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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 Modifiedbnml March 22, 2020 06:12pm
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%)
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 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 Trump 1 ------
Leaning Call: Hillary Clinton (96.43%)
Weighted Call: Hillary Clinton (99.40%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/31/2013 11/06/2016

CANDIDATES
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Name Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Donald 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 Votes65,853,516 (48.18%) 62,984,825 (46.09%) 4,489,221 (3.29%) 1,457,216 (1.07%) 734,737 (0.54%) 582,313 (0.43%) 203,010 (0.15%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,868,691 (-2.10%) -61,364,295 (-44.90%) -64,396,300 (-47.12%) -65,118,779 (-47.65%) -65,271,203 (-47.76%) -65,650,506 (-48.04%)
Fusion Votes
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 48 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% --
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% --
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% --
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]
R 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 Silver Dime
LBR 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%) 74,392 (0.05%) 33,136 (0.02%) 28,863 (0.02%) 24,307 (0.02%) 13,537 (0.01%) 12,467 (0.01%)
Margin-65,751,499 (-48.11%) -65,779,124 (-48.13%) -65,820,380 (-48.16%) -65,824,653 (-48.16%) -65,829,209 (-48.17%) -65,839,979 (-48.17%) -65,841,049 (-48.18%)
Fusion Votes
REF Reform0
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 48 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% --
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% --
Monmouth University 
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

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11/06/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Feel Good eng Tomorrow  00:02:00 RP 
11/02/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Feel Good eng Roar  00:01:02 RP 
10/30/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Daisy  00:00:30 RP 
10/28/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Feel Good eng On the Ballot  00:00:30 RP 
10/24/2016 Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump TVAd Contrast eng Example  00:01:00 RP 
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10/06/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Feel Good eng Measure  00:01:00 RP 
10/01/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Silo  00:00:30 RP 
09/27/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng My Temperament  00:00:30 RP 
09/26/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Endorsement eng Watch  00:00:30 RP 
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09/23/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Mirrors  00:00:30 RP 
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09/08/2016 Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump TVAd Contrast eng Only Way  00:00:30 RP 
09/06/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng I Love War   00:00:30 RP 
08/29/2016 Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton TVAd Contrast eng Two Americas: Economy  00:00:30 RP 
08/26/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Everything  00:00:30 RP 
08/22/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Shirts  00:00:30 RP 
08/20/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Just One  00:00:30 RP 
08/18/2016 Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton TVAd Issue eng Two Americas: Immigration  00:00:30 RP 
08/16/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Issue eng For Those Who Depend On Us  00:00:30 RP 
08/06/2016 vs Hillary Clinton TVAd Attack eng Crooked  00:00:31 RP 
08/05/2016 vs Donald Trump Web Only Ad Attack eng What is Donald Trump's connection to Vladimir Putin?  00:01:45 RP 
08/03/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Someplace  00:00:32 RP 
08/02/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Unfit  00:00:31 RP 
07/14/2016 Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Role Models  00:01:00 RP 
06/15/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Biography eng Always  00:00:30 RBH 
06/14/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Humor eng Release The Measurements  00:01:00 RP 
06/09/2016 Hillary Clinton TVAd Endorsement eng President Barack Obama endorses Hillary Clinton for president  00:03:15 RP 
06/06/2016 vs Donald Trump TVAd Attack eng Grace  00:01:00 RP 
06/02/2016 Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump Speech Mixed eng Hillary Clinton National Security Policy  00:35:37 RP 
01/22/2016 Jeb Bush TVAd Endorsement eng A Message From Barbara Bush  00:00:34 RP 
01/21/2016 Bernie Sanders TVAd Feel Good eng America  00:01:00 RP 
01/13/2016 Ted Cruz TVAd Endorsement eng Cruz Commander   00:00:56 RP 
01/04/2016 Donald Trump TVAd Issue eng Great Again  00:00:31 RP 
12/05/2015 Ted Cruz TVAd Issue eng Rebuild Our Military, Kill the Terrorists   00:00:30 RP 
11/24/2015 vs Donald Trump Web Only Ad Attack eng Trump's Dangerous Rhetoric  00:01:06 RP 
11/16/2015 Ted Cruz TVAd Feel Good eng Debate  00:01:00 RP 
08/12/2015 Rand Paul vs Donald Trump TVAd Contrast eng Telling It Like It Is  00:02:03 RP 

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