2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States elections in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. Pennsylvania voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On April 26, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters selected the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for president. Pennsylvania is a closed primary state, meaning voters must have been previously registered with a particular political party in order to vote for one of that parties' candidates, to participate in their respective party primary.[1]
The Republican party candidate was businessman and former host of The Apprentice (an American reality television program), Donald Trump, who won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes out of more than 6,000,000 cast, a difference of 0.72% and the narrowest margin in a presidential election for the state in 176 years, since 1840 when William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren by just 0.12%.
Prior to the election, Pennsylvania was expected to be close as polling showed the results within the margin of error. However, most election experts viewed Pennsylvania as solidly Clinton.[2][3] On Election Day, Pennsylvania swung to Donald Trump. Trump carried 56 of the state's 67 counties, predominantly rural or semi-rural counties, while Clinton carried much of the Philadelphia metropolitan area as well as other cities including Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Scranton. Nonetheless, some areas of traditional Democratic strength such as Luzerne County, where Wilkes-Barre is located, saw swings in margins of up to 25% toward Donald Trump, making him the first Republican candidate for president to carry Pennsylvania since George H. W. Bush in 1988. 2016 would also be the first presidential election in which Pennsylvania voted to the right of the nation since 1948. Pennsylvania's vote for Donald Trump marked the fall of the Democratic Blue Wall, a block of over 240 electoral votes that voted solidly Democratic from 1992 to 2012.
Pennsylvania had been one of the eleven states to vote twice for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 which Hillary Clinton lost in 2016.
Primaries
Democratic primary
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Pennsylvania Democratic primary, April 26, 2016 | |||||
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Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
Hillary Clinton | 925,124 | 55.58% | 106 | 21 | 127 |
Bernie Sanders | 725,042 | 43.56% | 83 | 0 | 83 |
Rocky De La Fuente | 14,353 | 0.86% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1,664,519 | 100% | 189 | 21 | 210 |
Source: The Green Papers |
Republican primary
Pennsylvania Republican primary, April 26, 2016 | |||||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 902,593 | 56.61% | 17 | 42 | 59 |
Ted Cruz | 345,506 | 21.67% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
John Kasich | 310,003 | 19.44% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 14,842 | 0.93% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) | 11,954 | 0.75% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 9,577 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
Total: | 1,594,475 | 100.00% | 17 | 54 | 71 |
Source: The Green Papers |
Green Party
Pennsylvania held a series of caucuses throughout April, culminating with a meeting on April 30 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where delegates were assigned.[4][5]
Pennsylvania Green Party presidential caucuses, April 17, 2016 | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
Jill Stein | - | - | 8 |
William Kreml | - | - | 1 |
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry | - | - | - |
