of the United States – 2016 General Election|url=http://sos.nh.gov/2016PresGen.aspx?id=8589964144|publisher=New Hampshire Secretary of State| accessdate=December 2, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|New Jersey]] || WTA || 2,148,278||54.99%||14||1,601,933||41.00%||–||72,477||1.86%||–||37,772||0.97%||–||||||–||13,586||1.18%||–||−546,345||−13.99%||3,874,046||NJ||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Candidates for President–For General Election 11/08/2016|url=http://www.njelections.org/2016-results/2016-official-general-results-president-1206b.pdf|publisher=State of New Jersey Department of State|accessdate=December 8, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2016|New Mexico]] || WTA ||385,234||48.26%||5||319,667||40.04%||–||74,541||9.34%||–||9,879||1.24%||–||5,825||0.73%||–||3,173||0.40%||–||−65,567 − |−8.22%||798,319||NM||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Results General Election| url=http://electionresults.sos.state.nm.us/resultsSW.aspx?type=FED&map=CTY|publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State|date=November 25, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in New York, 2016|New York]] || WTA ||4,547,562||58.40%||29||2,814,589||36.15%||–||176,296||2.26%||–||107,762||1.38%||–||10,367||||–|| 2,440 ||0.17%||–||−1,732,973 − |−22.25%||7,659,016||NY||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=New York State General Election Official Results|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/President_11082016_Amend12212016.pdf|publisher=New York State Board of Elections|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016|North Carolina]] || WTA ||2,189,316||46.17%||–||2,362,631||49.83%||15||130,126||2.74%||–||12,105||0.26%||–||||||–||47,386||1.00%||–||173,315||3.66%||4,741,564||NC||Official<ref>{{cite web|title= Official General Election Results – Statewide|url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2016&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0| publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=December 2, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in North Dakota, 2016|North Dakota]] || WTA || 93,758||27.23%||–||216,794||62.96%||3||21,434||6.22%||–||3,780||1.10%||–||||||–||8,594||2.49%||–||123,036||35.73%||344,360||ND||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=SW&map=CTY|title=Official Results General Election – North Dakota|accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Ohio, 2016|Ohio]] || WTA ||2,394,164||43.56%||–||2,841,005||51.69%||18||174,498||3.17%||–||46,271||0.84%||–||12,574||0.23%||–||27,975||0.51%||–||446,841||8.13%||5,496,487||OH||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2016Results.aspx|title=Ohio State Election Board – Official Results|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2016|Oklahoma]] || WTA || 420,375||28.93%||–||949,136||65.32%||7||83,481||5.75%||–||||||–||||||–||''N/A''||''N/A''||–||528,761||36.39%||1,452,992||OK||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ok.gov/elections/support/20161108_seb.html|title=Oklahoma State Election Board – Official Results|accessdate=November 17, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Oregon, 2016|Oregon]] || WTA || 1,002,106||50.07%||7||782,403||39.09%||–||94,231||4.71%||–||50,002||2.50%||–||||||–||72,594||3.63%||–||−219,703 − |−10.98%||2,001,336||OR||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=November 8, 2016, General Election Abstract of Votes|url=http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-2016-results.pdf|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016|Pennsylvania]] || WTA ||2,926,441||47.85%||–||2,970,733||48.58%||20||146,715||2.40%||–||49,941||0.82%||–||0||0.00%||–|| 21,572||0.35%||–||44,292||0.73%||6,115,402|||PA||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/ENR_New/General/SummaryResults?ElectionID=54&ElectionType=G&IsActive=1|title=2016 Presidential Election|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 2016|Rhode Island]] || WTA || 252,525||54.41%||4||180,543||38.90%||–||14,746||3.18%||–||6,220||1.34%||–||||||–||10,110 ||2.18%||–||−71,982 − |−15.51%||464,144||RI||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 General Election–Presidential Electors For:|url=http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2016/general_election/races/301.html|publisher=State of Rhode Island Board of Elections|accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2016|South Carolina]]|| WTA || 855,373||40.67%||–||1,155,389||54.94%||9||49,204||2.34%||–||13,034||0.62%||–||21,016|| 1.00%||–||9,011||0.43%||–||300,016||14.27%||2,103,027||SC||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/64658/183653/en/summary.html|title=2016 Statewide General Election – South Carolina|accessdate=November 16, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2016|South Dakota]] || WTA ||117,458||31.74%||–||227,721||61.53%||3||20,850||5.63%||–||||||–||||||–||4,064 ||1.10%||–||110,263||29.79%||370,093||SD||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=South Dakota certificate of ascertainment|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2016-certificates/pdfs/ascertainment-south-dakota.pdf|publisher=National archives|accessdate=December 17, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2016|Tennessee]]|| WTA || 870,695||34.72%||–||1,522,925||60.72%||11||70,397||2.81%||–||15,993||0.64%||–||11,991||0.48%||–||16,026||0.64%||–||652,230||26.00%||2,508,027||TN||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Tennessee November 8, 2016 State General United States President|url=http://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/PresidentbyCountyNov2016.pdf|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|accessdate=December 15, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Texas, 2016|Texas]]|| WTA || 3,877,868||43.24%||–||4,685,047||52.23%||38||283,492||3.16%||–||71,558||0.80%||–||42,366||0.47%||–||8,895||0.10%||–||807,179||8.99%||8,969,226||TX||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Race Summary Report, 2016 General Election|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist319_state.htm|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Utah, 2016|Utah]] || WTA ||310,676||27.46%||–||515,231||45.54%||6||39,608||3.50%||–||9,438||0.83%||–||243,690||21.54%||–||12,732||1.12%||–||204,555||18.08%||1,131,375||UT||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Statewide Federal Election Results|url=https://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2016%20Election/2016%20General%20Election%20-%20Statewide%20Canvass%203.pdf|publisher=2016 General Election - Statewide Canvass |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Vermont, 2016|Vermont]] || WTA || |178,573||55.72%||3||95,369||29.76%||–||10,078||3.14%||–||6,758||2.11%||–||629||0.20%||–||23,660||9.07%||–||−83,204 − |−25.96%||315,067||VT||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vtelectionresults.sec.state.vt.us/Index.html#/federal|title= Vermont US President and Vice President – Official Results|accessdate=November 23, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016|Virginia]] || WTA || 1,981,473||49.75%||13||1,769,443||44.43%||–||118,274||2.97%||–||27,638||0.69%||–||54,054||1.36%||–||31,870||0.80%||–||−212,030 − |−5.32%||3,982,752||VA||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2016%20November%20General/Site/Presidential.html|title= Virginia President and Vice President – Official Results|accessdate=November 23, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Washington, 2016|Washington]] || WTA ||1,742,718||54.30%||12||1,221,747||38.07%||–||160,879||5.01%||–||58,417||1.82%||–||||||–|| |25,453||0.79%||–||−520,971 − |−16.23%||3,209,214||WA||Unofficial<ref>{{cite web|title=November 8, 2016 General Election Results|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/President-Vice-President.html|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161205084247/http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/President-Vice-President.html|archivedate=2016-12-05|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|accessdate=December 4, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2016|West Virginia]]|| WTA ||188,794||26.48%||–||489,371||68.63%||5||23,004||3.23%||–||8,075||1.13%||–||||||–||3,807||0.53%||–||300,577||42.15%||713,051||WV||Official<ref>{{cite web|title=Statewide Results|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2016&eid=23&county=Statewide|publisher=West Virginia Secretary of State|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2016|Wisconsin]] || WTA ||1,382,536||46.45%||–||1,405,284||47.22%||10||106,674||3.58%||–||31,072||1.04%||–||11,855||0.40%||–||38,729||1.30%||–||22,748||0.77%||2,976,150||WI||Official<ref>{{cite web|work=WEC Canvass Reporting System|url=http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/County%20by%20County%20Report%20President%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Recount.pdf |format=PDF |title=County by County Report|publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |date=December 13, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> − |-{{Party shading/Republican}} − | align=left|[[United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2016|Wyoming]] || WTA ||55,973||21.63%||–||174,419||67.40%||3||13,287||5.13%||–||2,515||0.97%||–||||||–||9,655||3.73%||–||118,446||45.77%||255,849||WY||Official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2016/Results/General/2016_Wyoming_General_Election_Results.pdf|title=Wyoming Official Election Results|accessdate=November 16, 2016}}</ref> − |- − !U.S. Total||–|| 65,853,625 ||48.03% || 227 || 62,985,106 ||45.94% || 304 || 4,489,233 ||3.27% ||–|| 1,457,222 ||1.06% ||–|| 731,709 ||0.53% ||–|| 1,583,334 || 1.15% ||–||−2,868,519 − !−2.09% − !| 137,100,229 ||US|| − |} − </div>+ − <sup>★</sup>Two states (Maine and Nebraska) allow for their electoral votes to be split between candidates.{{efn|name=maine-split|Maine split its electoral votes for the first time since [[United States presidential election, 1828|1828]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/11/10/maine-splits-its-electoral-votes-for-first-time-since-1828|title=Maine Splits its Electoral Votes for First Time Since 1828|publisher=ballot-access.org}}</ref>}} The winner within each congressional district gets one electoral vote for the district. The winner of the statewide vote gets two additional electoral votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2012-certificates/pdfs/ascertainment-maine.pdf|title=State of Maine Certificate of Ascertainment of Electors|accessdate=December 18, 2012}}</ref><ref name=nebraska>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2012/pdf/2012-general-canvass.pdf|title=Official Results of Nebraska General Election – November 6, 2012|accessdate=December 26, 2012}}</ref> − Results are from The New York Times.<ref name="nytimes-trump-ona"/> − [[File:Presidential Election Results Swing by State from 2012 to 2016.svg|thumb|300px|Swing from [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012]] to 2016 in each state.]]<sup>★★</sup>The column labeled 'Margin' shows Trump's margin of victory over Clinton (the margin is negative for every state that Clinton won). − + − <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes states (or congressional districts whose electoral votes are awarded separately) won by Republican Donald Trump; <span style="color:darkblue;">blue</span> denotes those won by Democrat Hillary Clinton.+ − ''States where the margin of victory was under 1% (50 electoral votes; 46 won by Trump, 4 by Clinton):''+ − # '''<span style="color:red;">Michigan, 0.23%</span>'''+ − # '''<span style="color:blue;">New Hampshire, 0.31%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">Pennsylvania, 0.72%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">Wisconsin, 0.76%</span>''' − ''States/districts where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5% (83 electoral votes; 56 won by Trump, 27 by Clinton):''+ − # '''<span style="color:red;">Florida, 1.20%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:blue;">Minnesota, 1.52%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, 2.24%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:blue;">Nevada, 2.42%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:blue;">Maine, 2.96%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">Arizona, 3.55%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">North Carolina, 3.66%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:blue;">Colorado, 4.91%</span>''' − ''States where the margin of victory was between 5% and 10% (96 electoral votes; 78 won by Trump, 18 by Clinton):''+ − # '''<span style="color:red;">Georgia, 5.13%</span>'''+ − # '''<span style="color:blue;">Virginia, 5.32%</span>'''+ − # '''<span style="color:red;">Ohio, 8.13%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:blue;">New Mexico, 8.21%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">Texas, 9.00%</span>''' − # '''<span style="color:red;">Iowa, 9.41%</span>''' − + − {| class="wikitable"+ − |-+ − ![[Electoral College (United States)#Apportionment|State]]+ − ![[Electoral College (United States)#Nomination|Party]] − ![[POTUS|Presidential]] vote − ![[VPOTUS|Vice presidential]] vote − ![[List of United States presidential electors, 2016|Name of Elector]] − !References − |- − |rowspan=2|''Nationwide'' − ! style="background:{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Donald Trump]], 304 − |[[Mike Pence]], 305 − |rowspan=2|''Pledged'' − |rowspan=2| − |- − ! style="background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016|Hillary Clinton]], 227 − |[[Tim Kaine]], 227 − |- − |[[Hawaii]] − ! style="background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016|Bernie Sanders]] ([[Progressivism in the United States|I-VT]]) − |[[Elizabeth Warren]] (D-MA) − |[[David Mulinix]] − |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/news/311119-democratic-elector-in-hawaii-votes-for-sanders|title=Democratic elector in Hawaii votes for Sanders|last=Hellmann|first=Jessie|date=December 19, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref> − |- − |rowspan=2|[[Texas]] − !style="background:{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[John Kasich presidential campaign, 2016|John Kasich]] (R-OH) − |[[Carly Fiorina presidential campaign, 2016|Carly Fiorina]] (R-VA) − |[[Christopher Suprun]] − |<ref name="statesman">Sean Collins Walsh, "[http://www.statesman.com/news/national-govt--politics/all-but-texas-members-the-electoral-college-choose-donald-trump/GSCDFHiXQvu3PiYSDMDryL/ All but 2 Texas members of the Electoral College choose Donald Trump]," ''Statesman.com'' (19 December 2016).</ref><ref name="texaselectors">[https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/19/watch-texas-electoral-college-vote-begins-texas-ca/ Texas electors cast 36 votes for Trump, 1 for Kasich, 1 for Ron Paul]. ''Texas Tribune'' (December 19, 2016). Retrieved December 19, 2016.</ref> − |- − !style="background:{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2012|Ron Paul]] ([[Ron Paul#Political party identification|L-TX / R-TX]]) − |Mike Pence (''as pledged'') − |Bill Greene − |<ref name="statesman" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>Brandon Morse, "[http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/20/the-identity-of-the-faithless-elector-who-voted-for-ron-paul-and-why-he-did-it-has-been-revealed/ The identity of the faithless elector who voted for Ron Paul, and why he did it has been revealed]," ''theblaze'' (20 December 2016).</ref> − |- − |rowspan=4|[[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] − !style="background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |rowspan=3|[[Colin Powell]] (R-VA){{refn|Powell has several homes, including one in NYC (still)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realtor.com/news/colin-powell-sells-new-york-city-apartment/|title=Gen. Colin Powell Sells His $2.8M Upper West Side Condo|date=May 24, 2016|publisher=}}</ref> and also one in DC, but is officially a VA resident per [[WikiLeaks]] emails,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2016/09/leaked-emails-show-colin-powells-devotion-to-city-college-105720|title=Emails detail Colin Powell's substantial role at City College|publisher=}}</ref> and per his 'verified' social media account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.is/Ehh3l|title=General Colin L. Powell – Informatio|date=December 20, 2016|publisher=}}</ref>}} − |[[Maria Cantwell]] (D-WA) − |[[Levi Guerra]] − |<ref name="bigstory">Rachel la Corte, "[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/487a23bf2dd143a6833898dc2619d4f4/4-washington-state-electors-be-fined-1000-vote 4 Washington state electors to be fined $1,000 for vote]," ''bigstory.ap.org'' (22 December 2016).</ref><ref name="breakranks">{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/four-washington-electors-break-ranks-and-dont-vote-for-clinton/|title=Four Washington state electors break ranks and don’t vote for Clinton|last=Brunner|first=Jim|date=2016-12-19|work=|newspaper=The Seattle Times|access-date=2016-12-20|via=}}</ref> − |- − !style="background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Susan Collins]] (R-ME) − |[[Esther John (faithless elector)|Esther John]] − |<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bigstory" /> − |- − !style="background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Elizabeth Warren]] (D-MA) − |[[Bret Chiafalo]] − |<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bigstory" /> − |- − !style="background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"| − |[[Faith Spotted Eagle]] (I-SD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/meet-faith-spotted-eagle-the-native-elder-voted-for-president-by-a-washington-state-elector/|title=Meet Faith Spotted Eagle, who received one Washington state elector's presidential vote|date=December 19, 2016|publisher=}}</ref> − |[[Winona LaDuke]] ([[Winona LaDuke#Political career|G-MN]]) − |[[Robert Satiacum, Jr.]] − |<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bigstory" /><ref name="washelectors">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article121770533.html|title=4 Washington State electors pick candidates other than Clinton|last=La Corte|first=Rachel|date=2016-12-19|work=|newspaper=Associated Press|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-20|via=The Olympian}}{{Dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref> − |} − + + + + + + + + − Most [[News site|media outlets]] announced the beginning of the presidential race about twenty months prior to [[Election Day (United States)|Election Day]]. Soon after the first contestants declared their candidacy, [[Larry Sabato]] listed Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada, and Ohio as the seven states most likely to be contested in the [[Elections in the United States|general election]]. After [[Donald Trump]] clinched the Republican presidential nomination, many pundits felt that the major campaign locations might be different from what had originally been expected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/politics/new-jersey-poll-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/|title=Poll: Clinton, Trump running tight race in NJ|last=LoBianco|first=Tom|date=2016-05-31|website=edition.cnn.com|publisher=CNN|access-date=2016-09-30}}</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − [[Rust Belt|Rust Belt states]] such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Wisconsin]], and even [[Michigan]] were thought to be in play with Trump as the nominee, while states with large minority populations, such as [[Colorado]] and [[Virginia]], were expected to shift towards Clinton.<ref name="sabato">{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-only-thing-that-matters/|title=Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » The Electoral College: The Only Thing That Matters|website=www.centerforpolitics.org|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref> By the conventions period and the debates, however, it did not seem as though the Rust Belt states could deliver a victory to Trump. According to Politico<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-path-to-victory-224239|title=Donald Trump’s path to victory|newspaper=POLITICO|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref> and the 538 online blog, his path to victory went though states such as Florida, North Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, and possibly Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clintons-leading-in-exactly-the-states-she-needs-to-win/|title=Clinton’s Leading In Exactly The States She Needs To Win|date=2016-09-22|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-paths-win-election-230766|title=Three paths that deliver Trump the win|newspaper=POLITICO|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-electoral-college-polls-228249|title=Trump cracks the Electoral College lock|newspaper=POLITICO|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trumps-incredible-shrinking-map-230135|title=Trump's incredible shrinking map|newspaper=POLITICO|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref>+ + − + + + + − A consensus among [[pundit|political pundits]] developed throughout the [[primary elections in the United States|primary election]] season regarding swing states.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/2016-predictions-117554|title=The 2016 Results We Can Already Predict|website=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> From the results of presidential elections from [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004]] through to [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012]], the Democratic and Republican parties would generally start with a safe [[Red states and blue states|electoral vote count]] of about 150 to 200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.270towin.com/ |title=2016 Presidential Election Interactive Map |website=270toWin.com |access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-only-thing-that-matters/|title=Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » The Electoral College: The Only Thing That Matters |website=www.centerforpolitics.org |access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> However, the [[2012 presidential election results|margins]] required to constitute a swing state are vague, and can vary between groups of analysts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/21/utah-mormon-voters-anti-donald-trump-republican-caucuses|title=Why Mormons in America's most conservative state could turn a Trump stronghold questionably Democratic|last=Levin|first=Sam|date=March 21, 2016|website=the Guardian|access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865650513/Poll-Utah-would-vote-for-a-Democrat-for-president-over-Trump.html?pg=all|title=Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump|last=Roche|first=Lisa Riley|date=March 20, 2016|website=DeseretNews.com|access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> It was thought that left-leaning states in the [[Rust Belt]] could become more [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]], as Trump mostly appealed to [[blue-collar worker]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/the-great-republican-revolt/419118/|title=The Great Republican Revolt|last=Frum|first=David|language=en-US|access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref> They represent a large portion of the American populace and were a major factor in Trump's eventual [[Presidential nominee|nomination]]. Trump's primary campaign was propelled by victories in Democratic states, and his supporters often did not identify as Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rothenberggonzales.com/ratings/president/2016-presidential-ratings-august-19-2016|title=Presidential Ratings {{!}} The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report|website=rothenberggonzales.com|access-date=2016-11-06}}</ref> In addition, local factors may come into play. For example, [[Utah]] was the reddest state in 2012, although the Republican share was boosted significantly by the candidacy of [[Mormon]] candidate [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/21/utah-mormon-voters-anti-donald-trump-republican-caucuses|title=Why Mormons in America's most conservative state could turn a Trump stronghold questionably Democratic|last=Levin|first=Sam|date=2016-03-21|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref> Despite its partisan orientation, some reports suggested a victory there by independent candidate [[Evan McMullin]], particularly if there was a nationwide [[landslide victory|blowout]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865650513/Poll-Utah-would-vote-for-a-Democrat-for-president-over-Trump.html?pg=all|title=Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump|last=Roche|first=Lisa Riley|date=2016-03-20|website=DeseretNews.com|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref>+ + − Media reports indicated that both candidates planned to concentrate on Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|title=Electoral Map Gives Donald Trump Few Places to Go|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-presidential-race.html|accessdate=July 31, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Challan|first1=David|title=Road to 270: CNN's new electoral college map|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/road-to-270-electoral-college-map-2/index.html|publisher=CNN|accessdate=July 31, 2016|date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> Among the Republican-leaning states, potential Democratic targets included [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|Nebraska's second congressional district]], Georgia, and Arizona.<ref name="DBalz">{{cite news |last1 = Balz |first1 = Dan |title = The Republican Party's uphill path to 270 electoral votes in 2016 elections |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-gops-uphill-path-to-270-in-2016/2014/01/18/9404eb06-7fcf-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html |accessdate = October 3, 2014 |work = [[The Washington Post]] |date = January 18, 2014 }}</ref> Trump's relatively poor polling in some traditionally Republican states, such as Utah, raised the possibility that they could vote for Clinton, despite easy wins there by recent [[Presidential nominee|Republican nominees]].<ref name="lvilla1">{{cite news|last1=Villa|first1=Lissandra|title=Why Utah Doesn’t Like Donald Trump|url=http://time.com/4397192/donald-trump-utah-gary-johnson/|accessdate=July 18, 2016|publisher=Time|date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> However, many analysts asserted that these states were not yet viable Democratic destinations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-path-victory-224228|title=Hillary Clinton’s path to victory|access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="sabato2015predictions">{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/2016-predictions-117554|title=The 2016 Results We Can Already Predict|date=May 3, 2015|publisher=Politico|last2=Skelley|first2=Geoffrey|last3=Sabato|first3=Larry|last1=Kondik|first1=Kyle|accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref> Several sites and individuals publish electoral predictions. These generally rate the race by the likelihood for each party to win a state.<ref name="Congressional district method">{{cite news|url=http://www.vox.com/2014/11/8/7174945/electoral-college-rigging|title=A totally legal, totally shady way that Republicans could ensure Hillary Clinton's defeat|date=November 8, 2014|publisher=Vox|last1=Yglesias|first1=Matthew|accessdate=November 8, 2014}}</ref> The "tossup" label is usually used to indicate that neither party has an advantage, "lean" to indicate a party has a slight edge, "likely" to indicate a party has a clear but not overwhelming advantage, and "safe" to indicate a party has an advantage that cannot be overcome.<ref name="BDoherty">{{cite news|url=http://themonkeycage.org/2012/07/31/president-obamas-disproportionate-battleground-state-focus-started-early-echoed-predecessors-actions/|title=President Obama's Disproportionate Battleground State Focus Started Early, Echoed Predecessors' Actions|date=July 31, 2012|publisher=Monkey Cage|last1=Doherty|first1=Brendan|accessdate=November 4, 2014}}</ref>+ − As the parameters of the race established themselves, analysts converged on a narrower list of contested states, which were relatively similar to those of recent elections. On November 7, the [[Cook Political Report]] categorized Arizona, [[Colorado]], [[Florida]], [[Iowa]], Michigan, [[Nevada]], [[New Hampshire]], North Carolina, [[Ohio]], Pennsylvania, and [[Wisconsin]] as states with close races. Additionally, a district from each of Maine and Nebraska were considered to be coin flips.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookpolitical.com/presidential/charts/scorecard|title=Electoral Vote Scorecard|website=cookpolitical.com|access-date=2016-11-08}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[FiveThirtyEight]] listed twenty-two states as potentially competitive about a month before [[swing state|the election]] – Maine's two at-large electoral votes, New Mexico, Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Arizona, Georgia, Alaska, South Carolina, Texas, [[Indiana]], Missouri, and Utah – as well as [[Maine's 2nd congressional district|Maine's second]] and [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|Nebraska's second]] congressional districts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-where-are-the-undecided-voters/|title=Election Update: Where Are The Undecided Voters?|date=2016-10-25|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-08}}</ref> [[Nate Silver]], the publication's editor-in-chief, subsequently removed Texas, South Carolina, Missouri, and Indiana from the list after the race tightened significantly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-the-state-of-the-states/|title=Election Update: The State Of The States|date=2016-11-07|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-25}}</ref> These conclusions were supported by [[Voter model|models]] such as the [[Princeton University|Princeton Elections Consortium]], the [[The New York Times|New York Times Upshot]], and punditry evaluations from [[Sabato's Crystal Ball]] and the [[The Cook Political Report|Cook Political Report]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/our-final-2016-picks/|title=Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » Our Final 2016 picks|website=www.centerforpolitics.org|access-date=2016-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.270towin.com/maps/fivethirtyeight-2016-polls-plus-forecast|title=FiveThirty Eight Polls Plus Forecast|newspaper=270toWin.com|access-date=2016-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookpolitical.com/presidential/charts/scorecard|title=Electoral Vote Scorecard|website=cookpolitical.com|access-date=2016-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-ratings-roundup-2016-statewide-elections.html|title=Ratings Roundup: 2016 Statewide Elections|website=www.governing.com|access-date=2016-12-15}}</ref>+ − [[Hillary Clinton|Clinton]] won states like [[United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2016|New Mexico]] by less than 10 percentage points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.nm.us/resultsSW.aspx?type=FED&map=CTY|title=New Mexico - Election Night Results|date=2016-11-08|website=New Mexico Secretary of State|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-08}}</ref> Among the states where the candidates finished at a margin of within 7 percent, Clinton won Virginia (13 electoral votes), Colorado (9), Maine (2), Minnesota (10), and New Hampshire (4). On the other hand, Trump won Michigan (16), Pennsylvania (20), Wisconsin (10), Florida (29), North Carolina (15), Arizona (11), Nebraska's second district (1), and Georgia (16). States won by Obama in the [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 contest]], such as Ohio (18), Iowa (6), and Maine's second district (1), were also won by Trump. The close result in [[United States presidential election in Maine, 2016|Maine]] was not expected by most commentators, nor were Trump's victory of over 10 points in the second district and their disparities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-the-state-of-the-states/|title=Election Update: The State Of The States|date=2016-11-07|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2016/11/08/mainers-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-after-bitter-presidential-campaign/|title=Trump takes 1 of Maine's 4 electoral votes, in a first for the state - The Portland Press Herald|date=2016-11-08|newspaper=The Portland Press Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2016/11/09/politics/elections/clinton-leads-maine-but-trump-poised-to-take-one-electoral-vote/|title=Clinton wins Maine, but Trump takes one electoral vote|last=Cousins|first=Christopher|last2=Staff|first2=B. D. N.|website=The Bangor Daily News|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref> The dramatic shift of [[American Midwest|Midwestern states]] towards Trump were contrasted in the media against the relative movement of [[Southern United States|Southern states]] towards the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-maybe-its-time-for-ohio-and-pennsylvania-to-part-ways/|title=Election Update: Maybe It’s Time For Ohio And Pennsylvania To Part Ways|date=2016-10-05|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref> For example, former Democratic strongholds such as [[Minnesota]] leaned towards the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] and Iowa voted more Republican than Texas did, while Arizona and Georgia were more Democratic than Ohio.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-real-story-of-2016/|title=The Real Story Of 2016|date=2017-01-19|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ohio-was-a-bellwether-after-all/|title=Ohio Was A Bellwether After All|date=2017-01-25|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref> [[Mississippi|Mississippi's]] relatively close result, as well as Trump's larger victories in [[Alaska]] and [[Utah]], also took some experts by surprise.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/mississippi/#plus|title=Mississippi {{!}} 2016 Election Forecast {{!}} FiveThirtyEight|last=Silver|first=Nate|date=2016-06-29|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/mike-pence-utah-republicans-mcmullin-230273|title=Pence to make late campaign visit to Utah|newspaper=POLITICO|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><!-- Colors:+ − style="background:#f33" | {{sort|104|Safe R}} − style="background:#f66" | {{sort|103|Likely R}} − style="background:#f99" | {{sort|102|Lean R}} − style="background:#fcc" | {{sort|101|Tilt R}} − {{sort|100|Tossup}} − style="background:#ccf" | {{sort|099|Tilt D}} − style="background:#99f" | {{sort|098|Lean D}} − style="background:#66f" | {{sort|097|Likely D}} − style="background:#33f" | {{sort|096|Safe D}} − --><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--><!--CPVI--><!--Coo--><!--RCP--><!--Rot--><!--Sab--> − === Faithless electors === − {{Main article|Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016}} − In the Electoral College vote on December 19, for the first time since [[United States presidential election, 1808|1808]], multiple [[faithless elector]]s voted against their pledged qualified presidential candidate.{{efn|The [[United States presidential election, 1872|1872]] presidential election also saw multiple electors vote for a different candidate than that pledged, due to the death of [[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]] candidate [[Horace Greeley]], after the popular vote, yet before the meeting of the Electoral College. Greeley still garnered three posthumous electoral votes which were subsequently dismissed by Congress.}} Five Democrats rebelled in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Hawaii]], while two Republicans rebelled in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2016/12/19/506188169/donald-trump-poised-to-secure-electoral-college-win-with-few-surprises|title=Donald Trump Secures Electoral College Win, With Few Surprises|publisher=}}</ref> Two Democratic electors, one in Minnesota and one in Colorado, were replaced after voting for [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[John Kasich]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.startribune.com/mn-electors-meet-award-clinton-votes-amid-protests-against-trump/407477396/|title=Minnesota electors align for Clinton; one replaced after voting for Sanders|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kdvr.com/2016/12/19/colorado-electoral-college-casts-all-9-votes-for-clinton-kaine-after-elector-replaced/|title=Colorado Electoral College casts all 9 votes for Clinton after elector replaced|date=December 19, 2016|publisher=}}</ref> Electors in Maine conducted a second vote after one of its members voted for Sanders; the elector then voted for Clinton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/19/maine-electoral-college-elector-says-he-will-cast-his-ballot-for-sanders/|title=Maine electors cast votes for Clinton, Trump – after protests inside and outside State House – The Portland Press Herald|date=December 19, 2016|publisher=}}</ref> − Likewise, for the first time since [[United States presidential election, 1896|1896]],{{efn|Not [[United States presidential election, 1912|1912]], because [[James S. Sherman]] was dead}} multiple faithless electors voted against the pledged qualified vice presidential candidate.+ − * One Clinton elector in Colorado attempted to vote for John Kasich.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/brianeason/status/810941998660087808|title=Brian Eason on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref> The single vote was ruled invalid by Colorado state law, the elector was dismissed, and an alternative elector was sworn in who voted for Clinton<ref name=":62">{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/national/electoral-college-vote-live-updates-state-state-voting/sy5C2hooqtnMG8tEviTATN/|title=Electoral College vote: Live updates on state-by-state voting|last=Lord|first=Debbie|website=ajc|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kdvr.com/2016/12/19/colorado-electoral-college-casts-all-9-votes-for-clinton-kaine-after-elector-replaced/|title=Colorado Electoral College casts all 9 votes for Clinton, Kaine after elector replaced|date=2016-12-19|website=FOX31 Denver|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref> − * One Clinton elector in Minnesota voted for Bernie Sanders as President and [[Tulsi Gabbard]] as vice president; his votes were discarded and he was replaced by an alternate who voted for Clinton<ref name=":62" /> − * One Clinton elector in Maine voted for Bernie Sanders; this vote was invalidated as "improper" and the elector subsequently voted for Clinton<ref name=":62" /> − * Four Clinton electors in Washington did not vote for Clinton (three votes went to [[Colin Powell]], and one to [[Faith Spotted Eagle]])<ref name="nytimestrackingtheelectoralcollegevote2">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur|title=Tracking the Electoral College Vote|date=December 19, 2016|work=The New York Times|last2=Schmidt|first2=Kiersten|last1=Andrews|first1=Wilson}}</ref> − * One Trump elector in Georgia resigned before the vote rather than vote for Trump and was replaced by an alternate <ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia elector resigns after publicly refusing to vote for Trump|url=http://www.newsy.com/stories/georgia-elector-resigns-after-publicly-refusing-to-vote-for-trump/|website=newsy|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref> − * Two Trump electors in Texas did not vote for Trump (one vote went to John Kasich, one to Ron Paul); one elector did not vote for Pence and instead voted for [[Carly Fiorina]] for Vice-President; a third resigned before the vote rather than vote for Trump and was replaced by an alternate.<ref name="nytimestrackingtheelectoralcollegevote2" /> − * One Clinton elector in Hawaii voted for Bernie Sanders.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldonline.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article121848883.html|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161220235802/http://www.heraldonline.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article121848883.html|archivedate=2016-12-20|title=The Latest: Hawaii electors cast votes for Clinton, Sanders|newspaper=heraldonline|access-date=2016-12-20}}</ref> − Of the faithless votes, [[Colin Powell]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] were the only two to receive more than one; Powell received three electoral votes for President and Warren received two for Vice President. Receiving one valid electoral vote each were Sanders, [[John Kasich]], [[Ron Paul]] and [[Faith Spotted Eagle]] for President, and [[Carly Fiorina]], [[Susan Collins]], [[Winona LaDuke]] and [[Maria Cantwell]] for Vice President. Sanders is the first [[Jewish American]] to receive an electoral vote for President. LaDuke is the first [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] member to receive an electoral vote, and Paul is the third member of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] to do so, following the party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees each getting one vote in [[United States presidential election, 1972|1972]]. It is the first election with faithless electors from more than one political party. The seven people to receive electoral votes for president were the most in a single election since [[United States presidential election, 1796|1796]], and more than any other election since the enactment of the [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twelfth Amendment]] in 1804.+ − + − {{see also|International reactions to the United States presidential election, 2016}}+ − Trump's victory, considered unlikely by most forecasts,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lohr|first1=Steve|last2=Singer|first2=Natasha|title=How Data Failed Us in Calling an Election|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/technology/the-data-said-clinton-would-win-why-you-shouldnt-have-believed-it.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=D.R.|title=How did the polls get it wrong?