2016 Presidential Election

245,502,000
Voting Age Population
55.7%
Turnout by VAP

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: Rex Tillerson (2017-2018), Mike Pompeo (2018-2021)

Secretary of the Treasury: Steven Mnuchin (2017-2021)

Secretary of Defense: Jim Mattis (2017-2019), Mark Esper (2019-2020)

Attorney General: Jeff Sessions (2017-2018), William Barr (2019-2020)

Secretary of the Interior: Ryan Zinke (2017-2019), David Bernhardt (2019-2021)

Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue (2017-2021)

Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross (2017-2021)

Secretary of Labor: Alexander Acosta (2017-2019), Eugene Scalia (2019-2021)

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Alex Azar (2018-2021)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Ben Carson (2017-2021)

Secretary of Transportation: Elaine Chao (2017-2021)

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

Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos (2017-2021)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: David Shulkin (2017-2018), Robert Wilkie (2018-2021)

Secretary of Homeland Security: Kirstjen Nielsen (2017-2019), Chad Wolf (acting) (2019-2021)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Scott Pruitt (2017-2018), Andrew Wheeler (2018-2021)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Mick Mulvaney (2017-2020), Russell Vought (2020-2021)

Director of National Intelligence: Dan Coats (2017-2019), John Ratcliffe (2020-2021)

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Mike Pompeo (2017-2018), Gina Haspel (2018-2021)

United States Trade Representative: Robert Lighthizer (2017-2021)

Ambassador to the United Nations: Nikki Haley (2017-2018), Kelly Craft (2019-2021)

Administrator of the Small Business Administration: Linda McMahon (2017-2019), Jovita Carranza (2020-2021)

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2016 Candidate Electoral Votes

270 to win
65,788,564 popular votes (48.2%)
Running Mate: Tim Kaine
62,955,340 popular votes (46.2%)
Running Mate: Michael R. Pence

One of only 5 elections (1824187618882000, 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).

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

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

20

Indiana

11

Iowa

6

Kansas

6

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

8

Maine

4

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

38

Utah

6

Vermont

3

Virginia

13

Washington

12

West Virginia

5

Wisconsin

10

Wyoming

3