Peter Brent says 82% of eligible Australians cast a formal vote at the recent Federal election, and this is under compulsory voting.Īt this election, Wisconsin (Trump by 0.8%) was the tipping-point state. This seems low, but we are talking about eligible voters, not registered or enrolled voters. Turnout at this election was 60.0% of eligible voters, up from 58.6% in 2012. This spreadsheet by Cook Political Report analyst David Waserman gives details on the popular vote, both nationally and for each state, including the swing from the 2012 election. Clinton’s popular vote percentage margin is the largest for a loser since 1876, and the 1876 election was heavily disputed. This is the fifth time the popular vote winner has not won the Presidency the other occasions were 1824, 1876, 18. Libertarian Gary Johnson won 3.3% and Green Jill Stein 1.1%. In percentage terms, Clinton won 48.1%, to Trump’s 46.0%, a 2.1% popular vote win, compared with Obama’s 3.9% win over Romney. Clinton’s raw vote was down only slightly from Obama’s 65.92 million in 2012, while Trump was over 2 million above Mitt Romney’s vote. Thus, Arizona should be white with a red border, Colorado light blue, and both Texas and Iowa light red.Ĭlinton won the overall popular vote by 65.84 million votes, to 62.98 million for Trump, a difference of 2.86 million. A few states should be better on the map for Clinton given final results. Maine is purple as it split its EVs, with Trump winning the rural 2nd Congressional District, while Clinton won the state hence, Clinton won 3 Maine EVs, to 1 for Trump. States that were won by Barack Obama in 2012, but flipped to Trump in 2016 are Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Red represents Republicans (Trump), and blue Democrats (Clinton).ĭark blue and red states were won by at least 10%, light blue and red states by 5-9%, and states with a blue or red border by 0-4%. Numbers below state two-letter abbreviations are the state’s EVs. The final Electoral College map from ElectoralVote is at the top of this article. Had these states been won by Clinton, she would have won the Electoral College by a 307-231 margin. While this seems a convincing victory, Trump won four states by 1.2% or less: Florida (29 EVs), Pennsylvania (20 EVs), Wisconsin (10 EVs) and Michigan (16 EVs). At the US election held on 8 November 2016, Donald Trump won the Electoral College by 306 Electoral Votes (EVs), to 232 EVs for Hillary Clinton.
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