United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016
November 8, 2016
Turnout 70.11% Increase[1]

 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 20 0
Popular vote 2,970,733 2,926,441
Percentage 48.18% 47.46%
County Results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county.

The 2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all fifty 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.[2]

The Republican party candidate, who became their nominee following the primary, Donald Trump, won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes out of more than six million 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, but narrowly go to Clinton [3]. On election day, Pennsylvania swung to Donald Trump, gaining almost 300,000 votes over Mitt Romney. Donald 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.

Primaries

Democratic primary

Results of the Democratic primary by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
Pennsylvania Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 935,107 55.61% 106 20 126
Bernie Sanders 731,881 43.53% 83 0 83
Rocky De La Fuente 14,439 0.86% 0 0 0
Total 1,681,427 100% 189 20 209
Source: The Green Papers, Pennsylvania State Elections Official Results

Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
Pennsylvania Republican primary, April 26, 2016
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
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 for only 3 years at the time, and largely unheard of at the national level, was chosen by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.

It was later shown that key executives on the Democratic National Party leadership team inappropriately stymied Bernie Sanders' efforts, tipping the scales in favor of Clinton. That, combined with the statement from Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic National committee, that Democrats who oppose abortion were not welcome in the party caused a significant division within the Democratic party following the primaries. The Democratic party platform was amended during the 2016 election, to unambiguously state that women have a “right to safe and legal abortion” and promises that the party will oppose and work to overturn “laws and policies that impede a woman’s access to abortion.”

General election

Statewide results

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016
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 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.[6]

District Trump Clinton Representative
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% Michael F. 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 Clinton% Clinton# Trump% Trump# Others% Others# Total
Adams29.94%14,21966.17%31,4233.89%1,84747,489
Allegheny56.55%367,61739.91%259,4803.54%23,017650,114
Armstrong22.70%7,17874.27%23,4843.02%95631,618
Beaver38.93%32,53157.64%48,1673.44%2,87383,571
Bedford15.42%3,64582.72%19,5521.86%44023,637
Berks42.85%78,43752.78%96,6264.37%8,002183,065
Blair25.42%13,95871.27%39,1353.31%1,81654,909
Bradford24.77%6,36970.57%18,1414.66%1,19825,708
Bucks48.52%167,06047.74%164,3613.74%12,876344,297
Butler29.45%28,58466.37%64,4284.18%4,05997,071
Cambria29.91%18,86767.00%42,2583.09%1,94763,072
Cameron24.29%53172.69%1,5893.02%662,186
Carbon31.05%8,93665.13%18,7433.81%1,09728,776
Centre48.71%37,08846.32%35,2744.97%3,78676,148
Chester52.71%141,68243.20%116,1144.09%11,004268,800
Clarion24.37%4,27371.72%12,5763.91%68617,535
Clearfield23.93%8,20072.75%24,9323.32%1,13934,271
Clinton30.82%4,74465.10%10,0224.08%62815,394
Columbia31.65%8,93463.78%18,0044.57%1,29028,228
Crawford29.26%10,97166.65%24,9874.09%1,53437,492
Cumberland38.72%47,08556.80%69,0764.49%5,456121,617
Dauphin49.44%64,70646.51%60,8634.05%5,303130,872
Delaware59.60%177,40237.18%110,6673.21%9,565297,634
Elk26.71%3,85369.49%10,0253.80%54814,426
Erie46.99%58,11248.57%60,0694.45%5,498123,679
Fayette33.38%17,94664.33%34,5902.29%1,23153,767
Forest26.07%62670.10%1,6833.83%922,401
Franklin25.05%17,46571.37%49,7683.58%2,49869,731
Fulton13.47%91284.09%5,6942.44%1656,771
Greene28.43%4,48268.82%10,8492.75%43315,764
Huntingdon23.03%4,53973.55%14,4943.42%67319,706
Indiana30.52%11,52865.89%24,8883.58%1,35437,770
Jefferson18.74%3,65078.00%15,1923.27%63619,478
Juniata17.42%1,82179.14%8,2733.44%36010,454
Lackawanna50.25%51,98346.77%48,3842.99%3,089103,456
Lancaster37.78%91,09357.20%137,9145.02%12,105241,112
Lawrence34.38%14,00962.40%25,4283.23%1,31640,753
Lebanon30.65%18,95365.53%40,5253.83%2,36761,845
Lehigh50.51%81,32445.77%73,6903.71%5,979160,993
Luzerne38.86%52,45158.29%78,6882.85%3,844134,983
Lycoming25.75%13,02070.46%35,6273.79%1,91850,565
McKean24.70%4,02571.40%11,6353.90%63616,296
Mercer35.81%18,73360.30%31,5443.88%2,03252,309
Mifflin20.84%3,87775.77%14,0943.39%63018,601
Monroe48.63%33,91847.86%33,3863.51%2,44869,752
Montgomery58.91%256,08237.44%162,7313.65%15,874434,687
Montour33.39%2,85761.80%5,2884.80%4118,556
Northampton46.18%66,27249.98%71,7363.84%5,511143,519
Northumberland26.73%9,78869.43%25,4273.84%1,40736,622
Perry21.89%4,63273.81%15,6164.30%91021,158
Philadelphia82.53%584,02515.37%108,7482.10%14,858707,631
Pike35.46%9,25661.51%16,0563.02%78926,101
Potter16.73%1,30280.31%6,2512.97%2317,784
Schuylkill26.67%16,77069.99%44,0013.34%2,09862,869
Snyder24.46%4,00271.66%11,7253.89%63616,363
Somerset20.62%7,37676.54%27,3792.85%1,01835,773
Sullivan23.92%75073.05%2,2913.03%953,136
Susquehanna27.16%5,12368.34%12,8914.50%84918,863
Tioga21.29%3,90174.29%13,6144.42%81018,325
Union35.38%6,18060.81%10,6223.81%66617,468
Venango27.02%6,30968.62%16,0214.36%1,01823,348
Warren27.91%5,14567.68%12,4774.40%81218,434
Washington35.80%36,32260.51%61,3863.69%3,742101,450
Wayne29.18%7,00867.63%16,2443.19%76624,018
Westmoreland32.78%59,66964.01%116,5223.22%5,860182,051
Wyoming28.99%3,81167.23%8,8373.77%49613,144
York33.27%68,52462.40%128,5284.34%8,934205,986

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican

Counties that swung from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  2. ↑ "About Voting and Elections". Votespa.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. ↑ "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein". realclearpolitics.com. 2016-11-05.
  4. ↑ "2016 PA Green Party Caucus Information and Schedule". Pennsylvania Green Party. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  5. ↑ "#Greens, join us in caucusing and voting for our GP of PA Presidential Candidates in April". Pennsylvania Green Party. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  6. ↑ "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report.
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