|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/11/economist-explains-3|magazine=[[The Economist]]|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Catanese | first1=David | title=Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong | url=http://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong | date=October 24, 2016 | publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]] | accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Vogel | first1=Kenneth P. | last2=Isenstadt | first2=Alex | title=How Did Everyone Get it So Wrong? | url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 | date=November 9, 2016 | publisher=[[Politico]] | accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Flint | first1=Joe | last2=Alpert | first2=Lukas I. | title=How the Media's Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark | url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 | date=November 9, 2016 | publisher=''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' | accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref> was characterized as an "upset" and as "shocking" by the media.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/politics/donald-trump-election-reaction.html |title=Donald Trump's Victory Is Met With Shock Across a Wide Political Divide |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 2016 |accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Arkin |first1=Daniel |last2=Siemaszko |first2=Corky |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/2016-election-donald-trump-wins-white-house-upset-n679936 |title=2016 Election: Donald Trump Wins the White House in Upset |publisher=NBC News |date=November 9, 2016 |accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/how-trump-won-us-election|title=How Donald Trump swept to an unreal, surreal presidential election win|date=November 9, 2016|work=Guardian|accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Goldmacher | first1=Shane | last2=Schreckinger | first2=Ben | title=Trump Pulls Off Biggest Upset in U.S. History | url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070?lo=ap_c1 | date=November 9, 2016 | publisher=[[Politico]] | accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref>+ − Both major-party candidates were unusually old. At 70 years of age, Trump became the [[List of Presidents of the United States by age|oldest]] person ever to be elected to a first term as president, surpassing [[Ronald Reagan]], who was {{age in years and days|1911|2|6|1980|11|4}} upon winning the 1980 election. Clinton, at {{age in years and days|1947|10|26|2016|11|8}}, would have been the second-oldest after Reagan.+ − Along with [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]], Trump was born in 1946; this is the first time a single birth year has produced three presidents. (1946 was a year of unusually numerous births, marking the first year of the [[post–World War II baby boom]].) Trump is the fifth president to be born in the state of New York, after [[Martin Van Buren]], [[Millard Fillmore]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]; he is the second president born in New York City after Theodore Roosevelt. Trump is also the third president, after [[James K. Polk]] in [[United States presidential election, 1844|1844]], and [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[United States presidential election, 1916|1916]] to win an election despite losing his home state.+ − Trump became the first person since [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952]] to be elected president without having been elected to any other previous office, and the only individual to be elected president without any prior political or military experience. Among other presidents with limited military or political experience, [[William Howard Taft]] never served in the military and had been elected to political office only once, as an Ohio state judge, although he later held a number of appointed federal government positions, including in the [[cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] of a president. [[Herbert Hoover]] did not serve in the military and never held elected office, but he led two federal government agencies during and after [[World War I]] and served in the Cabinets of two other presidents. However, Trump is unique in not having any state or federal government experience: military, appointed, or elected.+ + − === Post-election protests ===+ − − {{further information|Protests against Donald Trump#Post-election protests}} − Following the announcement of Trump's election, large protests broke out across the United States with some continuing for several days.<ref name=":5">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/trump-election-protests.html|title=Protests of Trump's Election Continue Into Third Day|last=Bromwich|first=Jonah Engel|date=November 11, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/09/501513889/anti-trump-protests-break-out-in-cities-across-the-country |title=Across The Country, Thousands March In Protest Against Trump's Victory : The Two-Way |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=November 9, 2016 |accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-trump-protests-turn-violent-in-oregon-1478885999 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |title=Anti-Trump Protests Likely to Continue Friday and Saturday |author1=y Scott Calvert |author2=Cameron McWhirter |date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/11/violence-erupts-in-portland-riot-as-anti-trump-protests-continue-in-cities-across-the-nation |publisher=The Washington Post |title=As anti-Trump anger feeds protests and violence, Obama echoes appeals for unity |author1=Leah Sottile |author2=Samantha Schmidt |author3=Brian Murphy |date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> − Protesters have held up a number of different signs and chanted various shouts including "Not my president" and "We don't accept the president-elect".<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/11/not-my-president-elect|title=Anti-Trump protests continue across America|date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=The Economist|issn=0013-0613|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> The movement organized on [[Twitter]] under the hashtags #Anti-trump and #NotMyPresident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pe.com/articles/president-818185-area-voiced.html|title=Here are all the Southern California students who walked out of high schools to protest Donald Trump|last=Ratzlaff|first=Angela|newspaper=Press Enterprise|language=en|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Reuters 2nd">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-protests-idUSKBN1343CO|title=In second day of anti-Trump protests, civil rights a top concern|date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=November 10, 2016|first=Javier|last=Galeano}}</ref>+ − High school and college students walked out of classes to protest.<ref name=vcst>{{cite web|url=http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/10/oxnard-students-lead-anti-trump-protests/93602958/|title=Oxnard students took to the streets protesting Trump|publisher=Ventura County Star|date=November 10, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The protests were peaceful for the most part, although at some protests fires were lit, flags were burned and people yelled rude remarks about Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/usa/365957-oregon-university-election-riot/|publisher=Russia Today|title=‘F**k Trump’: Protesters take to streets in pro-Hillary Oregon after election results|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/09/rioting-breaks-out-in-the-us-in-reaction-to-donald-trumps-shock-victory-6246293/|first=Toby |last=Meyjes|publisher=Metro|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2016|title=Rioting breaks out in the US in reaction to Donald Trump's shock victory}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-elected-president-riots-break-out-university-campuses-after-republicans-2443978|first=Seerat|last=Chabba|publisher=International Business Times|title=Donald Trump Elected President: Riots Break Out At University Campuses After Republican's Win|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>+ − Celebrities such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Cher]], and [[Lady Gaga]] took part in New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/madonna-mark-ruffalo-t-join-nyc-anti-trump-protests-article-1.2867287|title=Madonna, Mark Ruffalo, T.I. and more celebrities join New York City anti-Trump protests|newspaper=The New York Daily News|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2016|first=Nicole|last=Bitette}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uproxx.com/music/cher-madonna-ti-donald-trump-protests/|title=Cher, Madonna And T.I. Lend Their Support To NYC's Anti-Trump Protests|date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=UPROXX|language=en-US|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4564242/lady-gaga-protest-trump/|title=Lady Gaga Protested Outside Trump Tower During the Election|last=Lang|first=Cady|website=TIME|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Some protesters took to blocking [[Controlled-access highway|freeways]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[San Diego]], and [[Portland, Oregon]], and were dispersed by police in the early hours of the morning.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abc7.com/politics/thousands-protest-trump-election-in-la-block-101-freeway-downtown/1599507/|title=Thousands protest Trump election in LA, block 101 Freeway downtown|last=Rand|first=Jory Rand bio, about Jory|date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=ABC7 Los Angeles|language=en-US|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kgw.com/news/traffic/protesters-disrupt-i-5-portland-traffic/348696903|title=6 arrested after march disrupts I-5 Portland traffic|last=TEGNA|newspaper=KGW|language=en-US|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> In a number of cities, protesters were dispersed with rubber bullets, pepper spray and bean-bags fired by police.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7.com/news/police-fire-rubber-bullets-at-anti-trump-protesters-in-santa-ana;-10-arrested/1600290/|title=Police fire rubber bullets at anti-Trump protesters in Santa Ana; 10 arrested|last=about|first=John Gregory, bio,|date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=ABC7 Los Angeles|language=en-US|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/10/not_my_president_tens_of_thousands|title="Not My President": Tens of Thousands Take to Streets, Block Freeways & Rally Against Trump|website=Democracy Now!|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-downtown-la-trump-protests-20161109-htmlstory.html|title=Anti-Trump protests continue for second day in California following a night of vandalism and arrests|last=Serna|first=Joseph|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> In New York City, calls were made to continue the protests over the coming days after the Election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/trump-election-protest-berkeley-oakland.html|title=Anti-Trump Demonstrators Take to the Streets in Several U.S. Cities|last=Fuller|first=Thomas|date=November 9, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> Former New York mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]] called protesters "a bunch of spoiled cry-babies."<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3923792/Rudy-Giuliani-calls-college-kids-bunch-spoiled-crybabies-universities-bring-therapy-dogs-Play-Doh-soothe-Hillary-supporters.html|title=Rudy Giuliani calls college kids 'a bunch of spoiled crybabies' – as universities bring in therapy dogs and Play-Doh to soothe Hillary supporters|work=Daily Mail|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Los Angeles mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] expressed understanding of the protests and praised those who peacefully wanted to make their voices heard.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wdsu.com/article/the-latest-la-mayor-praises-peaceful-anti-trump-protests/8275627|archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20161111061833/http://www.wdsu.com/article/the-latest-la-mayor-praises-peaceful-anti-trump-protests/8275627|archivedate=2016-11-11|title=The Latest: LA mayor praises peaceful anti-Trump protests|date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=WDSU|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> − + − {{further information|Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016|Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016}}+ + − Various methods were used to [[Political forecasting|forecast the outcome]] of the 2016 election.<ref name="ef">{{cite web |url= http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756223/obo-9780199756223-0023.xml|title= Election forecasting|last1= Stegmaier|first1= Mary|last2= Norpoth|first2= Helmut|date= September 30, 2013|access-date=September 26, 2016|doi =10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0023}}</ref> For the 2016 election, there were many competing election forecast approaches including Nate Silver's [[FiveThirtyEight]], The Upshot at ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Daily Kos]], [[Princeton University|Princeton Election Consortium]], [[Cook Political Report]], [[Stuart Rothenberg|Rothenberg and Gonzales]], PollyVote, [[Sabato's Crystal Ball]] and [[Electoral-vote.com|Electoral-Vote]]. These models mostly showed a Democratic advantage since the nominees were confirmed, and were supported by pundits and statisticians, including [[Nate Silver]] of FiveThirtyEight, Nate Cohn at the New York Times, and [[Larry Sabato]] from the Crystal Ball newsletter, who predicted a Democratic victory in competitive presidential races and projected consistent leads in several battleground states around the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html |title=Who will be president? How Other Forecasts Compare |publisher =The New York Times| accessdate=September 26, 2016}}</ref> However, FiveThirtyEight's model pointed the possibility of an Electoral College-popular vote split widening in final weeks based on Trump's improvement in swing states like Florida or Pennsylvania due to demographics targeted by Trump's campaign living in big numbers there, in addition of Clinton's poor performing in several of those swing states in comparison with Obama's performing in 2012, as well as having a big number of her potential voters in very populated states traditionally 'blue' but also in some very populated states traditionally 'red' like Texas which were projected safe for Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-trump-could-win-the-white-house-while-losing-the-popular-vote/|title=How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote|last=Wasserman|first=David|date=2016-09-15|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=2017-02-17|language=en-US}}</ref>+ + − Early exit polls generally favored Clinton.<ref name=frankluntz/> After the polls closed and some of the results came in, the forecasts were found to be inaccurate, as Trump performed better in the competitive [[Rust Belt]] states, such as [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], and [[Minnesota]], than expected. Even states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, which were considered to be part of Clinton's [[Blue wall (politics)|firewall]], were won by Trump.<ref name=frankluntz>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/frank-luntz-ban-exit-polls-231051|title=Frank Luntz: Ban exit polls|newspaper=Politico|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Of the Rust Belt group of states, only Minnesota was slightly won by Clinton. The states in the following table were all won by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2008 and 2012, with the exception of [[North Carolina]], which he lost to [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012.+ − {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"+ − |- − !State − !Electoral votes − !Pre-election polling average − !Margin of victory − !Difference − |- − !Florida − |29 − |Trump +0.2<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/fl/florida_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5963.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Florida: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +1.2 − |Trump +1 − |- − !Iowa − |6 − |Trump +3<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ia/iowa_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5981.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Iowa: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +9.5 − |Trump +6.5 − |- − !Nevada − |6 − |Trump +0.8<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nv/nevada_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-6004.html|title=RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Nevada: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson|website=www.realclearpolitics.com|access-date=2017-02-06}}</ref> − |Clinton +2.4 − |Clinton +3.2 − |- − !New Hampshire − |4 − |Clinton +0.6<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nh/new_hampshire_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-6022.html|title=RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - New Hampshire: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=www.realclearpolitics.com|access-date=2017-02-06}}</ref> − |Clinton +<!-- NOTE: spaces! -->0.3 − |Trump +0.3 − |- − !North Carolina − |15 − |Trump +1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nc/north_carolina_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-5951.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – North Carolina: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +3.7 − |Trump +2.7 − |- − !Maine CD-2 − |1 − |Trump +0.5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/mecd2/maine_cd2_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-6127.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Maine CD2: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +10.4 − |Trump +9.9 − |- − !Michigan − |16 − |Clinton +3.4<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/mi/michigan_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-6008.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Michigan: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +0.3 − |Trump +3.7 − |- − !Minnesota − |10 − |Clinton +10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/mn/minnesota_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-6138.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Minnesota: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Clinton +1.5 − |Trump +8.5 − |- − !Nebraska CD-2 − |1 − |Trump +9<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/necd2/nebraska_cd2_trump_vs_clinton-5906.html|title=RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Nebraska CD2: Trump vs. Clinton|website=www.realclearpolitics.com|access-date=2017-02-06}}</ref> − |Trump +3.3 − |Clinton +5.7 − |- − !Ohio − |18 − |Trump +3.5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/oh/ohio_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5970.html|title=RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Ohio: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=www.realclearpolitics.com|access-date=2017-02-06}}</ref> − |Trump +8.1 − |Trump +4.6 − |- − !Pennsylvania − |20 − |Clinton +1.9<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/pa/pennsylvania_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5964.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +0.7 − |Trump +2.6 − |- − !Wisconsin − |10 − |Clinton +6.5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/wi/wisconsin_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5976.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – Wisconsin: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein|website=Real Clear Politics|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> − |Trump +0.7 − |Trump +7.2 − |} − Pollsters were puzzled by the failure of mainstream forecasting models to predict the 2016 election outcome.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Skibba|first=Ramin|title=Pollsters struggle to explain failures of US presidential forecasts|url=http://www.nature.com/news/pollsters-struggle-to-explain-failures-of-us-presidential-forecasts-1.20968|journal=Nature|volume=539|issue=7629|page=339|doi=10.1038/nature.2016.20968|pmid=27853221|year=2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Graefe|first1=Andreas|title=A terrible day for election forecasters. Where are the winners?|url=http://pollyvote.com/en/2016/11/09/a-terrible-day-for-election-forecasters-where-are-the-winners/|website=pollyvote.com|accessdate=November 13, 2016|date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> [[Sean Trende]], writing for ''[[RealClearPolitics]]'', wrote that many of the polls were accurate, but that the pundits' interpretation of these polls neglected polling error.<ref>{{cite web |last=Trende |first=Sean |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/12/it_wasnt_the_polls_that_missed_it_was_the_pundits_132333.html |title=It Wasn't the Polls That Missed, It Was the Pundits |work=RealClearPolitics |date=November 12, 2016 |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> [[Nate Silver]] found that the high amount of undecided and third-party voters in the election were neglected in many of these models, and that many of these voters decided to vote for Trump.<ref>{{cite web |last=Silver |first=Nate |url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-invisible-undecided-voter/ |title=The Invisible Undecided Voter |work=FiveThirtyEight |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref>+ − FiveThirtyEight's final [[FiveThirtyEight|polls-plus forecast]] predicted 18 states, plus the second congressional districts of [[Maine]] and [[Nebraska]], with an interval of confidence lower than 90%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-dont-ignore-the-polls-clinton-leads-but-its-a-close-race|title=Election Update: Don’t Ignore The Polls — Clinton Leads, But It’s A Close Race|date=2016-11-06|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/|title=2016 Election Forecast {{!}} FiveThirtyEight|last=Silver|first=Nate|date=2016-06-29|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref> However, every major forecaster, including FiveThirtyEight, the [[The New York Times|New York Times Upshot]], [[Prediction market|prediction markets]] aggregator PredictWise, ElectionBettingOdds from Maxim Lott and [[John Stossel]], the [[Daily Kos|DailyKos]], the [[Princeton University|Princeton Election Consortium]], the [[Huffington Post]], the [[The Cook Political Report|Cook Political Report]], Larry Sabato's [[University of Virginia Center for Politics|Crystal Ball]], and the [[Stuart Rothenberg|Rothenberg and Gonzales Report]], called every state the same way (although Cook and Rothenberg-Gonzales left two and five states as toss-ups, respectively). The sole exception was [[Maine's 2nd congressional district]]. Of the forecasters who published results on the district, the Times gave Trump a 64% chance of winning and PredictWise a 52% chance, FiveThirtyEight gave Clinton a 51% chance of winning in polls-only and 54% in polls-plus, Princeton gave her a 60% chance, Cook labelled it a toss-up, and Sabato leaned it towards Trump.<ref name=":0" /> The following table displays the final winning probabilities given by each outlet, along with the final electoral result. The states shown have been identified by [[Politico]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/2016-predictions-117554|title=The 2016 Results We Can Already Predict|newspaper=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref> [[FiscalNote|WhipBoard]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://whipboard.co/2016/08/voter-profiles-2016-swing-states/|title=Voter profiles in ten 2016 swing states|date=2016-08-08|newspaper=Whipboard|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref> the [[The New York Times|New York Times]],<ref name="nytimes1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html|title=2016 Election Forecast: Who Will Be President?|last=Katz|first=Josh|date=2016-07-19|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref> and the Crystal Ball as battlegrounds.+ − {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"+ − |- − ! style="width: 13%;"|State − ! style="width: 14.5%;"|[[The New York Times|New York Times Upshot]]<ref name="nytimes1"/> − ! [[FiveThirtyEight]]<ref name="nytimes1"/> − ! [[PredictWise]]<ref name="nytimes1"/> − ! [[Sam Wang|Princeton Election Consortium]]<ref name="nytimes1"/> − ! style="width: 12.7%;"|[[Sabato's Crystal Ball]]<ref name="nytimes1"/> − ! [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 margin]] − ! [[United States presidential election, 2016#Results|2016 margin]] − |- − ! [[Alaska]] − | style="background:#FF557A" | 83% R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 76% R − | style="background:#f55;"| 94% R − | style="background:#f55;"| 96% R − | style="background:#FF557A" | Likely R − | style="background:#FF557A" | 14 R − | style="background:#f55;"| 15 R − |- − ! [[Arizona]] − | style="background:#FF557A" | 84% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 67% R − | style="background:#FF557A" | 82% R − | style="background:#f55;"| 91% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | Lean R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 9 R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 4 R − |- − ! [[Colorado]] − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 89% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 78% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 95% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 96% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | Likely D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 5 D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 5 D − |- − ! [[Florida]] − | style="background:#C655FF" | 67% D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 55% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 77% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 69% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | Lean D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 1 D − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 1 R − |- − ! [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] − | style="background:#FF557A" | 83% R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 79% R − | style="background:#f55;"| 91% R − | style="background:#FF557A" | 88% R − | style="background:#FF557A" | Likely R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 8 R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 6 R − |- − ! [[Iowa]] − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 62% R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 70% R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 79% R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 74% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | Lean R − | style="background:#A055FF" | 6 D − | style="background:#FF557A" | 10 R − |- − ! [[Maine|Maine (statewide)]] − | style="background:#55f;"| 91% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 83% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | Likely D − | style="background:#55f;"| 15 D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 3 D − |- − ! [[Maine's 2nd congressional district|Maine (CD-2)]] − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 64% R − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 51% D − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 52% R − | style="background:#C655FF" | 60% D − | style="background:#FF55C6" | Lean R − | style="background:#A055FF" | 9 D − | style="background:#FF557A" | 10 R − |- − ! [[Michigan]] − | style="background:#55f;"| 94% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 79% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 95% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 79% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | Lean D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 9 D − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 1 R − |- − ! [[Minnesota]] − | style="background:#55f;"| 94% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 85% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 99% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | Likely D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 8 D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 2 D − |- − ! [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|Nebraska (CD-2)]] − | style="background:#FF557A" | 80% R − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 56% R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 75% R − | style="background:#f55;"| 92% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | Lean R − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 7 R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 3 R − |- − ! [[New Mexico]] − | style="background:#55f;"| 95% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 83% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 91% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | Likely D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 10 D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 8 D − |- − ! [[Nevada]] − | style="background:#C655FF" | 68% D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 58% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 91% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 84% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | Lean D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 7 D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 2 D − |- − ! [[New Hampshire]] − | style="background:#A055FF" | 79% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 70% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 84% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 63% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | Lean D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 6 D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 1 D − |- − ! [[North Carolina]] − | style="background:#C655FF" | 64% D − | style="background:#EC55FF" | 56% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 66% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 67% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | Lean D − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 2 R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 4 R − |- − ! [[Ohio]] − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 54% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 65% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 67% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | 63% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | Lean R − | style="background:#C655FF" | 3 D − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 9 R − |- − ! [[Pennsylvania]] − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 89% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 77% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 93% D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 79% D − | style="background:#C655FF" | Lean D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 5 D − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 1 R − |- − ! [[Utah]] − | style="background:#FF55A0" | 73% R − | style="background:#FF557A" | 83% R − | style="background:#FF557A" | 86% R − | style="background:#f55;"| 99% R − | style="background:#FF55C6" | Lean R − | style="background:#f55;"| 48 R − | style="background:#f55;"| 18 R − |- − ! [[Virginia]] − | style="background:#55f;"| 96% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 86% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | Likely D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 4 D − | style="background:#C655FF" | 5 D − |- − ! [[Wisconsin]] − | style="background:#55f;"| 93% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | 84% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#55f;"| 98% D − | style="background:#7A55FF" | Likely D − | style="background:#A055FF" | 7 D − | style="background:#FF00E3" | 1 R − |} − === Electronic vote tampering concerns ===+ − After the election, computer scientists, including [[Alex Halderman|J. Alex Halderman]], the director of the [[University of Michigan]] Center for Computer Security and Society, urged the Clinton campaign to request an [[election recount]] in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania (three swing states where Trump had won narrowly) for the purpose of excluding the possibility that the hacking of [[electronic voting]] machines had influenced the recorded outcome.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/hillary-clinton-challenge-results/index.html|title=Computer scientists to Clinton campaign: Challenge election results|last=CNN|first=Dan Merica|website=CNN|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/activists-urge-hillary-clinton-to-challenge-election-results.html|title=Experts Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results in 3 Swing States|last=Sherman|first=Gabriel|newspaper=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@jhalderm/want-to-know-if-the-election-was-hacked-look-at-the-ballots-c61a6113b0ba|title=Want to Know if the Election was Hacked? Look at the Ballots|last=Halderman|first=J. Alex|date=November 24, 2016|website=Medium|publisher=|access-date=November 24, 2016}}</ref> However, statistician [[Nate Silver]] performed a [[regression analysis]] which demonstrated that the alleged discrepancy between paper [[ballot]]s and electronic [[voting machine]]s "completely disappears once you control for race and education level".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/801221907609579520|title=Nate Silver on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=November 24, 2016}}</ref> On November 25, 2016, the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] said the results from November 8, "accurately reflect the will of the American people."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/us/politics/hacking-russia-election-fears-barack-obama-donald-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0|title=U.S. Officials Defend Integrity of Vote, Despite Hacking Fears|last=Sanger|first=David E.|website=New York Times|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> The following day, the White House released another statement saying, "the federal government did not observe any increased level of malicious cyberactivity aimed at disrupting our electoral process on Election Day."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/us/politics/clinton-camp-will-join-push-for-wisconsin-ballot-recount.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=Hillary Clinton's Team to Join Wisconsin Recount Pushed by Jill Stein|last=Sanger|first=David E.|website=New York Times|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> − ===Recount petitions===+ − {{main article|2016 United States presidential election recounts}} − On November 23, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein launched a public fundraiser to pay for recounts in [[Wisconsin]], [[Michigan]], and [[Pennsylvania]], asserting that the election's outcome had been affected by hacking in those states; Stein did not provide evidence for her claims.<ref>{{cite news|title=Why are people giving Jill Stein millions of dollars for an election recount?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/24/why-are-people-giving-jill-stein-millions-of-dollars-for-an-election-recount/|last1=Weigel|first1=David|publisher=The Washington Post|date=November 24, 2016|accessdate=December 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYTDec13">{{cite news|title=Stein Ends Recount Bid, but Says It Revealed Flaws in Voting System|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/stein-ends-recount-bid-but-says-it-revealed-flaws-in-voting-system.html?_r=0|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 13, 2016}}</ref> Changing the outcome of these three states would make Clinton the winner, and this would require showing that less than 60 000 votes had been counted for Trump which should have been counted for Clinton. Stein filed for a recount in Wisconsin on November 25,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/jill-stein-submits-presidential-recount-petition-wisconsin-n688316|title=Election recount process to begin in Wisconsin after Green Party petition|work=nbcnews.com|accessdate=November 26, 2016}}</ref> after which Clinton campaign general counsel [[Marc Elias]] stated that their campaign would join Stein's recount efforts in that state and possibly others "in order to ensure the process proceeds in a manner that is fair to all sides."<ref name=splits>{{cite news|title=Clinton campaign splits from White House in backing Jill Stein recount push|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/26/hillary-clinton-attorney-jill-stein-wisconsin-recount|work=The Guardian|date=November 26, 2016|accessdate=November 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=[[Marc Elias]]|title=Listening and Responding To Calls for an Audit and Recount|url=https://medium.com/@marceelias/listening-and-responding-to-calls-for-an-audit-and-recount-2a904717ea39|date=November 26, 2016|accessdate=November 26, 2016|work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]}}</ref> Stein subsequently filed for a recount in Pennsylvania on November 28,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2016/11/pennsylvania_recount_stein_cli.html|title=Jill Stein files petition seeking Pennsylvania presidential election recount|work=pennlive.com|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref> and in Michigan on November 30.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jill Stein files for Michigan recount|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jill-stein-files-for-michigan-recount-232015|publisher=Politico|date=November 30, 2016}}</ref> Concurrently, [[American Delta Party]]/[[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] presidential candidate [[Rocky De La Fuente]] sought and was granted a partial recount in Nevada that was unrelated to Stein's efforts.<ref name="NV"/> − President-elect Donald Trump issued a statement denouncing Stein's Wisconsin recount request saying, "The people have spoken and the election is over." Trump further commented that the recount "is a scam by the Green Party for an election that has already been conceded."<ref>{{cite news|title=READ: Trump Slams Jill Stein Over 'Ridiculous' Vote Recount Effort|url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/11/26/donald-trump-reacts-jill-steins-recount-effort-presidential-election-votes|publisher=Fox News|date=Nov 26, 2016}}</ref> The Trump campaign and Republican Party officials moved to block Stein's three recount efforts through state and federal courts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump Campaign Objects To Michigan Hand Recount|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/12/01/trump-campaign-objects-to-michigan-hand-recount/|publisher=CBS Detroit|date=December 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/politics/michigan-attorney-general-files-suit-to-stop-recount/index.html |title=Michigan attorney general files lawsuit to stop recount |publisher=CNN.com |date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>+ − [[Mark A. Goldsmith|U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith]] ordered a halt to the recount in Michigan on December 7, dissolving a previous temporary restraining order against the Michigan Board of Elections that allowed the recount to continue, stating in his order: "Plaintiffs have not presented evidence of tampering or mistake. Instead, they present speculative claims going to the vulnerability of the voting machinery – but not actual injury."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/politics/michigan-election-recount/index.html |title=Michigan recount halted |publisher=CNN.com |date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> On December 12, [[Paul S. Diamond|U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond]] rejected an appeal by the Green Party and Jill Stein to force a recount in Pennsylvania, stating that suspicion of a hacked Pennsylvania election "borders on the irrational" and that granting the Green Party's recount bid could "ensure that no Pennsylvania vote counts" given the December 13, 2016, federal deadline to certify the vote for the Electoral College.<ref name="ChiTrib12122016">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 12, 2016 |title=U.S. judge rejects Green Party's Pennsylvania recount case; Wisconsin recount finished |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pennsylvania-election-recount-20161212-story.html |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago, Illinois]] |access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> Meanwhile, the Wisconsin recount was allowed to continue as it was nearing completion and had uncovered no significant irregularities.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Latest: Judge to Rule Monday on Pennsylvania Recount|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-michigan-court-members-recount-44086754|website=ABC News|date=December 9, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref>+ − The recounts in Wisconsin and Nevada were completed on schedule, resulting in only minor changes to vote tallies.<ref name="WIResults">{{cite news|title=Completed Wisconsin recount widens Donald Trump's lead by 131 votes |url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/completed-wisconsin-recount-widens-donald-trump-s-lead-by-votes/article_3f61c6ac-5b18-5c27-bf38-e537146bbcdd.html|publisher=Wisconsin State Journal|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NVResults">{{cite news|title=Nevada ballot recount changes just 15 Trump, Clinton votes|url=http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/34011663/nevada-ballot-recount-changes-just-15-trump-clinton-votes|publisher=Fox 5 KVVU-TV|date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> While the incomplete Michigan recount did identify some instances of improper ballot handling and possible [[Electoral fraud|voter fraud]] in some [[Detroit]] precincts,<ref name="NYTDec13"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Records: Too many votes in 37% of Detroit's precincts|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/12/records-many-votes-detroits-precincts/95363314/|publisher=The Detroit News|date=December 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name="DFP-19Dec">{{cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/12/18/detroit-ballots-vote-recount-election-stein/95570866/ |title=Detroit's election woes: 782 more votes than voters |author1=John Wisely |author2=JC Reindl |publisher=''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' |date=19 December 2016 |accessdate=20 December 2016}}</ref> no evidence of widespread hacking was found, and the overall outcome of the election remained unchanged by the recount efforts.