2016 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election political event

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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2016 United States presidential election canonical 25
2016 United States elections 3
2016 United States presidential campaign 1

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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 ⓘ
partOf 2016 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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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Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign → election → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Donald → candidateIn → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
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Donald → electedIn → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Donald Trump
115th United States Congress → electionCycle → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2016 United States elections
Hope Hicks → notableEvent → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
2016 United States presidential election → partOf → 2016 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2016 United States elections
Stronger Together → usedInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
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I’m With Her → usedInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
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Tim Kaine → candidateIn → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Colorado Department of State v. Baca → relatedTo → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
What Happened → timePeriodCovered → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
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Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign → successorElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
District of Columbia statehood referendum, 2016 → partOf → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
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Make America Great Again → firstWidelyUsedInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Kellyanne Conway → workedOn → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Disloyal: A Memoir → describesEvent → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Gary Johnson → candidateIn → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Jill Stein → candidacy → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Trump presidential transition → election → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In → subject → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Michael Baca → participatedIn → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
A Child’s First Book of Trump → about → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Clinton family → candidateInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Hillary Clinton
William F. Weld → candidateInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century → relatedTo → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership → describesEvent → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections → relatedTo → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
Howie Hawkins → candidateInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
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Chris Christie → endorsedInElection → 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