Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by county
In the presidential primaries, Washington voters chose Republican Party's nominee; the Democratic Party used the caucus system, and Green Party nominee was chosen in a convention. Hillary Clinton won the election in Washington with 52.5 percent of the vote, a reduced percentage from President Obama in 2012, though due to Trump receiving an even greater drop in percentage compared with Mitt Romney, Washington was among 11 states where Clinton improved on Obama's margin of victory.[2] This was the first presidential election in which the Republican Party won Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties since 1928 and 1952 respectively.[3][4]
It was also the first time the GOP had won Cowlitz County since Ronald Reagan in 1980, and the first Republican win in Mason County since Reagan in 1984.[5] On the other hand, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Whitman County since William McKinley in 1900. Despite Clinton's victory, four Democratic electors defected. Three voted for Colin Powell, making him the first African-American Republican to receive electoral votes, while a Native American activist cast his vote for Faith Spotted Eagle, making her the first Native American to receive an electoral vote for president. Powell became the first Republican to receive electoral votes from Washington state since Ronald Reagan in 1984.[5] The state was one of 11 (along with the District of Columbia) that shifted towards the Democrats.
Washington has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1988. While the state's Senate was majority Republican in 2016, both of Washington's United States Senators are Democrats, as well as a majority of the state's U.S. House delegation. Barack Obama defeated John McCain by 17.08% in 2008 and Mitt Romney by 14.87% in 2012.
County results of the Washington Democratic presidential caucus, 2016.
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders bested Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential caucus on March 26, 2016:
The state also held a non-binding presidential primary on May 24, the same date as the state's Republican primary. Hillary Clinton won the preference vote.
Democrat Hillary Clinton won every pre-election poll and all but one by double digits. The average of the final three polls showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 50.3% to 36%.[15]
State voting historyEdit
Washington joined the Union in November 1889 and has participated in all elections from 1892 onwards.
Since 1900, Washington voted Democratic 51.72 percent of the time and Republican 44.83 percent of the time. Since 1988, Washington had voted for the Democratic Party in each presidential election, and the same was expected to happen in 2016.[16]
ResultsEdit
2016 United States presidential election in Washington (state)[17]
^Secretary of State: Kim Wyman. "November 8, 2016 General Election Results". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^"Washington Election Results 2016". The New York Times. August 1, 2017. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^"Pacific County November 8, 2016 General Election". results.vote.wa.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Wheel, Robert. "The 2016 Streak Breakers". Center for Politics. Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^ abSullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^Green Party of Washington State. "Spring Gathering 2016". Facebook.
^"Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^Chalian, David (November 4, 2016). "Road to 270: CNN's new election map". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
^"2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^"Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^"RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Washington: Trump vs. Clinton". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
^Federal Election Commission (December 2017). "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). p. 43. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
^Bump, Philip. "The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^(PDF). wei.sos.wa.gov (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2018.
External linksEdit
RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process 2016-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
October 21, 2023
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Main article 2016 United States presidential electionThe 2016 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 8 2016 as part of the 2016 United States presidential election Washington was won by Hillary Clinton who won the state with 52 54 of the vote over Donald Trump s 36 83 a margin of 15 71 All of the state s 12 electoral votes were assigned to Clinton though four defected Trump prevailed in the presidential election nationally 2016 United States presidential election in Washington state 2012 November 8 2016 2020 Turnout78 76 of registered voters 2 49 1 Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald TrumpParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York New YorkRunning mate Tim Kaine Mike PenceElectoral vote 8 a 0Popular vote 1 742 718 1 221 747Percentage 52 54 36 83 County resultsCongressional district resultsPrecinct resultsClinton 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Trump 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Tie No Data President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Donald TrumpRepublicanResults by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by countyIn the presidential primaries Washington voters chose Republican Party s nominee the Democratic Party used