Darryl Cherney | - | - | - |
Kent Mesplay | - | - | - |
Total | - | 100.00% | 9 |
Democratic National Convention
From July 25 to July 28, 2016, Philadelphia hosted the 2016 Democratic National Convention. It was held at the Wells Fargo Center with ancillary meetings at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was elected as the party's nominee for president by a 59.67% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call, defeating primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders, who received 39.16% of votes from delegates, and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated by a major national party as a presidential candidate in the United States. Her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, the junior United States Senator from Virginia was chosen by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.
General election
Predictions
- CNN: Leans Clinton[6]
- Cook Political Report: Leans Clinton[7]
- Electoral-vote.com: Leans Clinton[8]
- NBC: Leans Clinton[9]
- RealClearPolitics: Tossup[10]
- Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Clinton[11]
Statewide results
2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 2,970,733 | 48.18% | 20 | |
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 2,926,441 | 47.46% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | William Weld | 146,715 | 2.38% | 0 | |
Green | Jill Stein | Ajamu Baraka | 49,941 | 0.81% | 0 | |
Constitution | Darrell Castle | Scott Bradley | 21,572 | 0.35% | 0 | |
Others / Write-In Votes[citation needed] | 50,076 | 0.81% | 0 | |||
Totals | 6,165,478 | 100.00% | 20 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 60.27% | |||||
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
By congressional district
Trump won 12 of 18 congressional districts, including the 17th district which elected a Democrat.[12]
District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
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1st | 18% | 80% | Bob Brady |
2nd | 8% | 90% | Chaka Fattah |
Dwight Evans | |||
3rd | 61% | 35% | Mike Kelly |
4th | 59% | 37% | Scott Perry |
5th | 62% | 34% | Glenn Thompson |
6th | 48% | 48% | Ryan Costello |
7th | 47% | 49% | Patrick Meehan |
8th | 48% | 48% | Mike Fitzpatrick |
Brian Fitzpatrick | |||
9th | 70% | 27% | Bill Shuster |
10th | 66% | 30% | Tom Marino |
11th | 60% | 36% | Lou Barletta |
12th | 59% | 38% | Keith Rothfus |
13th | 32% | 65% | Brendan Boyle |
14th | 31% | 66% | Mike Doyle |
15th | 52% | 44% | Charlie Dent |
16th | 51% | 44% | Joe Pitts |
Lloyd Smucker | |||
17th | 53% | 43% | Matt Cartwright |
18th | 58% | 39% | Tim Murphy |
By county
County[13] | Donald John Trump Republican |
Hilary Rodham Clinton Democratic |
Gary Earl Johnson Libertarian |
Jill Ellen Stein Green |
Darrell Lane Castle Constitution |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 31,423 | 66.17% | 14,219 | 29.94% | 1,251 | 2.63% | 405 | 0.85% | 191 | 0.40% | 17,204 | 36.23% | 47,489 |
Allegheny | 259,480 | 39.91% | 367,617 | 56.55% | 16,102 | 2.48% | 5,097 | 0.78% | 1,818 | 0.28% | -108,137 | -16.63% | 650,114 |
Armstrong | 23,484 | 74.27% | 7,178 | 22.70% | 685 | 2.17% | 141 | 0.45% | 130 | 0.41% | 16,306 | 51.57% | 31,618 |
Beaver | 48,167 | 57.64% | 32,531 | 38.93% | 2,022 | 2.42% | 496 | 0.59% | 355 | 0.42% | 15,636 | 18.71% | 83,571 |
Bedford | 19,552 | 82.72% | 3,645 | 15.42% | 260 | 1.10% | 102 | 0.43% | 78 | 0.33% | 15,907 | 67.30% | 23,637 |
Berks | 96,626 | 52.78% | 78,437 | 42.85% | 5,247 | 2.87% | 1,974 | 1.08% | 781 | 0.43% | 18,189 | 9.94% | 183,065 |
Blair | 39,135 | 71.27% | 13,958 | 25.42% | 1,256 | 2.29% | 338 | 0.62% | 222 | 0.40% | 25,177 | 45.85% | 54,909 |