<ref name="WIResults"/><ref name="NVResults"/><ref name="Reuters13">{{cite news|title=Green Party U.S. election recount bid comes to a close|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-recount-idUSKBN1411QE|publisher=Reuters|date=December 13, 2016}}</ref>+ − === {{anchor|ElectoralLobbying}} Electoral College lobbying and petitions ===+ − Intense lobbying (in one case involving claims of [[harassment]] and [[death threats]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/politics/banerian-death-threats-cnntv|title=Electoral College voter: I'm getting death threats {{!}} CNN|website=cnn.com|access-date=November 30, 2016}}</ref>) and [[grass-roots]] campaigns have been directed at various GOP electors of the [[United States Electoral College]]<ref name="Idaho GOP Electors Lobbied and Harassed">{{Cite news |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/election/article114786018.html |title=Electoral College: Are Idaho's 4 electors being pressured to dump Trump, or harassed? |last=Dentzer |first=Bill |date=November 15, 2016 |newspaper=The Idaho Statesman}}</ref> to convince a sufficient number of them (37) to not vote for Trump, thus precluding a Trump presidency.<ref name="Intense Lobbying Continues">{{cite news |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article116138613.html |title=Trump opponents' campaign to beat him at the Electoral College is a long shot|last=Kruesi |first=Kimberlee |date=November 21, 2016 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Members of the Electoral College themselves started a campaign for other members to "vote their conscience for the good of America" in accordance with [[Alexander Hamilton]]'s [[Federalist No. 68|Federalist Paper No. 68]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electors-hoping-for-an-electoral-college-revolt/508433/|title=Meet the 'Hamilton Electors' Campaigning for an Electoral College Revolt|last=O'Donnell|first=Lilly|newspaper=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonElectors/|title=Hamilton Electors {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hamiltonelectors.com/|title=Hamilton Electors|newspaper=Hamilton Electors|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hamiltonelector|title=HamiltonElectors (@HamiltonElector) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> This group's members may have become [[Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016|faithless electors in the presidential election]]. − On December 5, former candidate [[Lawrence Lessig]] and attorney [[Laurence Tribe]] established The Electors Trust under the aegis of EqualCitizens.US to provide [[pro bono]] legal counsel as well as a secure communications platform for members of the Electoral College who are regarding a [[unfaithful elector|vote of conscience]] against Trump.<ref name="The Electors Trust">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/larry-lessig-electors-trump-232231 |title=Lessig, lawyers to offer support to anti-Trump electors |last=Cheney |first=Kyle}}</ref>+ − + − On December 10, ten electors, in an open letter headed by [[Christine Pelosi]] to the Director of National Intelligence [[James Clapper]], demanded an intelligence briefing<ref name="Intelligence Briefing Demanded by Electors">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/electors-intelligence-briefing-trump-russia-232498 |title=Electors demand intelligence briefing before Electoral College vote |last=Cheney |first=Kyle |date=2016-12-12}}</ref><ref name="Open Letter to James Clapper">{{cite web |url=https://extranewsfeed.com/bipartisan-electors-ask-james-clapper-release-facts-on-outside-interference-in-u-s-election-c1a3d11d5b7b#.a937hhw36 |title=Bipartisan Electors Ask James Clapper: Release Facts on Outside Interference in U.S. Election |last=Pelosi |first=Christine}}</ref> in light of [[2016 United States election interference by Russia|Russian interference in the election to help Trump win the presidency]].<ref name="CIA Concludes Russia Aimed to Help Trump Win the Presidency">{{cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/10/505072304/cia-concludes-russian-interference-aimed-to-elect-trump?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews |title=CIA Concludes Russian Interference Aimed To Elect Trump |last=Mary |first=Kelly |date=2016-12-10}}</ref> After the letter was released, over 20 additional electors signed it.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pelosi|first1=Christine|title=Bipartisan Electors Ask James Clapper: Release Facts on Outside Interference in U.S. Election|url=https://extranewsfeed.com/bipartisan-electors-ask-james-clapper-release-facts-on-outside-interference-in-u-s-election-c1a3d11d5b7b#.y2j096oit|accessdate=13 December 2016}}</ref>+ + + − On December 19, several electors [[#Faithless electors|voted against their pledged candidates]]: two against Trump and five against Clinton. A further three electors attempted to vote against Clinton but were replaced or forced to vote again.+ − The [[115th United States Congress]] officially certified the results on January 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Caldwell | first1=Leigh Ann | title=Despite Objections, Congress Certifies Donald Trump's Election | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/despite-objections-congress-certifies-donald-trump-s-election-n704026 | date=January 6, 2017 | publisher=[[NBC News]] | accessdate=January 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Chiacu | first1=Doina | last2=Susan | first2=Cornwell | title=U.S. Congress Certifies Trump's Electoral College Victory | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-idUSKBN14Q25R | date=January 6, 2017 | publisher=Reuters | accessdate=January 6, 2017}}</ref>+ − + − {{main article|2016 United States election interference by Russia}}+ − On December 9, the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] issued an assessment to lawmakers in the US Senate, stating that a Russian entity hacked the DNC and [[John Podesta]]'s emails to assist Donald Trump. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agreed<ref name="WashPost12162016">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-blames-putins-personal-grudge-against-her-for-election-interference/2016/12/16/12f36250-c3be-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.05b275538474|title=FBI in agreement with CIA that Russia aimed to help Trump win White House|work=washingtonpost.com|accessdate=December 21, 2016}}</ref> President [[Barack Obama]] ordered a "full enquiry" into such possible intervention.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/us-election-hacking-russia-barack-obama-review|title=Barack Obama orders 'full review' of possible Russian hacking in US election|last=Washington|first=Spencer Ackerman David Smith in|date=December 9, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=December 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/us/politics/trump-mocking-claim-that-russia-hacked-election-at-odds-with-gop.html|title=Trump, Mocking Claim That Russia Hacked Election, at Odds with G.O.P.|last=Sanger|first=David E.|date=2016-12-10|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref><ref name=wapo-20121609>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html |title=Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last1=Entous |first1=Adam |last2=Nakashima |first2=Ellen |last3=Miller |first3=Greg |date=December 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38273933|title=Russia 'intervened to promote Trump' – US intelligence|date=2016-12-10|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref> Director of National Intelligence [[James R. Clapper]] in early January 2017 testified before a Senate committee that Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign went beyond hacking, and included disinformation and the dissemination of [[Fake news website|fake news]] often promoted on social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-us-cyber-officials-russia-poses-a-major-threat-to-the-countrys-infrastructure-and-networks/2017/01/05/36a60b42-d34c-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.1cdd35d0c380|title=Top U.S. intelligence official: Russia meddled in election by hacking, spreading of propaganda|date=January 5, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> − President-elect Trump originally called the report fabricated,<ref name="auto"/> and Wikileaks denied any involvement by Russian authorities.<ref name=wapo-20121609 /> Days later, Trump said he could be convinced of the Russian hacking "if there is a unified presentation of evidence from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies."<ref name="WSJ12182016">{{cite web|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/priebus-says-donald-trump-wants-fbi-view-on-russia-hacking-accusations-1482084741|title=Donald Trump's Team Tones Down Skepticism on Russia Hacking Evidence|work=wallstreetjournal.com|accessdate=December 21, 2016}}</ref>+ + − Several U.S. senators—including Republicans [[John McCain]], [[Richard Burr]], and [[Lindsey Graham]]—demanded a congressional investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chuck-schumer-russia-investigation_us_584c1f4de4b0e05aded4329f|title=Chuck Schumer Calls For Investigation Into Russian Interference In The Election|last=Levine|first=Sam|date=December 10, 2016|website=The Huffington Post|publisher=|access-date=December 10, 2016}}</ref> Other Republicans, such as [[Rand Paul]] of Kentucky and [[James Lankford]] of Oklahoma also indicated their support for a full investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/democratic-gop-senators-russian-hacking-cannot-become-a-partisan-issue-232475?cmpid=sf|title=Trump vs. Congress on Russian hacking|work=politico.com|accessdate=December 11, 2016}}</ref>+ − == Maps ==+ − <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> − File:Results by state, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote 2016.svg|Results by state, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote − File:2016 Presidential Election by Vote Distribution Among States.svg|Results by vote distribution among states. Each state's pie chart is proportional to the number of electoral votes they have. − File:2016 Presidential Election by County.svg|Results by county. Red denotes counties that went to Trump; blue denotes counties that went to Clinton. − File:United States presidential election results by county, 2016.svg|Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote − File:United States presidential election, 2016 Cartogram.png|United States presidential election, 2016 cartogram − File:2016 Presidential Election by County (Red-Blue-Purple View).png|Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote (Red-Purple-Blue view) − File:Cartogram—2016 Electoral Vote.svg|United States presidential election, 2016 [[cartogram]] − File:2016 presidential election, results by congressional district (popular vote margin).svg|Results of 2016 U.S. presidential election by congressional district, shaded by vote margin − File:USA 2012 to 2016 presidential election swing.svg|County swing from 2012 to 2016 − File:2016 Presidential Election by County - Trump.svg|Results by county, shaded according to percentage of the vote for '''Trump''' − File:2016 Presidential Election by County - Clinton.svg|Results by county, shaded according to percentage of the vote for '''Clinton''' − File:Gary Johnson strength map by county, 2016.svg|Results by county, shaded according to percentage of the vote for '''Johnson''' (0%–10% scale) − − + − Voter demographic data for 2016 were collected by Edison Research for the National Election Pool, a consortium of ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News. The voter survey is based on [[exit poll|questionnaires]] completed by 24,537 voters leaving 350 voting places throughout the United States on Election Day including 4,398 telephone interviews with early and absentee voters.<ref>{{cite web|title=exit polls|url=http://edition.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls/national/president|website=CNN|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Election 2016: Exit Polls|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Presidential Results|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/president|website=NBC News|accessdate=November 11, 2016}}</ref> Trump's crucial victories in the Midwest were aided in large part by his strong margins among Northern whites without college degrees; while Obama (in 2012) and Kerry (in 2004) lost those voters by a margin of 10 points, Clinton lost them by a margin of 20 points.<ref name="ncohncoalition1">{{cite news|last1=Cohn|first1=Nate|title=How the Obama Coalition Crumbled, Leaving an Opening for Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/upshot/how-the-obama-coalition-crumbled-leaving-an-opening-for-trump.html|accessdate=25 December 2016|publisher=New York Times|date=23 December 2016}}</ref> The election also represented the first time that Republicans performed better among lower-income whites than among affluent white voters.<ref name="ncohncoalition1"/> Additionally, Trump nearly doubled his support from Muslims compared to 2012 Republican nominee [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html|title=Trump Inches Toward Naming Domestic Cabinet Members|date=November 22, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 26, 2016}}</ref> While exit polls are useful, they have in the past overstated or given partial portraits of the electorate, and further study with additional data is generally required.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/upshot/election-facts-to-keep-handy-for-thanksgiving-dinner-discussion.html|title=Election Facts to Keep Handy for Holiday Discussions|date=November 23, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>+ − {| class="wikitable sortable"+ − |- − ! colspan="8" | 2016 Presidential vote by demographic subgroup − |- − ! Demographic subgroup − ! {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton − ! {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump − ! {{party shading/Independent}}|Other − ! % of<br />total vote − |- − | Total vote − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 46 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 100 − |- − ! colspan=5|Ideology − |- − | [[Liberalism in the United States|Liberals]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 84 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|10 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 26 − |- − | [[Moderates]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|41 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 39 − |- − | [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatives]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 15 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 81 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 35 − |- − ! colspan=5|Party − |- − | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 89 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 37 − |- − | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 7 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 90 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 33 − |- − | [[Independent (voter)|Independents]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 42 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right;" | 10 − | style="text-align:right;" | 31 − |- − ! colspan=5|Party by gender − |- − | Democratic men − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 87 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 10 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 14 − |- − | Democratic women − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 90 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 8 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 23 − |- − | Republican men − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 6 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 90 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 17 − |- − | Republican women − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 8 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 89 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 16 − |- − | Independent men − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 − | style="text-align:right;" | 10 − | style="text-align:right;" | 17 − |- − | Independent women − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 43 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 14 − |- − ! colspan=5|Gender − |- − | Men − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 41 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 47 − |- − | Women − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 54 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|41 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 53 − |- − ! colspan=5|Gender by marital status − |- − | Married men − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 58 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 29 − |- − | Married women − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 49 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 30 − |- − | Non-married men − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 46 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right;" | 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 19 − |- − | Non-married women − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 62 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 33 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 23 − |- − ! colspan=5|Race/ethnicity − |- − | [[White American|White]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"|58 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 70 − |- − | [[African American|Black]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 88 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|8 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 12 − |- − | [[Asian American|Asian]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|29 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − |- − | Other − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 56 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − |- − | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] (of any race) − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 29 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 11 − |- − ! colspan=5| Gender by race/ethnicity − |- − | White men − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 31 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 63 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 34 − |- − | White women − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 53 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 37 − |- − | Black men − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 80 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 13 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − |- − | Black women − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 94 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − |- − | Latino men (of any race) − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 62 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 33 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − |- − | Latino women (of any race) − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 68 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 26 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − |- − | All other races − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 61 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − |- − ! colspan=5|Religion − |- − | [[Protestantism|Protestant]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 60 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 27 − |- − | [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 23 − |- − | [[Mormon]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 25 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 61 − | style="text-align:right;" | 14 − | style="text-align:right;" | 1 − |- − | Other [[Christian]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 55 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 24 − |- − | [[American Jews|Jewish]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 71 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 24 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − |- − | Other religion − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 58 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 33 − | style="text-align:right;" | 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − |- − | [[Irreligion|None]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 68 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 26 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 15 − |- − ! colspan=5|Religious service attendance − |- − | Weekly or more − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;" | 40 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 56 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 33 − |- − | Monthly − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;" | 46 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 16 − |- − | A few times a year − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 29 − |- − | Never − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 62 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 31 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 22 − |- − ! colspan=5|White evangelical or born-again Christian − |- − | White evangelical or born-again Christian − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 16 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 81 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 26 − |- − | Everyone else − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 59 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 74 − |- − ! colspan=5|Age − |- − | 18–24 years old − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 56 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 − | style="text-align:right;" | 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 10 − |- − | 25–29 years old − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 53 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 39 − | style="text-align:right;" | 8 − | style="text-align:right;" | 9 − |- − | 30–39 years old − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 40 − | style="text-align:right;" | 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 17 − |- − | 40–49 years old − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 50 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 19 − |- − | 50–64 years old − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 44 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 53 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 30 − |- − | 65 and older − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 53 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 15 − |- − ! colspan=5|Sexual orientation − |- − | [[LGBT]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 78 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 14 − | style="text-align:right;" | 8 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − |- − | [[Heterosexuality|Heterosexual]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 95 − |- − ! colspan=5|First time voter − |- − | [[Voting|First time voter]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 56 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 40 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 10 − |- − | Everyone else − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 90 − |- − ! colspan=5|Education − |- − | [[Secondary education in the United States|High school]] or less − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 18 − |- − | Some [[Higher education in the United States|college]] education − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 32 − |- − | College graduate − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 49 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right;" |6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 32 − |- − | [[Postgraduate education]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 58 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right;" |5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 18 − |- − ! colspan=5|Education by race/ethnicity − |- − | White college graduates − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 37 − |- − | White no college degree − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 28 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 67 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 34 − |- − | Non-white college graduates − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 71 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 23 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 13 − |- − | Non-white no college degree − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 75 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 20 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 16 − |- − ! colspan=5|Family income − |- − | Under $30,000 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 53 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 41 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 17 − |- − | $30,000–49,999 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 42 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 19 − |- − | $50,000–99,999 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 50 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" |31 − |- − | $100,000–199,999 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 24 − |- − | $200,000–249,999 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − |- − | Over $250,000 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − |- − ! colspan=5|Issue regarded as most important − |- − | [[Foreign policy]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 60 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 34 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 13 − |- − | [[Immigration]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 32 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 64 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 13 − |- − | [[Economy]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 42 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 52 − |- − | [[Terrorism]] − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 39 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 57 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 18 − |- − ! colspan=5|Community size − |- − | Cities (population 50,000 and above) − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 59 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 34 − |- − | Suburbs − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 50 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − | style="text-align:right;" | 49 − |- − | Rural areas − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 34 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 62 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 17 − |- − ! colspan=5|Age and Race − |- − | White 18–29 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 47 − | style="text-align:right;" | 10 − | style="text-align:right;" | 12 − |- − | Black 18–29 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 85 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − |- − | Latino 18–29 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 68 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|26 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − |- − | White 30–44 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 54 − | style="text-align:right;" | 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 16 − |- − | Black 30–44 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 89 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − |- − | Latino 30–44 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|28 − | style="text-align:right;" | 7 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − |- − | White 45–64 − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 34 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 62 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 30 − |- − | Black 45–64 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 90 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 1 − | style="text-align:right;" | 5 − |- − | Latino 45–64 − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 64 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|32 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − | style="text-align:right;" | 4 − |- − | White 65 and older − | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 39 − | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 58 − | style="text-align:right;" | 3 − | style="text-align:right;" | 13 − |- − | Black 65 and older − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 91 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 9 − | style="text-align:right;" | 0 − | style="text-align:right;" | 1 − |- − | Latino 65 and older − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 73 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|25 − | style="text-align:right;" | 2 − | style="text-align:right;" | 1 − |- − | All Others − | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 61 − | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|31 − | style="text-align:right;" | 8 − | style="text-align:right;" | 6 − |} − + − {{col-begin}}+ − {{col-break}}+ − '''Legend''' − {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − |cable news network − |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" − |broadcast network − |} − {{col-break}} − '''Total television viewers<br>8:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern''' − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! Network !! Viewers − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[CNN]] || 13,258,000 − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 12,112,000 − |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" − | [[NBC]] || 11,152,000 − |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" − | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] || 9,236,000 − |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" − | [[CBS]] || 8,008,000 − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[MSNBC]] || 5,945,000 − |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" − | [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] || 4,196,000 − |} − {{col-break}} − '''Total cable TV viewers<br>2:00 to 3:00 AM Eastern''' − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! Network !! Viewers − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 9,778,000 − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[CNN]] || 6,452,000 − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[MSNBC]] || 2,858,000 − |} − {{col-break}} − − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! Network !! Viewers − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 3,955,000 − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[CNN]] || 3,372,000 − |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" − | [[MSNBC]] || 1,207,000 − |} − {{col-end}} − <small>Source: [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-election-night-poised-to-be-most-watched-ever/310418 adweek]</small> − + − * [[History of the United States (1991–present)]]+ − * [[Inauguration of Donald Trump]] − {{Portal bar|2010s|Politics|United States}}+ − + − {{Clear}}+ − {{notelist}} − {{reflist| group="nb"}} − == References ==+ − {{Reflist|30em}}+ + − == Further reading==+ − * Ott, Brian L. "The age of Twitter: Donald J. Trump and the politics of debasement." ''Critical Studies in Media Communication'' 34.1 (2017): 59–68. − * Patterson, Thomas E. "News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Primaries: Horse Race Reporting Has Consequences." (2016). [https://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-2016-presidential-primaries/ online] − * Ross, Andrew S., and Damian J. Rivers. "Digital cultures of political participation: Internet memes and the discursive delegitimization of the 2016 US Presidential candidates." ''Discourse, Context & Media'' (2017). − * Schaffner, Brian, and John A. Clark. ''Making Sense of the 2016 Elections: A CQ Press Guide'' (CQ Press, 2017). ISBN 1506384188 − * Visser, Beth A., Angela S. Book, and Anthony A. Volk. "Is Hillary dishonest and Donald narcissistic? A HEXACO analysis of the presidential candidates' public personas." ''Personality and Individual Differences'' 106 (2017): 281–86. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Angela_Book/publication/309662562_Is_Hillary_dishonest_and_Donald_narcissistic_A_HEXACO_analysis_of_the_presidential_candidates'_public_personas/links/581bf4a608aeccc08aea8fb4.pdf online] − * West, Darrell M. ''Air Wars: Television Advertising and Social Media in Election Campaigns, 1952–2016'' (CQ Press, 2017). − + − {{Sister project links |d=Q699872|commons=Category:United States presidential election, 2016 |n=Category:2016 United States presidential election |wikt=no |b=no |q=no |s=no |v=no | voy=no|display=2016 U.S. presidential election}}+ − + − * {{Dmoz|Regional/North_America/United_States/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Candidates_and_Campaigns/President}} − − * {{YouTube|5NPavp5WrTE|Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech}} − {{Donald Trump}}+ − {{United States presidential election, 2016}}+ − {{2016 U.S. presidential election state results}} − {{Trump presidency}} − {{Hillary Clinton}} − {{U.S. presidential primaries}} − {{United States elections, 2016}} − − + − [[Category:United States presidential election, 2016| ]]+ − [[Category:Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016]]+ − [[Category:Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016]]+ − [[Category:Mike Pence]]+ − [[Category:Tim Kaine]] − −
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[[File:ElectoralCollege2016.svg.png|thumbnail|right|350px|2016 election results]]
In the '''2016 United States presidential election''', Republican [[Donald J. Trump]] defeated Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]]. The election was held on November 8, 2016. Trump will be inaugurated as the forty-fifth president on January 20. Indiana Governor [[Mike Pence]], Trump's running mate, will be inaugurated as vice president at the same time. Few predicted that Trump would win before the election and the result was a historic upset.<ref name="HistoricUpset"/>
Trump was elected with an [[Electoral College]] majority of 304 votes. Hillary Clinton got 227, Colin Powell 3, Bernie Sanders 1, Ron Paul 1, John Kasich 1, and Faith Spotted Eagle 1.<ref name=schmidt>KIERSTEN SCHMIDT and WILSON ANDREWS, "[http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton]," ''New York Times''</ref> This result includes two "faithless" Republican electors who voted for minor candidates, five faithless Democrats.<ref name="schmidt" /> Trump received 45.95 percent of the popular vote (63.0 million votes) compared to 48.04 percent (65.8 million) for Clinton.<ref name=NationalPopular>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2016&off=0&f=1 2016 Presidential General Election Results]. ''Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections''. Retrieved January 12, 2016.</ref> Lax voting integrity laws, including laws in twelve states that allow an illegal immigrant to obtain a drivers' license, most likely resulted in over 800,000 ballots being cast by non-citizens.<ref name="Lucas800k">Lucas, Fred, "[http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/28/more-than-800000-noncitizens-could-have-voted-in-2016-election-experts-say/ More Than 800,000 Noncitizens May Have Voted in 2016 Election, Expert Says]," ''The Daily Signal''.</ref><ref name="O'ReillyIA">O'Reilly, Bill (November 29, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/11/29/bill-oreilly-amazing-amount-confusion-over-illegal-aliens-voting/ Bill O'Reilly: Amazing amount of confusion over illegal aliens voting]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 2016.</ref><ref name="Scarborough800k">Scarborough, Rowan (January 26, 2017). [http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/hillary-clinton-received-800000-votes-from-nonciti/ Trump argument bolstered: Clinton could have received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, study finds]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.</ref> A total of 136.6 million votes were cast.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> In such key states as Ohio and Iowa, Trump soundly defeated Hillary with landslide margins as wide as 9 percent, carrying working class voters that previously voted for Barack Obama, whom Democrats now openly derided as "deplorable racists." While, the margins within several tipping point states as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania (Trump wins), and New Hampshire (Clinton won) had margins around or less than one percent, just providing now-President Trump the needed electoral votes to win the presidency.
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Trump's promises to crack down on illegal immigration and "repeal and replace Obamacare" were central campaign themes. Exit polls suggest that the issue of terrorism was a decisive factor for voters.<ref>William Saletan, [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/debunking_myths_about_trump_voters_with_exit_polls.html Debunking Myths about Trump’s Voters with Exit Polls]</ref> Clinton's foundation had accepted multimillion-dollar donations from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two Gulf Arab states that also finance [[ISIS]].<ref>"[http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264493/saudi-arabia-and-qatar-bankroll-isis-%E2%80%94-and-clinton-joseph-klein Saudi Arabia and Qatar bankroll ISIS -- and the Clinton Foundation]," ''Frontpage Mag''.</ref>
[[Donald Trump]] defeated sixteen other major candidates to receive the nomination of the [[Republican Party]] in July. Former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] defeated Vermont Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] to receive the nomination of the [[Democrat Party]].
==Primaries and convention==
[[File:Donald Trump (29273256122) Phoenix.jpg|thumb|right|The public's fascination with Donald Trump dominated the first half of 2016 more than any candidate of either party. Trump spent virtually nothing on media advertising.]]
===Republican candidates===
A record-breaking total of 17 individuals formally announced their candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Their first [[2016 presidential debate|debate]] was held on Thursday, August 6, on the [[Fox News Channel]], and viewed by a record-breaking audience of 24 million people. By February 14, 2016, after numerous debates and subsequent to the [[Iowa caucuses]] and [[New Hampshire primary]], six candidates remained in the race.
By March 15, half of the delegates were allocated among the candidates, including the key "winner take all" states of [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]] and [[Ohio]].<ref name="washingtonpost.com">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/17/if-donald-trump-wins-south-carolina-can-he-be-stopped/</ref> The remainder of the states holding early primaries allocated their delegates using a proportional scheme, which marginalizes the influence of the state.
To have a candidate's name placed into nomination at the National Convention, the candidate must win a majority of the delegates from at least eight different states.<ref name="Rule 40">{{cite web|url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3402699/posts|title=Rule 40|accessdate=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
With Donald Trump's victory in Indiana, and [[Ted Cruz]] and [[John Kasich]] subsequently suspending their campaign, Trump became the presumptive nominee for the GOP.<ref name="cnbc.com">http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/04/john-kasich-campaign-latest-news.html/</ref>
In winning the GOP primary, Trump received more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.<ref>Hoft, Joe (June 7, 2016). [http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/ HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref>
==Primary process==
====Conservatives increase in number====
The share of [[Evangelical Christians]] in the Republican Iowa Caucus increased to 64 percent from 57 percent in 2012.<ref>Zitner, Aaron (February 2, 2016). [http://www.wsj.com/articles/voters-seek-change-as-iowa-caucus-begins-1454377162 Ted Cruz’s Iowa Win Powered by Evangelicals, Conservatives]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>
The series of [[United States presidential primary|presidential primary elections and caucuses]] took place between February and June 2016, staggered among the 50 states, the [[District of Columbia]] and [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]]. This nominating process was also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to a political party's [[United States presidential nominating convention|nominating convention]], who in turn elected their party's presidential nominee.
An NBC News exit poll taken at the Republican Primary in South Carolina found that voters have become more conservative:
{{cquote| Nearly four in 10 Republicans casting votes in the primary today described their political ideology as "very conservative"—an increase of 3 points over those who identified as "very conservative" in 2012 and up 5 points from 34 percent during the 2008 Republican presidential primary.
== Republican Party ==
The increase among Republicans voters identifying as "somewhat conservative" is even more significant—now at 43 percent of Republican primary voters and up 11 points from 2012 and 9 points from 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/sc-exit-poll-results-gop-voters-grow-more-conservative-n522716|title=SC Exit Poll Results: GOP Voters Grow More Conservative|work=NBC News|date=Feb. 20, 2016|accessdate=Feb. 21, 2016}}</ref>}}
===Primaries===
===Democrat candidates===
[[Democrats]] had to choose between former secretary of state [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Democratic socialism|"Democratic" Socialist]] Vermont senator [[Bernie Sanders]], and former Maryland Governor [[Martin O'Malley]].
