Of the more than 120 million votes cast in the 2016 election, 107,000 votes in three states effectively decided the election.
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Mich.
Wis.
Of the more than 120 million votes cast in the 2016 election, 107,000 votes in three states effectively decided the election.
Pa.
Mich.
Wis.
Each dot is 1,000 votes
cast in a state for:
Clinton
Trump
Johnson
Stein
Or another candidate
Washington
Illinois
Hawaii
Nevada
Maine
R.I.
Vt.
New York
D.C.
Delaware
N.M.
Oregon
Clinton won decisively in 18 states and D.C., netting her 222 electoral votes. Many of these states are traditional Democratic strongholds that are densely populated and along the coasts.
California
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Connecticut
Colorado
Each dot is 1,000 votes cast in a state for:
Clinton
Trump
Johnson
Stein
Or another candidate
Clinton won decisively in 18 states and D.C., netting her 222 electoral votes. Many of these states are traditional Democratic strongholds that are densely populated and along the coasts.
Delaware
Nevada
N.M.
Washington
Colorado
Illinois
Hawaii
California
New Jersey
Maine
Vt.
New York
R.I.
Virginia
D.C.
Maryland
Connecticut
Oregon
Massachusetts
Clinton
Trump
Johnson
Stein
Or another candidate
Each dot is 1,000 votes cast in a state for:
Clinton won decisively in 18 states and D.C., netting her 222 electoral votes. Many of these states are traditional Democratic strongholds that are densely populated and along the coasts.
Delaware
Nevada
N.M.
Washington
Colorado
Illinois
Hawaii
California
New Jersey
Maine
Vt.
New York
R.I.
Virginia
D.C.
Maryland
Connecticut
Oregon
Massachusetts
Each dot is 1,000 votes cast in a state for:
Clinton
Trump
Johnson
Stein
Or another candidate
Delaware
Nevada
N.M.
Washington
Colorado
Illinois
Clinton won decisively in 18 states and D.C., netting her 222 electoral votes. Many of these states are traditional Democratic strongholds that are densely populated and along the coasts.
Hawaii
California
Maine
D.C.
Vt.
New York
Virginia
Connecticut
New Jersey
R.I.
Maryland
Massachusetts
Oregon
Idaho
Nebraska
Ohio
Wyo.
Alaska
Utah
Arkansas
Montana
Arizona
S.D.
Georgia
Alabama
Kansas
N.D.
Texas
W.Va.
Trump won convincingly in 26 states, collecting 227 electoral votes. Most of these states usually vote Republican, except Iowa and Ohio, which voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Indiana
North Carolina
Miss.
Iowa
Louisiana
Missouri
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Kentucky
South Carolina
Trump won convincingly in 26 states, collecting 227 electoral votes. Most of these states usually vote Republican, except Iowa and Ohio, which voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Idaho
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Wyo.
Alaska
Texas
Utah
W.Va.
Indiana
Montana
Arizona
N.D.
S.D.
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Kansas
Iowa
Arkansas
Louisiana
Miss.
Oklahoma
Trump won convincingly in 26 states, collecting 227 electoral votes. Most of these states usually vote Republican, except Iowa and Ohio, which voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Idaho
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Wyo.
Alaska
Texas
Utah
W.Va.
Indiana
Montana
Arizona
N.D.
S.D.
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Kansas
Iowa
Arkansas
Louisiana
Miss.
Oklahoma
Idaho
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Wyo.
Alaska
Texas
Trump won convincingly in 26 states, collecting 227 electoral votes. Most of these states usually vote Republican, except Iowa and Ohio, which voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Utah
Arizona
N.D.
Louisiana
Kentucky
S.D.
Georgia
North Carolina
Miss.
Indiana
Alabama
Montana
South Carolina
Arkansas
Iowa
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Kansas
W.Va.
These six states were won by margins of less than 2 percent.
WON BY
CLINTON
N.H.
Minnesota
WON BY
TRUMP
Florida
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
The four states won by Trump were all won by Obama in 2012. Pennsylvania and Michigan had not voted for a Republican president since voting for George H.W. Bush in 1988. Wisconsin had not gone Republican since 1984.
These six states were won by margins of less than 2 percent.
WON BY
CLINTON
N.H.
WON BY
TRUMP
Minnesota
Florida
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
The four states won by Trump were all won by Obama in 2012. Pennsylvania and Michigan had not voted for a Republican president since voting for George H.W. Bush in 1988. Wisconsin had not gone Republican since 1984.
These six states were won by margins of less than 2 percent.
N.H.
WON BY
CLINTON
WON BY
TRUMP
Florida
Minnesota
Michigan
The four states won by Trump were all won by Obama in 2012. Pennsylvania and Michigan had not voted for a Republican president since voting for George H.W. Bush in 1988. Wisconsin had not gone Republican since 1984.
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
These six states were won by margins of less than 2 percent.
N.H.
WON BY
CLINTON
WON BY
TRUMP
Florida
Minnesota
Michigan
The four states won by Trump were all won by Obama in 2012. Pennsylvania and Michigan had not voted for a Republican president since voting for George H.W. Bush in 1988. Wisconsin had not gone Republican since 1984.
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
As of the time this piece was published, Clinton was winning the popular vote by about 400,000 votes. This is only the fourth time in history that a candidate has won the popular vote but lost the election.
Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania account for 46 electoral votes. If Clinton had won these states, she could have sealed the presidency with 274 total electoral votes.
Electoral vote totals
Wis.
Penn.
Mich.*
Donald Trump
306
Hillary Clinton
232
N.H.*
If Clinton flipped the
three states where
she lost by the
smallest margins
270
Trump
260
Clinton
278
Penn.
Mich.
Wis.
Note: Includes Michigan and New Hampshire,
which are not officially called as of Nov. 11.
Wis.
(10)
Penn.
(20)
Mich.*
(16)
Electoral vote totals
Donald Trump
306
Hillary Clinton
232
N.H.*
270
If Clinton flipped the three states where
she lost by the smallest margins
Donald Trump
260
278
Hillary Clinton
Penn.
Mich.
Wis.
Note: Includes Michigan and New Hampshire, which are not officially called as of Nov. 11.
This election was effectively decided by 107,000 people in these three states. Trump won the popular vote there by that combined amount. That amounts to 0.09 percent of all votes cast in this election.
Michigan
Trump won by
11,837 votes
Wisconsin
27,257 votes
Pennsylvania
68,236 votes
Pennsylvania
Trump won by 68,236 votes
Michigan
11,837 votes
Wisconsin
27,257 votes
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
27,257 votes
Trump won by
68,236 votes
11,837 votes
That number of votes is about the same as the number of people who can pack into Michigan’s “Big House” stadium.
Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Leon Halip/Getty Images)
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