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The People Have Spoken - Clinton Wins . . . Well, Only the Popular Vote11-09-16 | News

The People Have Spoken - Clinton Wins . . .
Well, Only the Popular Vote

Shades of the 2000 election.

Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 election; Bush won the Electoral College Vote.

Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 election; Trump won the Electoral College Vote.

Clinton vs Trump 2016 Election
59,465,124 (47.7%) 228 Electoral College Vote
59,277,640 (47.5%) 279 Electoral College Vote

Gore vs Bush 2000 Election
Bush: 50,456,002 (47.9%) 271 Electoral College
Gore: 50,999,897 (48.4%) 266 Electoral College

Clinton becomes the fifth U.S. presidential candidate to win the popular vote but lose the election. Andrew Jackson in 1824 (lost to John Quincy Adams); Samuel Tilden in 1876 (lost to Rutherford Hayes); Grover Cleveland in 1888 (lost to Benjamin Harrison); Al Gore in 2000 (lost to George Bush).

Red & Blue States in 2016 Election: Red=Trump; Blue=Clinton

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming