2016 Presidential Election

Both turnout percentages use votes cast for president. VAP counts residents of voting age; VEP adjusts for eligibility and includes eligible overseas citizens nationally.
54.7%
Turnout by VAP
59.2%
Turnout by VEP

Results of the presidential election of 2016, won by Donald J. Trump with 304 electoral votes.

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Donald Trump's Cabinet

President: Donald Trump (2017-2021)

Vice President: Mike Pence (2017-2021)

Secretary of State: Thomas Shannon (acting) (2017-2017), Rex Tillerson (2017-2018), John Sullivan (acting) (2018-2018), Mike Pompeo (2018-2021)

Secretary of the Treasury: Adam Szubin (acting) (2017-2017), Steven Mnuchin (2017-2021)

Secretary of Defense: James Mattis (2017-2018), Patrick Shanahan (acting) (2019-2019), Mark Esper (acting) (2019-2019), Richard Spencer (acting) (2019-2019), Mark Esper (2019-2020), Christopher Miller (acting) (2020-2021)

Attorney General: Sally Yates (acting) (2017-2017), Dana Boente (acting) (2017-2017), Jeff Sessions (2017-2018), Matthew Whitaker (acting) (2018-2019), William Barr (2019-2020), Jeffrey Rosen (acting) (2020-2021)

Secretary of the Interior: Kevin Haugrud (acting) (2017-2017), Ryan Zinke (2017-2019), David Bernhardt (acting until April 2019) (2019-2021)

Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Young (acting) (2017-2017), Sonny Perdue (2017-2021)

Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross (2017-2021)

Secretary of Labor: Edward Hugler (acting) (2017-2017), Alexander Acosta (2017-2019), Patrick Pizzella (acting) (2019-2019), Eugene Scalia (2019-2021)

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Norris Cochran (acting) (2017-2017), Tom Price (2017-2017), Don Wright (acting) (2017-2017), Eric Hargan (acting) (2017-2018), Alex Azar (2018-2021)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Craig Clemmensen (acting) (2017-2017), Ben Carson (2017-2021)

Secretary of Transportation: Michael Huerta (acting) (2017-2017), Elaine Chao (2017-2021), Steven Bradbury (acting) (2021-2021)

Secretary of Energy: Grace Bochenek (acting) (2017-2017), Rick Perry (2017-2019), Dan Brouillette (2019-2021)

Secretary of Education: Philip Rosenfelt (acting) (2017-2017), Betsy DeVos (2017-2021), Mick Zais (acting) (2021-2021)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Robert Snyder (acting) (2017-2017), David Shulkin (2017-2018), Robert Wilkie (acting) (2018-2018), Peter O'Rourke (acting) (2018-2018), Robert Wilkie (2018-2021)

Secretary of Homeland Security: John F. Kelly (2017-2017), Elaine Duke (acting) (2017-2017), Kirstjen Nielsen (2017-2019), Kevin McAleenan (acting) (2019-2019), Chad Wolf (acting) (2019-2021), Pete Gaynor (acting) (2021-2021)

Chief of Staff: Reince Priebus (2017-2017), John F. Kelly (2017-2019), Mick Mulvaney (acting) (2019-2020), Mark Meadows (2020-2021)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Catherine McCabe (acting) (2017-2017), Scott Pruitt (2017-2018), Andrew Wheeler (acting until February 2019) (2018-2021)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Mark Sandy (acting) (2017-2017), Mick Mulvaney (duties delegated from January 2019) (2017-2020), Russell Vought (acting, 2019–2020; confirmed, 2020–2021) (2019-2021)

Director of National Intelligence: Mike Dempsey (acting) (2017-2017), Dan Coats (2017-2019), Joseph Maguire (acting) (2019-2020), Richard Grenell (acting) (2020-2020), John Ratcliffe (2020-2021)

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Meroe Park (acting) (2017-2017), Mike Pompeo (2017-2018), Gina Haspel (acting until May 2018) (2018-2021)

United States Trade Representative: Maria Pagan (acting) (2017-2017), Stephen Vaughn (acting) (2017-2017), Robert Lighthizer (2017-2021)

Ambassador to the United Nations: Michele Sison (acting) (2017-2017), Nikki Haley (2017-2018), Jonathan Cohen (acting) (2019-2019), Kelly Craft (2019-2021)

Administrator of the Small Business Administration: Joseph Loddo (acting) (2017-2017), Linda McMahon (2017-2019), Chris Pilkerton (acting) (2019-2020), Jovita Carranza (2020-2021)

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Electoral Votes

Other color: Libertarian Party (Gary Johnson). Party identity color: combines economic libertarianism with civil-liberties positions; not a modern left–right rating. Combined Other totals include all remaining candidates.

270 to win
65,853,514 popular votes (48.2%)
Running Mate: Tim Kaine
62,984,828 popular votes (46.1%)
Running Mate: Michael R. Pence

One of only 5 elections (1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, 2016) where the popular vote winner was defeated. 4,489,341 votes were cast for Gary Johnson (Libertarian). 1,457,218 votes were cast for Jill Stein (Green). 731,991 votes were cast for Evan McMullin (Independent). Seven presidential electoral votes went to other recipients: Colin Powell (3), Bernie Sanders (1), Ron Paul (1), John Kasich (1), and Faith Spotted Eagle (1). The counted electoral totals were Trump 304 and Clinton 227; the election-night allocations were 306 and 232.

Presedential Election

Republican

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

9

Alaska

3

Arizona

11

Arkansas

6

California

55

Colorado

9

Connecticut

7

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

29

Georgia

16

Hawaii

3

Idaho

4

Illinois

20

Indiana

11

Iowa

6

Kansas

6

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

8

Maine

3

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

11

Michigan

16

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

6

Missouri

10

Montana

3

Nebraska

5

Nevada

6

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

14

New Mexico

5

New York

29

North Carolina

15

North Dakota

3

Ohio

18

Oklahoma

7

Oregon

7

Pennsylvania

20

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

9

South Dakota

3

Tennessee

11

Texas

36

Utah

6

Vermont

3

Virginia

13

Washington

8

West Virginia

5

Wisconsin

10

Wyoming

3

Popular Votes by VEP

65,853,514
62,984,828
94,111,522 (40.78%) did not vote

Share of 230,780,798 eligible people: Clinton 28.54% · Did Not Vote 40.78% · Other 3.39% · Trump 27.29%.

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