2016 Presidential Election

The 2016 United States Presidential Election was the 58th quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush defeated the Democratic ticket of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York and Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

The Republicans experienced a competitive primary. Romney was consistently competitive in the polls but faced challenges from a number of other candidates. Huckabee secured his party's nomination at the RNC, defeating John Kasich and Jeb Bush. Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders to secure her party's nomination.

Romney defeated Clinton narrowly, winning a majority of the Electoral College and a plurality of the popular vote. Romney won 284 electoral votes and 47.71% of the popular vote compared to Clinton's 254 electoral votes and 47.55%, a very close victory.

Romney won 7 states Barack Obama had won in 2008 and 2012 - Nevada, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. He also won one state Barack Obama had won in 2012 - Arizona. Clinton won the swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin.