2016 United States presidential election

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538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout60.1%
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 278 260
States carried 23 + DC 27 + ME-02
Popular vote 68,312,773 61,891,372
Percentage 50.0% 45.3%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Trump/Pence and blue denotes those won by Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Hillary Clinton
Democratic

2016 United States Senate elections

← 2014 November 8, 2016
December 10 (Louisiana runoff)
2018 →

34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Harry Reid
(retired)
Mitch McConnell
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 2005 January 3, 2007
Leader's seat Nevada Kentucky
Seats before 44 54
Seats after 48 + VP 50
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 51,315,969[1][a] 40,841,717[1]
Percentage 53%[a] 42.2%
Seats up 10 24
Races won 14 20

  Third party
 
Party Independent
Seats before 2[b]
Seats after 2[b]
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 626,763[1]
Percentage 0.6%
Seats up 0
Races won 0

Results of the elections:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold
     No election

Majority Leader before election

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Chuck Schumer
Democratic

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