Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton (D) vs Donald Trump (R). Clinton won the popular vote. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.
Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)
The 2016 cycle at a glance
The popular vote in the long run
National Democratic-minus-Republican margin, 1892–2016. Blue above the line is a Democratic margin, red below Republican.
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.7% |
| 1896 | −6.1% |
| 1900 | −7.5% |
| 1904 | −19.7% |
| 1908 | −9.6% |
| 1912 | +19.5% |
| 1916 | +3.1% |
| 1920 | −26.2% |
| 1924 | −25.2% |
| 1928 | −17.5% |
| 1932 | +17.8% |
| 1936 | +24.3% |
| 1940 | +9.9% |
| 1944 | +7.5% |
| 1948 | +4.5% |
| 1952 | −10.8% |
| 1956 | −15.4% |
| 1960 | +0.2% |
| 1964 | +22.6% |
| 1968 | −0.7% |
| 1972 | −23.2% |
| 1976 | +2.1% |
| 1980 | −9.7% |
| 1984 | −18.2% |
| 1988 | −7.7% |
| 1992 | +5.6% |
| 1996 | +8.5% |
| 2000 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | −2.5% |
| 2008 | +7.3% |
| 2012 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | +2.1% |
The path to 270
Trump's states, safest to closest — the running electoral-vote total crosses 270 at the tipping-point state.
Electoral college
538 electors at stake · 270 to win
R Trump won the presidency, clearing the 270-vote majority with 34 to spare.
Tipping-point stateOrdered from Trump’s strongest states down, Pennsylvania cast the electoral votes that crossed 270 — Trump carried it R+0.7.
How the country moved
Every county that voted in both cycles, placed by how its margin swung and sized by its turnout. 2,749 of 3,143 moved toward the Republicans. The median county swung R+9.9; weighted by turnout — the average voter's county — the shift was R+1.6.
The sharpest county swings
Of the counties reporting in both cycles, the biggest shifts in presidential margin since 2012. Each links to the county's full record.
| County | State | Swing | 2012 margin | 2016 margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott County | KY | R+46.6 | D+2.5 | R+44.1 |
| Utah County | UT | D+42.4 | R+78.6 | R+36.2 |
| Clark County | MO | R+42.0 | R+10.3 | R+52.3 |
| Cache County | UT | D+41.2 | R+68.1 | R+26.9 |
| Howard County | IA | R+41.1 | D+20.9 | R+20.1 |
| Henderson County | IL | R+40.7 | D+12.2 | R+28.4 |
Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map. Electoral votes reflect the 2016 apportionment. The Swing column is the change in margin since 2012; the faint tick on each bar marks where the state stood then.
| State | Won | Electoral votes | Margin | Swing | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | 3 | R+0.8 | 116,179 | 163,346 | 318,268 | |
| Alabama | R | 9 | R+5.9 | 729,547 | 1,318,255 | 2,092,269 | |
| Arkansas | R | 6 | R+4.1 | 380,494 | 684,872 | 1,095,195 | |
| Arizona | R | 11 | D+5.5 | 1,161,167 | 1,252,401 | 2,604,657 | |
| California | D | 55 | D+6.9 | 8,753,792 | 4,483,814 | 14,243,449 | |
| Colorado | D | 9 | R+0.5 | 1,338,870 | 1,202,484 | 2,780,247 | |
| Connecticut | D | 7 | R+3.7 | 897,548 | 673,198 | 1,644,878 | |
