Election 2016: results for the popular vote

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 14, 2016
This graph shows the results of the popular votes gained by the two leading candidates in the 2016 presidential election in the United States. Despite having won the Electoral College, Donald Trump lost the popular vote by around 2.9 million votes.

Results of the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election in the United States

CharacteristicNumber of popular votes
Hillary Clinton 65,853,514
Donald Trump 62,948,828
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of popular votes65,853,51465,853,51462,948,82862,948,828Hillary ClintonDonald Trump
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