United States presidential election in California, 2016

United States presidential election in California, 2016
California
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 55 0
Popular vote 8,581,312 4,393,409
Percentage 62.3% 31.9%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in California was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

California has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992. Hillary Clinton easily continued the Democratic tradition in California, winning the state with 62.3% of the vote, Clinton's highest vote percentage of any state. Donald Trump, who later went on to win the presidency, received 31.9% of the vote.[1] California swung 7% Democratic from the previous election, making it one of eleven states where Hillary Clinton performed stronger than President Obama in 2012, and contributed to Clinton's winning of the national popular vote despite losing the electoral college.

The California state results was one of the most successful for the Democratic Party nominee by several measures. Hillary Clinton carried California by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.[2] Clinton was the first Democrat to win traditionally Republican Orange County since 1936. Clinton was also the first presidential candidate to receive over 70% of the vote in Los Angeles County since Republican Herbert Hoover in 1928, as well as the first Democrat to achieve that feat.

General election

Statewide results

U.S. presidential election in California, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 8,581,312 62.3
Republican Donald Trump 4,393,409 31.9
Libertarian Gary Johnson 467,731 3.36
Green Jill Stein 271,225 1.85
Peace and Freedom Gloria La Riva 64,273 0.44
Total votes 13,777,950 100.0

Primary elections

On June 7, 2016, in the presidential primaries, California voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and American Independent parties' respective nominees for President.

While California has had a top-two candidates open primary system since 2011,[3] presidential primaries are still partisan races. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's presidential primary. Unaffiliated voters may choose any one primary in which to vote, if the party allows such voters to participate.[3] For 2016, the American Independent, Democratic and Libertarian, parties have chosen to allow voters registered with no party preference to request their respective party's presidential ballots.[4]

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders

Seven candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[5]

Results

 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in California, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 2,745,302 53.07% 254 66 320
Bernie Sanders 2,381,722 46.04% 221 0 221
Willie Wilson 12,014 0.23%
Michael Steinberg 10,880 0.21%
Roque De La Fuente 8,453 0.16%
Henry Hewes 7,743 0.15%
Keith Judd 7,201 0.14%
Write-in 23 0.00%
Uncommitted N/A 10 10
Total 5,173,338 100% 475 76 551
Source: California Secretary of State - Presidential Primary Election Statement of Votes The Green Papers

Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump

Five candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot, four of whom had suspended their campaigns prior to the primary:[5]

Trump, the only candidate with an active campaign, won each Congressional district by substantial margins, as well as all the statewide delegates, to capture all 172 votes.

California Republican primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 1,665,135 74.76% 172 0 172
John Kasich (withdrawn) 252,544 11.34% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 211,576 9.50% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 82,259 3.69% 0 0 0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) 15,691 0.70% 0 0 0
Write-ins 101 0.00% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 2,227,306 100.00% 172 0 172
Source: The Green Papers

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results by county.
  Gary Johnson
  Tie

Twelve candidates appeared on the Libertarian presidential primary ballot:

The primary took place after Gary Johnson won the Libertarian nomination at the Party's 2016 convention.

California Libertarian presidential primary, June 7, 2016[6]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gary Johnson 19,294 62%
John McAfee 3,139 10%
Austin Petersen 1,853 6%
Rhett Smith 1,531 5%
Joy Waymire 923 3%
John David Hale 873 3%
Marc Allan Feldman 867 3%
Jack Robinson, Jr. 739 2%
Steve Kerbel 556 2%
Darryl Perry 521 2%
Derrick Michael Reid 462 1%
Cecil Ince 417 1%
Total 31,175 100%

Green primary

Green Party of California presidential primary, June 7, 2016[7]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 10,134 76.4% -
Darryl Cherney 1,288 9.7% -
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry 762 5.7% -
William Kreml 555 4.2% -
Kent Mesplay 528 4.0% -
Total 13,267 100% -

Other parties

American Independent

AIP primary
  Alan Spears
  Arthur Harris
  Robert Ornelas
  J.R. Myers
California American Independent presidential primary, June 7, 2016[8]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Alan Spears 7,348 19%
Arthur Harris 6,510 17%
Robert Ornelas 6,411 17%
J.R. Myers 4,898 13%
Wiley Drake 4,828 13%
James Hedges 3,989 11%
Thomas Hoefling 3,917 10%
Total 37,901 100%

The American Independent Party, a far-right and paleoconservative political party that formed when endorsing the candidacy of George Wallace in 1968 held a small presidential primary on June 7. It was won by attorney Alan Spears.