====Rigged election====
The Democrat Iowa Caucus was very chaotic, poorly run, and whose results were very questionable.<ref>Samuelson, Darren (February 8, 2016). [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/how-iowa-democrats-couldnt-handle-a-two-candidate-race-218934 Inside the Iowa caucus chaos]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Tuttle, Ian (February 5, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430878/hillary-clintons-iowa-victory-transparent-irregularities Iowa’s Transparently Dishonest Democratic Caucus]. ''National Review''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Jacobs, Jennifer (February 3, 2016). [http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/02/iowas-nightmare-revisited-correct-winner-called-caucus-night/79702010/ Iowa's nightmare revisited: Was correct winner called?] ''The Des Moines Register''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> It was reported that the results of 90 precincts, about 5 percent of the vote, went missing.<ref>[http://conservativetribune.com/iowa-caucus-democrat-party/ Iowa Democrat Party Issues Stunning Announcement About Caucus Results]. ''Conservative Tribune''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>
The Democrat primary was rigged against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Hillary Clinton, and the party was shown to be helping Clinton behind the scenes.<ref>Griffin, Andrew (November 9, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/bernie-sanders-us-election-president-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-democrats-primary-results-a7408451.html Donald Trump won election because Democrats rigged system to have Clinton beat Bernie Sanders, says WikiLeaks]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Hoft, Jim (October 18, 2016). [http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/obama-lectures-media-integrity-elections-forgets-democrats-just-rigged-primary-bernie/ Obama Lectures Trump on "Rigged" Elections — Forgets That Democrats Just Rigged Primary Against Bernie]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> In addition, the Democrat primary has "superdelegates", who are made up of party leaders and can vote for whomever they want regardless of what the primary voters want.<ref>Resnikoff, Ned (May 16, 2016). [http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/why-will-superdelegates-decide-2016-democratic-primary-unearthed-documents-hold Why Will Superdelegates Decide The 2016 Democratic Primary? Unearthed Documents Hold The Key]. ''International Business Times''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> Even the leftist website [[Salon Media Group]] believed the primary was rigged.<ref>Demoro, Roseann (March 30, 2016). [http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/10_ways_the_democratic_primary_has_been_rigged_from_the_start_partner/ 10 ways the Democratic primary has been rigged from the start]. ''Salon''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>
====Millenial outreach====
Hillary Clinton's shapeshifting was on full display in the 2016 Democrat primaries. At first she posed as an experienced diplomat, [[national security]] expert, and statesman. But that didn't get her anywhere.<ref>See for example Hillary's speech on "The Crisis of Meaning" delivered in Austin Texas, 6 April 1993. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/23/magazine/saint-hillary.html?pagewanted=all</ref> So she appealed to the [[center]] by saying economists claimed Bernie Sanders promises were crazy and would bankrupt America.<ref>http://fortune.com/2016/02/17/bernie-sanders-open-letter/</ref> But that didn't gain any traction either. After the nomination she was matching or trying to outdo Sanders' pie-in-the-sky rhetoric by promising hundreds of billions for student aid to prepare young people for jobs that don't exist. Public Service Ads at one time ran saying, "Get a good job, get a good education". Then came an explosion of government handouts in the form of student loans. Then, in the bait and switch arrangement, students graduated only to find their jobs shipped overseas as the result of government negotiated trade agreements or the US economy's inability to create new jobs bankrupted by government mandated [[entitlement]] programs. Recent graduates found themselves [[serf]]s of the [[IRS]] with no way to repay the debt delivering pizzas.<ref>http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2016/01/student_loan_crisis_at_its_ugliest_i_graduated_and_found_out_i_owe_200_000.html</ref> What would be the way to reform the crisis? Increase [[capital]] formation to create new jobs? Not in the Democrat program. As Bernie Sanders proposed, and Hillary adopted, increase public treasury debt so that all young adults can go to college to graduate and find no jobs.
====Convention shenanigans====
The Clinton dominated [[Democratic National Committee]] showed how un-inclusive it is when it rejected out of hand 42 of 45 Sanders nominees for the 75 member convention rules, platform, and credentials committees. Of the 75 members on the 3 committees (25 each), 72 where staffed with Clinton cronies, and 3 with Sanders supporters, under the party's alleged "proportional allocation" methods based upon primary and caucus results.<ref>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-dnc-rules-committee-222978#ixzz48eixbtTR</ref>
Despite being under investigation by the [[FBI]] for illegal mishandling of classified information during her term as Secretary of State, with the inclusion of [[Superdelegates]] Hillary led the field as the convention approached. The Clinton's have amassed $3 billion over 41 years from political donations. The majority of the money — $2 billion — has gone to the Clinton Foundation.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/clinton-money/</ref> Her campaign has also accumulated $6.9 million from fossil fuel donations.<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaign-updates/hillary-clintons-connection-oil-gas-industry/</ref> Through the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee, she funneled $60 million in donations through 33 Democrat state parties.<ref>http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/</ref>
Clinton promised to put her husband, former President Bill Clinton, "in charge" of fixing the [[economy]];<ref name="aflcio.org">http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Trade/NAFTA</ref> according to the [[AFL-CIO]] and the Economic Policy Institute, Bill Clinton along with the Democrat-controlled Congress destroyed 700,000 jobs in America with the passage of the [[NAFTA]] agreement.<ref name="aflcio.org"/>
==Republican Party candidates==
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| [[Donald Trump]]
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=== Republican candidates===
A record-breaking total of 17 major individuals formally announced their candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Their first [[2016 presidential debate|debate]] was held on Thursday, August 6, on the [[Fox News Channel]], and viewed by a record-breaking audience of 24 million people. As of February 14, 2016, after numerous debates and subsequent to the [[Iowa caucuses]] and [[New Hampshire primary]], six candidates remained in the race.
[[File:Republican Disc.png|65px|center|link=Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party (United States)]]<big>'''Republican Party ticket, 2016'''</big>
By March 15, half of the delegates will have been allocated among the candidates, including the key "winner take all" states of [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]] and [[Ohio]].<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> The remainder of the states holding early primaries allocate their delegates using a proportional scheme, which marginalizes the influence of the state.
To have a candidate's name placed into nomination at the National Convention, the candidate must win a majority of the delegates from at least eight different states.<ref name="Rule 40"/>
With Donald Trump's victory in Indiana, and Ted Cruz and John Kasich subsequently suspending their campaign, Trump remained as the only Republican candidate left and became the presumptive GOP nominee. He opposed Hillary Clinton in the general election.<ref name="cnbc.com"/>
{| class="wikitable"
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|[[Donald Trump]]
|Business smart, name recognition, holds some conservative positions. Leads in almost all polls. Has forcefully campaigned on the issues of illegal immigration and international trade.
|Celebrity type with a bombastic style that can be a distraction.
|Trump won the [[New Hampshire primary]] easily, more than doubling the votes of his nearest rival. Won the [[South Carolina primary]], Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Kentucky. As of March 7, he enjoys a lead in the polls in Florida and Michigan. He originally announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/16/trump-announces-white-house-bid-joins-crowded-gop-field/</ref>
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| [[File:Mike Pence official portrait (cropped).jpg|center|200x200px]]
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=== Other possible Republican candidates ===
These individuals expressed interest in running or have been mentioned as possible candidates, which could happen if none of the existing candidates attains a majority of the delegates prior to the [[Republican National Convention]].
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|[[Paul Ryan]]
|Endorsed by former Speaker [[John Boehner]] and a proven conservative; ran on 2012 national ticket.
|Happy being speaker
|Boehner withdrew support and shifted to [[John Kasich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/john-boehner-withdraws-2016-support-for-paul-ryan-backs-john-kasich-until-first-vote/|title=John Boehner Withdraws 2016 Support for Paul Ryan, Backs John Kasich Until First Vote|date=March 16, 2016|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}</ref>
|-
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|[[Sarah Palin]]
|Very popular with the conservative base, record of cutting the size of government, expert on energy issues. Already experienced on national ticket.
|Thanks to the media, the electorate has already made up their minds about her. May prefer the role of commentator and not run for her and her children's sakes.
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| colspan=2 |<!-- Trump--><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-big-2016-announcement--2015-6 |title = Donald Trump is running for president |publisher = Business Insider |date = June 16, 2015 |accessdate = June 16, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/donald-trump-to-announce-his-presidential-plans-today/ |title = Donald Trump announces presidential bid |work = [[The Washington Post]] |date = June 16, 2015 |accessdate = June 16, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/291/15031432291/15031432291.pdf |title = Donald Trump FEC filing |publisher = FEC.gov |date = June 22, 2015 |accessdate = June 24, 2015 }}</ref>
|[[Condoleezza Rice]]
|Articulate, popular, foreign policy experience, takes the race and gender cards off the table, gave impassioned speech at the RNC, inspiring childhood story.
|Pro-choice, ties to Bush administration, never elected to any office, just appointed; left-wing immigration stance, had role leading up to [[Iraq War]], single status will mean she won't have the emotional support of a family for a Presidential run as [[Laura Bush]] has said; admired by some conservatives, disliked by others like [[paleoconservatives]] and from how [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Donald Rumsfeld]] have criticized her, she doesn't even have all the [[neoconservatives]] wrapped up.
|Some conservatives would think her running would be a good idea, others wouldn't. She declined to run in 2008 and 2012, but from the speculation she was going to be Romney's VP, she might this time.
|-
|[[John Thune]]
|Senator who defeated [[Tom Daschle]], relatively conservative for a Senator.
|Voted for TARP and often votes for other spending bills the leadership pushes, not well known.
|
|-
|[[Susana Martinez]]
|Gave a good speech at the RNC, conservative Governor of a blue state, Hispanic.
|Might not be interested, expanded Medicare in her state.
|
|-
|[[Jan Brewer]]
|Former governor of Arizona. If she were to run, would use potent immigration issue as foil to Rubio. Can take its mantle and change debate to pressure other candidates to tack right on the issue. Outspoken critic of Obama.
|Expanded Medicare waiver for Obamacare, and is no longer in elective office. Has lost some support from conservatives.
|
|-
|[[Kelly Ayotte]]
|Represents a swing state
|Voted in favor of amnesty
|If Rubio had been the Presidential nominee, he was likely to make Ayotte his running mate hoping the ticket will appeal to two swing states (Florida and New Hampshire), Hispanics, and women, offsetting Hillary with the last group. Both Rubio and Ayotte have been taken under the wings of McCain and Graham since getting in the Senate.
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|[[Allen West]]
|Conservative black Congressman from Florida who speaks his mind, some conservative activists insist that he run.
|Lost his race for re-election to the House two years after getting voted in.
|Has compared his loss to [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s before he became President in a radio interview.
|-
|[[Brian Sandoval]]
|Hispanic, fiscal conservative
|Pro-abortion, expanded Medicare in his state, [[Harry Reid]] did not seem to mind his performance as Governor.<ref>http://blogs.rgj.com/politics/2013/02/20/reid-says-hell-run-for-re-election-in-2016-wont-comment-on-sandoval-as-opponent/</ref>
|Sandoval later announced he would not run for President. He is capable of winning Reid's seat for the U.S. Senate instead with Reid's pending retirement.
|}
|}
=== Other major candidates ===
=== Republican candidates who dropped out of the race ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Candidate
|-<sup>†</sup>
!Pros
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:120%; color:white; background:#f33;"|''Candidates in this section are sorted by reverse date of withdrawal from the primaries''
!Cons
!Trending ...
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|[[Jeb Bush]]
|Unable to win Florida, has Hispanic wife and kids, multilingual, backing of [[Karl Rove]]. Had the backing of most [[George H.W. Bush#Family|Bush family]] members, despite the comment from his mother, [[Barbara Bush|Barbara]], who stated, "We've had enough Bushes" during an April 2013 interview.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51667537#51667537</ref>
|Outspokenly supports amnesty and Common Core, neither Tea Partiers or independent voters want a third Bush, told GOP primary voters they wouldn't elect Reagan today.
|Bush officially announced his candidacy on June 15, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/15/after-long-wind-up-bush-set-to-enter-2016-white-house-race/</ref>
|-
|[[Rick Perry]]
|Strong record of experience as Governor of [[Texas]]. Supports [[Second Amendment]]. Before the next election he might see a debating coach. Strong fundraiser. Not expanding [[Medicare]] to adjust for [[Obamacare]] like some other Governors are doing.
|Performed poorly in the last time, is an also-ran without [[Rick Santorum]]'s likely momentum in a race that will probably also have multiple other Republican Governors, also signed a state version of the DREAM Act and mandated vaccines for schoolgirls.
|Perry announced his candidacy on June 4, 2015. Perry became the first candidate to drop out of the race in September 2015.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/11/rick-perry-drops-out-of-2016-presidential-race/ RICK PERRY DROPS OUT OF 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, Breitbart, September 11, 2015]</ref>
|-
|[[Scott Walker]]
|A once-seeming [[movement conservative]] who defeated a recall that was pushed by [[George Soros]] and the unions, exhibited conservative determination in passing right-to-work in his state and surviving the relentless union attacks that followed.
|[[AFL-CIO]] and the other union special interests have him as a top target, but he stood his ground until recently where he's starting to adopt RINO stances on issues, such as refusing to speak out against [[same-sex marriage]] in a meaningful way and not taking a strong stance against the ''[[Obergefell]]'' decision.
|Walker formally announced his candidacy on July 13, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/13/walker-announces-2016-white-house-bid/</ref> To announce dropping out Sept. 21st, 2015.
|-
|-
|[[Bobby Jindal]]
|Populist conservative who says conservatives should be skeptical of big business, Indian-American, cleaned up Louisiana after Katrina and Governor Blanco, evangelical who also focuses on energy issues like Perry before him.
|Severely lacking in charisma.
|Jindal announced the formation of an exploratory committee on May 18, 2015.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/politics/bobby-jindal-forms-exploratory-committee/</ref> Jindal announced his candidacy on June 24, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/24/louisiana-gov-jindal-looks-ready-to-jump-into-2016-race/</ref>
|-
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|[[File:Governor John Kasich.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[Lindsey Graham]]
|[[File:Ted Cruz, official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped 2).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|Moderate Senator from South Carolina. Is pro-military and an advocate for a strong national defense. Good public speaker.
|[[File:Marco Rubio, Official Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|Widely seen as a liberal on immigration issues. Is considered a clone of Sen. [[John McCain]] in the Senate.
|Announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee in January 2015. Graham announced his candidacy on June 1, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/01/graham-set-to-enter-2016-race-with-focus-on-middle-east/</ref>
|[[File:Jeb Bush Feb 2015.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|-
|-
|<center>[[List of governors of Ohio|69th]]<br />[[Governor of Ohio]]<br /><small>(2011–''present'')</small></center>
|[[George Pataki]]
|<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br />from [[Texas]]<br /><small>(2013–''present'')</small></center>
|Former governor of a large state.
|<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br />from [[Florida]]<br /><small>(2011–''present'')</small></center>
|Very low name-recognition nationally.
|<center>Dir. of [[Pediatric Neurosurgery]],<br />[[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]<br /><small>(1984–2013)</small></center>
|Pataki announced his candidacy on May 28, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/28/former-new-york-gov-pataki-announces-run-for-2016-gop-presidential-nomination/</ref>
|-
|-
|<center>[[John Kasich presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|[[Mike Huckabee]]
|<center>[[Ted Cruz presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|Former Arkansas governor who ran well in the 2008 primaries, and is particularly popular with [[evangelicals]]. He is the strongest candidate against [[judicial supremacy]] and the [[homosexual agenda]]. Huckabee has kept himself in the public eye for the past six and a half years as the host of a news-and-commentary show on the Fox network.
|His record on social issues is rock solid, but some question his record on fiscal issues.
|On September 2, 2015, he announced his support for the [[Christian]] Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, and telephoned her as other candidates were either ducking the issue, or speaking out against her. Huckabee launched an exploratory committee on April 17, 2015.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/huckabee-set-to-announce-claims-ive-beaten-clinton-political-machine/article/2563219</ref> He announced his candidacy on May 5, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/05/huckabee-announces-2016-white-house-bid/</ref>
|<center>[[Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|<center>[[Jim Gilmore presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|-
|-
|<center>''W: May 4''<br /><small>'''4,287,479''' votes</small></center>
|[[Rand Paul]]
|<center>''W: May 3''<br /><small>'''7,811,110''' votes</small></center>
|Son of [[Ron Paul]], voted against GOP establishment's spending compromise bills, advocate for cutting spending, can unite libertarians and conservatives, voted against NDAA. Made waves with historic [[filibuster]] against [[CIA]] director John Brennan over the Obama administration's claimed authority to use drone strikes against US citizens on American soil.
|<center>''W: Mar 15''<br /><small>'''3,514,124''' votes</small></center>
|Some of his father's more hardcore followers think he's a "traitor" for endorsing [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012, voted for [[Chuck Hagel]] as Defense Secretary. Supported the Supreme Court's liberal wing when it struck down Section 3 of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], suggesting he's somewhat supportive of the [[Homosexual Agenda]].
|<center>''W: Mar 4''<br /><small>'''857,009''' votes</small></center>
|Has criticized [[Paul Ryan]], [[Jeb Bush]], and [[Chris Christie]] as a candidate might, delivered 2013 Tea Party response to the SOTU, which the news media didn't cover. Announced candidacy on April 7, 2015.<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?325139-1/senator-rand-paul-rky-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref>
|-
|-
|<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/022/201507230300013022/201507230300013022.pdf|title=John Kasich FEC Filing|date=July 23, 2015|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref></center>
|[[Rick Santorum]]
|Strong social conservative base, runner-up in the 2012 primary, by 2016 endorsing [[RINO]]-turned-Democrat [[Arlen Specter]] will be a distant memory for many because he died in 2012. Strongly opposed to [[homosexual agenda]].
|May have been a [[stalking horse]] for Romney in the last election, which he'll vehemently deny; in 2016 voters may want a new face to lead the party instead of an also-ran, media portrays as fanatic, voted for Bush's spending to be 'part of the team'.
|Has founded an organization called Patriot Voices which may serve as a fulcrum for his campaign. Santorum announced his candidacy on May 27, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/27/santorum-set-to-announce-2016-plans-wednesday/</ref> Is currently near the bottom of the field of 17 Republican candidates.
|<center><ref name=Gilmore>{{cite news |url = http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/07/30/jim-gilmore-presidential-announcement/30830661/ |title = Jim Gilmore formally joins GOP presidential race |work = [[USA Today]] |date = July 30, 2015 |accessdate = July 30, 2015 |author = Allen, Cooper }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/759/201507299000439759/201507299000439759.pdf | title=Jim Gilmore FEC Filing | publisher=FEC.gov | date=July 29, 2015 | accessdate=July 29, 2015}}</ref></center>
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|[[Chris Christie]]
|Blunt criticism of teacher's unions won conservatives over for about a year, [[Ann Coulter]] supported him.
|Unprofessional style, abrasive, overweight, praised Obama's Hurricane Sandy efforts only days before the 2012 election, has gotten heat for appointing Sharia judge and having pro-abortion Lieutenant Governor. Not endearing himself to conservatives with his statements on things like gun control.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/30/christie-announces-2016-bid-for-white-house-becomes-14th-gop-hopeful/</ref>
|Dropped out and endorsed Donald Trump.
|-
|-
|[[File:Rand Paul, official portrait, 112th Congress alternate (cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[Carly Fiorina]]
|[[File:Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped2).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|Former CEO, a good track record of attacking liberalism. Has gained support and attention since the first debate. She was widely considered the winner of the preliminary debate held for those not in the Top Ten as rated by the polls.
|[[File:Mike Huckabee by Gage Skidmore 6 (cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|Failed to win an election as a candidate for Senator, rejected Tea Party support, embraces the establishment GOP.
|[[File:George Pataki at Franklin Pierce University (cropped).jpg|center|123x123px]]
|Her entrance in the 2016 campaign would deny Democrats and Hillary Clinton the image of men vs. a women argument, aka 'war on women'. Fiorina formally launched her campaign for the Republican nomination on May 4, 2014.<ref>http://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879</ref>
|-
|-
|<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br />from [[Kentucky]]<br /><small>(2011–''present'')</small></center>
|[[Ben Carson]]
|<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br />from [[Pennsylvania]]<br /><small>(1995–2007)</small></center>
|Plain-spoken, with common-sense solutions to the country's problems.
|<center>[[List of governors of Arkansas|44th]]<br />[[Governor of Arkansas]]<br /><small>(1996–2007)</small></center>
|Has said states can enact [[gun control]]. Much of his time during debates has been spent on humor or general apolitical remarks.
|The world-renowned surgeon made waves by skewering Obama's policies at the White House correspondent's dinner. Carson formally announced his candidacy on May 4, 2015, in Detroit, saying ""I'm Ben Carson, and I'm a candidate for president of the United States."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/04/ben-carson-tells-tv-station-is-running-for-president/</ref> Dropped out on March 4, 2016 at CPAC.
|<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br /> from [[South Carolina]]<br /><small>(2003–''present'')</small></center>
|-
|-
|<center>[[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|[[Marco Rubio]]
|<center>[[Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|Favorite of [[Fox News]], articulate, Hispanic, able to win key battleground state of [[Florida]] since he's from there, was on Romney's shortlist in 2012.
Though perhaps initially a [[stalking horse]] for Jeb Bush, Rubio began to excel on his own and attract donors independent of the [[Establishment]], and insists on campaigning hard to win the nomination.
|<center>[[George Pataki presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|Rubio used to be a Tea Party favorite when he defeated [[RINO]] [[Charlie Crist]], but some soured on his actions beginning with his efforts with [[Chuck Schumer]] as part of the so-called "Gang of Eight" to enact pro-immigration legislation.<ref>Rubio has also been criticize for denouncing [[Michele Bachmann]]'s investigation into [[Huma Abedin]] an for sending troops into Syria.</ref>
|Visited Iowa in December 2012 to speak at [[Jack Kemp]] library, delivered GOP response to Obama's 2013 SOTU, put his capital on the line working with seven other Senators on a controversial amnesty plan many conservatives oppose but has now eased away from it. Announced candidacy on April 13, 2015.<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?325251-1/senator-marco-rubio-rfl-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref> Won in Minnesota and Puerto Rico. Dropped on out March 15, 2016 after losing the Florida Primary.
|<center>[[Scott Walker presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|-
|-
|<center>''W: Feb 3''<br /><small>66,781 votes</small></center>
|[[Ted Cruz]]
|<center>''W: Feb 3''<br /><small>16,622 votes</small></center>
|Previously active in the [[tea-party movement]], solid on opposition to Obamacare and gun control. Good debater.
|Like Obama, some question as to eligibility. As a first-term Senator, relatively inexperienced. Alienated some due to role in government shutdown.
|<center>''W: December 29, 2015''<br /><small>2,036 votes</small></center>
|Bypassed the exploratory committee process and instead made his formal announcement of candidacy on March 23, 2015.<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?324979-1/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref> Has gained in the polls since the first debate. By March, he'd won in Iowa, Maine, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Alaska.
|<center>''W: December 21, 2015''<br /><small>5,666 votes</small></center>
|-
|-
|<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/us-usa-election-paul-announcement-idUSKBN0MY17L20150407|title=Republican Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential run on website|date=April 7, 2015|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=April 7, 2015|author=Lambert, Lisa}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/politics/rand-paul-president-2016/|title=Rand Paul: 'I am running for president'|date=April 7, 2015|publisher=CNN|accessdate=April 7, 2015|author=Killough, Ashley}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/721/15970332721/15970332721.pdf|title=Rand Paul FEC filing|date=April 8, 2015|work=FEC.gov|accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref></center>
|[[John Kasich]]
|Two-term Ohio Governor, former U.S. Congressman. Popular with establishment types after Jeb Bush's withdrawal from the race.
|<center><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/us/politics/mike-huckabee-running-in-republican-presidential-primary.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0|title=Mike Huckabee Joins Republican Presidential Race|date=May 5, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=May 5, 2015|author=Trip, Gabriel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/301/15031423301/15031423301.pdf|title=Mike Huckabee FEC Filing|publisher=FEC.gov|accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref></center>
|Expanded Medicare in his state, said the [[Bible]] supports [[Obamacare]], D.C. beltway insider, and will not oppose [[same-sex marriage]].
|On July 21, 2015, Kasich officially declared his candidacy, stating, "I have decided to run for president of the United States."<ref>http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/07/21/john-kasich-presidential-announcement.html</ref>
|}
|}
=== Vice presidential selection ===
==Democrat Party candidates==
===Announced Democrat candidates===
These individuals formally announced their candidacy for the Democrat nomination in the 2016 presidential election.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
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|[[Hillary Clinton]]
|Has wanted to be President for decades, has Clinton machine and big money behind her, teflon image helped along by the media, quitting Secretary of State position lets her run, she will have the "sexist" card at her disposal.
|Role in Benghazi and decades worth of scandals going back to the 90s, cheerleaded for the Iraq war, facing corruption chargesfeminist. Bill Clinton may be a distraction.
|Clinton announced her candidacy on April 12, 2015.<ref>https://www.hillaryclinton.com</ref>
|-
|[[Bernie Sanders]]
|Independent that is lockstep with the Democrat party. Popular among socialists.
|As head of the Veterans Affairs Committee, he has done nothing to fix scandals and help veterans. Endorses Obama's policies.
|At a press conference on April 30, 2015, Sanders announced that he is running for the Democrat nomination.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/29/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-am-running-for-president/</ref>
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|}
[[Democrats]] will not have a choice other than [[liberal]] Hillary Clinton. If a competitive race were allowed by the party bosses and [[Superdelegates]] (and it won't be), the candidates mentioned below her could be contenders:
===Primaries===
===Other possible Democrat candidates===
These individuals expressed interest in running or were mentioned as possible candidates.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
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|[[Joe Biden]]
|Tries to set image as he's "one of the folks" even though he's a millionaire. He'll have Obama's Chicago machine. Incumbent VPs often receive the party nomination
|Very gaffe-prone, VP to an unpopular administration.
|Currently yukking it up as Obama's Vice-President and has openly expressed some interest in running. Hasn't talked about running...yet. Should be good seeing how he and Hillary deal with each other on the stage if they both run.
| style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President'''''
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| [[File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|center|200x200px]]
|[[Andrew Cuomo]]
| [[File:Tim Kaine crop.jpg|center|200x200px]]
|Tried to make himself look like a fiscal conservative, he's part of a political family like Jeb and Hillary, governor of a large state.
|Uncompelling, declared intentions to seize guns from lawful gun owners, which he's used executive orders to do.
|His late father, the former Governor, said he expected him to run. His gun confiscating executive orders are not sitting well with the American people by and large.
|-
|-
| [[List of Secretaries of State of the United States|67th]]<br />[[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]]<br /><small>(2009–2013)</small>
|[[Mark Warner]]
| [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]<br />from [[Virginia]]<br /><small>(2013–''present'')</small>
|Senator from a swing state with a relatively moderate record compared to others, might try to get points with independents that the other Democrats won't have.
|He votes with his party most of the time, voted for gun control even though he claims to be pro-gun.
|
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016|'''Campaign''']]
|[[Elizabeth Warren]]
|Popular in [[Occupy Wall Street]] and other progressive circles, elected in very competitive Senate race.
|Caught lying about being a Native American so she could get [[affirmative action]] at Harvard, her very liberal views and rhetoric probably would not have resonated in states less liberal than [[Massachusetts]].
|Won election to the Senate in November 2012 against [[Scott Brown]].
|-
|-
|[[Al Gore]]
|-
|Former Senator and Vice-President. Represented a conservative leaning Southern state (although as of the 2016 election, it is one of the most Republican states in the nation). Since leaving office, Gore has made a career out of lecturing the world on the dangers of "Climate Change."
|
|Is being talked up as a possible candidate by Democrats worried about the scandals attached to Hillary Clinton.
|}
|}
=== Other major candidates ===
=== Democrat candidates that dropped out of the race ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
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|<center>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Vermont]] <small>(2007–''present'')</small></center>
|[[Lincoln Chafee]]
|<center>61st<br />[[Governor of Maryland]]<br /><small>(2007–2015)</small></center>
|Former governor of Rhode Island, former Republican.
|<center>[[Harvard Law School|Harvard Law Professor]]<br /><small>(2009–2016)</small></center>
|
|Chafee announced his candidacy on June 3, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/03/former-ri-gov-lincoln-chafee-one-time-republican-declares-candidacy-for/</ref>
|-
|-
|<center>[[Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|[[Jim Webb]]
|<center>[[Martin O'Malley presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|Former Virginia Senator and Secretary of the Navy.
|<center>[[Lawrence Lessig presidential campaign, 2016|Campaign]]</center>
|Webb's surprise candidacy looks like a public relations stunt by Democrat bosses to make the party look more mainstream than it really is. It is doubtful that this is a serious attempt to win the nomination.
|Announced his candidacy July 2, 2015 <ref>http://www.webb2016.com</ref>
|-
|-
|<center>''{{abbr|LN|lost nomination}}: July 26, 2016''<br /><small>'''13,167,848 primary votes and 1,846 delegates'''</small></center>
|[[Martin O'Malley]]
|<center>''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: February 1, 2016''<br /><small>110,423 votes</small></center>
|Former governor of Maryland. Partisan and aggressive liberal.
|Martin who? He has low name recognition. Fiercely supports raising taxes and other very liberal stances, although that might help in the primary.
|O'Malley announced his candidacy on May 30, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/30/omalley-returns-to-baltimore-set-to-seek-democratic-nomination-2016-white-house/</ref>
|<center><ref>Yglesias, Matthew (February 1, 2016) [http://www.vox.com/2016/2/1/10892184/omalley-drops-out "Iowa Results: Martin O'Malley drops out after third place finish"], [[Vox (website)|Vox]].com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-martin-o-malley-endorses-hillary-clinton-20160609-story.html|title=Martin O'Malley endorses Hillary Clinton|date=June 9, 2016|publisher=Baltimore Sun|last1=Fritze|first1=John|accessdate=June 20, 2016}}</ref></center>
|}
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=== Vice presidential selection ===
==General election==
{{Main article|Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, 2016}}
Hillary Clinton lead the Real Clear Politics averages of polls for 101 days straight, from the end of the Democratic National Convention until election eve. The Clinton organization blamed Hillary's loss on the [[misogyny]] and [[bigot]]ry of the American people, particularly among women.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/15/get-this-now-hillarys-campaign-is-saying-she-lost-because-white-women-are-misogynist-video/ GET THIS: Now Hillary’s Campaign Is Saying She Lost Because WHITE WOMEN ARE ‘MISOGYNIST']"</ref>
===The Trump campaign===
Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose [[illegal immigration]] and [[free trade]], and he enlisted Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] as an adviser on this issue. As reported by [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]], "Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders." <ref>Hahn, Julia (August 14, 2015). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/game-change-trump-consults-with-sen-jeff-sessions-on-immigration-strategy/ "Game change: Trump consults with Sen Jeff Sessions on immigration strategy"]. Breitbart website/Big government.</ref> However, in recent months, Trump has focused more on [[ISIS]] and terrorism.
