The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. The electoral vote distribution was determined by the 2010 census from which presidential electors electing the president and vice president were chosen. Wall Street banks and other big financial institutions spent a record USD 2 billion trying to influence the 2016 U.S. elections.
About 2016 United States elections in brief
The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. Trump won the general election with 304 of the 538 electoral votes, though Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of 2. 1 percentage points. The United States government’s intelligence agencies later concluded that the Russian government had interfered in the elections. Wall Street banks and other big financial institutions spent a record USD 2 billion trying to influence the 2016 U.S. elections. The election is one of five presidential elections in American history in which the winner of the popularVote did not win the presidency.
The electoral vote distribution was determined by the 2010 census from which presidential electors electing the president and vice president were chosen; a simple majority was required to win. The presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election and the first election with a female presidential nominee from a major political party. In 2016, 44 states held state legislative elections; 86 of the 99 chambers were up for election. Many states also held elections for other elected offices, such as attorney general and Mayoral elections.
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