U.S. Elections 2016
Embassy of the United States of America in Madrid
Public Diplomacy
Research Unit
November 8, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3
2016 Nominees .............................................................................................................................. 4
State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2016) .............................................................................. 8
The U.S. Electoral Process ............................................................................................................ 9
2016 Electoral Votes ................................................................................................................... 10
2016 Electoral College Allocation by Population (2010 U.S. Census)....................................... 11
2012, 2008, 2004 & 2000 Presidential Elections Results ........................................................... 13
U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents (1789-2016) ....................................................................... 19
U.S. Senate Elections 2016 ......................................................................................................... 21
U.S. House of Representatives Elections 2016 ........................................................................... 22
U.S. State Governors - Elections 2016 ........................................................................................ 23
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Introduction
Americans will elect the 45th President of the United States on November 8, 2016. This
information package on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections was prepared by the Research
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2016 Nominees
Republican
Republican Party ticket, 2016
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
for President
for Vice President
Chairman of
The Trump Organization
50th Governor of Indiana
(2013–present)
(1971–present)
Official Campaign Website: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
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Democrat
Democratic Party ticket, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Tim Kaine
for President
for Vice President
67th U.S. Secretary of State
U.S. Senator from Virginia
(2009–2013)
(2013–present)
Official Campaign Website: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/
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Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party ticket, 2016
Gary Johnson
William Weld
for President
for Vice President
Former Governor of New
Mexico
Former Governor of
Massachusetts
Official Campaign Website: https://www.johnsonweld.com/
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Green Party
Green Party ticket, 2016
Jill Stein
Ajamu Baraka
for President
for Vice President
Practicing physician
Grassroots organizer
Official Campaign Website: http://www.jill2016.com/
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State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2016)
Source: The Green Papers
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The U.S. Electoral Process
Source: www.usa.gov
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2016 Electoral Votes
Distribution of Electoral Votes
Electoral votes are allocated based on the Census.
Allocations below are based on the 2010 Census.
For the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections.
Total Electoral Votes: 538; Majority Needed to Elect: 270
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2016 Electoral College Allocation by Population (2010 U.S. Census)
Sorted by
Rank
State
Population
Percentage
of
Electors
Population
1
California
37,341,989
12.05%
55
2
Texas
25,268,418
8.16%
38
3
New York
19,421,055
6.27%
29
4
Florida
18,900,773
6.10%
29
5
Illinois
12,864,380
4.15%
20
6
Pennsylvania
12,734,905
4.11%
20
7
Ohio
11,568,495
3.73%
18
8
Michigan
9,911,626
3.20%
16
9
Georgia
9,727,566
3.14%
16
10
North Carolina
9,565,781
3.09%
15
11
New Jersey
8,807,501
2.84%
14
12
Virginia
8,037,736
2.59%
13
13
Washington
6,753,369
2.18%
12
14
Massachusetts
6,559,644
2.12%
11
15
Indiana
6,501,582
2.10%
11
16
Arizona
6,412,700
2.07%
11
17
Tennessee
6,375,431
2.06%
11
18
Missouri
6,011,478
1.94%
10
19
Maryland
5,789,929
1.87%
10
20
Wisconsin
5,698,230
1.84%
10
21
Minnesota
5,314,879
1.72%
10
22
Colorado
5,044,930
1.63%
9
23
Alabama
4,802,982
1.55%
9
24
South Carolina
4,645,975
1.50%
9
25
Louisiana
4,553,962
1.47%
8
26
Kentucky
4,350,606
1.40%
8
27
Oregon
3,848,606
1.24%
7
28
Oklahoma
3,764,882
1.22%
7
29
Connecticut
3,581,628
1.16%
7
30
Iowa
3,053,787
0.99%
6
31
Mississippi
2,978,240
0.96%
6
32
Arkansas
2,926,229
0.94%
6
33
Kansas
2,863,813
0.92%
6
34
Utah
2,770,765
0.89%
6
35
Nevada
2,709,432
0.87%
6
36
New Mexico
2,067,273
0.67%
5
37
West Virginia
1,859,815
0.60%
5
38
Nebraska
1,831,825
0.59%
5
39
Idaho
1,573,499
0.51%
4
40
Hawaii
1,366,862
0.44%
4
41
Maine
1,333,074
0.43%
4
42
New Hampshire
1,321,445
0.43%
4
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Rhode Island
1,055,247
0.34%
4
44
45
Montana
994,416
0.32%
3
Delaware
900,877
0.29%
3
46
South Dakota
819,761
0.26%
3
47
Alaska
721,523
0.23%
3
48
North Dakota
675,905
0.22%
3
49
Vermont
630,337
0.20%
3
50
District of Columbia
601,723
0.19%
3
51
Wyoming
568,300
0.18%
3
Totals
309,785,186
100.00%
538
State Average (1)
Country Average (2)
(1) The averages are computed by weighing each state equally. The
District of Columbia is included in the Elector computations but not in
the Senate or House computations.