At the final presidential debate between [[Hillary Clinton]] and Trump on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Trump for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the [[Reagan Administration]]. But Trump persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other [[conservatives]] disagree with Reagan on this issue.
====Quotes====
[[File:Donald Trump and Mike Pence RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump and his running-mate, [[Mike Pence]], at the 2016 Republican National Convention.]]
Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary'. He doesn't give Bernie Sanders the same treatment though he has referred to him as a Communist.
*“We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of [[globalism]].”
*"I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to [[hell]]."<ref>http://time.com/4210983/republican-debate-barack-obama-incompetent/</ref>
*"I will be the greatest jobs president that [[God]] ever created."
*"I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich."
*"Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people."
*"Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy."
*"I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have [[Mexico]] pay for that wall."
*"I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct."<ref>http://video.foxnews.com/v/4406746003001/watch-a-replay-of-fox-news-prime-time-presidential-debate/?#sp=show-clips</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&oq=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.8295j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8]</ref>
*"Becoming the nominee of the party of [[Abraham Lincoln]] has been the greatest honor of my life.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294401-trump-claims-party-of-lincoln-mantle-in-speech-at-black</ref>
====General election debate quotes====
*"Because you would be in jail." (Trump in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he "is not in charge of the law in our country")<ref name="2ndTranscript">[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-transcript-229519 Full transcript: Second 2016 presidential debate]. ''Politico''. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.</ref>
*"Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you." (Trump in response to Clinton's excuse for having "'a public and private position on certain issues.'")<ref name="2ndTranscript"/>
*"Hillary has experience, but it’s bad experience."<ref>Goodenough, Patrick (September 27, 2016). [http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ Trump: 'Hillary Has Experience, But It's Bad Experience']. ''cnsnews.com''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref>
====Quotes from Twitter====
[[File:Screenshot 2015-09-28-12-11-31-1.png|right|300px|Thumb|Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn]]
<center>{{Cquote|<br>'''Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.'''}}</center>
* "An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."<ref>Trump, Donald J. (August 6, 2012, 1:23 pm). [http://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794 "An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."] Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.</ref>
* "It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them."<ref>Trump, Donald J. (November 13, 2012, 12:23pm). [http://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/268449146711703553 "It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them."] Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.</ref>
* "This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."<ref>Trump, Donald J. (January 1, 2014, 4:39pm). [http://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328 "This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."] Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.</ref>
====2015 quotes====
* "So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!" (August 8, 2015)
* "Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate" (October 13, 2015)
* "They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said." (November 13, 2015)
* "President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE." (November 14, 2015)
* "Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?" (November 17, 2015)
* "Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG & BEAUTIFUL WALL!" (November 19, 2015)
====2016 quotes====
* "Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!" (January 3, 2016)
* "I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!" (February 20, 2016)
* "The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!" (March 12, 2016)
* "Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES, are never blamed by media? SAD!" (March 20, 2016)
* "Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!" (March 22, 2016)
* "For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you." (April 1, 2016)
====Other quotes====
* "[T]he country is going to hell."<ref>Cassidy, Chris (March 19, 2015). [http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/03/country_is_going_to_hell_claims_donald_trump "'Country is going to hell,' claims Donald Trump"]. BostonHerald.com website.</ref>
* "We have no leader in this country.”<ref>Reisner, Hiram (April 22, 2011). [http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-karlrove-gop-birther/2011/04/22/id/393742 "Trump: I'd just take Libyan oil"]. NewsMax website.</ref>
* "Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people."<ref>Pierce, Tony (April 29, 2011). [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/donald-trump-in-vegas-our-leaders-are-stupid-they-are-stupid-people.html "Donald Trump in Vegas: 'Our leaders are stupid; they are stupid people'"]. Los Angeles Times website/Top of the Ticket blog.</ref>
* "I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare."<ref>Mooney, Alexander (April 11, 2011). [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/trump-says-he-is-obama-campaigns-worst-nightmare/comment-page-6/ "Trump says he is Obama campaign's worst nightmare"]. Cable News Network website/politicalticker blog.</ref>
* "Obama has no solutions."<ref>Coz, Steve (August 19, 2012). [http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-gibbs-fox-obama/2012/08/19/id/449050/ "Trump fires back at Obama campaign smear"]. Newsmax website/Newsfront.</ref>
===The Clinton record===
:''See also'' [[Clinton donors in the Panama Papers]]
Unlike Trump, Clinton carried the baggage of 40 years of personal and political scandal, and recent international foreign policy disasters as Secretary of State. The Democrats and liberal media attempted to compensate by waging an aggressive war of slander and personal attacks on Donald Trump and supporters, labeling every utterance as "racist". In the end the stategy failed, with Trump rallying more African-American votes to his side than any GOP candidate since [[Eisenhower]]. Neither did Hispanic voters respond to the Clinton's hate campaign with the final tally falling in its traditional 60%-40% break.
====Wikileaks====
:''Main articles:'' '''[[Murder of Seth Rich]]''' ''and'' '''[[Clinton body count]]'''
Clinton talking points emphasized the idea that US intelligence, the same people who brought you the [[WMD]] debacle, claim Russia and Putin were responsible for the hack of [[DNC]] servers which resulted in the firing of Democratic National Committee Chair [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]]. This presumably would exonerate anyone connected with the DNC or Clinton campaign from complity in the Murder of Seth Rich.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails provided by [[Wikileaks]] showed clear collusion between Clinton, [[mainstream media]] outlets, and the DNC to smear [[Bernie Sanders]]. Thousands of hopeful millennials felt betrayed by the Democratic party. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced out on the eve of the convention, less than 24 hours after dozens of emails were published by Wikileaks showing her and her staff rigging the primary elections for Hillary Clinton.
Wikileaks founder [[Julian Assange]] has offered $20,000 cash reward for the arrest and conviction of Seth Rich's killers or killer, the alleged whistleblower who provided the DNC emails to Wikileaks and was murdered execution style in early July 2016. Hillary says of Assange in an email, "Can't we just drone this guy?"<ref>http://truepundit.com/under-intense-pressure-to-silence-wikileaks-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-proposed-drone-strike-on-julian-assange/</ref> To silence Assange, Wikileaks internet access was cut by the government of Ecuador after the release of Hillary's private paid speech to [[Goldman Sachs]]. Wikileaks Director, Prof. Gavin Macfayden, was found dead the following week. Macfayden's death was the as the third of a close associate of Assange in past 6 months.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790004642038050816/photo/1</ref>
====FBI paid off====
[[Virginia]] Gov. [[Terry McAuliffe]] was co-chairman of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s 1996 re-election campaign. In that capacity he was a very successful fundraiser. Consequently, when the Clinton's left the [[White House]] in 2001, he was rewarded with the chairmanship of the Democratic National Party. In 2008 he was chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. In May 2016 McAuliffe came under FBI investigation for illegal campaign donations from a [[Chinese]] businessman.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/terry-mcauliffe-fbi-doj-federal-investigation-campaign-contributions/</ref> McAuliffe invited the same man to Hillary Clinton's Washington DC home to meet Hillary.<ref>http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/</ref><ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1294661.html</ref>
Throughout the email probe when things looked darkest even to loyal Democrats and partisan surrogates, Hillary woukd smuggly reiterated, " I am confident they'll find nothing." The reason became apparent readily enough.
McAuliffe’s political-action committee, Common Good VA, donated $467,500 to the 2015 state [[Senate]] campaign of Dr. Jill McCabe, who is married to Andrew McCabe, who later became deputy director of the FBI. The Virginia Democratic Party, over which McAuliffe exerts considerable control, donated an additional $207,788 worth of support to Dr. McCabe’s campaign in the form of mailers, according to the records. That adds up to slightly more than $675,000 to her candidacy from entities either directly under Mr. McAuliffe’s control or strongly influenced by him. The figure represents more than a third of all the campaign funds Dr. McCabe raised in the effort. Responding to a ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' exposé on the Clinton pay-to-play scandals, [[FBI]] issued a press release:
{{Quotebox|Months after the completion of her campaign, then-Associate Deputy Director McCabe was promoted to Deputy, where, in that position, he assumed for the first time, an oversight role in the investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails.}}
At the time the Clinton email probe was launched in July 2015, McCabe was running the FBI’s [[Washington, D.C.]], field office, which provided personnel and resources to the Clinton email probe. At the end of July 2015, McCabe was promoted to FBI headquarters and assumed the No. 3 position at the agency. In February 2016, he became FBI Director James Comey’s second-in-command. As deputy director, McCabe was part of the executive leadership team overseeing the Clinton email investigation. McCabe was instrumental in supervising Hillary's investigation the subsequently clearing her.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/prominent-democrat-connected-clintons-donated-675000-campaign-deputy-fbi-directors-w</ref> Some investigators wanted to combine the McAullife investigation with the investigation into bribery and influence peddling through the Clinton Foundation. Investigators reported McCabe issued a 'stand down' order.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/fbi-investigation-bribery-clinton-foundation-spans-nation-multiple-field-offices-says-wsj/</ref>
====emails====
:''Main article:'' [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]]
The Office of Secretary of State is on the 7th floor of the State Department building. Security protocols do not allow any outside, non-State Department electronic transmission or listening devices on the 7th floor. Hillary Clinton insisted upon using her own personal Blackberry and refused to use State Department issued equipment and a State Department email account. For four years, when at work in her State Department Office suite, the Secretary of State was incommunicado with anyone she wanted to communicate with, or who needed to communicate with her, whether professional, diplomatic, or personal.
Fortunately for her the job of Secretary of State requires a lot of travelling. The Secretary usually is in the office only once a month when he/she returns to [[Washington D.C.]] for a monthly Congressional Oversight hearing. While on the road Hillary used exclusively her personal Blackberry tied to an email account server in her Chappaqua New York home.
Because of her insistence on using personal equipment, emails from her via the Chappaqua server were put on the State Department's spam block list. Huma Abedin pleaded with her to get an official state.gov email account. Hillary responded saying, “Let’s get separate address or device but I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible.”<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3657225/Clinton-failed-hand-key-email-State-Department.html New Clinton email cover-up: Hillary did not include crucial message to right hand aide which demanded her account stay secret in hand-over of 'all' her work-related emails], By Associated Press, 23 June 2016. dailymail.co.uk</ref>
It has been established Hillary knew both her Blackberry and Chappaqua server were vulnerable to hackers. After a bureaucratic fight, the State Department accommodated her by disabling some of their security features to allow access from the Chappaqua server.
Criminal investigations of Hillary Clinton fundamentally surround three issues:
*Handling of classified information and government records;
*conflicts of interest with donors and the Clinton Foundation;
*efforts to circumvent the [[Watergate]] reform era [[Freedom of Information Act]] and openness in government.
The issue of ''intent'' was reviewed by the inspector general’s offices in the State Department and the U.S. Intelligence Community which referred the case to the FBI for criminal investigation after it was determined the Chappaqua server contained classified information. The Chappaqua server was hacked and sensitive classified information compromised.<ref>[http://observer.com/2016/06/how-emailgate-weakened-americas-national-security/ How EmailGate Weakened America’s National Security], By John R. Schindler, ''The Observer'', 06/01/16</ref>
When Hillary moved her server to Platte River Networks, it was a further violation of law.
Bill Clinton met privately with Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]. Days later FBI Director James Comey closed the investigation. Later it was revealed President Obama communicated with Hillary on the server using a pseudonym, which seemingly implies he was aware of the abuse. As in the Jeffrey Epstein child sex scandal, the FBI whitewashed the investigation.
=====Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner=====
Hillary's longtime personal aide, Huma Abedin, was married to New York Congressman [[Anthony Weiner]] in a ceremony presided over by former President Bill Clinton. Weiner resigned from Congress in a sexting scandal. In mid 2016, Weiner was involved in yet another sexting scandal involving a 15-year-old girl and came under FBI investigation. His laptop, iPad and cell phone were seized. More than 10,000 State Department emails related to the investigation of Hillary's [[theft]] of government property were discovered on his laptop.
=====Hillary's health=====
Hillary sent an email to Cheryl Mills on August 19, 2011 featuring the text of an article entitled ''Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?''
The article was about how people in positions of power and influence can suffer from “decision fatigue” that causes them to be “low on mental energy” and prompts the sufferer to “become reckless” and “act impulsively”.
The article also explains how “decision fatigue” could explain why “ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues.” Hillary added, “Wow that is spooky descriptive."
Huma Abedin sent an email on January 4, 2013 about Hillary's "life threatening" Cerebral Venous Sinus Thombosis (CVST). CVST is the presence of acute thrombosis (a blood clot) in the dural venous sinuses, which drain blood from the brain. Symptoms may include headaches, seizures, abnormal vision and any of the symptoms of stroke, such as weakness of the face and limbs on one side of the body.
From WebMD:
{{Quotebox|Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a very rare, life-threatening condition that can affect adults and children.
In cavernous sinus thrombosis, a blood clot blocks a vein that runs through a hollow space underneath the brain and behind the eye sockets. These veins carry blood from the face and head back to the heart.
The cause of cavernous sinus thrombosis is usually an infection. But other factors may play a role.
Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a serious condition. It causes death in up to 30% of cases.}}
====The Clintons' racist record====
:''See also [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]]''
Hillary Clinton is known for her cynical manipulation of Black voters and pandering to "white working class, hard-working white" nativist sentiment.<ref>https://youtu.be/vjoMcqMTMfw</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/ijhL3-5sr18</ref> Reminiscent of her famous "bring them to heel" speech, while discussing police shootings Hillary said, "We have got to rein in what is absolutely inexplicable" without bothering to explain what is inexplicable.
Hillary's racism runs deep. The night Bill Clinton lost his bid for a Congressional seat in 1974 and disappointing their immediate personel ambitions, Hillary blamed the loss on campaign manager Paul Fray. "She called me everything but a white man," Fray explained to the [[BBC]].<ref>https://youtu.be/_VonG4TyTWw</ref> Tensions escalated. Then she called him a "F***ing [[Jew]] bastard." The Cinton's of course deny it but five separate surving witnesses corroborate each other in detail.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/05/three-eyewitnesses-allege-hillary-called-aide-a-fking-jew-bastard/</ref><ref name="Did Hillary commit a hate crime">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200007/ai_n8910772 Did Hillary commit a hate crime?], Human Events, July 28, 2000.</ref> The incident was first reported in a book published by Harper Collins in 2000 entitled, ''State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton''.<ref name="Did Hillary commit a hate crime"/><ref>http://www.amazon.com/State-Union-Complex-Marriage-Hillary/dp/0060193921</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/US_election_race/Story/0,,344475,00.html Hillary faces voters' wrath for alleged ethnic slur], Michael Ellison, London Guardian, July 18, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.sobran.com/columns/1999-2001/000718.shtml Hillary’s Manners], Joseph Sobran, July 18, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15015 I agree with Clinton!], Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily, July 20, 2000.</ref>
The Clintons call [[Jesse Jackson]] that "Goddamn n****r" behind his back.<ref>http://polidics.com/news/hillary-clintons-jew-bastard.html</ref><ref>http://rapmusic.com/threads/hillary-clinton-hates-blacks-and-jews-caught-by-the-secret-service-and-endorsers.1074368/</ref><ref name="emptysuit.wordpress.com">https://emptysuit.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/the-clintons-jews-and-niggers-warning-graphic-language/</ref><ref>http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/racial-slurs-are-unsettling-if-used-by-celebrity-chefs-or-top-democrats/</ref> Jackson refused to release his delegates in 1984 to [[Gary Hart]], Clinton's old boss from the [[McGovern]] campaign of 1972. Jackson, the first African-American to win states in a major party primary, questioned the disparity between his vote total and delegate count, but even Hart sided with the DNC's rigging the primary rules.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/20/us/disparity-between-jackson-s-vote-and-delegate-count-vexes-party.html?pagewanted=all DISPARITY BETWEEN JACKSON'S VOTE AND DELEGATE COUNT VEXES PARTY], By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, ''New York Times'', May 20, 1984.</ref> In 1988 Jackson selected Ron Brown as his chief negotiator at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.<ref>https://socialistworker.org/2016/07/25/how-democrats-got-over-the-rainbow<</ref> Brown went on to serve as DNC Chairman and Commerce Secretary until he died in a plane crash.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Ron-Browns-Body-Presidency-Hillarys/dp/0785262377</ref>
The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) was a racist organization formed by remnants of the McGovern and Hart campaigns - less the Rainbow Coalition.<ref>http://www.blackcommentator.com/46/46_cover.html</ref><ref>https://ofamerica.wordpress.com/tag/democratic-leadership-council/</ref> By 1992 it had taken over the DNC. Democrat strategists sought to distance themselves from the civil rights movement and begin pushing the "centrist" candidacy of Bill Clinton.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/the_clintons_sordid_race_game_no_one_will_say_it_but_the_clintons_rise_was_premised_on_repudiating_black_voters/ The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters], Corey Robin, ''Salon'', Jan 31, 2016</ref>
That fact that 30 year old allegations of sexual asssult and improprieties are hurled at [[Bill Cosby]] with a devastating effect on his life and career while Bill Clinton is held up as a paragon of manhood and public service by the media and judicial system is a testament of the bigotry and racism of the mainstream media and their supporters. Rumors persist that the Clinton's have effectively blackmailed Barack Obama to drop thd email investigation and for his active support in the 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/07/media-gets-facts-wrong-on-loretta-lynchbill-clinton-tarmac-meeting/</ref>
=====Black lives don't matter=====
On the eve of the [[New Hampshire]] primary in 1992, Bill Clinton took off from the campaign trail to sign the death warrant and oversee the execution of a retarded black man, Ricky Ray Rector. Recktor, who had been lobotomized, was mentally incompetent and unable to understand the charges against him.
<ref>[https://skepticalbrotha.wordpress.com/tag/christopher-hitchens/ Christopher Hitchens], Skeptical Brotha. Retrieved 23 June 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/elections/bill-clinton-hopped-up-on-whack-ricky-ray-rector-part-2.html Bill Clinton "Hopped Up On Whack" -- Ricky Ray Rector Part 2], Colin Benjamin, Black Star News, April 13, 2016</ref> "It was like executing a child," the prison chaplain said. Hillary, the master strategist of the Clinton's rise, fearing the Willie Horton syndrome which torpedoed [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988 and the 'monkey business' which destroyed [[Gary Hart]] as well, still defended the execution in 2016.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2016/03/17/hillary-clintons-indefensible-stance-on-the-death-penalty/ Hillary Clinton’s Indefensible Stance on the Death Penalty], Liliana Segura, ''The Intercept'', Mar. 17 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/the_clintons_sordid_race_game_no_one_will_say_it_but_the_clintons_rise_was_premised_on_repudiating_black_voters/ Jan 31, 2016 04:00 AM MDT The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters], Corey Robin, ''Salon'', Jan. 31, 2016</ref>
Hillary was at his side when Bill Clinton raised mandatory sentencing guidelines which disproportionately sent Blacks to prison, giving the United States the highest mass incarceration rate in the world.<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/129433/clintons-war-drugs-black-lives-didnt-matter The Clintons’ War on Drugs: When Black Lives Didn’t Matter], By Donna Murch, ''The New Republic'', February 9, 2016</ref> The Clinton's championed the “three strikes you're out” law, passed a crime bill that created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some three-time offenders, and authorized more than $16 billion for more state prisons. By the time the Clinton's left office in 2001, the United States had the highest rate of incarceration in the world. [[Human Rights Watch]] reported that in seven states, African Americans constituted 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders even though they were no more likely than whites to use or sell illegal drugs. Prison admissions for drug offenses reached a level in 2000 for African Americans more than 26 times the level they had been under [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote], Michelle Alexander, ''The Nation'', February 10, 2016</ref>
In late 2015, while several American cities smoldered in riots over police shootings, Hillary Clinton had several prison industry lobbyists working as fundraisers on her campaign. The fundraiser-lobbyists worked for the Corrections Corporation of America and Geo Group, which also run most of the [[immigrant]] detention centers.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/while-missouri-students-battle-racism-prison-lobbyists-funded-hillary-clintons-campaign_b_8553370.html While Missouri Students Battle Racism, Prison Lobbyists Funded Hillary Clinton’s Campaign], H.A. Goodman, ''Huffington Post'', Nov 13, 2015</ref>
=====Racial profiling Hispanics=====
The Clintons99 instituted [[racial profiling]] of [[Latino]]s as drug dealers in 1988. Specifically, the troopers were authorized to stop and search cars driven by Hispanics, especially those with Texas license plates. Again, the Clinton's Criminal Apprehension Program was challenged in federal court and ruled unconstitutional. But the program went on anyway with further destruction of civil liberties when the Clinton's authorized state troopers to stop and search any car regardless of race.<ref>https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56765970.html</ref>
Roberto Garcia de Posada, executive director of the Hispanic Business Roundtable, cited the fact that Clinton was "a strong supporter of racial profiling against Hispanics," and thst they do not have "the moral authority to lead a national campaign on this issue." The Clintons need to "apologize to all those Hispanics who suffered this 'morally indefensible' practice".
=====Naked racism=====
A Black Lives Matter activist confront Hillary Clinton in 2016 about the Clinton's history of [[racism]].<ref>[http://fair.org/home/why-did-it-take-an-activist-to-bring-superpredators-into-the-campaign/ Why Did It Take an Activist to Bring ‘Superpredators’ Into the Campaign?], By Jim Naureckas, FAIR, 27 Feb 2016</ref> In January 2016 ''[[Salon]]'' published an article on the dirty little secret among the liberal intelligentsia no one wants to talk about: the Clinton's rise and success has been based on stoking racial fears. Stan Greenberg conducted the focus groups that dictated the Clinton's daily buzzwords and talking points to provide the fodder and fuel the Clinton's lived and died on. Greenberg's work produced results claiming the Democratic Party was too identified with [[Jesse Jackson]] and minorities to speak for 'average Americans' and it needed to appeal to white working class swing voters.<ref>[http://prospect.org/article/crisis-working-majority-0 From Crisis to Working Majority], Stan Greenberg, ''The American Prospect'' 2, no. 7 (September 1991). Republished 24 May 2005</ref>
Perhaps nothing reveals the cold, cruel, calculated and hateful divisiveness in the heart of the woman than her comment to Sam Donaldson on ABC's ''Prime Time Live'' that Gennifer Flowers was the daughter of Willie Horton. Intended as a throwaway line, with all the facts in now - that it was a lie and she knew it was a lie - we see the cynical manipulation of people, particularly those in the civil rights and women's movements, and her incipient predations.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1j6Xy5FnBzkC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=gennifer+flowers+is+the+daughter+of+willie+horton&source=bl&ots=LIylbGcmHA&sig=35GnRjdcZx32qV_stExpcJV0PFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPgdST5s3NAhUIKGMKHfDfCOgQ6AEIODAE#v=onepage&q=gennifer%20flowers%20is%20the%20daughter%20of%20willie%20horton&f=false The Rhetoric of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: Crisis Management Discourse], Colleen E. Kelley, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, pp. 268-269</ref>
In 1992 for the first time in nearly half a century the party platform made no mention of redressing racial injustice. Through triangulation and a policy of 'get tuff on crime', the Clinton's sought to repudiate and distance themselves from the Democratic Party's commitment to the struggles of [[African-American]]s. The Clinton's formulated a crime bill purportedly to 'put 100,000 new cops on the street'. Hillary became one of the chief spokespersons referring to black teens as dogs.
{{Cquote|They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘super-predators.’ No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way but first we have to bring them to heel.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-slams-clintons-racist-1996-super-predators-comment/ Bernie Sanders slams Clinton's "racist" 1996 super predators comment], By Reena Flores, CBS News, April 14, 2016</ref><ref>[http://fair.org/extra/superscapegoating/ Superscapegoating], Teen 'superpredators' hype set stage for draconian legislation, By Robin Templeton, FAIR, 1 Jan 1998</ref>}}
In the 2008 presidential primaries, the Clinton's were back at it: fostering racial fear and paranoia,<ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008</ref> which by now seemed to be the regular program of the Democratic Leadership Council.<ref>[http://www.blackcommentator.com/46/46_cover.html Muzzling The African-American Agenda With Black Help], Bruce A. Dixon, ''The Black Commentator''. www.blackcommentator.com</ref> They tried to marginalize Obama as the black candidate with comparisons to Jesse Jackson<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/26/bill-clinton-obama-is-jus_n_83406.html Bill Clinton: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson], ''Huffington Post'', 03/28/2008</ref> emphasizing Hillary's 'wide appeal': "Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again", Hillary told ''USA Today''.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-07-clintoninterview_N.htm Clinton makes case for wide appeal], By Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY, 5/8/2008</ref> She mocked and ridiculed Obama's fitness to lead on his no first strike nuclear pledge saying, "I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons," whereas two months earlier she promised to nuke Iran. She stayed in the race even after it became apparent she lost, according to her, only because Obama might be assassinated.
As heir to the [[New Deal]] tradition and key to the New England donor base, Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]]'s blessing on the candidate for the 2008 Democrat presidential nomination was vital. The Clinton's also were seeking bona fides among liberals and the [[civil rights]] movement. Clinton said of Obama, "that boy would have been carrying our bags and getting us coffee a few years ago".<ref>[http://urbanintellectuals.com/2015/07/17/did-you-know-bill-clinton-made-racist-comments-about-barack-obama-when-he-first-ran-for-president/ Did You Know Bill Clinton Made Racist Comments About Barack Obama When He First Ran For President], F. Taylor, Urban Intellectuals, July 17, 2015.</ref> Kennedy was offended by Clinton's racism and refused to give Hillary the endorsement.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/28/hillaryclinton.usa Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008.</ref>
=====Haitian abductions=====
In 2010, Bill Clinton, through the Clinton Foundation, worked for the release of 10 adults who had been arrested transporting 33 [[Haiti]]an children abducted from their families across the border to the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>https://youtu.be/vzVAcn1YkcY</ref>
=====African sex slaves=====
Again, this advocate of women and children's rights was asked repeatedly in 2011 to designate [[Boko Haram]] as a terrorist organization after the group bombed the [[United Nations]] headquarters in Abuja. Secretary Clinton's State Department refused, despite requests coming from the U.S. Justice Department, the FBI, the [[CIA]], and numerous Senators and Congressmen.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-dropped-ball-boko-haram-020300046--politics.html?ref=gs Hillary Dropped the Ball on Boko Haram], Josh Rogin, [The Daily Beast], May 7, 2014. www.yahoo.com</ref> In May 2012, Justice Department official Lisa Monaco wrote to the State Department to urge Clinton to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. The following month, Gen. Carter Ham, the chief of U.S. Africa Command, said that Boko Haram provided a ‘safe haven’ for al Qaeda in the Maghreb (al Qaeda in North Africa) and was likely sharing explosives and funds with the group.<ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [http://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?] Hot Air website.</ref>
The American counterterrorism agencies were asking for the legal authority to begin countering Boko Haram. Boko Haram is now an Islamic State province but at the time it held allegiance to al Qaeda. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the behest of French and British [[corporate]] interests was in negotiation with several al Qaeda affiliates - [[al Qaeda in the Maghreb]], the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]], and Ansar al Shariah - to destabilize Muammar Gaddafi in Libya at the time and didn't want to antagonize or alienate her allies.
In April 2016, the Clinton campaign began to compile a list of 15 to 20 individuals to vet for the position of running mate, even though Sanders continued to challenge Clinton in the Democratic primaries.<ref name="phealy1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/us/politics/hillary-clinton-vice-president.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0|title=Hillary Clinton's Campaign, Cautious but Confident, Begins Considering Running Mates|date=April 23, 2016|publisher=The New York Times|last1=Healy|first1=Patrick|accessdate=April 23, 2016}}</ref> In mid-June, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that Clinton's shortlist included Representative [[Xavier Becerra]] from California, Senator [[Cory Booker]] from [[New Jersey]], Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] from [[Ohio]], Housing and Urban Development Secretary [[Julian Castro|Julián Castro]] from [[Texas]], Mayor of [[Los Angeles]] [[Eric Garcetti]] from [[California]], Senator [[Tim Kaine]] from [[Virginia]], [[Labor Secretary]] [[Tom Perez]] from [[Maryland]], Representative [[Tim Ryan (politician)|Tim Ryan]] from Ohio, and Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] from [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="matthewsvp">{{cite news|url=http://www.vox.com/2016/6/16/11954878/hillary-clinton-vice-president-veepstakes|title=Hillary Clinton's VP shortlist has leaked. Here are the pros and cons of each.|date=June 16, 2016|publisher=Vox|last1=Matthews|first1=Dylan|accessdate=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Subsequent reports stated that Clinton was also considering Secretary of Agriculture [[Tom Vilsack]], retired Admiral [[James G. Stavridis|James Stavridis]], and Governor [[John Hickenlooper]] of Colorado.<ref name="gearan">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/two-names-emerge-from-clintons-vp-deliberations-kaine-and-vilsack/2016/07/19/62189146-4d2d-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html|title=Two names emerge from Clinton's VP deliberations: Kaine and Vilsack|date=July 19, 2016|publisher=Washington Post|last1=Gearan|first1=Anne|accessdate=July 20, 2016}}</ref> In discussing her potential vice presidential choice, Clinton stated that the most important attribute she looked for was the ability and experience to immediately step into the role of president.<ref name="gearan" />
In early 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage schoolgirls, most of whom were Black, and announced its intention to sell them as [[marital]] [[sex]] [[slave]]s.<ref>http://www.theledger.com/opinion/20160927/letter-for-hillary-money-matters-more</ref>
=====Donna Brazille=====
After a live televised Commander-in-Chief discussion with [[NBC]]'s [[Matt Lauer]] where the questions were said to be agreed upon before hand, Lauer proceed to use the bulk of the time to press Hillary on questions of her controversial email server.<ref>https://youtu.be/kfGeXth-Do4</ref> When the broadcast was over, Hillary was reported to have f!own into a rage demanding Lauer to be fired. Addressing interim DNC Chair [[Donna Brazile]], Hillary proclaimed,
{{cquote|You stare at the wall like a brain dead buffalo, while letting ******* Lauer get away with this betrayal? Get the **** to work janitoring this mess- do I make myself clear?}}<ref>http://victuruslibertas.com/2016/09/temper-temper-killary-goes-on-rampage-for-over-an-hour-throwing-glass-at-staffers-head/</ref>
====Clinton attacks on women====
=====Slandering assault victims=====
In [[George Stephanopoulos]]'s memoirs of the Clinton 'War Room', a war waged by the Clinton machine and surrogates against fellow citizens with as much vitriol and [[hate]] as against any foreign oppressor...