Bradford | 18,141 | 70.57% | 6,369 | 24.77% | 893 | 3.47% | 137 | 0.53% | 168 | 0.65% | 11,772 | 45.79% | 25,708 |
Bucks | 164,361 | 47.74% | 167,060 | 48.52% | 8,556 | 2.49% | 3,121 | 0.91% | 1,199 | 0.35% | -2,699 | -0.78% | 344,297 |
Butler | 64,428 | 66.37% | 28,584 | 29.45% | 3,062 | 3.15% | 615 | 0.63% | 382 | 0.39% | 35,844 | 36.93% | 97,071 |
Cambria | 42,258 | 67.00% | 18,867 | 29.91% | 1,270 | 2.01% | 413 | 0.65% | 264 | 0.42% | 23,391 | 37.09% | 63,072 |
Cameron | 1,589 | 72.69% | 531 | 24.29% | 53 | 2.42% | 6 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.32% | 1,058 | 48.40% | 2,186 |
Carbon | 18,743 | 65.13% | 8,936 | 31.05% | 691 | 2.40% | 265 | 0.92% | 141 | 0.49% | 9,807 | 34.08% | 28,776 |
Centre | 35,274 | 46.32% | 37,088 | 48.71% | 2,644 | 3.47% | 798 | 1.05% | 344 | 0.45% | -1,814 | -2.38% | 76,148 |
Chester | 116,114 | 43.20% | 141,682 | 52.71% | 7,930 | 2.95% | 2,247 | 0.84% | 827 | 0.31% | -25,568 | -9.51% | 268,800 |
Clarion | 12,576 | 71.72% | 4,273 | 24.37% | 469 | 2.67% | 115 | 0.66% | 102 | 0.58% | 8,303 | 47.35% | 17,535 |
Clearfield | 24,932 | 72.75% | 8,200 | 23.93% | 776 | 2.26% | 220 | 0.64% | 143 | 0.42% | 16,732 | 48.82% | 34,271 |
Clinton | 10,022 | 65.10% | 4,744 | 30.82% | 470 | 3.05% | 121 | 0.79% | 37 | 0.24% | 5,278 | 34.29% | 15,394 |
Columbia | 18,004 | 63.78% | 8,934 | 31.65% | 883 | 3.13% | 265 | 0.94% | 142 | 0.50% | 9,070 | 32.13% | 28,228 |
Crawford | 24,987 | 66.65% | 10,971 | 29.26% | 1,046 | 2.79% | 271 | 0.72% | 217 | 0.58% | 14,016 | 37.38% | 37,492 |
Cumberland | 69,076 | 56.80% | 47,085 | 38.72% | 3,975 | 3.27% | 939 | 0.77% | 542 | 0.45% | 21,991 | 18.08% | 121,617 |
Dauphin | 60,863 | 46.51% | 64,706 | 49.44% | 3,498 | 2.67% | 1,177 | 0.90% | 628 | 0.48% | -3,843 | -2.94% | 130,872 |
Delaware | 110,667 | 37.18% | 177,402 | 59.60% | 5,992 | 2.01% | 2,588 | 0.87% | 985 | 0.33% | -66,735 | -22.42% | 297,634 |
Elk | 10,025 | 69.49% | 3,853 | 26.71% | 401 | 2.78% | 79 | 0.55% | 68 | 0.47% | 6,172 | 42.78% | 14,426 |
Erie | 60,069 | 48.57% | 58,112 | 46.99% | 3,871 | 3.13% | 1,139 | 0.92% | 488 | 0.39% | 1,957 | 1.58% | 123,679 |
Fayette | 34,590 | 64.33% | 17,946 | 33.38% | 853 | 1.59% | 232 | 0.43% | 146 | 0.27% | 16,644 | 30.96% | 53,767 |
Forest | 1,683 | 70.10% | 626 | 26.07% | 60 | 2.50% | 19 | 0.79% | 13 | 0.54% | 1,057 | 44.02% | 2,401 |
Franklin | 49,768 | 71.37% | 17,465 | 25.05% | 1,712 | 2.46% | 450 | 0.65% | 336 | 0.48% | 32,303 | 46.33% | 69,731 |
Fulton | 5,694 | 84.09% | 912 | 13.47% | 93 | 1.37% | 37 | 0.55% | 35 | 0.52% | 4,782 | 70.62% | 6,771 |
Greene | 10,849 | 68.82% | 4,482 | 28.43% | 284 | 1.80% | 83 | 0.53% | 66 | 0.42% | 6,367 | 40.39% | 15,764 |
Huntingdon | 14,494 | 73.55% | 4,539 | 23.03% | 425 | 2.16% | 96 | 0.49% | 152 | 0.77% | 9,955 | 50.52% | 19,706 |
Indiana | 24,888 | 65.89% | 11,528 | 30.52% | 936 | 2.48% | 220 | 0.58% | 198 | 0.52% | 13,360 | 35.37% | 37,770 |
Jefferson | 15,192 | 78.00% | 3,650 | 18.74% | 432 | 2.22% | 110 | 0.56% | 94 | 0.48% | 11,542 | 59.26% | 19,478 |
Juniata | 8,273 | 79.14% | 1,821 | 17.42% | 201 | 1.92% | 71 | 0.68% | 88 | 0.84% | 6,452 | 61.72% | 10,454 |
Lackawanna | 48,384 | 46.77% | 51,983 | 50.25% | 1,935 | 1.87% | 896 | 0.87% | 258 | 0.25% | -3,599 | -3.48% | 103,456 |
Lancaster | 137,914 | 57.20% | 91,093 | 37.78% | 8,555 | 3.55% | 2,021 | 0.84% | 1,529 | 0.63% | 46,821 | 19.42% | 241,112 |
Lawrence | 25,428 | 62.40% | 14,009 | 34.38% | 870 | 2.13% | 248 | 0.61% | 198 | 0.49% | 11,419 | 28.02% | 40,753 |
Lebanon | 40,525 | 65.53% | 18,953 | 30.65% | 1,647 | 2.66% | 422 | 0.68% | 298 | 0.48% | 21,572 | 34.88% | 61,845 |
Lehigh | 73,690 | 45.77% | 81,324 | 50.51% | 4,027 | 2.50% | 1,402 | 0.87% | 550 | 0.34% | -7,634 | -4.74% | 160,993 |
Luzerne | 78,688 | 58.29% | 52,451 | 38.86% | 2,339 | 1.73% | 1,178 | 0.87% | 327 | 0.24% | 26,237 | 19.44% | 134,983 |
