Trump won the state with 49. 83% of the vote, a small decrease from Mitt Romney’s vote percentage in the 2012 election where he obtained 50. 39%. Hillary Clinton obtained 46. 17%, a decrease of over 2% in 2012 when Obama won 48. 35%. Trump flipped seven counties to Republican and was the first Republican to win Robeson, Richmond, and Gates Counties since Richard Nixon in 1972. Clinton flipped just one county to Democratic, Watauga County, home to Boone.
About 2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina in brief
The 2016 U.S presidential election in North Carolina was won by Republican nominee Donald Trump on November 8, 2016, with a 3. 66% winning margin. Trump won the state with 49. 83% of the vote, a small decrease from Mitt Romney’s vote percentage in the 2012 election where he obtained 50. 39%. Hillary Clinton obtained 46. 17%, a decrease of over 2% in 2012 when Obama won 48. 35%. Trump flipped seven counties to Republican and was the first Republican to win Robeson, Richmond, and Gates Counties since Richard Nixon in 1972. Clinton flipped just one county to Democratic, Watauga County, home to Boone. The Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian primaries were on March 15, 2016.
In North Carolina, registered members of each party only voted in their party’s primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote. Up until the summer of 2016, both Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump were each winning polls, with Trump leading slightly. From mid September 2016 to late October, Clinton’s momentum increased as she won every poll but one. The latest polls showed a near tie, with both almost evenly matched. The average of the final 3 polls showed Clinton ahead 46% to 45%. Interestingly, while she had a head to head lead in the last polls against Trump, polls with Gary Johnson showed the race a lot closer.
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