{{Quotebox|..."We have to destroy her story," Mrs. Clinton said of one of the first women to come forward during her husband's first presidential campaign, Connie Hamzy, in 1991.}}
In January 2016, ''Esquire'' magazine reported on a gathering in the fashionable Upper East Side apartment of the chief executive of [[HBO]]. Several conflicted past and present Clinton surrogates discussed how...
{{Quotebox|...the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with, or been [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] by former [[President Bill Clinton]]. <br>
The conversation, relayed by several people with knowledge of the discussion who would speak about it only anonymously, captures the deeper debate unfolding among [[liberal]]-leaning women about how to reconcile Mrs. Clinton's leadership on women's issues with her past involvement in her husband's efforts to fend off accusations of sexual misconduct.<ref>[http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41327/new-york-times-clinton-rumors/ The New York Times Is Obsessed with 2 Things. You Already Know What They Are.], By Charles P. Pierce, ''Esquire'', Jan 20, 2016.</ref>}}
The conundrum these conflicted Clinton surrogates face is how to explain their own past participation in sliming and vilifying women who came forward with accusations against the President of the United States with a history of untoward, and even violent, sexual misconduct to a generation of Millennials unfamiliar with the brazen history of the pair:
{{Quotebox|Even some [[Democrat]]s who participated in the effort to discredit the women acknowledge privately that today, when Mrs. Clinton and other women have pleaded with the authorities on college campuses and in workplaces to take any allegation of sexual assault and sexual harassment seriously, such a campaign to attack the women's [[character]] would be unacceptable.}}
But such a public campaign of abuse and ridicule of the victim ''was'' acceptable under the Clintons, by Clinton media and [[Hollywood]] surrogates. And virtually all historical and inside eyewitness accounts, dating back to Arkansas and the White House years, point to Hillary Clinton as the source who made it a mission.
=====Intimidation and blackmail=====
{{Cquote|When Hillary hired this fleet of detectives to go around examining all of the woman who had been identified with Clinton. Not for the purpose of divorcing Clinton. Not for the purpose of getting him to stop, but for the purpose of developing blackmail material on these women to cow them into silence that had a [[Nixon]]ian quality that I hold against her and I continue to.|20px|20px|[[Dick Morris]]<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/video/2014/10/31/dick-morris-i-left-when-hillary-hired-secret-police-to-go-after-woman-victimized-by-bill/ Dick Morris: I Left When Hillary Hired Secret Police to Go After Woman Victimized by Bill], by [[Breitbart.com]], 31 Oct 2014.</ref>}}
One of the more abhorrent aspects of Hillary Clinton's personality is a well documented pattern by multiple Clinton confidants and advisors of intimidation and blackmail toward female victims of Mr. Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct. Mrs. Clinton is accredited with introducing the [[sexist]] [[pejorative]], 'bimbo', into the American political [[lexicon]] to disparage victims of sexual assault by the rich and powerful.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WiQRBN8igE Hillary Clinton calls Bill Clinton's sexual assault victims "Bimbo Eruptions"] youtube.com</ref> The politicalinsider.com identified the problem,
{{Quotebox|One of the most incredible things about Hillary Clinton running for President is that there is an extraordinary long list of scandals that younger voters have never heard of. Just trying to keep up with the multiple decades of corruption and criminal activity of Bill and Hillary Clinton which happened long before the recent email scandal is overwhelming.<ref>[http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/a-woman-who-was-sexually-assaulted-by-bill-clinton-drops-a-bomb-on-hillary-whoa/ A Woman Who Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Clinton Drops a BOMB on Hillary], thepoliticalinsider.com</ref>}}
The ''New York Times'' noted before the 2016 [[primary election]] season began that the ''’90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women'', and Hillary Clinton certainly was not, by any account, a victim, or a victim of her husband's faithlessness.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/us/politics/90s-scandals-threaten-to-erode-hillary-clintons-strength-with-women.html ’90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women], By AMY CHOZICK, ''New York Times'', JAN. 20, 2016.</ref>
In the recent book, ''The Clinton's War on Women'', the authors cite a [[Sociology|sociological]] phenomena known as [[elite deviance]] in a society where the elites no longer believe the rules apply to them and their behavior is justified and facilitated by a cadre of [[sycophant]]s, [[apologist]]s, supporters, and surrogates collectively known as the Clinton smear machine.<ref>http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/the-hillary-clinton-smear-machine/</ref><ref>''[http://greatbookcorner.com/data/thepopularbook.site/T/the-clintons-war-on-women-roger-stone--93pfuGF9wiHCc6-8BX16-8ZvB6-8AVI6d.pdf The Clinton's War on Women]'', pp. 16-17 pdf.</ref>
== Third parties and independents ==
To locate, stalk, harass, and intimidate the women, Betsy Wright was put in charge of the operation. According to [[Carl Bernstein]], "Betsy's operation became known as 'The Defense Department', and Wright was sometimes known as the 'secretary of defense'"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KG8oDvWH3ZYC&pg=PT612&dq=Carl+Bernstein+betsey+wright+defense+department+clinton&hl=en&sa=X&ei=x4RWU4edAcLjsATguYHYAQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Carl%20Bernstein%20betsey%20wright%20defense%20department%20clinton&f=false A Woman in Charge], Carl Bernstein, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 5, 2007</ref> For this Jack Palladino, Terry Lenzner, Ivan Duda, Jerry Parks,<ref>http://bonedjello.com/Articles/The%20Murder%20of%20Jerry%20Parks.html</ref> Anthony Pellicano, and others were employed.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2005/07/31278/ The real story behind the Clinton body count], ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'', 07/13/2005. Review of Richard Poe’s, ''Hillary’s Secret War.'' wnd.com</ref><ref>[http://alamo-girl.com/02742.htm PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES], SECTION: SECRET POLICE, Revised 8/10/00. http://alamo-girl.com</ref><ref>[http://www.mega.nu/ampp/foster.html Reports Tie Clinton Sexcapades to Foster's Death]. mega.nu</ref>
=== Libertarian Party ===
To silence the women, all sorts of threats and intimidation were common, such as murdering the family pet on the doorstep or blatant threats against the lives of their children.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1v5e4lZiS08C&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=pellicano%2Bhillary&source=bl&ots=2QSRhFU8QY&sig=zFCzv6MqE1JDMGwraPnD1XL3TB8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyuqCkgYDNAhVLz2MKHdJwA9AQ6AEI3AEwIg#v=onepage&q=pellicano%2Bhillary&f=false Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, WND Books, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2007/11/44416/ PI 'admits' Hillary paid him to harass Willey], WND, 11/07/2007.</ref> [[Pornographer]] impresario [[Larry Flynt]] was called to boot a $1,000,000 reward to anybody to come forward with sexual innuendo, whether true or not, to attack Clinton's enemies with.<ref>[http://observer.com/2000/08/its-poker-night-with-larry-flynt-porn-king-discourses-on-sex-gore/ It’s Poker Night With Larry Flynt! Porn King Discourses on Sex, Gore], By Andrew Goldman, ''New York Observer'', 08/28/00</ref>
Hillary's obsession with sexual blackmail isn't limited to compromising and silencing disgruntled mistresses or women Bill Clinton assaulted, it became a ready tool against political opponents as well. Hillary Roshan Clinton has an obsession with digging up dirt and negative information on opponents.<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-already-knows-the-bad-thing-you-said?utm_term=.ry2yGw3Go#.of4rD4yDJ</ref> As Hillary's emails reveal, she often spent more time studying domestic critics views of her activities than the actual job of secretary of state. A new generation of millennials is becoming familiar with the term, "oppo", which is the first step in blackmailing and silencing media critics or candidates for public office. The Clintons have raised it from [[muckraking]] and [[dirty tricks]]to a high art form.
To political opponents and the women, Clinton surrogates routinely use the material, truth not being a factor, dug up by Hillary's investigator's to slime anyone publicly who wouldn't fall into line. A recent lawsuit filed just days after it became evident Trump was considering using the case of Joe Epstein in the election is intended to neutralize criticism.<ref>https://youtu.be/EPlDvVwER7A</ref> And the surrogates relish their jobs. Indeed, many Clinton supporters believe this is the essence of [[politics]] — slander, defamation, and demonization of living human beings — not formulation or discussion of public policy.
In what perhaps may or may not be a [[Freud]]ian slip Hillary Clinton titled her last book, ''Hard Choices''.
=====Other assaults=====
Most cited by name in this section of assault victims are of women who have spoken about the crimes they've suffered, although some have been intimidated into silence after going public. Others remain fearful to come forward.
*In 1972, a twenty-two-year-old woman told Yale University’s campus police that she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton, and although no charges were filed, a retired policeman confirmed the incident to ''Capitol Hill Blue''. The woman herself was also tracked down and confirmed it, though she elected to stay anonymous.
*In 1974 a female student at the University of Arkansas complained that then law school instructor Bill Clinton tried to prevent her from leaving his office during a conference, groping her and forcing his hand inside her blouse. Although she complained to her faculty advisor, who confronted Clinton, the complaint again failed to go anywhere. The student left the school shortly after the incident, and more recently confirmed the incident. Several former students also confirmed the incident in confidential interviews and also said there were other reports of Clinton attempting to force himself on female students.
*Arkansas state troopers assigned to protect Clinton have knowledge of at least seven other complaints from women who said Clinton forced himself on them sexually or attempted to do so.<ref>[http://www.shwiggie.com/articles/clintons.html Living with the Clintons, Bill's Arkansas bodyguards tell the story the press missed], By David Brock, 1993</ref>
*A Little Rock legal secretary named Carolyn Moffet claimed that in 1979, she met the governor at a political fundraiser and shortly afterward received an invitation to meet him in a hotel room. She was escorted there by a state trooper. When she arrived he was sitting on a couch wearing an undershirt and nothing else, and angrily assaulted her. She was able to escape before being raped. Moffet received threatening phone calls. “He said that people who crossed the governor usually regretted it and that if I knew what was good for me I’d forget that it ever happened...I haven’t forgotten it. You don’t forget crude men like that.”<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/15/why-hillary-is-not-inevitable-bills-sordid-past/</ref>
*Elizabeth Ward Gracen, a former Miss Arkansas who won the Miss America crown in 1982 told friends she was forced by Clinton to have sex with him shortly after she won her state crown.<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-trashing-of-clintons-women-6422690</ref> Clinton media surrogates publicly hype and boast of Clinton's manliness and ''machismo'' for his sexual conquest of Miss America.
* '''[[Evan McMullin]]''', Chief policy director for the [[House Republican Conference]]. Vice-presidential nominee: '''[[Mindy Finn]]''', President of Empowered Women
*An Arkansas state employee named Paula Corbin filed a sexual harassment case against Clinton after she said the governor exposed himself and demanded sex in a Little Rock hotel room. President Clinton finally settled the case with Paula Corbin in 1998 with an $850,000 cash payment.<ref>
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/18/jones/</ref>
*Sandra Allen James, a former Washington, DC, political fundraiser said Clinton invited her to his hotel room when he was in Washington in 1991, pinned her against the wall and stuck his hand up her dress. She says she screamed loud enough for the Arkansas state trooper stationed outside the hotel suite to bang on the door and ask if everything was alright. Then, she said, Clinton released her and she fled the room. When she reported the incident to her boss, he advised her to keep her mouth shut if she wanted to keep working. ‘’My husband and children deserve better than that..I wasn’t raped, but I was trapped in a hotel room for a brief moment by a boorish man...I got away. He tried calling me several times after that, but I didn’t take his phone calls. Then he stopped. I guess he moved on.” She said she learned other women had similar stories during Clinton’s 1992 presidential run. She has since married and left Washington and retreated from public view.<ref>http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/255828</ref>
*Christy Zercher, a flight attendant on Clinton’s campaign plane in 1992, reported that he exposed himself to her, groped her, and made explicit sexual remarks. A video filmed on board the plane by [[ABC News]] showed an obviously drunken Clinton with his hand on intimate parts of another young flight attendant. Zercher said later in an interview that White House attorney Bruce Lindsey tried to pressure her into not going public about the assault.<ref>http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/12/29/millennials-guide-bill-clintons-20-sex-scandals/</ref>
*Kathleen Willey was a volunteer at the White House when Clinton grabbed her, fondled her, and pressed her hand against himself during an Oval Office meeting in November, 1993. Willey, who told her story in a [[60 Minutes]] interview, became a target of a White House–directed smear campaign after she went public.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Target-Caught-Crosshairs-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0974670162 Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, World Ahead Publishing, Nov 6, 2007 ISBN 978-0974670164 ISBN 0974670162</ref>
*The other encounters were confirmed with more than 30 interviews with retired Arkansas state employees, former state troopers and former Yale and University of Arkansas students. Like others, they refused to go public because of fears of retaliation from the Clinton White House and smesr machine.
'''Nominees'''
*Peter Baker in ''The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton'', which the ''Washington Post'' describes as the definitive account of the impeachment saga, reported that in the files of the independent prosecutor lawyers had collected the names of 21 different women. Baker noted
{{Quotebox|“One woman was alleged to have been asked by Clinton to give him oral sex in a car while he was the state attorney general (a claim she denied). A former Arkansas state employee said that during a presentation, then-Governor Clinton walked behind her and rubbed his pelvis up against her repeatedly. A woman identified as a third cousin of Clinton’s supposedly told her drug counselor during treatment in Arkansas that she was abused by Clinton when she was baby-sitting at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock.”<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/The-Breach-Inside-Impeachment-William/dp/1476730075 The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton], Peter Backer, December 4, 2012, p. 138</ref>}}
On November 21, 2014, columnist Joan Vennochi of the ''a [[Boston Globe]]'' wrote, “Rape allegations hurt Bill Cosby but sail past Bill Clinton.”
“Power—who has it, who doesn’t, and how it can for years insulate the holder of it—is the common thread between Cosby, Clinton, and their accusers,” Vennochi wrote. Clinton apologists, surrogates, sycophants, and spin-meisters srgur their public policies are more important than his private failings.
“Meanwhile, the Clinton spin machine did its best to portray his accusers as ‘nuts or sluts,’ ...against women who dare to hold men accountable for their actions,” Vennochi wrote.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/11/21/rape-allegations-hurt-bill-cosby-but-sail-past-bill-clinton/YTIsUoXS2uxrW1mW2JSuRM/story.html</ref>
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=====Defends a pedophile=====
The next job after the Children's Defense Fund the self described 'defender of children' handled was the case of a 41-year-old man who raped a 12-year-old girl. The rapist, facing 30 years to life in prison, Hillary plea bargained down to time served - two months in county jail - by attacking the victim who was to young to testify in a court of law to defend herself.<ref>[http://freebeacon.com/politics/audio-hillary-clinton-speaks-of-defense-of-child-rapist-in-newly-unearthed-tapes/ AUDIO: Hillary Clinton Speaks of Defense of Child Rapist in Newly Unearthed Tapes], Washington Free Beacon Staff, June 15, 2014. freebeacon.com</ref>
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In court documents Hillary wrote to the judge about the young victim as:
{{Cquote|emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing...children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents in disorganized families, such as the complainant’s, are even more prone to exaggerate behavior.<ref>[https://www.intellihub.com/video-hillary-clinton-brags-getting-pedophile-off-hook/ Video: Hillary Clinton brags about getting a pedophile off the hook], By Brandon Turbeville, January 25, 2016. www.intellihub.com</ref>}}
In 2006 the victim, now an adult heard for the first time Hillary Clinton laughing about her victory in the case. The victim spoke out,
{{Cquote|Hillary Clinton took me through hell. ...You took a case of mine in ’75, you lied on me… I realize the truth now, the heart of what you’ve done to me. And you are supposed to be for women? You call that for women, what you done to me? And I hear you on tape laughing. ... she lied like a dog on me. I think she was trying to do whatever she could do to make herself look good...<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html She Lied: 'Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,' Rape Victim Says], Josh Rogan, ''The Daily Beast'', 06.20.14.</ref> }}
Mrs. Clinton knew the child rapist to be guilty, and joked about it. Clinton mainstream surrogates, apologists, and sycophants [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20control spin] the episode to prove how 'tough minded', 'dedicated, and 'fair' she is.
In 2014 Hillary Clinton again lied about the case claiming she asked to be relieved.<ref>[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/jul/17/did-hillary-clinton-ask-be-relieved-rapist/ Politifact: Did Hillary Clinton ask to be 'relieved' from representing an accused rapist in 1970s?], By Steve Contorno, July 17th, 2014. politifact.com</ref>
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== General election campaign ==
=====Joe Epstein=====
When the Clinton's left the White House in 2001, Bill became a friend and business associate with a character known in the media as 'the billionaire pervert'. His new friend is involved in a child sex trafficking ring. He is a registered sex offender for sex crimes involving children.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2011/02/28/jeffrey-epstein-sex-offender-yes-billionaire-no/#669f83922136</ref>
Clinton's [[pedophile]] friend and associate, Jeffrey 'Joe' Epstein, is a donor to the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/06/billionaire-sex-offender-epstein-once-claimed-co-founded-clinton-foundation.html</ref> He began making donations shortly after his arrest on child sex charges. Epstein received a relatively light sentence in view of the charges against him. Epstein has settled lawsuits with 33 of his child victims. Other suits are still pending.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2584309/Bill-Clinton-identified-lawsuit-against-former-friend-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-regular-orgies-Caribbean-compound-former-president-visited-multiple-times.html#ixzz3NysnRS27</ref> Epstein is said to have provided minor girls for Prince Andrew. When the Palm Beach Florida police seized Epstein's contact book,<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-and-jeffrey-epstein-9086711</ref> 21 different phone numbers and email addresses for Clinton machine operatives were discovered, including the personal cell number for Bill Clinton, and numbers for Bill's flunky Doug Band and Hillary's flunky Cheryl Mills.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/27/cheryl-mills-the-woman-who-knew-too-much/</ref>
Epstein owns property in Manhattan, Palm Beach and the Virgin Islands where the child molestation acts are said to have taken place.<ref>http://nypost.com/2011/02/25/billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-im-a-sex-offender-not-a-predator/</ref> Seized flight logs in the investigation reveal Clinton flew on Epstein's private plane 18 times.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/05/18/morning_joe_panel_clintons_connection_to_billionaire_pedophile_jeffrey_epstein_will_blow_up_campaign.html]</ref> It has been established some of these flights were to Epstein's Virgin Islsnds retreat.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2015/07/judge-unseals-more-details-in-jeffrey-epstein-underage-sex-lawsuit-210065</ref> A woman who victims name as procurring underage girls is s donor to the Hiilary Clinton Presidential campaign and attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2010.<ref>http://snn.bz/clinton-4ss/</ref>
In contrast, Trump benefited from free media more than any other candidate. From the beginning of his campaign through February 2016, Trump received almost $2 billion in free media attention, twice the amount that Clinton received.<ref name="FreeMediaAdvantage">Nicholas Confessore & Karen Yourish, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-mammoth-advantage-in-free-media.html Measuring Donald Trump's Mammoth Advantage in Free Media], ''The New York Times'' (March 16, 2016).</ref> According to data from the Tyndall Report, which tracks nightly news content, through February 2016, Trump alone accounted for more than a quarter of all 2016 election coverage on the evening newscasts of [[NBC Nightly News|NBC]], [[CBS Evening News|CBS]] and [[ABC World News|ABC]], more than all the Democratic campaigns combined.<ref>{{cite web|title=How much does Donald Trump dominate TV news coverage? This much|url=http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/06/media/donald-trump-nightly-news-coverage/|publisher=CNN|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tyndall|first1=Andrew|title=COMMENTS: Campaign 2016 Coverage: Annual Totals for 2015|url=http://tyndallreport.com/comment/20/5773/|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Byers|first1=Dylan|title=Donald Trump: Media King, 2015|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/politics/trump-media-king/|publisher=CNN|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref> Observers noted Trump's ability to garner constant mainstream media coverage "almost at will".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=Kenneth|title=How Donald Trump's Media Dominance Is Changing the 2016 Campaign|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/12/31/how-donald-trumps-media-dominance-is-changing-the-2016-campaign|publisher=US News & World Report|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref> However, Trump frequently criticized the media for writing what he alleged to be false stories about him<ref>{{cite web|title=43 Times Donald Trump Has Attacked The Media As A Presidential Candidate|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-has-attacked-the-media-many-many-times_us_56059e0de4b0af3706dc3cce|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref> and he has called upon his supporters to be "the silent majority".<ref name=":4">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/us/politics/donald-trump-defiantly-rallies-a-new-silent-majority-in-a-visit-to-arizona.html |title=Donald Trump Defiantly Rallies a New 'Silent Majority' in a Visit to Arizona |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 17, 2015 |first=Nicholas |last=Fandos |date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> Trump also said the media "put false meaning into the words I say", and says he does not mind being criticized by the media as long as they are honest about it.<ref>Walsh, Kenneth. [http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-08-15/trump-media-is-dishonest-and-corrupt "Trump: Media Is 'Dishonest and Corrupt'"], ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' (August 15, 2016).</ref><ref>Koppel, Ted. [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-i-feel-im-an-honest-person/ "Trump: 'I feel I'm an honest person'"], ''[[CBS News]]'' (July 24, 2016).</ref>
In 2007 former Whitewater prosecutor [[Ken Starr]], whom critics accuse of whitewashing the Vince Foster investigation,<ref>http://www.prorev.com/knowl2a.htm</ref> defended Epstein from a second conviction of having sex with a 14 year old minor.<ref>http://www.justice-integrity.org/faq/791-ken-starr-explains-his-help-for-billionaire-pervert-jeffrey-epstein</ref> Starr was forced out of his position as president of Baylor University in May 2016 for mishandling another sex scandal.
====Sycophants and surrogates====
The London ''Telegraph'', for example, refers to [redacted] revelations into the Goldwater girl's "high mind".<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1558943/Hillary-Clinton-student-letters-reveal-high-mind.html Hillary Clinton student letters reveal high mind], By Toby Harnden, ''London Telegraph'', 30 Jul 2007.</ref> As the young woman at Wellesley College considered which of a "smorgasbord of personalities" she wanted to be, she asked him, "Can you be a misanthrope and still love or enjoy some individuals?". A misanthrope - a hater of humanity, is opposite of a philanthrope - a lover of humanity. But it also can be understood in a sexual sense; a misogynist is a woman-hater, and a misanthrope is a man-hater.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QesppquBwgsC&pg=PT1408&lpg=PT1408&dq=misogynist+woman-hater,+misanthrope+man-hater&source=bl&ots=F8br3x1wPm&sig=1koMfbtfuulHxZ9MOTFc48vIhNk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif6fT3zOnMAhUJGj4KHXu8C-8Q6AEIfjAT#v=onepage&q=misogynist%20woman-hater%2C%20misanthrope%20man-hater&f=false New American Roget's College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form (Revised & Updated)], By Philip D. Morehead, Penguin Books, 2002.</ref> Whatever its meaning, a college sophomore ought to understand it refers to an antisocial personality.
'''David Maraniss''', while promoting a book based upon personal interviews during the Clinton's first term, broached the subject of the Clintons remaining active in electoral politics beyond Mr. Clinton's presidency. Maraniss speculated one or the other, or both, would run for the Senate.<ref>[http://www.c-span.org/video/?64214-1/book-discussion-first-class Booknotes, C-Span, March 27, 1995.]</ref> Maraniss's book was entitled ''First in His Class'', a euphemistic title offensive to baby boomers. Clinton ''was not'' first in class, his schoolmate [[Vince Foster]] was, who ended up dead before being able to deliver Rose Law Firm and Waterwater records to investigators.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/22/us/white-house-aide-leaves-no-clue-about-suicide.html?pagewanted=all</ref> Clinton was thrown out of his class at Oxford for a reported rape of a 19 year old.
Impeachment made it improbable for Mr. Clinton to run for the Senate, but when Hillary declared her candidacy for the Senate from New York in 2000, it was an open secret their ambitions were for the White House again in 2008. Hillary was declared "inevitable" by media surrogates and supporters. By 2007 when Barack Obama publicly cited published reports the Clintons made a secret pact with each other in the early 1970s to further each other's careers with their eyes set on the White House, Clinton surrogates such as [[Media Matters]] went to work smearing and attacking Barack Obama.<ref>[http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3735821 More Obama Desperation: talks about Hillary and Bill's secret pact of ambition], Sun Nov-18-07 08:22 PM. www.democraticunderground.com</ref>
Hours before the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, radio personality [[Michael Savage]] was abruptly cutoff in midstream on air from his 400 nationwide affiliates when he began discussing Hillary's obvious failing health.<ref>http://breaking911.com/breaking-talk-radio-host-michael-savage-abruptly-removed-radio-claims-sabotage/</ref>
=====Google=====
[[File:Google crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Google results, June 2016.]]
[[Google]] has more or less destroyed its reputation for integrity in generating non-biased search engine results among intellectuals of the tech-savvy millennial generation. On numerous occasions Google has been caught red-handed manipulating autocomplete [[search engine]] results to favor Hillary Clinton.<ref>[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-10/must-see-video-how-google-manipulates-search-results-favor-hillary-clinton How Google Manipulates Search Results In Favor Of Hillary Clinton], by Tyler Durden, Jun 10, 2016. zerohedge.com</ref> Autocomplete returns the most popular trending search queries.
<ref>[http://freebeacon.com/politics/here-are-10-more-examples-of-google-search-results-favorable-to-hillary/ Here Are 10 More Examples of Google Search Results Favorable to Hillary], Tech giant accused of whitewashing autocomplete results, Brent Scher and Elizabeth Harrington, ''Washington Free Beacon'', June 10, 2016</ref> Only a few examples are outlined in this section.
When a user types in ''Hillary Clinton cri'' to query about the criminal investigation into Mrs. Clinton for example, the Google results do not match at all popular trends on all other major search engines.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg Did Google Manipulate Search for Hillary?], Matt Lieberman, SourceFed, Jun 9, 2016. UPDATE: Friday June 10. youtube.com</ref>
Supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] complained throughout the 2016 primary season Google had inflated Hillary's delegate count by adding unelected [[Superdelegate]]s who by rule were to remain unpledged until the convention.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/sanders-vs-clinton-delegate-count/ Failing Delegate Math], A popular [[meme]] detailing the actual delegate count between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in May 2016 is mostly accurate. Kim LaCapria, ''Snopes'', May 10, 2016</ref> Some in late primary states considered this a form of voter suppression.<ref>[http://thebernreport.com/superdelegate-system-has-been-used-as-a-form-of-voter-supression/ Superdelegate System Has Been Used as a Form of Voter Suppression], Posted by G.A. Casebeer, ''The Bern Report'', May 23, 2016</ref>
[[File:Bing crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Bing results, June 2016.]]
In an article entitled ''How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election'' in August 2015 ''Politico'' warned Google "can easily shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more—up to 80 percent in some demographic groups—with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated... In the United States, half of our presidential elections have been won by margins under 7.6 percent".<ref>[http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548 How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election], Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser, By Robert Epstein, ''Politico'', August 19, 2015</ref>
Billionaire Eric Schmidt, [[CEO]] of Google's parent company Alphabet funded a startup company called The Groundwork to ensure Hillary has the engineering talent needed to win the election.<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> Schmidt and Google are both donors to the Clinton Foundation.
When Googling, '''Hillary Clinton's he-'''<br>
Google yielded,
*Hillary Clinton's headquarters
*Hillary Clinton's health plan
*Hillary Clinton's healthcare plan
[[File:Yahoo crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Yahoo results, June 2016.]]
Search results on Bing return the suggestions
*Hillary Clinton's health
| alt=Map of United States showing Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Orlando
*Hillary Clinton's health issues
*Hillary Clinton's health and weight
Search results on Yahoo return the suggestions
*Hillary Clinton's health problems
* July 25–28, 2016: Democratic National Convention was held in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/02/12/democratic-convention-2016-host-city-philadelphia/22459811/ |title = Democrats pick Philadelphia for 2016 convention |work = [[USA Today]] |date = February 12, 2015 |accessdate = February 12, 2015 |last1=Camia |first1=Catalina |first2=Martha A. |last2=Moore }}</ref>
*Hillary Clinton's health
*Hillary Clinton's health issues
There also are allegations Google has been filtering emails from [[Donald Trump]] into Gmail users spam boxes.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/23/users-claim-google-is-putting-trump-emails-in-their-spam-box/ Users Claim Google Is Putting Trump Emails In Their Spam Box], Alex Pfeiffer, ''Daily Caller'', 8:19 AM 06/23/2016</ref> Of course, Google and other Clinton surrogates deny any manipulation.
