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The 2016 election marked the eighth consecutive presidential election where the victorious major party nominee did not receive a popular vote majority by a double-digit margin over the losing major party nominee(s), with the sequence of presidential elections from 1988 through 2016 surpassing the sequence from 1876 through 1900 to become the ...
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May 26 – Donald Trump officially passes 1,237 pledged delegates, the minimum amount of delegates required to secure the 2016 Republican presidential nomination; June 2016. June 4 – Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses won by Hillary Clinton; June 5 – Puerto Rico Democratic caucuses won by Hillary Clinton
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Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for president in the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Trump's right-wing populist nationalist campaign, which promised to "Make America Great Again" and opposed political correctness, illegal immigration, and many United States free-trade agreements garnered extensive free media coverage due to Trump's inflammatory comments. Clinton emphasized her extensive political experience, denounced Trump and ma...
Presidential election
The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial presidential election. The electoral vote distribution was determined by the 2010 census from which presidential electors electing the president and vice president were chosen; a simple majority (270) of the 538 electoral votes were required to win. In one of the greatest election upsets in U.S. History, businessman and reality television personality Donald Trump of New York won the Republican Party's presidential nomina...
Gubernatorial elections
Regular elections were held for the governorships of 11 U.S. states and two U.S. territories. Additionally, a special election was held in Oregon after the resignation of John Kitzhaber as governor. Republicans won a net gain of two seats by winning open seats in Missouri, Vermont, and New Hampshire while Democrats defeated an incumbent in North Carolina. However, Governor Jim Justiceof West Virginia switched his party affiliation to Republican shortly after his inauguration, thereby netting...
Legislative elections
In 2016, 44 states held state legislative elections; 86 of the 99 chambers were up for election. Only six states did not hold state legislative elections: Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Virginia, Alabama, and Maryland. Democrats won both chambers in the Nevada Legislature and the New Mexico House of Representatives, while Republicans won the Kentucky House of Representatives, the Iowa Senate, and the Minnesota Senate. The Alaska House of Representatives flipped from Republican control to...
Other elections and ballot measures
Many states also held elections for other elected offices, such as attorney general. Many states held ballot measures.
Mayoral elections
Mayoral elections were held in many cities, including: 1. Bakersfield, California: Incumbent Harvey Hall did not seek re-election. Karen Gohwas elected to succeed Hall. The office is not partisan. 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not seek re-election. Democrat Catherine E. Pughwas elected as Rawlings-Blake's replacement. 3. Gilbert, Arizona: Incumbent John Lewis resigned prior to the election.Interim mayor Jenn Daniels was elected to succeed Lewis. The o...
This table shows the partisan results of congressional, gubernatorial, presidential, and state legislative races held in each state and territory in 2016. Note that not all states and territories hold gubernatorial, state legislative, and United States Senate elections in 2016; additionally, the territories do not have electoral votes in American p...
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LN: July 26, 2016 13,167,848 primary votes and 1,846 delegates: LN: July 26, 2016 67,457 primary votes : W: February 1, 2016 110,423 votes: W: November 2, 2015 4 write-in votes in New Hampshire: W: October 23, 2015 0 votes: W: October 20, 2015 2 write-in votes in New Hampshire
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July 24: Ten Democratic candidates appear at the 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. [103] July 30: Democratic governor Gavin Newsom of California signs a bill into state law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns for the past five years in order to qualify for the California primary ballot.
Distinguished party leaders in 2016 included President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and the Democratic Party's 1984 presidential nominee Walter Mondale. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 national convention.
