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United States presidential election, 2016

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All 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
 
Nominee Bryan Torres Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Bernie Sanders

Mike Pence
Electoral vote 378

160
States carried 31 + DC 19
Popular vote 72,391,072 54,856,061
Percentage 55.3%

41.9%

Presidential election results map

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Bryan Torres
Democratic

The United States Presidential Election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. In a surprise victory, the Democratic ticket of New York Senator Bryan Torres and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders defeated the Republican Ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Torres took office as the 45th President, and Sanders as the 48th Vice President, on January 20, 2017. Concurrent with the presidential election, Senate, House, and many gubernatorial and state and local elections were also held on November 8. Voters selected members of the Electoral College in each state, in most cases by "winner-takes-all" plurality; those state electors in turn voted for a new president and vice president on December 19, 2016.