the caucus system and Green Party nominee was chosen in a convention Hillary Clinton won the election in Washington with 52 5 percent of the vote a reduced percentage from President Obama in 2012 though due to Trump receiving an even greater drop in percentage compared with Mitt Romney Washington was among 11 states where Clinton improved on Obama s margin of victory 2 This was the first presidential election in which the Republican Party won Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties since 1928 and 1952 respectively 3 4 It was also the first time the GOP had won Cowlitz County since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and the first Republican win in Mason County since Reagan in 1984 5 On the other hand Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Whitman County since William McKinley in 1900 Despite Clinton s victory four Democratic electors defected Three voted for Colin Powell making him the first African American Republican to receive electoral votes while a Native American activist cast his vote for Faith Spotted Eagle making her the first Native American to receive an electoral vote for president Powell became the first Republican to receive electoral votes from Washington state since Ronald Reagan in 1984 5 The state was one of 11 along with the District of Columbia that shifted towards the Democrats Contents 1 Primaries and Caucuses 1 1 Primary elections 1 1 1 Democratic caucus 1 1 2 Republican primary 1 1 3 Green convention 2 General election 2 1 Predictions 2 2 Polling 2 3 State voting history 2 4 Results 2 5 By county 2 5 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 5 2 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 2 6 By congressional district 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksPrimaries and Caucuses EditMain article Political party strength in Washington state Washington has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1988 While the state s Senate was majority Republican in 2016 both of Washington s United States Senators are Democrats as well as a majority of the state s U S House delegation Barack Obama defeated John McCain by 17 08 in 2008 and Mitt Romney by 14 87 in 2012 Primary elections Edit Democratic caucus Edit Main article 2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses nbsp County results of the Washington Democratic presidential caucus 2016 Bernie SandersBernie Sanders bested Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential caucus on March 26 2016 The state also held a non binding presidential primary on May 24 the same date as the state s Republican primary Hillary Clinton won the preference vote Washington Democratic caucuses March 26 2016Candidate District delegates Estimated delegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalBernie Sanders 19 159 72 72 74 0 74Hillary Clinton 7 140 27 10 27 10 37OthersUncommitted 46 0 18 0 7 7Total 26 345 100 101 17 118Source The Green PapersWashington Democratic primary May 24 2016 Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalHillary Clinton 420 461 52 38 0 0 0Bernie Sanders 382 293 47 62 0 0 0OthersUncommittedTotal 802 754 100 0 0 0Source Washington Secretary of State Official ResultsRepublican primary Edit Main article 2016 Washington Republican presidential primary Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot on May 24 2016 Ben Carson withdrawn Ted Cruz withdrawn John Kasich withdrawn Donald TrumpWashington Republican primary May 24 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate countBound Unbound TotalDonald Trump 455 023 75 46 41 0 41Ted Cruz withdrawn 65 172 10 81 0 0 0John Kasich withdrawn 58 954 9 78 0 0 0Ben Carson withdrawn 23 849 3 96 0 0 0Uncommitted 3 0 3Unprojected delegates 0 0 0Total 602 998 100 00 44 0 44Source The Green PapersGreen convention Edit This state s Green Party state convention was on May 15 Ballots were emailed to members within a week after the convention 6 Washington Green Party Convention May 15 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage National delegatesJill Stein 91 7 5William Kreml Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry Kent Mesplay Darryl Cherney Total 5General election EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2016 United States presidential election in Washington state news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Predictions Edit Source Ranking As ofLos Angeles Times 7 Safe D November 6 2016CNN 8 Safe D November 4 2016Cook Political Report 9 Safe D November 7 2016Electoral vote com 10 Safe D November 8 2016Rothenberg Political Report 11 Safe D November 7 2016Sabato s Crystal Ball 12 Safe D November 7 2016RealClearPolitics 13 Likely D November 8 2016Fox News 14 Safe D November 7 2016Polling Edit See also Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election Washington Democrat Hillary Clinton won every pre election poll and all but one by double digits The average of the final three polls showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 50 3 to 36 15 State voting history Edit Washington joined the Union in November 1889 and has participated in all elections from 1892 onwards Since 1900 Washington voted Democratic 51 72 percent of the time and Republican 44 83 percent of the time Since 1988 Washington had voted for the Democratic Party in each presidential election and the same was expected to happen in 2016 16 Results Edit 2016 United States presidential election in Washington state 17 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 1 742 718 52 54 8Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 1 221 747 36 83 0Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 160 879 4 85 0Write ins 107 805 3 25 0Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 58 417 1 76 0Constitution Darrell Castle Scott Bradley 17 623 0 53 0Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy Osborne Hart 4 307 0 13 0Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 3 523 0 11 0Republican Colin Powell 0 0 00 3Independent Faith Spotted Eagle Winona LaDuke 0 0 00 1Total 3 317 019 100 00 12By county Edit County Clinton Clinton Trump Trump Others excluding write ins Others excluding write ins TotalAdams 28 32 1 299 67 21 3 083 5 64 262 4 644Asotin 32 59 3 134 59 70 5 741 8 84 861 9 736Benton 33 26 26 360 59 55 47 194 8 09 6 473 80 027Chelan 39 34 13 032 54 68 18 114 6 69 2 234 33 380Clallam 45 19 17 677 48 04 18 794 7 57 2 986 39 457Clark 46 70 92 757 46 54 92 441 7 48 14 962 200 160Columbia 24 37 526 69 37 1 497 7 29 159 2 182Cowlitz 39 60 17 908 53 48 24 185 7 88 3 599 45 692Douglas 31 89 4 918 62 28 9 603 6 58 1 022 15 543Ferry 30 94 1 098 62 05 2 202 8 36 301 3 601Franklin 37 87 8 886 56 28 13 206 6 86 1 628 23 720Garfield 22 65 279 69 07 851 9 31 116 1 246Grant 27 89 7 810 66 12 18 518 7 12 2 018 28 346Grays Harbor 42 78 12 020 50 06 14 067 8 04 2 280 28 367Island 49 26 20 960 43 39 18 465 8 05 3 451 42 876Jefferson 62 82 12 656 29 97 6 037 7 81 1 583 20 276King 72 32 718 322 21 78 216 339 6 39 63 838 998 499Kitsap 51 28 63 156 39 80 49 018 9 77 12 143 124 317Kittitas 39 81 7 489 53 69 10 100 7 21 1 366 18 955Klickitat 39 33 4 194 54 29 5 789 7 30 786 10 769Lewis 28 54 9 654 65 02 21 992 7 33 2 503 34 149Lincoln 22 00 1 244 72 66 4 108 6 32 361 5 713Mason 43 16 11 993 49 22 13 677 8 56 2 403 28 073Okanogan 37 24 6 298 56 82 9 610 6 92 1 183 17 091Pacific 43 52 4 620 50 49 5 360 6 87 736 10 716Pend Oreille 28 74 1 934 64 99 4 373 7 28 495 6 802Pierce 49 95 172 538 42 51 146 824 8 36 29 123 348 485San Juan 66 85 7 172 25 05 2 688 8 48 914 10 774Skagit 48 07 26 690 44 55 24 736 8 12 4 542 55 968Skamania 39 97 2 232 52 44 2 928 8 49 479 5 639Snohomish 54 60 185 227 37 81 128 255 8 38 28 691 342 173Spokane 41 75 93 767 50 50 113 435 8 82 20 044 227 246Stevens 25 78 5 767 67 78 15 161 7 71 1 749 22 677Thurston 53 62 68 798 37 90 48 624 9 26 11 988 129 410Wahkiakum 35 60 832 57 51 1 344 7 72 182 2 358Walla Walla 38 52 9 694 54 24 13 651 8 16 2 074 25 419Whatcom 55 47 60 340 37 32 40 599 7 96 8 734 109 673Whitman 47 66 8 146 43 31 7 403 10 15 1 756 17 305Yakima 40 61 31 291 54 16 41 735 6 08 4 724 77 750 nbsp County Flips Democratic Hold Gain from Republican Republican Hold Gain from DemocraticCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Edit 18 Clallam largest city Port Angeles Cowlitz largest city Longview Grays Harbor largest city Aberdeen Mason largest city Shelton Pacific largest city Raymond Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Edit Whitman largest city Pullman By congressional district Edit Clinton won 7 of 10 congressional districts including one represented by a Republican 19 District Trump Clinton Representative1st 37 85 54 13 Suzan DelBene2nd 34 82 56 92 Rick Larsen3rd 49 93 42 52 Jaime Herrera Beutler4th 57 92 35 06 Dan Newhouse5th 52 17 39 14 Cathy McMorris Rodgers6th 39 48 51 83 Derek Kilmer7th 12 18 82 13 Jim McDermottPramila Jayapal8th 44 67 47 72 Dave Reichert9th 23 34 70 47 Adam Smith10th 39 9 51 25 Denny HeckSee also EditUnited States presidential elections in Washington state Presidency of Donald Trump 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Republican Party presidential primariesNotes Edit Clinton earned 12 pledged electoral votes but lost four to faithless electors Three electors voted for Colin Powell for president and Elizabeth Warren Maria Cantwell and Susan Collins for vice president while Robert Satiacum Jr voted for Faith Spotted Eagle for president and Winona LaDuke for vice president References Edit Secretary of State Kim Wyman November 8 2016 General Election Results www sos wa gov Retrieved June 9 2019 Washington Election Results 2016 The New York Times August 1 2017 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved June 9 2019 Pacific County November 8 2016 General Election results vote wa gov Retrieved July 26 2021 Wheel Robert The 2016 Streak Breakers Center for Politics Larry J Sabato s Crystal Ball Retrieved November 13 2016 a b Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 Green Party of Washington State Spring Gathering 2016 Facebook Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes Compare your picks with ours Los Angeles Times November 6 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Chalian David November 4 2016 Road to 270 CNN s new election map CNN Retrieved March 3 2019 2016 Electoral Scorecard The Cook Political Report November 7 2016 Retrieved March 3 2019 2016 Electoral Map Prediction Electoral vote com November 8 2016 Retrieved March 3 2019 Presidential Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report Retrieved August 16 2021 Sabato Larry J November 7 2016 2016 President University of Virginia Center for Politics Retrieved March 3 2019 2016 Election Maps Battle for White House RealClearPolitics Retrieved November 13 2016 Electoral Scorecard Map shifts again in Trump s favor as Clinton holds edge Fox News November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 RealClearPolitics Election 2016 Washington Trump vs Clinton www realclearpolitics com Retrieved July 26 2021 Washington Presidential Election 2016 Results LIVE Updates Archived from the original on October 13 2016 Retrieved October 13 2016 Federal Election Commission December 2017 Federal Elections 2016 PDF p 43 Retrieved December 8 2021 Bump Philip The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved September 1 2020 Results PDF wei sos wa gov 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