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Dec 19, 2016 · Normally a political footnote, the electoral vote acquired an unexpected element of drama this winter after Mr. Trump’s upset of Hillary Clinton, who received 2.86 million more popular votes but ...
Jul 23, 2020 · Donald Trump (2016) In a surprise victory that defied most pre-election polling, outsider Republican candidate Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton, wife of the former president, Bill ...
Apr 22, 2024 · United States Presidential Election of 2016, American presidential election held on November 8, 2016, in which Republican Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by more than 2.8 million votes but won 30 states and the decisive electoral college with 304 electoral votes to Clinton’s 227 and thus became the 45th ...
May 21, 2024 · In 2000 George W. Bush’s narrow 271–266 Electoral College victory over Al Gore, who won the nationwide popular vote by more than 500,000 votes, prompted renewed calls for the abolition of the Electoral College, as did Donald Trump’s 304–227 Electoral College victory in 2016 over Hillary Clinton, who won the nationwide popular vote by ...
"Party change" denotes a race where the 2016 projected winner is from a different party than the previous winner or incumbent. Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split.
270 electoral votes to win. Change history with the 2016 presidential election interactive map. Update a state winner by clicking it to rotate through candidates. Alternately, select a candidate color in the Map Color Palette, then select states to apply. Use the edit button in the Palette to update candidate information.
Unusual Electoral College scenarios Winning the popular vote but losing the election. It is possible to win the Electoral College but lose the popular vote. This happened in 2016, 2000, and three times in the 1800s. What happens if no candidate wins the majority of electoral votes? If no candidate receives the majority of electoral votes, the ...
