United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016
Pennsylvania
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 20 0
Popular vote 2,955,671 2,906,128
Percentage 48.62% 47.81%

County results

  Trump 40–50%
  Trump 50–60%
  Trump 60–70%
  Trump 70–80%
  Trump 80–90%
  Clinton 40–50%
  Clinton 50–60%
  Clinton 80–90%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participate. Pennsylvania voters choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On April 26, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for President. Pennsylvania is a closed primary state, meaning voters must have been registered to participate in their respective party primary.[1]

Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by a 0.81% margin, as 49,543 more votes than Hillary Clinton. Prior to the election, all 12 major news organizations reported Pennsylvania would be either likely Democrat or leaning Democrat. Donald Trump's appeal in the rust belt overtook the urban vote, making him the first Republican candidate for President to carry Pennsylvania since George H. W. Bush in 1988. This is also the third time since 1932 that Pennsylvania has not voted the same way as neighboring New York.

General election

Statewide results

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 2,955,671 48.62% 20
Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 2,906,128 47.81% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 145,694 2.40% 0
Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 49,678 0.82% 0
Constitution Darrell Castle Scott Bradley 21,381 0.35% 0
Totals 6,078,552 100.00% 20
Voter turnout (Voting age population)
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

Primaries

Democratic primary

Results of the Democratic primary by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
Pennsylvania Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 935,107 55.61% 106 20 126
Bernie Sanders 731,881 43.53% 83 0 83
Rocky De La Fuente 14,439 0.86% 0 0 0
Total 1,681,427 100% 189 20 209
Source: The Green Papers, Pennsylvania State Elections Official Results

Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
Pennsylvania Republican primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 902,593 56.61% 17 42 59
Ted Cruz 345,506 21.67% 0 4 4
John Kasich 310,003 19.44% 0 3 3
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 14,842 0.93% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 11,954 0.75% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 9,577 0.60% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 5 5
Total: 1,594,475 100.00% 17 54 71
Source: The Green Papers

Green Party

Pennsylvania held a series of caucuses throughout April, culminating with a meeting on April 30 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where delegates were assigned.[2][3]

Pennsylvania Green Party presidential caucuses, April 17, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 8
William Kreml - - 1
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry - - -
Darryl Cherney - - -
Kent Mesplay - - -
Total - 100.00% 9

The Democratic National Convention

From July 25 through to July 28, 2016, Philadelphia hosted The Democratic convention. It was held at the Wells Fargo Center with ancillary meetings at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was elected as the party's nominee for president by a 59.67% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call, defeating primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders, who received 39.16% of votes from delegates, and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated by a major national party as a presidential candidate in the United States. Her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, was chosen by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Voting and Elections". Votespa.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  2. ↑ "2016 PA Green Party Caucus Information and Schedule". Pennsylvania Green Party. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. ↑ "#Greens, join us in caucusing and voting for our GP of PA Presidential Candidates in April.". Pennsylvania Green Party. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-10.

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