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People Per Elector = Sum of (People per Elector) ÷ 51 jurisdictions
People Per Senate Seat = Sum of (People per Senate Seat) ÷ 50 jurisdictions
People Per House Seat = Sum of (People per House Seat) ÷ 50 jurisdictions
(2) The averages are computed using the total population of country. The
District of Columbia is included in the Elector computations but not in
the Senate or House computations.
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People Per Elector = Population of 309,785,186 ÷ 538 electors
People Per Senate Seat = Population of 309,183,463 ÷ 100 Senate Seats
People Per House Seat = Population of 309,183,463 ÷ 435 House Seats
Source: The Green Papers
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2012, 2008, 2004 & 2000 Presidential Elections Results
Results of the 2012 Presidential Elections
Presidential Vice Presidential
Candidate Candidate
Barack H.
Obama
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Democratic
Electoral Vote
65,918,507
51.01%
332
61.7%
Willard Mitt
Paul Ryan
Romney
Republican
60,934,407
47.15%
206
38.3%
Gary
Johnson
James P. Gray
Libertarian
1,275,923
0.99%
0
0.0%
Jill Stein
Cheri Honkala
Green
469,015
0.36%
0
0.0%
Other (+)
-
-
639,790
0.50%
0
0.0%
Total
129,237,642
538
Map Key
> 40%
> 50%
> 60%
> 70%
> 90%
Maps
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Source: Federal Elections Commission
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2008 Presidential Elections Results
Presidential
Candidate
Barack H. Obama
Vice Presidential
Political
Candidate
Party
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Democratic
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
69,499,428 52.87%
365
67.8%
59,950,323 45.60%
173
32.2%
John S. McCain, III Sarah H. Palin
Republican
Ralph Nader
Matt Gonzalez
Independent
739,278 0.56%
0
0.0%
Bob Barr
Wayne Allyn Root
Libertarian
523,433 0.40%
0
0.0%
Other (+)
-
-
750,660 0.57%
0
0.0%
Map Key
> 40%
> 50%
> 60%
> 70%
> 90%
Maps
Source: U.S. Electionatlas.org
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2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTE
STATE
ELECTORAL VOTE
Obama
(D)
AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
DC
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
POPULAR VOTE
McCain
(R)
9
3
10
6
55
9
7
3
3
27
15
4
4
21
11
7
6
8
9
4
10
12
17
10
1
5
4
15
5
31
15
6
11
3
4
3
20
7
7
21
4
Obama
(D)
813,479
123,594
1,034,707
422,310
8,274,473
1,288,633
997,772
255,459
245,800
4,282,074
1,844,123
325,871
236,440
3,419,348
1,374,039
828,940
514,765
751,985
782,989
421,923
1,629,467
1,904,097
2,872,579
1,573,354
554,662
1,441,911
231,667
333,319
533,736
384,826
2,215,422
472,422
4,804,945
2,142,651
141,278
2,940,044
502,496
1,037,291
3,276,363
296,571
McCain
(R)
1,266,546
193,841
1,230,111
638,017
5,011,781
1,073,629
629,428
152,374
17,367
4,045,624
2,048,759
120,566
403,012
2,031,179
1,345,648
682,379
699,655
1,048,462
1,148,275
295,273
959,862
1,108,854
2,048,639
1,275,409
724,597
1,445,814
242,763
452,979
412,827
316,534
1,613,207
346,832
2,752,771
2,128,474
168,601
2,677,820
960,165
738,475
2,655,885
165,391
All
Others
19,794
8,762
28,657
26,290
275,646
39,200
19,597
4,579
2,686
63,046
31,604
7,131
15,670
71,844
31,367
25,804
21,452
26,173
29,497
13,967
42,267
68,034
80,548
61,606
10,606
37,480
15,872
14,983
21,285
9,610
39,608
10,904
83,215
39,664
6,742
90,486
0
52,098
81,024
9,804
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Total Vote
2,099,819
326,197
2,293,475
1,086,617
13,561,900
2,401,462
1,646,797
412,412
265,853
8,390,744
3,924,486
453,568
655,122
5,522,371
2,751,054
1,537,123
1,235,872
1,826,620
1,960,761
731,163
2,631,596
3,080,985
5,001,766
2,910,369
1,289,865
2,925,205
490,302
801,281
967,848
710,970
3,868,237
830,158
7,640,931
4,310,789
316,621
5,708,350
1,462,661
1,827,864
6,013,272
471,766
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
Total:
8
3
11
34
5
3
13
11
10
365
862,449 1,034,896
23,624
170,924
203,054
7,997
1,087,437 1,479,178
33,134
3,528,633 4,479,328
69,834
327,670
596,030
28,670
219,262
98,974
6,810
1,959,532 1,725,005
38,723
1,750,848 1,229,216
56,814
5
303,857
397,466
12,128
1,677,211 1,262,393
43,813
3
82,868
164,958
6,832
173 69,498,516 59,948,323 1,866,981
52.93%
45.65%
1.42%
1,920,969
381,975
2,599,749
8,077,795
952,370
325,046
3,723,260
3,036,878
713,451
2,983,417
254,658
131,313,820
Total Electoral Vote = 538. Total Electoral Vote Needed to Win = 270.
