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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive > Popular Vote
OfficePresident
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2016 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 08, 2016 - 05:00am Central
Polls Close November 08, 2016 - 11:55pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2017 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2021 - 12:00pm
Turnout 44.27% Total Population
ContributorJason
Last ModifiedRBH October 26, 2020 02:54pm
Data Sources[Link] - Federal Election Commission
Individual write-in candidate votes were certified by individual state websites.

Write-in candidates listed had their votes subtracted from the official FEC total of 699,366 votes.

Registered write-in candidates' vote totals from last name letters A-S have been added from: [Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameBarack Obama Votes65,899,660 (51.06%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin4,967,508 (+3.85%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/2020
NameJoe Biden Votes81,281,888 (51.32%)
Term01/20/2021 - 01/20/2025 Margin7,058,637 (+4.46%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 09, 2016 US President - D Primaries
Hillary Clinton
D 30,624,287
Mar 07, 2016 US President - G Primaries
Jill Stein
G 16,935
Mar 07, 2016 US President - LBT Primaries
Gary Johnson
LBT 41,526
Jun 07, 2016 US President - R Primaries
Donald J. Trump
R 31,166,102
Jun 07, 2016 US President - CST Primary
Uncommitted
CST 1,176
MAP

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LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
11/07/2012 11/08/2016
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Hillary Clinton 9 9 ----
Donald J. Trump 1 ------
Leaning Call: Hillary Clinton (96.43%)
Weighted Call: Hillary Clinton (98.78%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/31/2013 11/06/2016