=====CNN=====
During Erin Burnett's broadcast [[CNN]] maliciously slandered Donald Trump with the claim he advocated racial profiling when in fact he has not. A review of the transcript shows that Trump never used the phrase in his comments on terrorism and immigration. CNN ran headlines reporting that the GOP presidential nominee spoke of using "racial profiling" to stop terrorism. Trump spoke of “profiling," as [[Israel]] does. CNN added the word "racial". CNN likewise edited out a key portion of Hillary Clinton's statement days earlier after the terror attacks in New York and New Jersey.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296753-cnn-falsely-adds-racial-to-trump-vetting-comments</ref>
[[CNN]] had gone on air with doctored, altered images of tweets from Donald Trump editing out the wording of Trumps messsges critical of Hillary Clinton asking for the release of her medical records.<ref>http://thehill.com/media/293704-cnn-edits-crooked-out-of-trump-tweet-on-hillary</ref><ref>http://nalert.blogspot.com/2016/09/cnn-blurs-out-guests-trump-t-shirt.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FwHtV+%28Newsalert%29</ref>
CNN abruptly cancelled the highly successful ''Dr. Drew'' show when Dr. Drew expressed concern on air about Hillary's health and the care and treatment she's been receiving from Dr. Lisa Bardack for post concussion syndrome. In 2012, when Hillary got a "cracked head" (her words ''per her email'') a blood clot, or thrombosis, was formed inside her skull.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/hillary-clinton-blood-clot-life-threatening-medical-experts/story?id=18101213</ref> Hillary ''was not'' hospitalized, according to CNN's reporting at the time.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/us/us-hillary-clinton-concussion/</ref> Dr. Drew criticized the use of outdated bloodthinners her physician prescribes.<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/hillary-im-probably-on-blood-thinners-for-life/article/794545</ref> Dr. Drew was threatened and harassed after his comments and CNN demanded he retract them. When he refused, he was fired.<ref>http://pagesix.com/2016/09/04/dr-drew-loses-show-after-discussing-hillarys-health/?_ga=1.33153086.1667858589.1472997909</ref>
CNN became increasingly deranged in its frothing hatred, alleging ''Pepe the Frog'' to be a symbol of white nationalism. CNN's relationship with the Clinton campaign machine reversed itself: rather than the campaign machine write talking points for the news network, the news network now was writing talking points for the campaign. Having sown the seeds of hate and violence, CNN blamed the victims of terrorism for CNN's own blithering hate when the Republican headquarters in NC was firebombed.<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2016/10/16/cnns-stelter-blames-firebombing-nc-republican-office-trumps?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJWa00ySmlOR00wTnpjeSIsInQiOiJWRHU2MzNZSVhxTktPTkRoZ01JOWlwRWhTY2grVmV3cWpMV1J4TnVDelE1bFYzaDV0SE82NkZcL2tvZVIxSlVVQ3RqVTFENFZEdTRrVWkrd25EZlNPR05xck1YOUs5bkJDdU5pRWcwTnJURFU9In0%3D]</ref>
CNN forced journalist Amber Lyon to kill stories.<ref>https://youtu.be/BO-TyETzNO8</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/NzyyIb5_jXA</ref> Lyon had prepared a [[documentary]] about [[Bahrain]]'s bloody uprising during Hillary's ill-advised "[[Arab Spring]]" the network [[quash]]ed at the behest of Hillary's State Department.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/04/cnn-international-documentary-bahrain-arab-spring-repression</ref>
===Newspaper endorsements===
=====Dana Milbank=====
In June 2016 after Donald Trump had secured the Republican nominstion, ''Washington Post'' columnist Dana Milbank proposed a "media blackout" after alleging that eight top news outlets gave Trump the equivalent of $55 million of free advertising, about two-thirds of it being positive. Taken as a whole, Milbank reported, coverage was worth $2 billion and amounted to a "huge in-kind contribution to Trump." Milbank adopted a conspiratorial tone, proposing "[n]o more live, wall-to-wall coverage of Trump’s rallies and events."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-right-response-to-donald-trump-a-media-blackout/2016/06/14/2868a0e0-3256-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html?utm_term=.ad617f85321f</ref>
Milbank supported Hillary's use of the term, "deplorables", to describe American citizens and voters.<ref>http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/dana-milbank-clinton-must-cast-aside-caution/article_332fbebf-4ca6-5679-958e-94b24789e6b1.html</ref>
== Debates ==
Dana Milbank is a member of the Skull and Bones Society.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/871/000044739/</ref> Paranoid extreme [[leftist]]s consider Yale's Skull and Bones Society as an entry point for elitists into the [[New World Order]] and the [[Illuminati]].<ref>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3888011</ref> New World Order conspiracy kooks are known for their racist and [[anti-Semitic]] sentiments.
=== Primary election debates ===
=====Reuters and CBS=====
The live feed of a Trump rally at an [[African-American]] [[church]] in [[Detroit]] was blacked out in the midst of Trump receiving the blessing and presentation of a [[Jewish]] prayer shawl from the senior black pastor.<ref>https://youtu.be/MM7oPN2g1ig</ref> A hot mic captured the camera team ordering a blackout. [[Reuters]] was widely criticized for cutting the news feed. Typically, one news organization sets up a camera at a crowded event where space is limited and all broadcast organizations share the video feed. When the camera was cut, the blackout was universal. Reuters denied they issued the blackout and blamed [[CBS]]. CBS denied to comment but attacked the Trump campaign.
Trump received a standing ovation from members of thr black church after his moving speech on the importance of the black faith community in American life.
The [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] (CPD), a non-profit organization, hosted [[United States presidential election debates|debates]] between qualifying presidential and vice-presidential candidates. According to the commission's website, to be eligible to opt to participate in the anticipated debates, "... in addition to being Constitutionally eligible, candidates must appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to have a mathematical chance of winning a majority vote in the Electoral College, and have a level of support of at least 15 percent of the national electorate as determined by five selected national public opinion polling organizations, using the average of those organizations' most recently publicly-reported results at the time of the determination."<ref>[http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=overview "The Commission on Presidential Debates: An Overview"], Debates.org.</ref>
The issue was so widely reported Vladimir Putin asked Barack Obama about it at the G20 Summit in [[Beijing]] in early September 2016. Putin has been accused by Western reporters of impeding the campaigns of opposition challengers and murder of journalists critical of him. Obama is reported to have given Putin no answer.
====Pay to play====
:''Main article : [[Clinton Foundation conflicts of interest]]''
Clinton's critics claim that the sudden rise in the Clinton's net worth following their departure from the White House in 2001 was as a result of trading access for money.
=====Rosatom-Uranium One deal=====
In 'resetting' relations with [[Russia]], Secretary Clinton gave approval to a deal that allowed a Russian government enterprise to control one-fifth of all [[uranium]] producing capacity in the [[United States]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509041803/http://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund Charity watchdog: Clinton Foundation a ‘slush fund’], Isabel Vincent, ''New York Post'', 26 April 2015</ref> Rosatom, the Russian company, acquired Uranium One, a Utah mining company owned by a [[Canadian]] firm and run by Frank Giustra (pron. ''Ju-stra''). Giustra is a member of the Clinton Foundation Board. The transaction required Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's approval. Giustra then donated over $130 million to the Clinton family non-profit foundation.<ref>[https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/board-directors Board of Directors | Clinton Foundation], www.clintonfoundation.org</ref><ref>http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/04/23/more-clinton-foundation-cronyism-the-deal-to-sell-uranium-interests-to-russia-while-hillary-was-secretary-of-state/</ref>
Rosatom is the 21st century [[free market]] inheritor of the [[Soviet]] system's command and control predecessor agency which operated the [[Chernobyl]] reactor. In the era of global corporate competition, Rosatom has taken the Soviet-style model of design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants on the road for export. Rosatom does not just build power plants for anyone with the cash willing to pay, it can operate the plant with continuing contracts using its own technicians and employees. This includes supplying reactor grade [[plutonium]] and the more problematic and [[environment]]ally hazardous disposal of spent fuel rods. Syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]] in May 2010 discussed with Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] the possibility of Rosatom building nuclear power plants in [[Syria]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/russia-syria-medvedev-idUSLDE64A14S20100511 UPDATE 1-Russia says eyes atomic energy cooperation with Syria], ''Reuters'', May 11, 2010.</ref> In its report on Rosatom, [[Greenpeace|Greenpeace International]] cites cost-cutting and an historical culture of corruption as causes of concern.<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/hungary/PageFiles/636986/rosatom_risks.pdf Rosatom Risks: Exposing the troubled history of Russia’s state nuclear corporation], Greenpeace International, October 2014.</ref> Russia has now achieved near [[monopoly]] control globally in uranium enrichment for the worlds nuclear plants.
Rosatom builds more [[nuclear power plant]]s worldwide than anyone else, with projects currently underway in China, [[Vietnam]], [[India]], and [[Turkey]]. Rosatom built [[Iran]]’s [[nuclear reactor]] in Bushehr. With the purchase of Uranium One, Rosatom also bought uranium exploration rights in [[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], and [[Utah]].<ref>[http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/moscows-american-uranium/ Moscow’s American Uranium], By Matt Baker, 18th October 2013 - Politico. www.defenddemocracy.org</ref> Uranium is the only fuel right now that can reliably produce large amounts of [[electricity]] without the release of [[greenhouse gases]] and other [[hydrocarbon]] [[pollution|pollutants]].<ref>[https://www.caseyresearch.com/articles/putins-power-play-how-it-will-change-the-uranium-sector Putin’s Power Play – How It Will Change the Uranium Sector], Casey Research, May 15, 2013</ref> And under Russian law, contaminated waste must be returned to the country of origin.
[[PBS]] hosted a debate moderated by [[Tavis Smiley]] between Libertarian candidate [[Gary Johnson]] and Green Party candidate [[Jill Stein]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Johnson, Jill Stein debate on Tavis Smiley show|url=http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2016/11/gary-johnson-jill-stein-debate-on-travis-smiley-show/|website=Independent Political Report|accessdate=November 17, 2016}}</ref>
According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' money began flowing into the Foundation before the transaction was complete.
{{quotebox|Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the [[Obama]] [[White House]] to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.<br>
And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the [[Kremlin]] that was promoting Uranium One stock.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=0 Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal], By JO BECKER and MIKE McINTIRE, ''New York Times'', APRIL 23, 2015. nytimes.com</ref> }}
==Results==
=====Toxicolgical agents for Bahrain=====
Emails reveal after the Kingdom of Bahrain donated $150,000 directly to the Clinton Foundation, plus another $32 million to the Clinton Global Initiative,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3753487/How-Clinton-Foundation-donors-got-hotline-Huma-including-Bono-begging-link-International-Space-Station-concerts.html</ref> Hillary approved $630 million worth of direct arms sales to Bahrain's military, which included $700,000 for toxicological agents which were then used against the Gulf State's nation's own people, including women protestors demonstrating for women's rights.<ref>https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/Bahrain-TearGas-Aug2012-small.pdf</ref>
=====Blackwater=====
Blackwater is a private company that provides support services, including security, to the federal government, particularly in war zones. Five [[Blackwater]] guards were indicted by a U.S. grand jury on [[manslaughter]] and weapons charges stemming from a 2007 incident in [[Baghdad]] in which 17 Iraqis died. There was a huge public outcry not to renew Blackwater's contract. A donation of $10,000 to $25,000 was reported in late 2008; the State Department awarded a contract with a Blackwater subsidiary shortly after Sec. Clinton took office.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/top-donors-clinton-foundation-include-saudis-blackwater-article-1.357326 Top donors to Clinton foundation include Saudis, Blackwater], The Associated Press, Thursday, December 18, 2008, nydailynews.com</ref><ref>[http://www.iraqinews.com/baghdad-politics/u-s-extends-iraq-contract-for-blackwater-firm/ U.S. extends Iraq contract for Blackwater firm], Iraqi News, Sep 3, 2009. www.iraqinews.com</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decision-by-iraq/ EXCLUSIVE: New deal for Blackwater], By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times - Tuesday, March 17, 2009</ref>
=====Others=====
'''Laureate International Universities.''' Between 2010 and 2014 while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, Bill Clinton made $16.5 million for his role as honorary chancellor of Laureate Education, a for-profit college company which operates in 30 countries.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-31/hillary-and-bill-clinton-paid-43-million-in-federal-taxes Hillary and Bill Clinton Made $139 Million in Eight Years],
Richard Rubin & Jennifer Epstein, ''Bloomberg'', July 31, 2015</ref> The [[State Department]] funneled $55 million in grants during Hillary Clinton’s tenure to groups associated with Laureate’s founder, Douglas Becker. The International Youth Federation, an organization connected to Laureate chairman Douglas Becker, received USAID funding.<ref>[http://www.iyfnet.org/people/douglas-l-becker Douglas L. Becker, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Laureate Education]. International Youth Foundation. www.iyfnet.org</ref> Becker is a major donor to the Clintons and the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/laureate-a-for-profit-education-firm-finds-international-success-with-a-clintons-help/2014/01/16/13f8adde-7ca6-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html Laureate, a for-profit education firm, finds international success (with a Clinton’s help)], By Mina Kimes and Michael Smith. ''Washington Post'', January 18, 2014</ref><ref>[https://jonathanturley.org/2016/06/08/the-clintons-university-problem-laureate-education-lawsuits-present-problem-for-clintons/ The Clinton University Problem: Laureate Education Lawsuits Present Problem For Clintons [Updated] ] Jonathan Turley, June 8, 2016. jonathanturley.org</ref> In her first year as Secretary of State, Hillary is quoted as directly asking that Laureate be included in a high-profile policy dinner — just months before the lucrative contract was given to Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton references in an email “Laureate Universities, started by Doug Becker who Bill likes a lot".<ref>[http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/hillarys-emails-reveal-lucrative-ties-to-for-profit-colleges/ Hillary’s emails reveal lucrative ties to for-profit colleges], Ana Kasparian, ''RawStory'', 12 Mar 2016. www.rawstory.com</ref> “It’s a for-profit model that should be represented,” she wrote in the August 2009 email.<ref>[https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/09/02/clinton-sought-invite-laureate-state-dept-dinner Clinton Sought Invite for Laureate at State Dept. Dinner], Inside Higher Ed, September 2, 2015. insidehighered.com</ref><ref>[https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_JulyWeb/Web_031/DOC_0C05763085/C05763085.pdf UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05763085]</ref>
For-profit colleges have been criticized by [[education]] experts for low graduation rates and do little more than saddle students with insurmountable debt. In the case of Laureate, the scam has been spread to no less than 30 countries.
'''[http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/16/cbs-news-chinese-firm-pledged-2m-to-clinton-foundation-in-2013/ Rilin Enterprises]''', a Chinese firm run by Wang Wenliang, a member of the Chinese parliament with close security and intelligence connections to the Chinese government, has donated $2 million.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-company-pledged-2-million-to-clinton-foundation-in-2013/ Chinese company pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013], Julianna Goldman, CBS News, March 16, 2015</ref><ref>''The Clintons' War on Women'', [http://epubbookonline.com/b/3035/roger-stone/the-clintons-war-on-women/33 CHAPTER 23 CONFLICT OF INTEREST], by Roger Stone, Skyhorse Publishing, 2015, pp. 341-342.</ref> After a meeting between Mr. Wenliang and former DNC chairman [[Terry McAuliffe]] in Hillary's [[Washington, D.C.]] home, McAuliffe has come under [[FBI]] investigation as well.<ref>[http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/ Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home], Michael Scherer, ''TIME'' magazine, May 25, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/officials-feds-investigating-virginia-governor/2016/05/23/ef6c2ebe-2126-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html Officials: Federal prosecutors investigating Virginia Gov. McAuliffe], By Matt Zapotosky, (Reuters), May 23, 2016. washingtonpost.com</ref>
'''Raj Fernando''' was appointed a seat on the State Department's International Security Advisory Board with a $250,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation. Fernando has no known association with the U.S. Intelligence Community nor expertise in national security affairs. Fernando also served as a 2016 unelected [[Superdelegate]] for Hillary Clinton to the Democratic Convention.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/06/10/abcs_brian_ross_do_newly_released_clinton_emails_show_quid_pro_quo.html ABC: Newly Released Emails Show Unqualified Clinton Foundation Donor Appointed to Sensitive Intelligence Board], Posted By Tim Hains, June 10, 2016. realclearpolitics.com</ref>
'''Union Bank of Switzerland''' ('''UBS'''), one of the world's largest, was fined $780,000,000 in February 2009 in a U.S. Federal Court on charges it helped thousands of Americans evade [[tax]]es.<ref>[http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090219/FREE/902199983 ''UBS fined $780 million in [[tax evasion]] scandal,''] Investment News, February 19, 2009.</ref> The [[Department of Justice]] and the [[IRS]] were the lead agencies in the UBS investigation. After Sec. Clinton intervened, donations to the Clinton Foundation increased tenfold from $60,000 to $600,000. Additionally, Bill Clinton collected $1.5 million in speaking fees from UBS.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/30/ubs-donations-to-clinton-foundation-increased-after-hillary-intervention-in-irs.html Swiss bank's donations to Clinton Foundation increased after Hillary intervention in IRS dispute], FoxNews.com, July 30, 2015</ref>
====Health matters====
In late 2012 Hillary was reported to have suffered a concussion. Initial reports suggested it occurred after a "fainting" spell; other reports stated she suffered the concussion on board a C-12 Huron military aircraft which skidded off the runaway while in Iran to jumpstart negotiations on sanctions and the nuke deal.<ref>https://youtu.be/xTMw_w4IhBw</ref> The crash occurred on or about 8 December 2012; Hillary had a public "fainting" spell on 15 December 2012<ref>https://youtu.be/2f-_vtw0jWg</ref> which then led to reports she suffered a concussion. Reports say she was not hospitalized at that time. In a 24 December email she refers to having a "cracked head."<ref>https://70news.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/wikileaks-hillarys-crackhead-and-dementia-bombshell-hillary-clinton-used-drugs-for-dementia-and-parkinsons-disease-asked-nfl-chief-to-help-her-deal-with/</ref>
=====Neurological disorder=====
Significant concerns have arose in late summer 2016 about Hillary Clinton's mental and neurological fitness. The Clinton's have never complied with requests to disclose their medical records, which has led to widespread speculation among experts and laymen about both Clinton's health based on observation and what has been reported. In December 2011, a series of emails were passed between the staff and Hillary in which she inquired about the prescription medication, Provigil, which suggests [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/23/emails-top-hillary-aide-was-researching-drug-that-treats-parkinsons-alzheimers/</ref>
On the 2016 campaign trail it was obvious Hillary had trouble walking and keeping her balance. Other unusual occurrences in public medical experts described as a combination of brain freezes, blackouts, seizures or symptoms of post traumatic brain injury. Even while Secretary, Hillary began missing a series of important meetings, which included testifying before Congress and a [[national security]] briefing at the White House on the Benghazi attack. She canceled without notice her participation in the Friends of Syrian forum in Marrakesh when her presence was vitally needed as NATO was detecting suspicious movements of the Syrian army’s chemical weapons. Her assistant [[Huma Abedin]] noted in an email "she is often confused" because of her incapacitation.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320900/Newly-released-email-shows-aide-Huma-Abedin-warned-colleagues-Hillary-confused-needed-hand-holding-calls-foreign-leaders.html#ixzz4Iu8Nujvw ]</ref>
''<sup>(a)</sup> Received electoral vote(s) from a [[faithless elector]].''
What was particularly quixotic was the behavior of the Clinton campaign in spinning the story. Hillary's peculiar facial expressions at odd moments while talking to people could not go unnoticed. Or her coughing fits.
Typically a candidate, like a sitting president, travels with a press pool in tow. However the Clinton campaign has done everything imaginable to keep national reporters from getting too close to the candidate. When Hillary was rushed from the scene after collapsing at [[Ground Zero]] during a 9/11 commemoration, a 90-minute news blackout ensued. Repeated questions from reporters went unanswered.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article101235582.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter</ref> When she emerged on an open street without a security detail, the person did not look at all like the Hillary we've come to know, nor the Hillary who had moments earlier been diagnosed with a serious illness. Nor the Hillary who broke down in an extended coughing fit two dsys earlier on national television on opening day of the general election.
One instance of an on camera freeze (see discussion on dyskinesia, below), it was speculated, was triggered by the cross-talk of several persons at once, such as regularly occurs in a press conference.<ref>https://youtu.be/OqbDBRWb63s</ref> Hillary did not have a press conference for 9 months in 2016. Hillary is accompanied in all public appearances by an attending physician who most mistake for part of her security detail. The physician, who is always at her side, has been photographed ready and armed with an auto-injector syringe carrying the anti-seizure medication, Diazepam.
All the speculation and rumors of course could be ended if the Clinton campaign would open up and be honest about a matter that is of no slight or insignificant purpose to the American people. During an interview with Erin Burnett on CNN, Dr. David Scheiner, President Obama’s former physician, insisted that a two-page note from Hillary's doctor was insufficient.<ref>http://www.inquisitr.com/3471504/hillary-clinton-needs-a-thorough-neurological-exam-obamas-doctor-says/</ref> Dr. Milton Wolf, President Obama's cousin, called the diagnosis of Lisa Bardack, one of Hillary's physicians, "pure fiction," noting the diagnosis does not appear in any medical tectbook.<ref>http://usdefensewatch.com/2016/09/dr-milton-wolf-obamas-cousin-catches-lie-in-hillary-clinton-medical-report/</ref>
Even more frightening, is that reporters who have discussed the matter publicly have been fired. Dr. Drew was fired by [[CNN]] after 6 years,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/26/dr-drew-show-canceled-days-after-his-negative-speculation-about-hillary-clintons-health/</ref> and the [[Huffington Post]] terminated David Seaman who had written hundreds of articles over many years.<ref>http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/huffpo-writer-questions-hillary-health-happened/</ref><ref>[http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index2104.htm Hillary Clinton Colostomy Bag Cover-up Consumes US Media Giants, Puts Debates In Doubt], Sorcha Faal, August 30, 2016. www.whatdoesitmesn.com</ref> Seaman now lives in fear of his life and personal safety
'''Note:''' Popular vote count is preliminary until all states have certified their results.
=====Subcortical vascular dementia=====
A Twitter posting in August 2016 about Hillary's advanced medical condition was reportedly knocked down by Hillary's team and alleged Fact Checkers as a hoax and conspiracy. The reports are said to have been leaked possibly by the father of one of the physicians treating Hillary Clinton. The physician's name is Dr. Daniel Fleck. His father's name is Vincent Fleck. Vincent Fleck was found dead less than 24 hours after the reported leak. The leaked files are from the office of the physician who authored the two-page clean bill of health, and contradict what she distributed publicly. The clean bill of health is viewed as a whitewash by the Clinton campaign, intended to serve as the official response to requests for Hillary's medical records.<ref>http://www.eutimes.net/2016/08/father-of-doctor-treating-hillary-clinton-for-dementia-mysteriously-dies/</ref>
The two-page clean bill of health was written by Dr. Lisa Bardack, who claimed Hillary was in "excellant physical condition". Bardack said Clinton was diagnosed with a “transverse sinus venous thrombosis,” a type of blood clot in the brain. She was given blood thinners to dissolve the clot. Hillary experienced double-vision and had been given prism glasses to wear. Bardack wrote that by 2013 Hillary Clinton had "complete resolution of the effects of the concussion", which any [[NFL]] fan and layman can tell is complete nonsense. No mention was made of Hillary's persistent coughing fits or loss of balance. Bardack noted Hillary also suffered from deep vein thrombosis (blood clotting) in 1998 and 2009 and takes the medications Armour Thyoid and Coumadin (an anticoagulant blood thinner) daily. Armour Thyroid is an old fashion brand name remedy of desiccated thyroid extract from dried [[beef]] and [[pork]] [[thyroid]] glands.
The earliest leaked document from Dr. Bardack's office is dated February 5, 2014, stating the patient's present complaint is "Blacking out for short periods of time, uncontrollable twitching, memory loss, fatigue." It lists the [[diagnosis]] of "Complex Partial Seizures, Subcortical Vascular Dementia." Subcortical vascular dementia is caused by widespread microscopic damage to the brain resulting from hardening of the arteries that supply blood to the subcortical areas of the brain. The leak further notes "the patient is having signs of more frequent Complex Partial Seizures."<ref>http://allnewspipeline.com/Hillary_Clinton_Medical_Records_Released.php</ref>
Levadopa (L-dopa) is considered the most effective treatment of Parkinson's disease. Dyskinesia, or involuntary muscle movements, is a side affect of longterm treatment with levadopa.
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{{Quotebox|"Dyskinetic movements look like smooth tics — sometimes like an uncoordinated dance. People who experience dyskinesia sometimes mask the involuntary movement with finalistic movements (if the arm starts moving on its own, they might bring it to their head and adjust their hair, as if it was planned)", according to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.<ref>https://www.michaeljfox.org/understanding-parkinsons/living-with-pd/topic.php?dyskinesia</ref>}}
Tinted blue sunglasses are considered a therapuetic remedy to alleviate symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.<ref>http://commons.pacificu.edu/pt/93/</ref><ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e6_1473703406</ref>
===Close races===
=====Cover-up of health problems=====
Following Hillary's high-profile collapse on Sunday morning September 11, 2016 at Ground Zero it was no longer possible to deny Hillary's debilitating condition as a [[vast right-wing conspiracy]]. Former [[MSNBC]] anchor Dan Schuster, while the blackout on Hillary's condition was still fresh, tweeted that DNC officials were pondering an emergency meeting to replace Hillary Clinton. By Monday afternoon discussions were confirmed by former DNC Chairman Dan Fowler who was appointed by President Bill Clinton to oversee his 1996 reelection. Fowler insists the open discussions were about process for replacing a nominee, not the actual replacement. A singular precedent exists, the 1972 replacement of Sen. Tom Eagleton with [[Sargent Shriver]] as VP on the Democrat ticket, an event many considered as sealing the fate of Sen. George McGovern's fledgling bid for the presidency.
====Jobs====
The Clintons’ support of [[NAFTA]] helped to destroy the economies of the four key industrial states of [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Wisconsin]].
Hillary expressed strong support for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a NAFTA-like free trade zone along the Pacific rim with China, Japan, South Korea and about a dozen other countries.<ref>https://youtu.be/Fju459PbqIc</ref> When Democrats defeated Obama's proposal to create the TPP Hillary flip-flopped to grab headlines in support of what public opinion polls were alresdy saying. Hillary publicly pitched the Trans Pacific Partnership no less than 45 times around the world as Secretary of State.<ref>Tapper, Jake et al. (June 15, 2015). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2015%2F06%2F15%2Fpolitics%2F45-times-secretary-clinton-pushed-the-trade-bill-she-now-opposes%2F&ei=wC2CVeupMYO0oQTUj4HYCg&usg=AFQjCNEsFqVDafeOiL3RCS2RkzIM4yx07A&sig2=FjN1zCMVkBdQg3uHQ-cQvg "45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes"]. CNN website/Politics.</ref><ref>Swenson, Michele (June 24, 2014). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fmichele-swenson%2Fnafta-the-transpacific-clinton_b_5523327.html&ei=CzKCVfvNFoq1oQTkg6iQDA&usg=AFQjCNH8zZ2k0O_82qbQ4lDs25S0ZL7LUQ&sig2=PUwH5dxq_fcRw17Tw9x7SQ "NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Clinton Global Initiative"]. Huffington Post/The Blog.</ref><ref>Shreckinger, Ben (February 21, 2014). [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/how-obamas-free-trade-push-could-put-hillary-clinton-in-a-tight-spot/283958/ "How Obama's free trade push could put Hillary in a tight spot"]. ''The Atlantic'' website.</ref> Meanwhile, the Clintons revived their old, tired game: Bill came out in favor of TPP just to make sure all sides of an issue are covered. Rest assured, more jobs being destroyed are in the offing together with lower living standards, but donations to the Clinton Foundation seem secure.
====Divisive and dismissive comments====
Hillary branded half of Trump's supporters as "deplorables" and called them "irredeemable".
She has also called Roman Catholics "severely backwards" and charging that they don’t know "what the hell they’re talking about." [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/12/catholic-group-calls-clinton-spokeswomans-resignat/]
====Breakdown by ticket====
====Children's issues====
Hillary Clinton's only interest in children is as props for photo ops. She believes her dabbling in the [[occult]] and communion with dead [[spirit]]s makes her an appropriate role model for children.<ref>Book says Hillary talks to dead, CNN, Junne 22, 1996</ref>
=====Dead Iraqi children=====
Four years into the Clinton administration ''The Lancet'' British medical journal reported 567,000 Iraqi children had died under the sanctions. President Clinton made his position clear: "There is no difference between my policy and the policy of the [previous] administration."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/15/world/clinton-affirms-us-policy-on-iraq.html CLINTON AFFIRMS U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ], By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, ''New York Times'', January 15, 1993</ref> By June 1993 Clinton began bombing Baghdad.
===Battleground states===
In a ''60 Minute'' interview CBS reporter Lesley Stahl had this exchange with Secretary of State Madelaine Albright: [[File:Iraq pop 2003.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Hillary considered Iraq to be a <br>"business opportunity."<ref>https://youtu.be/sQq3hs_lXpY</ref>]]
{{quotebox|'''Stahl''' : We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in [[Hiroshima]]. And, you know, is the price worth it?<br>
'''Albright''' : I think this is a very ''hard choice'', but the price–we think the price is worth it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnskeu-puE Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom]. youtube.com</ref><ref>[http://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/ ‘We Think the Price Is Worth It’], By Rahul Mahajan, FAIR, 1 Nov. 2001</ref>}}
They didn't deny it, the Clinton administration only toughened the sanctions in 1998, and now called for regime change. Hillary wrote in ''Living History'' after discussing how people were saying the Clinton's bombing and sanctions were a diversion from the sex charges against the President,
{{Cquote|as bombs fell on Iraq, the impeachment debate began. I had refrained from making any direct public statement for several months, but that morning I spoke to a group of reporters outside the White House. “I think the vast majority of Americans share my approval and pride in the job that the president’s been doing for our country.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H78s9ZbLXCIC&pg=PA489&lpg=PA489dq=bombs+fell+on+Iraq+impeachment+debate+began+share+approval++pride++job&source=bl&ots=o3nVogt6So&sig=Ac21uLJL4SYV0xdzzLxHncrR7NA&hl=ensa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO_aCb_MTNAhWEJR4KHS70AiUQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepageq=bombs%20fell%20on%20Iraq%20impeachment%20debate%20began%20share%20approval%20%20pride%20%20job&f=false Living History], Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon and Schuster, Apr 19, 2004, p. 489</ref>}}
In the lead-up to the [[Iraq War]] in 2002, Sen. Clinton reiterated her support for the Clinton policy and touted her leadership role in it.
