<P> Six states plus a portion of Maine that Obama won in 2012 switched to Trump . These are (with Electoral College votes in parentheses): Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), and Maine's second congressional district (1). Initially, Trump won exactly 100 more Electoral College votes than Mitt Romney in 2012, with two lost to faithless electors the following month . Thirty - nine states swung more Republican compared to the previous Presidential election, while eleven states and the District of Columbia swung more Democratic . </P> <P> Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the voting age population (VAP), turnout of voters casting a vote for President was nearly 1% higher than 2012 . Examining overall turnout in the 2016 election, University of Florida Prof. Michael McDonald estimated that 138.8 million Americans cast a ballot in 2016 . 65.9 million of those ballots have been counted for Clinton and just under 63 million for Trump, representing 20.3% (Clinton) and 19.4% (Trump) of a census estimate of U.S. population that day of 324 million . Considering a VAP of 250.6 million people and voting eligible population (VEP) of 230.6 million people, this is a turnout rate of 55.4% VAP and 60.2% VEP . Based on this estimate, voter turnout was up compared to 2012 (54.1% VAP) but down compared to 2008 (57.4% VAP). A FEC report of the 2016 Presidential General Election recorded an official total of 136.7 million votes cast for President--more than any prior election . </P> <P> Data scientist Azhar Hamdan, explained the paradoxes of the 2016 outcome compared Trump's 30 states against Clinton's 20 states and the District of Columbia, saying "chief among them the discrepancy between the popular vote, which Hillary Clinton won by 2.8 million votes, and the electoral college, where Trump won 304 - 227". He said Trump outperformed Mitt Romney's 2012 results, while Clinton only just matched Barack Obama's 2012 totals . Hamdan also said Trump was "the highest vote earner of any Republican candidate ever," exceeding George W. Bush's 62.04 million votes in 2004, though neither reached Clinton's 65.9 million, nor Obama's 69.5 million votes in 2008, the overall record . He concluded, with help from The Cook Political Report, that the election hinged not on Clinton's large 2.8 million overall vote margin over Trump, but rather on about 78,000 votes from only three counties in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Presidential candidate </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Home state </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Popular vote </Th> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Running mate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Count </Th> <Th> Percentage </Th> <Th> Vice-presidential candidate </Th> <Th> Home state </Th> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald Trump </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 62,984,828 </Td> <Td> 46.09% </Td> <Td> 304 </Td> <Td> Mike Pence </Td> <Td> Indiana </Td> <Td> 305 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hillary Rodham Clinton </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 65,853,514 </Td> <Td> 48.18% </Td> <Td> 227 </Td> <Td> Tim Kaine </Td> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> 227 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colin Powell </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 0.00% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Warren </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maria Cantwell </Td> <Td> Washington </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Susan Collins </Td> <Td> Maine </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bernie Sanders </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> Vermont </Td> <Td> 111,850 </Td> <Td> 0.08% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tulsi Gabbard </Td> <Td> Hawaii </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elizabeth Warren </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Kasich </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Ohio </Td> <Td> 2,684 </Td> <Td> 0.00% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carly Fiorina </Td> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ron Paul </Td> <Td> Libertarian </Td> <Td> Texas </Td> <Td> 124 </Td> <Td> 0.00% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mike Pence </Td> <Td> Indiana </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Faith Spotted Eagle </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> South Dakota </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0.00% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Winona LaDuke </Td> <Td> Minnesota </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary Johnson </Td> <Td> Libertarian </Td> <Td> New Mexico </Td> <Td> 4,489,235 </Td> <Td> 3.27% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Bill Weld </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jill Stein </Td> <Td> Green </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 1,457,226 </Td> <Td> 1.06% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Ajamu Baraka </Td> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Evan McMullin </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> Utah </Td> <Td> 732,273 </Td> <Td> 0.53% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Mindy Finn </Td> <Td> District of Columbia </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Darrell Castle </Td> <Td> Constitution </Td> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> 203,091 </Td> <Td> 0.15% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Scott Bradley </Td> <Td> Utah </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gloria La Riva </Td> <Td> Socialism and Liberation </Td> <Td> California </Td> <Td> 74,405 </Td> <Td> 0.05% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Eugene Puryear </Td> <Td> District of Columbia </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Other </Td> <Td> 1,215,785 </Td> <Td> 0.89% </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Other </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Total </Th> <Td> 137,125,040 </Td> <Td> 100% </Td> <Td> 538 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> 538 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="5"> Needed to win </Th> <Td> 270 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> 270 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who won the popular vote for president in 2016