2016 United States presidential election

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The 2016 United States presidential election was a highly contentious race in which Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, reshaping American politics and global perceptions of the U.S. political system.

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instanceOf United States presidential election
political event
campaignFeature extensive use of social media
widespread polling and forecasting coverage
controversy FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton emails
Russian interference in the election
country United States of America
debateCount 3 general election presidential debates
democraticNominee Hillary Clinton
democraticPrimaryStartDate 2016-02-01
democraticRunningMate Tim Kaine
electionDate 2016-11-08
electoralSystem Electoral College
electoralVotesReceivedByRunnerUp 227
electoralVotesReceivedByWinner 304
electoralVoteWinner Donald Trump
followedBy 2020 United States presidential election
follows 2012 United States presidential election
historicalSignificance first woman nominated for U.S. presidency by a major party
resulted in election of a candidate with no prior elected office or military service
incumbentBeforeElection Barack Obama
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Democratic Party
keyIssue Supreme Court appointments
economic inequality
foreign policy
health care
immigration
trade policy
loser Hillary Clinton
losingParty Democratic Party
losingRunningMate Tim Kaine
marginInPopularVote Hillary Clinton by about 2.1 percentage points
notableThirdPartyCandidate Gary Johnson
Jill Stein
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
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surface form: 2016 United States elections
popularVotesForDonaldTrump approximately 62,984,828
popularVotesForHillaryClinton approximately 65,853,514
popularVoteType indirect popular vote via states
popularVoteWinner Hillary Clinton
presidentAfterElection Donald Trump
presidentAfterElectionParty Republican Party
republicanNominee Donald Trump
republicanPrimaryStartDate 2015-08-06
republicanRunningMate Mike Pence
vicePresidentAfterElection Mike Pence
vicePresidentAfterElectionParty Republican Party
vicePresidentialDebates 1 general election vice presidential debate
voterTurnoutPercentage approximately 55.7%
winner Donald Trump
winningParty Republican Party
winningRunningMate Mike Pence

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