United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016

November 8, 2016
Turnout	70.11% [1]
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Electoral vote 20 0 Popular vote 2,970,733 2,926,441 Percentage 48.18% 47.46%
County results Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   80–90%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county.

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The 2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all fifty states and the District of Columbia participated. Pennsylvania voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On April 26, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for president. Pennsylvania is a closed primary state, meaning voters must have been registered to participate in their respective party primary.^[2]

Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes out of more than six million cast, a difference of 0.72% and the narrowest margin in a presidential election for the state in 176 years, since 1840 when William Henry Harrison defeated Martin van Buren by just 0.2%.

Prior to the election, major news organizations were conflicted about whether Pennsylvania was leaning Democratic or too close to call. Donald Trump's appeal to Rust Belt workers, combined with the traditional Republican support coming from rural areas of the state, overtook the urban vote. Areas such as Luzerne County saw swings of up to 12%, making him the first Republican candidate for president to carry Pennsylvania since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Additionally, this was the first time since 1948 that the Democratic candidate performed worse in Pennsylvania than in the nation at large; in fact it was the first time since 1948 in which the Democratic candidate who ultimately led in the nationwide popular vote failed to carry Pennsylvania.

Primaries

Democratic primary

Results of the Democratic primary by county.

  Hillary Clinton

  Bernie Sanders

Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.

  Donald Trump

Green Party

Pennsylvania held a series of caucuses throughout April, culminating with a meeting on April 30 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where delegates were assigned.^[3][4]

Pennsylvania Green Party presidential caucuses, April 17, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Jill Stein	-	-	8
William Kreml	-	-	1
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry	-	-	-
Darryl Cherney	-	-	-
Kent Mesplay	-	-	-
Total	-	100.00%	9

The Democratic National Convention

From July 25 through to July 28, 2016, Philadelphia hosted The Democratic convention. It was held at the Wells Fargo Center with ancillary meetings at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was elected as the party's nominee for president by a 59.67% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call, defeating primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders, who received 39.16% of votes from delegates, and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated by a major national party as a presidential candidate in the United States. Her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, was chosen by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.

General election

Statewide results

See also

• Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016
• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
• Republican Party presidential debates and forums, 2016
• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

References

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com

State results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election
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