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The 2016 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 8, 2016 as part of the 2016 United States presidential election. Washington was won by Hillary Clinton, who won the state with 52.54% of the vote over Donald Trump's 36.83%, a margin of 15.71%.
- 78.76% (of registered voters) 2.49%
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Democrats
Bernie Sanders won the Washington Democratic caucuses, beating Hillary Clinton by more than 40 points. Sanders carried every county in the state. He won Washington’s three largest counties by substantial margins: King, where Seattle is located, by roughly 34 points; Pierce by more than 40 points; and Snohomish by more than 50 points. In 2008, Clinton lost Washington to Barack Obama 31 to 68 percent. Like Sanders, Obama also won every county in the state. One-hundred-one pledged delegates were...
Republicans
Donald Trump won the Washington Republican primary with more than 70 percent of the vote. Trump, the only official candidate in the race at the time of the primary, carried every county in the state. Ted Cruz came in second, followed by John Kasich and Ben Carson in third and fourth, respectively. Mitt Romneywon Washington in the 2012 Republican primary.
Delegate selection
1. 1.1. See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
Democratic Party
Washington had 118 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 101 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegatesif he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were...
Washington superdelegates
1. 1.1. See also: Superdelegates from Washington, 2016 and Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention 1. Adam Smith (Washington) 2. Denny Heck 3. Derek Kilmer 4. Jay Inslee 5. Jim McDermott (Washington) 6. Maria Cantwell 7. Patty Murray 8. Rick Larsen 9. Suzan DelBene 10. Valerie Brady Rongey 11. David T. McDonald 12. Ed Cote 13. Jaxon Ravens 14. Juanita Luiz 15. Lona Wilbur 16. Sharon Mast 17. Rion Ramirez
Washington presidential election results (1900-2020) 1. 17 Democratic wins 2. 13 Republican wins 3. 1 other win
Presidential voting pattern
1. See also: Presidential voting trends in Washington Washington voted for the Democratic candidatein all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.
Washington had 12 electoral votes for the presidential election, which were awarded to Hillary Clinton. [3] Statewide party caucuses and primaries were held in the spring of 2016 to determine the allocation of state delegates to the respective Democratic and Republican party national conventions.
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Nov 22, 2016 · State Overview. Washington. Overview. Presidential. Senate. House. Governor. Ballot Measures. Eudora Carter carefully drops her ballot into a drop-off voting box Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in...
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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- Donald Trump
- Mike Pence
Nov 22, 2016 · 12 electoral votes. u 100% IN. Nov 22 2016, 2:10 pm ET. Hillary Clinton. 54.3% 1,742,718. Donald Trump. 38.1% 1,221,747. Gary Johnson 5% Jill Stein 1.8% Projected Winner. Olympia Olympia Spokane...
Nov 29, 2018 · The 2016 election featured unconventional and divisive campaigns and the electoral college results led to a stunning upset victory for Republican Donald J. Trump. By: History.com Editors.