{{quotebox|I know a little bit about what it's like on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue making these difficult decisions.<ref>[https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=4136 "Clinton Supports Regime Change in Iraq."] [[Tim Russert]], correspondent. [[Meet the Press]]. NBCUniversal Media. 15 Sep. 2002.</ref>}}
Not surprisingly, Hillary entitled her memoirs as Secretary of State, ''Hard Choices'', recalling the Albright interview. [[Osama bin Laden]] later was to cite the deaths of Iraqi children under the Clinton's sanctions regime as motivation for the [[9/11 attacks]].<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/hard-look-iraq-sanctions/</ref> Kevin Groenhagen noted in 2008, "Liberals who say Saddam was not a threat cannot explain why keeping him contained was worth the deaths of one half million Iraqi children."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyFr2pFkbswC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=bin+laden+death+o+f+iraqi+children&source=bl&ots=OjRO8Q-ENW&sig=WJ8shVsXboa8pfdR7iGrFfyfUf8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjogvbu95jPAhUCOz4KHd_sAR4Q6AEIdjAZ#v=onepage&q=bin%20laden%20death%20o%20f%20iraqi%20children&f=false What Really Happened: the Story of Clinton Inc. 's Efforts to Rewrite Bill Clinton's Record on Iraq and Terrorism,] Kevin Groenhagen, Lulu.com, Jul 16, 2008</ref>
=====Exterminated the children of Waco=====
Among the hard choices this advocate of children and women's rights made was the go-ahead to extinguish the lives of 17 children and 68 adults, the majority of which were women and minorities in the [[Waco massacre]].<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-really-happened-at-waco/ What Really Happened At Waco], CBSNews staff, ''CBS News'', Jan 25, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/01/hillary-ordered-final-massacre-at-waco.html Hillary Ordered The Final Massacre At Waco], By Robert Morrow, January 27, 2014. www.economicpolicyjournal.com</ref> [[Vince Foster]] transmitted the order from Mrs. Clinton to [[Webster Hubbell]] who acted as White House liaison to the [[United States Department of Justice]],<ref name = "nytimesresignation">{{cite news
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}}</ref> who relayed it to [[Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]]. Foster, distraught over his role in the carnage, is said to have committed suicide.<ref name="Transcript: Larry King Live">[http://edition.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/02/09/tripp.lkl/ Transcript: Larry King Live], CNN, February 9, 2001.</ref>
Vince Foster was found dead with a bullet in his head allegedly, according to the ''Washington Post,'' because he was depressed over doing Hillary Clinton's tax return.<ref>"The 1993 suicide of White House counsel Vincent Foster, hard on the heels of the travel-office imbroglio and his filing of delinquent Whitewater Corp. tax returns." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm Untangling Whitewater], By Dan Froomkin
Washingtonpost.com Staff.</ref>
[[Opinion poll|Early polling]] indicated a closer-than-usual race in former Democratic strongholds such as [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Delaware]], [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|New Jersey]], [[United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016|Connecticut]], [[Maine]] (for the two statewide electoral votes), and [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/ct/ct06072016_Cvf63kbw.pdf/|title=Clinton tops Trump in Connecticut race|last=Douglas|first=Schwartz|date=June 7, 2016|work=|access-date=January 27, 2017|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/3bebb2_dd659ad4faf34206969d7dbef07995e2.pdf|title=Clinton can sweep Northeast|last=Kimball|first=Spencer|date=September 7, 2016|work=|access-date=January 27, 2017|via=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160907/emerson-poll-finds-clintons-lead-over-trump-precariously-thin-in-ri|title=Emerson poll finds Clinton's lead over Trump precariously thin in R.I.|last=Gregg|first=Katherine|date=2016-09-07|website=www.providencejournal.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-30}}</ref> Meanwhile, research indicators from inside of a host of Republican-leaning states such as Arizona, Indiana, [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], [[Alaska]], [[Utah]], [[Texas]], [[Kansas]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], [[Montana]], and [[South Dakota]] reported weaker support for Trump than expected, although the nominee's position solidified in a few other areas. Some reviews took this information as evidence of an expanded 'swing-state map'.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-why-clintons-position-is-worse-than-obamas/|title=Election Update: Why Clinton’s Position Is Worse Than Obama’s|date=2016-11-03|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-06}}</ref>
=====Cluster bombs for children=====
On 6 September 2006 on an amendment to the Defense Appropriations act by Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]], Sen. Hillary Clinton voted against banning the use and sale of cluster bombs in areas with concentrated [[civilian]] populations. Sen. Feinstein argued,
{{quotebox|Innocent children think they are picking up a play toy in the field and suddenly their arm is blown off.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/12/21/425303/-Hillary-Clinton-Voted-to-Continue-Cluster-Bombing-Civilians Hillary Clinton Voted to Continue Cluster Bombing Civilians], By DemocraticLuntz, ''DailyKos'', Dec 21, 2007.</ref>}}
Hillary voted to continue sales while the [[United Nations]] determined that 40% of those killed by cluster munitions are children.<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00232 U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session], On the Amendment (Feinstein Amdt. No. 4882 ) Purpose of Bill:To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions. September 6, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://warisacrime.org/node/31173 Children Are Forty Percent of Cluster Bomb Casualties], BY TV 3 News (New Zealand)</ref> Many of the cluster bombs have been used in [[Yemen]] via the arms transfers Sec. Clinton approved to Saudi Arabia. Thousands of innocent [[children]] have died, or have been permanently disfigured and handicapped due to picking up unexploded cluster bomblets.<ref>[http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251413864 Hillary Clinton Voted to Continue Cluster Bombing Civilians], ''DailyKos'', Feb 15, 2016.</ref>
====National security====
Donald Trump said, "immigration security is national security." Hillary touted her record in respone saying, "We need a vigorous vetting process that includes people asking for visas. I know, I was a senator from New York. The people who ran those planes into the World Trade Center were here on visas. We have to have tougher, tighter controls. I've been an advocate for that for 16 years." What Hillary neglected to say was the hijackers entered the country before those 16 years when she was in the White House, or that 15 of the 19 hijackers received some form of [[entitlement]] under the Clinton administration.
Beginning in 1994, the Clinton administration paid [[North Korea]] $4 billion ''not to'' build a nuclear bomb while they were in the White House.<ref>https://youtu.be/6TcbU5jAavw</ref> It is unquestionable the money, aid, and resources the Clinton administration delivered to North Kores facilitated North Korea's ability to build a nuclear [[bomb]]. The Clinton's greatest fear, and only concern was, that a nuclear armed North Korea would become a foreign crisis during their term of office and disrupt the prosperity the country experienced in the immediate post-[[Cold War]] era. So they paid North Korea to build a bomb so long as North Korea didn't roll it out before Bill was reelected, or despoil his legacy in his second term.<ref>''Legacy of Ashes : The History of the CIA'', Tim Weiner, Random House, 2008, p. 439</ref> It was little surprise to observers when North Korea tested a bomb in 2002.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5981265/</ref> Quite literally, the Clintons kicked the can down the road, showing no leadership, cynically allowing nuclear weapons to proliferate to advance their own ambitions and careers.
After witnessing the betrayal and murder of Muammar Gaddafi who became an ally in the War on Terrorism,<ref name="theatlantic.com">[http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/what-kim-jong-il-learned-from-qaddafis-fall-never-disarm/247192/ What Kim Jong-Il Learned from Qaddafi's Fall: Never Disarm], As the U.S. tries to restart multiparty talks with North Korea, it may find that the rogue state suddenly sees greater value in keeping its nuclear arsenal, Mira Rapp-Hooper and Kenneth N. Waltz, ''The Atlantic'', Oct 24, 2011.</ref> North Korea now vows it will never give up its nukes.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12090658/North-Korea-cites-Muammar-Gaddafis-destruction-in-nuclear-test-defence.html North Korea cites Muammar Gaddafi's 'destruction' in nuclear test defence] Pyongyang says the fates of the late Libyan leader and Saddam Hussein show the need for a nuclear deterrent, By AFP, 2:49AM GMT 09 Jan 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk</ref> Gaddafi was murdered so that Hillary Clinton could pose as a decisive leader.<ref>https://youtu.be/Fgcd1ghag5Y</ref>
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama opposed deployment of the missile defense system and condemned the anti-Putin stance of Secretary of State [[Condolezza Rice]] who they portrayed as a [[feminist]] [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uncle%20Tom Uncle Tom]. In office, Obama promptly cancelled the missile defense program and Hillary hit the Reset button on deteriorating US-Russian relations - at least until the Rosatom-Uranium One deal was completed. Then reality set in. Obama and Hillary started echoing George W. Bush and Condi Rice, the two people they heaped scorn on a few years earlier. In 2016 the two redirected their scorn at Donald Trump, as Trump's rhetoric about Putin and criticism of incumbents sounded like a mimeographed speech of either Hillary or Obama in the 2008 Democrat primaries.
Putin warned that the Russians do not view the missile defense system as a defensive system at all.<ref>https://youtu.be/kqD8lIdIMRo</ref> The system has the capability of a first strike launch to destroy the entire Russian land based nuclear arsenal when it's in range on Russia's borders. Deployment Putin would consider provocative. President Obama, after decades of trashing Ronald Reagan as a wreckless nuclear war hawk for his Star Wars fantasy, and Bush 41 for allegedly reigniting the Cold War, Obama ignored Putin's warning and deployed the missile defense system in Romania.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/218188</ref> This was done, the administration said, to guard against Iranian nukes, despite the fact Obama said it would be at 13 years at a minimum before Iran had a nuke in the recently completed Iran nuke deal.
Hillary boasts of being the architect of the Iranian nuclear deal to "drive them to the negotiating table,"<ref>http://www.mrctv.org/videos/clinton-defends-iran-deal-thats-diplomacy</ref> despite the fact key players, notably Russia and Germany, had already violated the sanctions agreement.<ref>http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-sanctions-the-german-control-problem</ref> In reality it was our own allies and Vladimir Putin who drove Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to the negotiating table by violating the agreement.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-calls-for-new-security-pact-with-russia-iran/</ref>
==Aftermath==
=====Origin of the international refugee crisis=====
In 2012 Hillary announced [[Syria]]n President Bashar Assad must go and committed the United States to supporting an odd assortment of militias, arms traffickers, narco-terrorists, gangsters and jihadis. The State Department and media used the [[oxymoron]]ic tag, 'moderate rebels' to describe them.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html The media are misleading the public on Syria], By Stephen Kinzer, ''Boston Globe'', February 18, 2016. "The Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press."</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2749197/ISIS-arming-US-military-hardware-wage-jihad-Middle-East-seizing-weapons-Syrian-rebels-Iraqi-soldiers.html ISIS arming themselves with US-made military hardware to wage jihad across the Middle East after seizing weapons from Syrian rebels and Iraqi soldiers], By Ted Thornhill for MailOnline, 9 September 2014. www.dailymail.co.uk</ref> Congress appropriated $500 Million for Hillary's [[Free Syrian Army]]. The weapons supplied made their way to [[ISIS]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clintons-foreign_b_5674467.html Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Deception], Jeff Sachs, ''Huffington Post'', 08/13/2014 08:39 am ET | Updated Oct 13, 2014</ref> Four years later the Free Syrian Army is virtually non-existent, except as a front for arms traffickers. Any soldiers that were trained defected to the Islamic State with their weapons in 2013-14. Obama saw the scandal and cut back aid, but Hillary wants to continue dumping money and weapons on jihadis and the Clinton Foundation donors.<ref>[http://time.com/3097964/hillary-clinton-syria-isis-the-atlantic/ Hillary Clinton Criticizes Obama on Syria Policy], Sam Frizell, ''Time'', Aug. 10, 2014</ref>
By weakening Assad, the Clinton State Department effort opened up the space for the [[Islamic State]] to claim large swathes of territory in both Syria and Iraq.<ref>''HuffPo'', ibid.</ref>
Because of the enduring crisis there are 11,000,000 displaced persons - one third of the population. 7,000,000 are homeless internally, and 4,000,000 must be resettled worldwide. More than 600,000 alone entered [[Germany]] in the last 6 months of 2015 - more than the size of Germany's standing military of 400,000. Other estimates place the figure of Syrian refugees entering Germany in 2015 at over 1,000,000. Whatever the number, the impact is permanent.
By the time Hillary quit the State Department to raise more money and run for president, 300,000 Syrians had been killed and one third of the population displaced. Meantime Assad's position had been strengthened with the support of two powerful allies, [[Vladimir Putin]] of [[Russia]], and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], now with State Department acquiescence.<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/syria-ceasefire-sham-helps-assad-cling-power-450832 Syria Cease-Fire Is a Sham That Helps Assad Cling to Power], By Faysal Itani and Hossam Abouzahr, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 4/24/16.</ref>
=====Libyan chaos=====
[[File:Mass beheading of Christians in Libya.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Christian]]s beheaded in Libya after Hillary's intervention.]]
The aftermath of the Libyan carnage Hillary engineered created what Putin calls a 'zone of chaos', with the [[Islamic State]] taking control of Derna, the site of the videotaped beheading of 21 [[Coptic]] [[Christians]] in February 2015.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/252615/hillarys-war-kenneth-r-timmerman Hillary’s War: Don’t believe Clinton’s claim she wants her emails released. She’s got too much to hide.] Kenneth R. Timmerman, Frontpage Magazine, March 5, 2015</ref> As Gaddafi had predicted, the Islamic State took credit for the November 2015 Paris attacks killing 137, wounding 368, and the February 2016 Brussels bombing killing 35 and injuring 340. Libya has now become a major stepping stone or drop off point for the European refugee crisis.
[[File:Protests in Los Angeles.webm|thumb|right|upright=.91|News report about the protests in Los Angeles on November 12 from [[Voice of America]] ]]
Hillary was the subject of a Congressional investigation after it had become evident that the deaths of four Americans during the [[Benghazi attack|September 11, 2011 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi]] were caused by incompetence and malfeasance.<ref>Page, Susan (May 10, 2013). [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/09/senator-lindsey-graham-hillary-clinton-testify-benghazi-subpoena/2147869/ Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi]. ''USA Today'' website.</ref>
In a moment of candor President Obama referred to Hillary's 'greatest moment' where she laughed about the 'sh*t show' she engineered<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y Hillary Clinton on Gaddafi: We came, we saw, he died]. youtube.com</ref> as the 'worst mistake' of his presidency.<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/12/libya-obama-admits-clintons-greatest-moment-was-his-worst-mistake Libya: Obama Admits Clinton's "Greatest Moment" Was His "Worst Mistake], Lauren McCauley, ''Common Dreams'', April 12, 2016.</ref>
=== Forecasting ===
====Bush donors====
:''For more see [[Jeb Bush donor list]]''
In the primary season [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters saw exactly what Clintonism is and what Clinton and surrogates are famous for-accusing your opponent with a straight face of the malfeasance and lack of ethics you yourself are guilty of. As the challenge from Bernie Sanders became more fierce, when Hillary needed the Sanders supporters more than ever, Hillary reached out to the big money donors who supported [[Jeb Bush]] saying, "I represent your values".<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hilary-clinton-bush-donors-222872 Hillary forces target Bush donors], By Ben White, Politico, 05/05/16. politico.com</ref><ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/05/09/clinton-campaign-republican-donors-hillary-shares-your-values Clinton Campaign to Republican Donors: Hillary Shares Your Values], by Jake Johnson, ''Common Dreams'', May 09, 2016. commondreams.org</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/05/06/Clinton-targeting-former-Jeb-Bush-donors-on-Wall-Street/3811462559579/ Clinton targeting former Jeb Bush donors on Wall Street], By Eric DuVall, UPI, May 6, 2016. www.upi.com</ref>
====It's the stupid voters, stupid====
Hillary's chameleon like ability to adapt and survive is not based on a belief that people are good and willing to forgive, rather that they are stupid and forgetful. Her willingness to portray herself as a socio-pathological liar in front of a nation is intended to be divisive, to pit neighbor against neighbor, to set at odds people of goodwill and those who are guided by emotion, prejudice, and stereotype. The pattern is detectable and familiar.
Clinton 'talking points' are always shaped by focus groups, a process of distilling key buzzwords and phrases from sit-down discussions with small, usually uninformed groups of voters. Clintonism consists of accusing your opponent of what you yourself are culpable of, laughing at or denying accusations of wrongdoing, dismissing evidence within 24 hours as 'old news', and exhorting the media and country to 'move on' with nothing ever being resolved. The scandals only stack up, and since leaving the White House in 2001, have accrued into hundreds of millions of dollars to the Clinton's personal fortune.
Gwen Ifill, writing in the ''New York Times'' observed during the 1992 primaries, {{quotebox|Responding to a series of potentially damaging news reports, the Presidential campaign of Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas has crafted a multitiered plan to discredit and respond to accusations....The damage-control mechanism...operates on at least three levels. Mr. Clinton himself is the chief weapon. Backing him up is a crew of aides who scour every report for what they consider to be omissions and a group of advisers in Little Rock who search through public and private records and provide affidavits and statements that rebut the central conclusions of each new report...
...The strategy was put on its best display earlier this month when a New York Times article raised questions about Mr. Clinton and his wife, Hillary, and their business relationship with a developer who ran a failing savings and loan that was represented by Mrs. Clinton's law firm...
There have been constant, though undocumented, reports of articles that were never published because the Clinton damage controllers went on full alert before final publication decisions were made
This works "more often than you think," [Deputy campaign manager George] Stephanopoulos said.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/us/the-1992-campaign-political-memo-when-trouble-s-ahead-clinton-s-staff-is-ready.html</ref>}}
In 2016 we've seen ths system thwt Gwen Ifill described in detail with several examples, now being employed with Hillary's medical records, and before that in the email scandal.
Hillary accuses Donald Trump of cozying up to Moscow, yet Hillary hit the "Reset Button" to soften relations after the hardline approach of the Bush administration. She's happy to assume a hardline again now that the Rossatom-Uranium One Deal is complete and the Clinton family pocketed $500,000 in speaking fees from a Russian investment bank that was promoting Uranium One stock.
The Clinton's attempt at character assassination of Jennifer Flowers was predicated on the fact her story originally appeared in the supermarket tabloid ''Star''; now exculpatory evidence used to exonerate Bill Clinton of the claim he fathered an out of wedlock son is based on claims by Clinton surrogates the ''Star'' ran DNA tests proving Clinton is not the child's father.
Whitewater Independent Council was excoriated and vilified by the Clinton attack machine yet his ruling of Vince Foster's death as a suicide is held up as the gold standard of truth among several investigations into Foster's death. Yet no mention is made now that it was Starr who defended Clinton intimate and registered [[pedophile]] Jeffrey 'Joe' Epstein from a second conviction on child abuse and rape charges.
Hillary voted to send US troops into Iraq in 2003 but refused to pay them when she voted against a piece of compromise legislation in 2008 to issue their paychecks.
After trashing US intelligence for its unreliability, failures, and deception regarding Iraqi WMD in the prelude to the Iraqi war, Clinton mainstream surrogates, the Clinton campaign, and the Obama administration claim as an undeniable truth supposed US intellugence assessments that Vladimir Putin and Russia hacked DNC servers which resulted in the firing of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and that the [[Murder of Seth Rich]] is unrelated to Clinton and DNC operatives and surrogates.
Bill Clinton's deregulation of [[Wall Street]] and repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act has been roundly cited as one of the major causes of the Great Recession.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877322,00.html Blameworthy: Bill Clinton. 25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis], ''[[Time magazine]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/14/448685233/fact-check-did-glass-steagall-cause-the-2008-financial-crisis Fact Check: Did Glass-Steagall Cause The 2008 Financial Crisis?], October 14, 2015. npr.org</ref> In an undignified moment while giving partisan supporters marching orders on how to respond to claims that the great recession was caused by ''too much'' regulation, Hillary began barking like a dog, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rLBBpCE2M ARF ARF ARF ARF].
On December 6, Colorado Secretary of State [[Wayne W. Williams]] castigated Democratic electors who had filed a lawsuit in Federal court to have the state law binding them to the popular vote (in their case for Hillary Clinton) overturned.<ref name="Colororado Secretary of State Castigates Litigant Electors">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/colorado-secretary-of-state-rogue-electors-232294 |title=Colorado secretary of state slams rogue electors |last=Cheney |first=Kyle}}</ref>
On the issue of the controversial, biased online encyclopedia, [[Wikipedia]], Clinton sent a message of congratulations that was read at the opening session of the Wikimania 2012 conference in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicholas Michael|last=Bashour|url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/|title="Wikimania 2012 swan song"|publisher=Wikimedia blog website|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>
==General election results==
===Results===
Trump won the election with an [[Electoral College]] majority of 306 to 232, prior to December 19, when the Electoral College voted.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}</ref> Clinton won the popular vote 65,844,954 (48.04 percent) to 62,979,879 (45.95 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 137,053,916 votes were cast,<ref name="NationalPopular" /> a 5.9 percent increase over 2012.<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 58.4 million votes to 57.1 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.
Lax voting integrity laws, including laws in twelve states that allow an illegal immigrant to obtain a drivers' license, most likely resulted in over 800,000 ballots being cast for Clinton by non-citizens.<ref name="Lucas800k"/><ref name="O'ReillyIA"/><ref name="Scarborough800k"/>
=== Russian involvement ===
===Historic upset===
Trump's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/10/more-with-less-trumps-lean-machine-beats-clintons-big-bank-account.html More With Less: Trump's lean machine beats Clinton's big bank account]. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> The [[mainstream media]] was extremely biased against and unfair towards Trump.<ref>Kurtz, Howard (November 11, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/11/media-remain-hostile-to-donald-trump-even-as-some-pundits-admit-blew-it.html Media remain hostile to Donald Trump even as some pundits admit they blew it]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.billoreilly.com/b/Media-Bias-to-the-Extreme/39285014073786148.html Media Bias to the Extreme]. ''BillOReilly.com''. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and "political insiders" all predicted a massive Clinton victory.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth P. & Isenstadt, Alex (November 9, 2016). [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 How did everyone get it so wrong?]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Catanese, David (October 24, 2016). [http://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as "bad polling".<ref>Nelson, Louis (November 1, 2016). [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-bad-poll-abc-washington-post-230591 Clinton camp on new survey showing Trump ahead: It’s ‘bad polling’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[Wisconsin]], which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.<ref name="HistoricUpset">[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Blake, Aaron (November 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/08/donald-trumps-path-to-victory-is-suddenly-looking-much-much-wider/ Donald Trump just blew up the electoral map]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> The polling and predictions were off dramatically.<ref>Flint, Joe & Alpert, Lukas I. (November 9, 2016). [http://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 How the Media’s Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> Trump's election victory was described by ''[[Politico]]'' as "the most stunning upset in American history."<ref>Goldmacher, Shane & Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070?lo=ap_c1 Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref>
===Electoral gains===
While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Trump made the largest gains in the rural [[Midwest]] and [[Rust Belt]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/how-trump-pushed-the-election-map-to-the-right.html How Trump Reshaped the Election Map]. ''The New York Times''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> He won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>Hoft, Jim (November 22, 2016). [http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/trump-breaks-record-votes-republican-candidate-history/ Trump Breaks Record for Most Votes by Republican Candidate in History]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> In addition, Trump won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal [[PolitiFact]] admitted to be true.<ref>Jacobson, Louis (December 4, 2016). [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-donald-trump-won-most-counties-rep/ Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan]. ''PolitiFact''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.</ref> Geographically speaking, Trump accordingly won 85 percent of the nation,<ref>Wallace, Tim (November 16, 2016). [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html?_r=0 The Two Americas of 2016]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.</ref> and he won 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district).
With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.<ref>Simon, Jeff (December 9, 2016). [http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/elliott-county-kentucky-democratic-streak-broken-by-donald-trump/index.html How Trump ended Democrats' 144-year winning streak in one county]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref>
According to exit polling, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004,<ref>O'Brien, Cortney (November 12, 2016). [http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/11/12/white-evangelical-voters-showed-up-this-time-n2243931 Evangelical Voters Showed Up Big Time For Trump]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref><ref>Lovett, Ian (November 9, 2016). [http://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelicals-back-donald-trump-in-record-numbers-despite-earlier-doubts-1478689372 Evangelicals Back Donald Trump in Record Numbers, Despite Earlier Doubts]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.<ref>Showalter, Brandon (November 16, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/81-percent-evangelicals-vote-trump-eric-teetsel-joe-carter-171542/ Did 81 Percent of Evangelicals Really Vote for Trump? Not So Fast, Some Say]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> This is largely due to Trump's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.
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==Voter demographics==
===Not an isolated victory===
In addition to Trump's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.<ref>Bresnahan, John (November 9, 2016). [http://www.politico.eu/article/republicans-on-cusp-of-keeping-the-senate/ Republicans hold the Senate in a stunner]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref>Hughes, Siobhan (November 9, 2016). [http://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-are-confident-about-retaining-control-of-the-house-1478634160 Democrats Gain Seats in House, But GOP Retains Majority]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> In addition, the Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in [[Kentucky]], [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], and [[New Hampshire]], and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.<ref>Greenblatt, Alan (November 9, 2016). [http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-republicans-add-dominance-state-legislatures.html Republicans Add to Their Dominance of State Legislatures]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref>Siegel, Josh (November 9, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/09/republicans-maintain-strong-control-of-state-capitols-what-that-means/ Republicans Maintain Strong Control of State Capitols. Here’s What That Means.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.<ref>Lieb, David A. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161229/281822873464433 GOP-Controlled States Aim to Reshape Laws]. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the Associated Press). Retrieved December 30, 2016.</ref> In addition, after the election, the GOP controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,<ref>Lieb, David A. (November 9, 2016). [http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-11-09/republicans-expand-control-of-governorships-legislatures Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.<ref>Bosman, Julie & Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.</ref>
During Obama's eight years in office, Democrats lost 1,042 seats—including U.S. House, Senate, state governorship, and state legislative seats.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/democrats-lost-over-1000-seats-under-obama.html?refresh=true Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama]. ''Fox News''. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.</ref>
==Viewership==
===Aftermath===
====Economic upsurge====
With expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.<ref name="MarketRally">La Monica, Paul R. (November 10, 2016). [http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/investing/markets-stocks-donald-trump-rally/index.html The 'yuge' Donald Trump market rally continues]. ''CNN Money''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.<ref name="MarketRally"/> The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Trump presidency.<ref>Craig, Victoria (November 11, 2016). [http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/11/11/trump-optimism-propels-dow-to-best-week-in-five-years.html Trump Optimism Propels Dow to Best Week in Five Years]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref>
'''Cable TV viewers 25 to 54<br>2:00 to 3:00 AM Eastern'''
== See also ==
====Anti-Trump violence and hate crimes====
After the election, childish [[leftists]] and [[anarchists]], who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence.<ref name="Protests">Chiaramonte, Perry (November 10, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/trump-protests-intensify-as-doubts-swirl-about-spontaneity.html Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> Trump supporters were the victims of numerous targeted attacks, brutal violence, and [[hate crime]]s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/video-emerges-group-beating-chicago-man-while-yelling-dont-vote-trump.html Video emerges of mob beating Chicago man while yelling 'don't vote Trump']. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2016/11/trump-supporter-15-beaten-during-rockville-protest/slide/1/</ref> A tech company corporate CEO threatened to murder Donald Trump.<ref>http://bgr.com/2016/11/15/man-threatens-to-kill-trump-ceo-sniper/</ref> The brutal and disturbing anti-Trump hate crimes (or hate crimes closely related to Trump's election) continued to occur into the next year.<ref name="LatestAntiTrump">[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> Democrat leaders, Obama and the Clinton machine refused to condemn the hate and violence. Ads for paid protesters appeared on Craigslist. Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.<ref name="Protests"/>
Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving", despite the opposite being true). It was found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were found to be hoaxes.<ref name="LatestAntiTrump"/>
===Notes===
====Democrat blame and deception====
Despite the unholy collusion between the Clinton campaign and mainstream news organizations which had been documented by her emails, and polling organizations paid by the Clinton campaign,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/11/media-polling-fully-exposed-about-that-nbcwsj-clinton-11-point-poll/</ref> liberal apologists blamed so-called "[[fake news]]" sites for the defection of Democrat voters to Trump, and Hillary's loss. Google, Twitter, and Facebook vowed to blacklist "fake news", a veiled reference to Breitbart TV, Infowars, the Drudge Report, conservative blogs and social media sites.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/technology/google-will-ban-websites-that-host-fake-news-from-using-its-ad-service.html?_r=0</ref> Throughout the election, fake news stories and polling by mainstream sources insisted only "stupid" people supported Trump whereas Clinton had the edge among people with higher education. In post-election analysis it was revealed Trump indeed carried a majority of people with a college education.
Then Clinton surrogates alleged that Trump was the agent of a foreign power. The Clintons would not exit the stage peaceably,<ref>http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/14/colorado-judge-tells-faithless-electors-they-have-to-vote-for-clinton-or-face-jail-time/</ref> even with the anger expressed by some of her donors who had raised over one billion dollars on her behalf, and felt ripped off.<ref>http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/hillary-clinton-campaign-donors-post-mortem-232715</ref> Other Clinton donors dumped another $7 million trying to overturn the election result.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/15/jill-stein-clinton-foundation-donors-in-corporate-media-prop-up-hillary-campaign/</ref>
====Certifying the victory despite leftist objections====
Progressives, media, and Hollywood surrogates tried to wheedle, cajole, and intimidate Electors,<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/310595-electoral-college-must-delay-vote-otherwise-putin</ref><ref>http://freebeacon.com/politics/group-using-celebrities-urge-electors-vote-trump-foreign-registered-website/</ref> going so far as to employ bribery and death threats on members of the Electoral College.<ref name="thehill.com">http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/310980-michael-moore-to-gop-electors-i-will-pay-your-fine-if-you-dont</ref> Ultimately, Trump lost two pledged Electors and Hillary Clinton lost five.<ref>Hughes, Clyde (December 20, 2016). [http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/electoral-college-monday-donald-trump/2016/12/20/id/764847/ Electoral College: Monday's Results Cement Trump's Presidency]. ''Newsmax''. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/revolt-fizzles-trump-easily-wins-electoral-college-vote/HsJeDsyNHYee1oH616qp1J/ Revolt fizzles as Trump easily wins Electoral College vote]. ''Dayton Daily News'' (from the Associated Press). December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref><ref>Finnegan, Michael (December 19, 2016). [http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-electoral-college-vote-20161219-story.html With 304 votes, electoral college seals Donald Trump's election as president]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref>
The Electoral College results were certified on January 6, 2017 by the 115th U.S. Congress.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/06/dems-try-to-contest-trump-victory-on-house-floor.html ‘It is over’: Congress certifies Trump’s win, over last-ditch Dem objections]. ''Fox News''. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Nazarian, Adelle (January 6, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/06/it-is-over-joe-biden-shuts-down-democrats-electoral-college-challenge-to-trump/ ‘It Is Over’: Joe Biden Shuts Down Democrats’ Electoral College Challenge to Trump]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>
== External links ==
== See also ==
*[[Presidential debates 2016]]
* [https://www.usa.gov/election Presidential election process] from [[USA.gov]], the official [[Federal government of the United States|United States Federal Government]] web portal
*[[Candidates on homosexuality]]
* [http://fec.gov/press/press2013/presidential_form2nm.shtml 2016 Presidential Form 2 Filers] at the [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC)
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