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United States Presidential Election, 2016 | ||||
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November 8, 2016 | ||||
Nominee | Marco Rubio | Hillary Clinton | Jill Stein | |
Party | Republican | Democratic | Green | |
Home state | Florida | New York | Massachusetts | |
Running mate | Ted Cruz | Andrew Cuomo | Roseanne Barr | |
Electoral vote | 251 | 219 | 68 | |
States carried | 25 | 22+DC | 3 | |
Popular vote | 132,764,872 | 124,634,153 | 9,432,187 | |
Percentage | 49% | 46% | 5% | |
The 2016 United States Presidential Election is one of the most important elections in U.S. history and a close election as well with the Republicans receiving at 49% majority on the popular vote. This election starts a long streak of elections that the Republicans won.
Nominations[]
Republicans[]
- Marco Rublo (R-FL)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX, later became Rubio's running mate)
- John Boehner (R-OH)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Scott Walker (R-WI)
Democratic[]
- Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
- Andrew Cuomo (D-NY, later became Clinton's running mate)
- Harry Reid (D-NV)
- Joe Biden (D-DE)
Green[]
- Jill Stein (G-MA)
- Roseanne Barr (G-HI)
Other Nominations[]
- Gary Johnson (L-NM)
- Angus King (I-ME)
Election Day[]
Many sources were predicting a very close election. CBS, NBC and CNN were predicting a win for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, while FOX News and the Sean Hannity Show was predicting that Republican candidate Marco Rubio would win the election. All sources were predicting that this election would be the most voted election in U.S. History. Green Party candidate Jill Stein made a surprising win in California, Oregon, and Nevada. Her win in those three states slitted up the Democratic vote, giving a really close win for Marco Rubio.