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The 2016 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general Election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participate. Wisconsin voters also chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On April 5, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Wisconsin voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president: Bernie Sanders (D) and Ted Cruz (R) in an open primary with registered members of those parties voting in either's primary, while unaffiliated voters were allowed to choose to vote in any one.
Donald Trump won Wisconsin by a narrow margin of 47.2% to 46.4% for Hillary Clinton, making him the first Republican candidate to carry the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. On November 25, an irregularity was discovered by officials in Outagamie County, that resulted in the vote totals being reported incorrectly. This irregularity was due to a calculator error. The error resulted in Trump losing 5,282 votes off of his total, and Clinton losing 70 votes off of her total. [1][2]
Background
The incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, a Democrat and former U.S. Senator from Illinois, was first elected president in the 2008 election, running with former Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Defeating the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, with 52.9% of the popular vote and 68% of the electoral vote,[3][4] Obama succeeded two-term Republican President George W. Bush, the former Governor of Texas. Obama and Biden were reelected in the 2012 presidential election, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 51.1% of the popular vote and 61.7% of electoral votes.[5] Although Barack Obama's approval rating in the RealClearPolitics poll tracking average remained between 40 and 50 percent for most of his second term, it has experienced a surge in early 2016 and reached its highest point since 2012 during June of that year.[6][7] Analyst Nate Cohn has noted that a strong approval rating for President Obama would equate to a strong performance for the Democratic candidate, and vice versa.[8]
Following his second term, President Obama is not eligible for another reelection. In October 2015, Obama's running-mate and two-term Vice President Biden decided not to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination either.[9] With their term expiring on January 20, 2017, the electorate is asked to elect a new president, the 45th President and 48th Vice President of the United States, respectively.
Democratic nomination process
Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, February 2016
The Democratic Party held its sixth presidential debate on February 11, 2016, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The debate was hosted by PBS NewsHour anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, it aired on PBS and was simulcast by CNN. Participants were Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Democratic primary, April 2016
| Wisconsin Democratic primary, April 5, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 570,192 | 56.59% | 48 | 1 | 49 |
| Hillary Clinton | 433,739 | 43.05% | 38 | 9 | 47 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 1,732 | 0.17% | |||
| Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente (write-in) | 18 | 0.00% | |||
| Scattering | 431 | 0.04% | |||
| Uncommitted | 1,488 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,007,600 | 100% | 86 | 10 | 96 |
| Source: The Green Papers, Wisconsin Secretary of State | |||||
Green Party presidential preference convention
The Wisconsin Green Party held its presidential preference vote at its annual state convention in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 16.[10]
| Wisconsin Green Party presidential convention, April 13, 2016[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
 Jill Stein |
- | - | 7 |
| William Kreml | - | - | 1 |
| Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry | - | - | - |
| Darryl Cherney | - | - | - |
| Kent Mesplay | - | - | - |
| Total | - | 100.00% | 8 |
Republican nomination process
Presidential debate in Milwaukee, November 2015
The Republican Party held its fourth presidential debate on November 10, 2015, in Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee Theatre. Moderated by Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo and Gerard Baker, the debate aired on the Fox Business Network and was sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. Eight candidates including Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Rand Paul, participated in the primetime debate that was mostly focused on jobs, taxes, and the general health of the U.S. economy, as well as on domestic and international policy issues. The accompanying undercard debate featured Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Bobby Jindal who ended his campaign a week after the debate.
Republican primary, April 2016
| Wisconsin Republican primary, April 5, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Ted Cruz |
533,079 | 48.20% | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Donald Trump | 387,295 | 35.02% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| John Kasich | 155,902 | 14.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Rubio (withdrawn) | 10,591 | 0.96% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 5,660 | 0.51% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 3,054 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 2,519 | 0.23% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 2,281 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 1,424 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 1,191 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 772 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 511 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) | 245 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Williams (wrtie-in) | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 1,105,944 | 100.00% | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Polling
State voting history
Wisconsin joined the Union in May 1848 and has participated in all elections from 1852 onwards.
Since 1900, Wisconsin has been won by the Democrats and Republicans the same number of times.[12] Republican-turned-Progressive Robert M. La Follette Sr. carried the state in the 1924 presidential election.
The state voted for the Democratic nominee in the seven elections from 1988 to 2012.[12] In 2016, however, Republican Donald Trump won the state.[13]
Statewide results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald Trump | 1,409,467 | 47.9 | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 1,389,210 | 46.9 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 106,442 | 3.6 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | 30,980 | 1.1 | |
| Constitution | Darrell Castle | 12,179 | 0.4 | |
| style="background-color: Template:American Delta Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Template:American Delta Party (United States)/meta/shortname | Rocky Roque De La Fuente | 1,561 | 0.053 |
| style="background-color: Template:Workers World Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Template:Workers World Party (United States)/meta/shortname | Monica Moorehead | 1,781 | 0.06 |
| Total votes | 2,944,620 | 100.0 | ||
Recount
On November 25, 2016, with 90 minutes remaining on the deadline to petition for a recount to the state's electoral body, Jill Stein, 2016 presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States, filed for a recount of the election results in Wisconsin. She signaled she intended to file for similar recounts in the subsequent days in the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania.[15] On November 26, the Clinton campaign announced that they were joining the recount effort in Wisconsin.[16]
See also
- Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
- 2016 United States presidential election recount and audit
References
- ↑ "Discrepancies in unofficial Outagamie County election results explained".
- ↑ "2016 National Popular Vote Tracker: Overall Vote".
- ↑ "United States House of Representatives floor summary for Jan 8, 2009". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
- ↑ "Federal elections 2008" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "President Map". The New York Times. November 29, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Election Other – President Obama Job Approval". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ Byrnes, Jesse (2016-06-15). "Poll: Obama approval rating highest since 2012". TheHill. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ↑ Cohn, Nate (2015-01-19). "What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ↑ "Joe Biden Decides Not to Enter Presidential Race". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "WIGP Spring Gathering & Presidential Nominating Convention Sat. 4/16 in Madison". Wisconsin Green Party. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ↑ "Happy to report that I received a delegate in... - William P. Kreml". Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- 1 2 Wisconsin Presidential Election 2016 Results LIVE Updates
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/wisconsin-president-clinton-trump
- ↑ http://wisconsinvote.org/election-results
- ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/jill-stein-submits-presidential-recount-petition-wisconsin-n688316
- ↑ Scott, Eugene. "Clinton to join recount that Trump calls 'scam'". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
External links
- RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
- Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
- 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com
- FoxNews full election coverage, Wisconsin