| District of Columbia | D | 3 | D+3.1 | 282,830 | 12,723 | 311,268 | |
| Delaware | D | 3 | R+7.2 | 235,603 | 185,127 | 441,590 | |
| Florida | R | 29 | R+2.1 | 4,504,975 | 4,617,886 | 9,420,039 | |
| Georgia | R | 16 | D+2.7 | 1,877,963 | 2,089,104 | 4,146,825 | |
| Hawaii | D | 4 | R+10.5 | 266,891 | 128,847 | 428,937 | |
| Iowa | R | 6 | R+15.1 | 653,669 | 800,983 | 1,581,371 | |
| Idaho | R | 4 | D+0.1 | 189,765 | 409,055 | 690,255 | |
| Illinois | D | 20 | D+0.0 | 3,090,729 | 2,146,015 | 5,595,279 | |
| Indiana | R | 11 | R+8.8 | 1,031,959 | 1,556,514 | 2,758,446 | |
| Kansas | R | 6 | D+1.2 | 427,005 | 671,018 | 1,197,570 | |
| Kentucky | R | 8 | R+7.2 | 628,854 | 1,202,971 | 1,924,150 | |
| Louisiana | R | 8 | R+2.4 | 780,154 | 1,178,638 | 2,029,032 | |
| Massachusetts | D | 11 | D+3.6 | 1,995,196 | 1,090,893 | 3,378,801 | |
| Maryland | D | 10 | D+0.8 | 1,677,928 | 943,169 | 2,736,720 | |
| Maine | D | 4 | R+12.5 | 354,718 | 334,945 | 743,941 | |
| Michigan | R | 16 | R+9.7 | 2,268,839 | 2,279,543 | 4,824,542 | |
| Minnesota | D | 10 | R+6.2 | 1,367,825 | 1,323,232 | 2,945,233 | |
| Missouri | R | 10 | R+9.1 | 1,071,068 | 1,594,511 | 2,828,355 | |
| Mississippi | R | 6 | R+6.3 | 485,131 | 700,714 | 1,211,088 | |
| Montana | R | 3 | R+6.6 | 177,709 | 279,240 | 501,822 | |
| North Carolina | R | 15 | R+1.6 | 2,189,316 | 2,362,631 | 4,741,564 | |
| North Dakota | R | 3 | R+16.1 | 93,758 | 216,794 | 344,360 | |
| Nebraska | R | 5 | R+3.3 | 284,494 | 495,961 | 844,232 | |
| New Hampshire | D | 4 | R+5.2 | 348,526 | 345,790 | 744,296 | |
| New Jersey | D | 14 | R+3.8 | 2,148,278 | 1,601,933 | 3,906,723 | |
| New Mexico | D | 5 | R+1.9 | 385,234 | 319,667 | 798,319 | |
| Nevada | D | 6 | R+4.3 | 539,260 | 512,058 | 1,125,385 | |
| New York | D | 29 | R+5.7 | 4,556,142 | 2,819,557 | 7,721,795 | |
| Ohio | R | 18 | R+10.9 | 2,394,164 | 2,841,005 | 5,607,641 | |
| Oklahoma | R | 7 | R+2.8 | 420,375 | 949,136 | 1,452,992 | |
| Oregon | D | 7 | R+1.1 | 1,002,106 | 782,403 | 2,001,336 | |
| Pennsylvania | R | 20 | R+6.1 | 2,926,458 | 2,970,742 | 6,166,938 | |
| Rhode Island | D | 4 | R+12.0 | 251,888 | 180,490 | 463,416 | |
| South Carolina | R | 9 | R+3.8 | 855,373 | 1,155,389 | 2,103,027 | |
| South Dakota | R | 3 | R+11.8 | 117,466 | 227,731 | 370,111 | |
| Tennessee | R | 11 | R+5.6 | 870,695 | 1,522,925 | 2,508,027 | |
| Texas | R | 38 | D+6.8 | 3,877,868 | 4,685,047 | 8,993,855 | |
| Utah | R | 6 | D+30.0 | 310,676 | 515,231 | 1,143,732 | |
| Virginia | D | 13 | D+1.4 | 1,981,473 | 1,769,443 | 3,982,752 | |
| Vermont | D | 3 | R+9.2 | 178,573 | 95,369 | 315,067 | |
| Washington | D | 12 | D+0.9 | 1,742,718 | 1,221,747 | 3,316,996 | |
| Wisconsin | R | 10 | R+7.7 | 1,382,536 | 1,405,284 | 2,976,150 | |
| West Virginia | R | 5 | R+15.0 | 188,794 | 489,371 | 721,261 | |
| Wyoming | R | 3 | R+5.5 | 55,973 | 174,419 | 255,849 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2016 presidential returns · official state + county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.