Lycoming | 35,627 | 70.46% | 13,020 | 25.75% | 1,311 | 2.59% | 384 | 0.76% | 223 | 0.44% | 22,607 | 44.71% | 50,565 |
Mckean | 11,635 | 71.40% | 4,025 | 24.70% | 408 | 2.50% | 151 | 0.93% | 77 | 0.47% | 7,610 | 46.70% | 16,296 |
Mercer | 31,544 | 60.30% | 18,733 | 35.81% | 1,370 | 2.62% | 415 | 0.79% | 247 | 0.47% | 12,811 | 24.49% | 52,309 |
Mifflin | 14,094 | 75.77% | 3,877 | 20.84% | 476 | 2.56% | 80 | 0.43% | 74 | 0.40% | 10,217 | 54.93% | 18,601 |
Monroe | 33,386 | 47.86% | 33,918 | 48.63% | 1,502 | 2.15% | 758 | 1.09% | 188 | 0.27% | -532 | -0.76% | 69,752 |
Montgomery | 162,731 | 37.44% | 256,082 | 58.91% | 10,934 | 2.52% | 3,704 | 0.85% | 1,236 | 0.28% | -93,351 | -21.48% | 434,687 |
Montour | 5,288 | 61.80% | 2,857 | 33.39% | 287 | 3.35% | 73 | 0.85% | 51 | 0.60% | 2,431 | 28.41% | 8,556 |
Northampton | 71,736 | 49.98% | 66,272 | 46.18% | 3,690 | 2.57% | 1,371 | 0.96% | 450 | 0.31% | 5,464 | 3.81% | 143,519 |
Northumberland | 25,427 | 69.43% | 9,788 | 26.73% | 931 | 2.54% | 296 | 0.81% | 180 | 0.49% | 15,639 | 42.70% | 36,622 |
Perry | 15,616 | 73.81% | 4,632 | 21.89% | 619 | 2.93% | 163 | 0.77% | 128 | 0.60% | 10,984 | 51.91% | 21,158 |
Philadelphia | 108,748 | 15.37% | 584,025 | 82.53% | 7,115 | 1.01% | 6,679 | 0.94% | 1,064 | 0.15% | -475,277 | -67.16% | 707,631 |
Pike | 16,056 | 61.51% | 9,256 | 35.46% | 492 | 1.88% | 226 | 0.87% | 71 | 0.27% | 6,800 | 26.05% | 26,101 |
Potter | 6,251 | 80.31% | 1,302 | 16.73% | 165 | 2.12% | 35 | 0.45% | 31 | 0.40% | 4,949 | 63.58% | 7,784 |
Schuylkill | 44,001 | 69.99% | 16,770 | 26.67% | 1,414 | 2.25% | 449 | 0.71% | 235 | 0.37% | 27,231 | 43.31% | 62,869 |
Snyder | 11,725 | 71.66% | 4,002 | 24.46% | 455 | 2.78% | 111 | 0.68% | 70 | 0.43% | 7,723 | 47.20% | 16,363 |
Somerset | 27,379 | 76.54% | 7,376 | 20.62% | 678 | 1.90% | 166 | 0.46% | 174 | 0.49% | 20,003 | 55.92% | 35,773 |
Sullivan | 2,291 | 73.05% | 750 | 23.92% | 65 | 2.07% | 14 | 0.45% | 16 | 0.51% | 1,541 | 49.14% | 3,136 |
Susquehanna | 12,891 | 68.34% | 5,123 | 27.16% | 568 | 3.01% | 192 | 1.02% | 89 | 0.47% | 7,768 | 41.18% | 18,863 |
Tioga | 13,614 | 74.29% | 3,901 | 21.29% | 548 | 2.99% | 139 | 0.76% | 123 | 0.67% | 9,713 | 53.00% | 18,325 |
Union | 10,622 | 60.81% | 6,180 | 35.38% | 450 | 2.58% | 143 | 0.82% | 73 | 0.42% | 4,442 | 25.43% | 17,468 |
Venango | 16,021 | 68.62% | 6,309 | 27.02% | 733 | 3.14% | 149 | 0.64% | 136 | 0.58% | 9,712 | 41.60% | 23,348 |
Warren | 12,477 | 67.68% | 5,145 | 27.91% | 549 | 2.98% | 130 | 0.71% | 133 | 0.72% | 7,332 | 39.77% | 18,434 |
Washington | 61,386 | 60.51% | 36,322 | 35.80% | 2,643 | 2.61% | 733 | 0.72% | 366 | 0.36% | 25,064 | 24.71% | 101,450 |
Wayne | 16,244 | 67.63% | 7,008 | 29.18% | 466 | 1.94% | 206 | 0.86% | 94 | 0.39% | 9,236 | 38.45% | 24,018 |
Westmoreland | 116,522 | 64.01% | 59,669 | 32.78% | 4,367 | 2.40% | 936 | 0.51% | 557 | 0.31% | 56,853 | 31.23% | 182,051 |
Wyoming | 8,837 | 67.23% | 3,811 | 28.99% | 323 | 2.46% | 116 | 0.88% | 57 | 0.43% | 5,026 | 38.24% | 13,144 |
York | 128,528 | 62.40% | 68,524 | 33.27% | 6,484 | 3.15% | 1,568 | 0.76% | 882 | 0.43% | 60,004 | 29.13% | 205,986 |
Totals | 2,970,733 | 48.58% | 2,926,441 | 47.85% | 146,715 | 2.40% | 49,941 | 0.82% | 21,572 | 0.35% | 44,292 | 0.72% | 6,115,402 |
Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican
- Erie (largest city: Erie)
- Luzerne (largest city: Wilkes-Barre)
- Northampton (largest city: Bethlehem)
Counties that swung from Republican to Democratic
- Chester (largest borough: West Chester)
See also
- Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential debates and forums, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
References
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