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United States presidential election in California, 2016

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Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 55 0
Popular vote 6,918,842 3,700,166
Percentage 61.5% 32.9%

County Results
  Clinton—80-90%
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—<50%
  Trump—<50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in California was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

California has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992. Hillary Clinton easily continued the Democratic tradition in California, having won the state with 61.6% of the vote. Donald Trump, who later went on to win the presidency, received 33.1% of the vote.[1] California swung 5.12% Democratic from the previous election, making it one of nine states where Hillary Clinton performed stronger than President Obama in 2012, and contributed to Clinton's winning of the national popular vote despite losing the electoral college.

Hillary Clinton carried California by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.[2] Conversely, Trump became the first Republican since Alf Landon in 1936, to lose Orange County.

General Election

Statewide Results

U.S. presidential election in California, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 6,636,962 61.5
Republican Donald Trump 3,553,853 33.0
Libertarian Gary Johnson 353,968 3.3
Green Jill Stein 191,754 1.8
Peace and Freedom Gloria La Riva 47,101 0.4
Total votes 10,783,638 100.0

Primary elections

On June 7, 2016, in the presidential primaries, California voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and American Independent parties' respective nominees for President.

While California has had a top-two candidates open primary system since 2011,[3] presidential primaries are still partisan races. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's presidential primary. Unaffiliated voters may choose any one primary in which to vote, if the party allows such voters to participate.[3] For 2016, the American Independent, Democratic and Libertarian, parties have chosen to allow voters registered with no party preference to request their respective party's presidential ballots.[4]

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders

Seven candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[5]

Opinion polling

Results


e • d 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in California
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 2,745,302 53.07% 254 66 320
Bernie Sanders 2,381,722 46.04% 221 0 221
Willie Wilson 12,014 0.23%
Michael Steinberg 10,880 0.21%
Rocky De La Fuente 8,453 0.16%
Henry Hewes 7,743 0.15%
Keith Judd 7,201 0.14%
Write-in 23 0.00%
Uncommitted 10 10
Total 5,173,338 100% 475 76 551
Source: [6][7]

Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump

Five candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot, four of whom had suspended their campaigns prior to the primary:[5]

Trump, the only candidate with an active campaign, won each Congressional district by substantial margins, as well as all the statewide delegates, to capture all 172 votes.

California Republican primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 1,665,135 74.76% 172 0 172
John Kasich (withdrawn) 252,544 11.34% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 211,576 9.50% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 82,259 3.69% 0 0 0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) 15,691 0.70% 0 0 0
Write-ins 101 0.00% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 2,227,306 100.00% 172 0 172
Source: The Green Papers

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results by county.
  Gary Johnson
  Tie

Twelve candidates appeared on the Libertarian presidential primary ballot:

The primary took place after Gary Johnson won the Libertarian nomination at the Party's 2016 convention.

California Libertarian presidential primary, June 7, 2016[8]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gary Johnson 19,294 62%
John McAfee 3,139 10%
Austin Petersen 1,853 6%
Rhett Smith 1,531 5%
Joy Waymire 923 3%
John David Hale 873 3%
Marc Allan Feldman 867 3%
Jack Robinson, Jr. 739 2%
Steve Kerbel 556 2%
Darryl Perry 521 2%
Derrick Michael Reid 462 1%
Cecil Ince 417 1%
Total 31,175 100%

Green primary

Green Party of California presidential primary, June 7, 2016[9]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 10,134 76.4% -
Darryl Cherney 1,288 9.7% -
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry 762 5.7% -
William Kreml 555 4.2% -
Kent Mesplay 528 4.0% -
Total 13,267 100% -

Other Parties

American Independent

AIP primary
  Alan Spears
  Arthur Harris
  J.R. Myers
California American Independent presidential primary, June 7, 2016[10]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Alan Spears 7,348 19%
Arthur Harris 6,510 17%
Robert Ornelas 6,411 17%
J.R. Myers 4,898 13%
Wiley Drake 4,828 13%
James Hedges 3,989 11%
Thomas Hoefling 3,917 10%
Total 37,901 100%

Peace and Freedom

California Peace and Freedom presidential primary, June 7, 2016[11]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gloria Estela La Riva 2,232 49%
Monica Moorehead 1,369 30%
Lynn Sandra Kahn 963 21%
Total 4,564 100%

Polling

Results

Template:2016CAGen Below is an official list of Recognized Write-in Candidates. California law only requires that 55 "electors" sign on to declare a person a write-in candidate, not that the person consent, according to a statement from the Secretary of State's Office.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "California Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "West Coast Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  3. ^ a b "Frequently Asked Questions | California Secretary of State". Sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  4. ^ "County Clerk/Registrar of Voters (CC/ROV) Memorandum #16036" (PDF). Elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. ^ a b "June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election | California Secretary of State". Sos.ca.gov. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  6. ^ California Secretary of State - Presidential Primary Election Statement of Votes
  7. ^ The Green Papers
  8. ^ "Presidential Primary Election - Statement of Vote, June 7, 2016". Office of the Secretary of State of California. Government of California. Retrieved 8 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  9. ^ "President Green - Statewide Results | Primary Election | California Secretary of State". vote.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  10. ^ "President American Independent - Statewide Results". Office of the Secretary of State of California. Government of California. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  11. ^ "President Peace and Freedom - Statewide Results". Office of the Secretary of State of California. Government of California. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  12. ^ "California, your official presidential write-in options include Bernie Sanders and Evan McMullin". Los Angeles Times. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-11-13.