2016 United States presidential election in Arizona

2016 United States presidential election in Arizona

The 2016 United States presidential election in Arizona was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Donald Trump won Arizona with a margin of 3. 5%, a reduced margin from Mitt Romney’s 9. 03% margin in 2012. Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county, went more Democratic than the state as a whole.

About 2016 United States presidential election in Arizona in brief

Summary 2016 United States presidential election in ArizonaThe 2016 United States presidential election in Arizona was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Donald Trump won Arizona with a margin of 3. 5%, a reduced margin from Mitt Romney’s 9. 03% margin in 2012. Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county, went more Democratic than the state as a whole. The county had not voted for a Democrat since Harry S. Truman in 1948. Arizona had 11 electors in 2016.

All of them voted for Donald Trump for president and Mike Pence for vice president. The electors were: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, Jill Stein, Rick Santorum, Gary Johnson, Rick Perry, and Ted Cruz. The election was held as part of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.