The American Independent Party nullified the results of this primary when they endorsed Donald Trump in August.[9] The party indicated that Trump was a popular write-in choice during the primary, but was not allowed on the ballot because there was no evidence that Trump wanted the American Independent endorsement.[10]

Peace and Freedom

California Peace and Freedom presidential primary, June 7, 2016[11]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gloria Estela La Riva 2,232 49%
Monica Moorehead 1,369 30%
Lynn Sandra Kahn 963 21%
Total 4,564 100%

Polling

Results

 United States presidential election in California, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Electors
Hillary Clinton 8,021,534 61.44% 55
Donald Trump 4,196,371 32.14% 0
Gary Johnson 440,534 3.37% 0
Jill Stein 246,734 1.89% 0
Gloria La Riva 58,538 0.45% 0
Write-in 92,209 0.71% 0
Total 13,055,920 100% 55
Sources: Politico, The Green Papers

Below is an official list of Recognized Write-in Candidates. California law only requires that 55 "electors" sign on to declare a person a write-in candidate, not that the person consent, according to a statement from the Secretary of State's Office.[12]

Results by County

County Clinton# Clinton% Trump# Trump% Johnson# Johnson% Stein# Stein% La Riva# La Riva% Total Votes
Alameda 514,842 79.4% 95,922 14.8% 17,830 2.6% 16,906 2.7% 3,162 0.5% 648,662
Alpine 318 55.3% 211 36.7% 22 3.8% 21 3.7% 3 0.5% 575
Amador 6,289 34.2% 10,973 59.7% 239 1.3% 831 4.5% 63 0.3% 18,395
Butte 41,567 44.0% 45,144 47.8% 4,625 4.9% 2,594 2.7% 501 0.5% 94,431
Calaveras 7,738 34.6% 13,072 58.5% 1,066 4.8% 405 1.8% 53 0.2% 22,334
Colusa 2,661 40.3% 3,551 53.8% 260 3.9% 85 1.3% 39 0.6% 6,596
Contra Costa 292,853 69.0% 107,553 25.3% 14,934 3.5% 7,722 1.8% 1,380 0.3% 424,442
Del Norte 3,485 37.2% 5,134 54.8% 416 4.4% 245 2.6% 81 0.9% 9,361
El Dorado 35,698 39.4% 48,340 53.4% 4,913 5.4% 1,377 1.5% 187 0.2% 90,515
Fresno 141,073 50.5% 123,935 44.4% 9,229 3.3% 4,295 1.5% 873 0.3% 279,405
Glenn 3,065 32.7% 5,788 61.7% 375 4.0% 97 1.0% 54 0.6% 9,379
Humboldt 30,379 57.4% 17,016 32.1% 1,969 3.7% 3,243 6.1% 334 0.6% 52,941
Imperial 31,501 68.6% 12,204 26.6% 1,176 2.6% 710 1.5% 325 0.7% 45,916
Inyo 3,155 39.5% 4,248 53.1% 328 4.1% 214 2.7% 51 0.6% 7,996
Kern 98,689 40.8% 129,584 53.5% 9,359 3.9% 2,887 1.2% 1,522 0.6% 242,041
Kings 13,617 40.4% 18,093 53.7% 1,338 4.0% 411 1.2% 251 0.7% 33,710
Lake 6,240 47.8% 5,752 44.1% 533 4.1% 457 3.5% 63 0.5% 13,045
Lassen 2,224 21.3% 7,574 72.7% 473 4.5% 105 1.0% 46 0.4% 10,422
Los Angeles 2,447,329 72.0% 764,984 22.5% 88,277 2.6% 75,729 2.2% 21,687 0.6% 3,398,006
Madera 13,283 38.8% 29,221 56.1% 1,161 3.4% 470 1.4% 128 0.4% 34,263
Marin 101,692 78.8% 20,312 15.7% 3,894 3.0% 2,832 2.2% 312 0.2% 129,042
Mariposa 3,122 35.2% 5,185 58.4% 326 3.7% 189 2.1% 55 0.6% 8,877
Mendocino 22,079 60.4% 10,888 29.8% 1,331 3.6% 2,108 5.8% 151 0.4% 36,557
Merced 33,013 52.1% 26,693 42.1% 2,181 3.4% 1,056 1.7% 407 0.6% 63,350
Modoc 877 23.3% 2,696 71.7% 122 3.2% 50 1.3% 13 0.3% 3,758
Mono 2,773 52.6% 2,111 40.0% 222 4.2% 142 2.7% 23 0.4% 5,271
Monterey 89,088 67.5% 34,895 26.4% 4,547 3.4% 2,823 2.1% 661 0.5% 132,014

See also

References

  1. ↑ "California Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "West Coast Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  3. 1 2 "Frequently Asked Questions | California Secretary of State". Sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  4. ↑ "County Clerk/Registrar of Voters (CC/ROV) Memorandum #16036" (PDF). Elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. 1 2 "June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election | California Secretary of State". Sos.ca.gov. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  6. ↑ "Presidential Primary Election - Statement of Vote, June 7, 2016". Office of the Secretary of State of California. Government of California. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "President Green - Statewide Results | Primary Election | California Secretary of State". vote.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  8. ↑ "President American Independent - Statewide Results". Office of the Secretary of State of California. Government of California. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Myers, John. "Donald Trump will be the nominee of two parties on California's November ballot". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Winger, Richard (July 8, 2016). "Donald Trump Probably Won American Independent Party Presidential Primary". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "President Peace and Freedom - Statewide Results". Office of the Secretary of State of California. Government of California. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "California, your official presidential write-in options include Bernie Sanders and Evan McMullin". Los Angeles Times. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

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