CANDIDATES
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Name Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Donald J. Trump Gov. Gary Johnson Council Member Jill Stein Evan McMullin (W) Write-In Darrell L. Castle
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Green Better For America Nonpartisan Constitution
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes65,853,514 (48.19%) 62,984,828 (46.09%) 4,489,341 (3.29%) 1,457,218 (1.07%) 731,991 (0.54%) 582,314 (0.43%) 203,090 (0.15%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,868,686 (-2.10%) -61,364,173 (-44.90%) -64,396,296 (-47.12%) -65,121,523 (-47.65%) -65,271,200 (-47.76%) -65,650,424 (-48.04%)
Predict Avg.48.00% 42.67% 6.00% 2.00% 2.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2012 06/01/2016 01/06/2016 00/00/2015 08/08/2016 06/01/2016 04/00/2016
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MATCHUP POLLS (223 from 47 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.98%-- 42.03%-- 2.94%-- 0.82%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Selzer & Co. 
11/04/16-11/06/16		 44.00% 3.0 41.00% 2.0 4.00% 4.0 2.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Monmouth University 
11/03/16-11/06/16		 50.00% -- 44.00% 6.0 4.00% 1.0 1.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Beacon Research (D) / Shaw & Company (R) - FOX News 
11/03/16-11/06/16		 48.00% 5.0 44.00% 4.0 3.00% 5.0 2.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
CBS News 
11/02/16-11/06/16		 45.00% -- 41.00% -- 5.00% 3.0 2.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
SurveyMonkey 
10/31/16-11/06/16		 47.00% 1.0 41.00% 1.0 0.00% 9.0 0.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Morning Consult 
11/04/16-11/05/16		 45.00% 3.0 42.00% 6.0 8.00% 1.0 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I JonathanNC
R David Frum [L]
D Jimmy Carter [L]
DFL Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale [L]
D Michael S. Dukakis [L]
D Bill Clinton [L]
D Al Gore [L]
D John Kerry [L]
D Barack Obama [L]
D EastTexasDem
  Guardian
LAB Adele Adkins "Adele" [L]
LAB Kezia Dugdale [L]
I Colin Powell [L]
R Lauren Bush Lauren [L]
I Paul
  Foreign Policy
  The Atlantic
R Charles Fried [L]
R Stuart A. Bernstein [L]
N Robert O. Blake, Jr. [L]
N Morton I. Abramowitz [L]
N Frank Almaguer [L]
N Diego C. Asencio [L]
N Charles R. Bowers [L]
N Robert A. Bradtke [L]
N Aurelia E. Brazeal [L]
N Sue Kathrine Brown [L]
N A. Peter Burleigh [L]
N R. Nicholas Burns [L]
N Patricia A. Butenis [L]
N Johnnie Carson [L]
N Carey Cavanaugh [L]
N Wendy J. Chamberlin [L]
N Peter R. Chaveas [L]
N Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. [L]
N Ryan Clark Crocker [L]
N James B. Cunningham [L]
N Jeffrey Davidow [L]
N John R. Dinger [L]
N Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel [L]
N Robert William Farrand [L]
N Robert Finn [L]
N Robert Wendell Fitts [L]
N Robert S. Gelbard [L]
N Edward D. Gnehm [L]
N Marc Grossman [L]
N Maura Harty [L]
N Thomas C. Hubbard [L]
N Edmund James Hull [L]
N Cameron R. Hume [L]
N William H. Itoh [L]
N Dennis C. Jett [L]
N Linda Jewell [L]
N A. Elizabeth Jones [L]
N James R. Keith [L]
N Laura E. Kennedy [L]
N Thomas Charles Krajeski [L]
N Daniel C. Kurtzer [L]
N Alphonse F. La Porta [L]
N Christopher L. LaFleur [L]
N Edward G. Lanpher [L]
N Michael Craig Lemmon [L]
N James G. Lowenstein [L]
N John Francis Maisto [L]
N Edward Marks [L]
N Marshall Fletcher McCallie [L]
N Jackson McDonald [L]
N Thomas J. Miller [L]
N Mark C. Minton [L]
N B. Lynn Pascoe [L]
N June Carter Perry [L]
N Donald K. Petterson [L]
N Thomas R. Pickering [L]
N Nicholas Platt [L]
N Phyllis Marie Powers [L]
N Charles A. Ray [L]
N Thomas Bolling Robertson [L]
N Howard Bruner Schaffer [L]
N Teresita Currie Schaffer [L]
N Ints M. Silins [L]
N Thomas W. Simons [L]
N D. Kathleen Stephens [L]
N Gordon L. Streeb [L]
N Nicholas A. Veliotes [L]
N Edward S. Walker, Jr. [L]
N Alexander Fletcher Watson [L]
N E. Ashley Wills [L]
N Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz [L]
N Johnny Young [L]
N Stephen M. Young [L]
D Martha Stewart [L]
R Louis Wade Sullivan [L]
R Robert Holmes Tuttle [L]
R John D. Negroponte [L]
R Richard Newton Holwill [L]
R Carlos M. Gutierrez [L]
R Michael Bruce Donley [L]
R William K. Reilly [L]
R Franklin L. "Frank" Lavin [L]
I Mark Cuban [L]
PS François Hollande [L]
R Brent Scowcroft [L]
R Henry M. "Hank" Paulson Jr. [L]
AIP American Independent Party
R Alex Jones
I Lab Shady Morsi
R Robert J. "Bob" Dole [L]
CPP Hun Sen [L]
SPO Miloš Zeman [L]
RN Marine Le Pen [L]
JRPN Kim Jong-un [L]
I BigBlake
LBT Rufus
I Joe Rogan [L]
LBT Dave Rubin
LBT Pennsylvania Historian
I Charlotte Rose
R Ed Lopez [L]
R Marvin Pierce Bush [L]
G Jesse Ventura [L]
I CincinnatiReds1990
DS Bob Sacamano
I Michael "Killer Mike" Render [L]
D Kyle Kulinski
I E Pluribus Unum
WPGB George Galloway [L]
I Cornel West [L]
D Magical Horse
I Glenn Beck [L]
R T. Slade Gorton III [L]
D William "Bill" Kristol [L]
I Kyle
CON Louise Mensch [L]
I Kyle
AnFed Scarecrow
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Sen. Bernie Sanders Gloria E. La Riva Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente None of These Candidates Richard A. Duncan Dan R. Vacek Alyson Kennedy
PartyIndependent Socialism and Liberation American Delta Independent Independent Legal Marijuana Now Socialist Workers
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes102,017 (0.08%) 74,401 (0.05%) 33,136 (0.02%) 28,863 (0.02%) 24,307 (0.02%) 13,537 (0.01%) 12,467 (0.01%)
Margin-65,751,497 (-48.11%) -65,779,113 (-48.13%) -65,820,378 (-48.16%) -65,824,651 (-48.16%) -65,829,207 (-48.17%) -65,839,977 (-48.18%) -65,841,047 (-48.18%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.13% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 06/01/2016 00/00/2015 06/01/2016 01/01/2016 06/01/2016 06/01/2016 00/00/2016
MATCHUP POLLS (223 from 47 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Selzer & Co. 
11/04/16-11/06/16		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Monmouth University 
11/03/16-11/06/16		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Beacon Research (D) / Shaw & Company (R) - FOX News 
11/03/16-11/06/16		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
CBS News 
11/02/16-11/06/16		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
SurveyMonkey 
10/31/16-11/06/16		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Morning Consult 
11/04/16-11/05/16		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
SDPA Dr. Cynic
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DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
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Jun 01, 2016 -  00, 2016

EVENTS
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Sep 26, 2016 08:00pm Sep 26, 2016 09:30pm Debate First 2016 US Presidential Debate  RP 
Oct 09, 2016 08:00pm Oct 09, 2016 09:30pm Debate Second 2016 US Presidential Debate  RP 
Oct 19, 2016 08:00pm Oct 19, 2016 09:30pm Debate Third 2016 US Presidential Debate  RP 

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