2016 Us Election Results

The 2016 united states presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 8 2016 the republican ticket of businessman donald trump and indiana governor mike pence defeated the democratic ticket of former secretary of state hillary clinton and u s.

2016 us election results. The 2016 presidential election in the united states resulted in donald trump being elected as the 45th president of the united states. Cnn s full results for the 2016 presidential election state maps and senate house and governor races. Politico s live 2016 election results and maps by state county and district.

The 2016 election for the president of the united states took place on tuesday november 8 2016. Trump won the electoral college with 304 votes compared to 227 votes for hillary clinton. Senator from virginia tim kaine trump took office as the 45th president and pence as the 48th vice.

The united states uses the electoral college a process where the people vote to choose their electors then a meeting of 538 electors takes place to vote for the presidential candidates and then congress counts the electoral votes. Includes races for president senate house governor and key ballot measures. Election 2016 results support our journalism us elections 2020 world environment soccer us politics business tech science newsletters news opinion.

Plus exit polls and ballot measures. Following republican nominee donald trump s presumed electoral college victory in the united states presidential election of 2016 a group of computer scientists cyber security experts and election monitors raised concerns about the integrity of the election results. Hillary clinton donald trump after 50 of 50 states.

Us election 2016 results overview. On the 45th president and the 48th vice president of the united states former president barack obama was unable to seek re election for a third term according to the twenty second amendment to the united states constitution which states that a president may only serve up to two terms. They urged the campaign staff of democratic nominee hillary clinton who had conceded the campaign on november 9 to petition.