Hillary Clinton led the popular vote with 48.2% (65,853,581 votes), ahead of Donald J. Trump with 46.1% (62,985,062 votes). Presidents are chosen by the Electoral College, so the popular vote winner is not always the winner of the election.
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.1 percentage points (2,868,519 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 2.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.7 points toward Republicans.
136,757,365 votes were counted in this race, for 28 candidates or options.
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