2004 Presidential Elections Results
Source: Federal Elections Commission & CNN
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2000 Presidential Elections Results
Source: Federal Elections Commission
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U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents (1789-2016)
PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENT
POLITICAL PARTY
TERM
1. George Washington
John Adams
No Party Designation
1789-1797
2. John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist
1797-1801
3. Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
George Clinton
Democratic-Republican
1801-1809
4. James Madison
George Clinton
Elbridge Gerry
Democratic-Republican
1809-1817
5. James Monroe
Daniel D Tompkins
Democratic-Republican
1817-1825
6. John Quincy Adams
John C Calhoun
Democratic-Republican
1825-1829
7. Andrew Jackson
John C Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
Democratic
1829-1837
8. Martin Van Buren
Richard M. Johnson
Democratic
1837-1841
9. William Henry Harrison John Tyler
Whig
1841
10. John Tyler
None
Whig
1841-1845
11. James Knox Polk
George M. Dallas
Democratic
1845-1849
12. Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Whig
1849-1850
13. Millard Fillmore
None
Whig
1850-1853
14. Franklin Pierce
William R King
Democratic
1853-1857
15. James Buchanan
John C Breckinridge
Democratic
1857-1861
16. Abraham Lincoln
Hannibel Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
Union
1861-1865
17. Andrew Johnson
None
Union
1865-1869
18. Ulysses Simpson Grant
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson
Republican
1869-1877
19. Rutherford Birchard
Hayes
William A Wheeler
Republican
1877-1881
20. James Abram Garfield
Chester Alan Arthur
Republican
1881
21. Chester Alan Arthur
None
Republican
1881-1885
22. Stephen Grover
Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks
Democratic
1885-1889
23. Benjamin Harrison
Levi P Morton
Republican
1889-1893
24. Stephen Grover
Cleveland
Adlai E Stevenson
Democratic
1893-1897
25. William McKinley
Garret A. Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
1897-1901
26. Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W Fairbanks
Republican
1901-1909
27. William Howard Taft
James S Sherman
Republican
1909-1913
28. Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R Marshall
Democratic
1913-1921
29. Warren Gamaliel
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
1921-1923
30. Calvin Coolidge
Charles G Dawes
Republican
1923-1929
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31. Herbert Clark Hoover
Charles Curtis
Republican
1929-1933
32. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Democratic
1933-1945
33. Harry S. Truman
Alben W Barkley
Democratic
1945-1953
34. Dwight David
Eisenhower
Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
1953-1961
35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Lyndon Baines Johnson
Democratic
1961-1963
36. Lyndon Baines Johnson
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Democratic
1963-1969
37. Richard Milhous Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Republican
1969-1974
38. Gerald Rudolph Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Republican
1974-1977
39. James Earl Carter, Jr.
Walter Mondale
Democratic
1977-1981
40. Ronald Wilson Reagan
George Herbert Walker Bush
Republican
1981-1989
41. George Herbert Walker
Bush
J. Danforth Quayle
Republican
1989-1993
42. William Jefferson
Clinton
Albert Gore, Jr.
Democratic
1993-2001
43. George Walker Bush
Richard Cheney
Republican
44. Barack Obama
Joseph Biden
Democratic
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U.S. Senate Elections 2016
Current Balance of Power – 33 seats at stake
Source: www.270towin.com
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U.S. House of Representatives Elections 2016
Current Balance of Power - 435 members at stake
Source: www.270towin.com
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U.S. State Governors - Elections 2016
Current Balance of Power - 12 States at stake
Source: www.270towin.com
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