Uncyclopedia:Imperial Colonization/United States presidential election, 2016
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states projected for Trump/Pence; Blue denotes those projected for Clinton/Kaine; Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. The electoral college will vote on December 19, 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background[edit source]
2008 presidential election[edit source]
2010 midterm elections[edit source]
2012 presidential election[edit source]
2014 midterm elections[edit source]
Democratic Party[edit source]
Primaries[edit source]
Nominees[edit source]
Democratic Party ticket, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67th U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013) |
U.S. Senator from Virginia (2013–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other major candidates[edit source]
Candidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawal from the primaries | ||||||||
Bernie Sanders | Martin O'Malley | Lawrence Lessig | Lincoln Chafee | Jim Webb | ||||
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Governor of Maryland (2007–2015) |
(2009–2016) |
Governor of Rhode Island (2011–2015) |
from Virginia (2007–2013) | |||||
13,167,848 primary votes and 1,846 delegates |
110,423 votes |
4 write-in votes in New Hampshire |
0 votes |
2 write-in votes in New Hampshire | ||||
Vice presidential selection[edit source]
Republican Party[edit source]
Primaries[edit source]
Nominees[edit source]
Republican Party ticket, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Donald Trump | Mike Pence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of The Trump Organization (1971–present) |
50th Governor of Indiana (2013–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other major candidates[edit source]
Candidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawal from the primaries | |||||||
John Kasich | Ted Cruz | Marco Rubio | Ben Carson | Jeb Bush | Jim Gilmore | Carly Fiorina | Chris Christie |
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Governor of Ohio (2011–present) |
from Texas (2013–present) |
from Florida (2011–present) |
Johns Hopkins Hospital (1984–2013) |
Governor of Florida (1999–2007) |
Governor of Virginia (1998–2002) |
(1999–2005) |
Governor of New Jersey (2010–present) |
4,287,479 votes |
7,811,110 votes |
3,514,124 votes |
857,009 votes |
286,634 votes |
18,364 votes |
40,577 votes |
57,634 votes |
Rand Paul | Rick Santorum | Mike Huckabee | George Pataki | Lindsey Graham | Bobby Jindal | Scott Walker | Rick Perry |
from Kentucky (2011–present) |
from Pennsylvania (1995–2007) |
Governor of Arkansas (1996–2007) |
Governor of New York (1995–2006) |
from South Carolina (2003–present) |
Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016) |
Governor of Wisconsin (2011–present) |
Governor of Texas (2000–2015) |
66,781 votes |
16,622 votes |
51,436 votes |
2,036 votes |
5,666 votes |
222 votes |
0 votes |
0 votes |
Vice presidential selection[edit source]
Major third parties and independents[edit source]
Libertarian Party[edit source]
Nominees[edit source]
Libertarian Party ticket, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gary Johnson | William Weld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29th Governor of New Mexico (1995–2003) |
68th Governor of Massachusetts (1991–1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Party[edit source]
Nominees[edit source]
Green Party ticket, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jill Stein | Ajamu Baraka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physician from Lexington, Massachusetts |
Activist from Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constitution Party[edit source]
Nominees[edit source]
Constitution Party ticket, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darrell Castle | Scott Bradley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attorney from Memphis, Tennessee |
Businessman from Utah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evan McMullin's candidacy[edit source]
Independent ticket, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evan McMullin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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for President | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief policy director for the House Republican Conference (2015–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other third parties and independents[edit source]
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Party | Presidential nominee | Vice presidential nominee | Electors (write-in) |
States with ballot access (write-in) |
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Independent American Delta Party |
Rocky De La Fuente Businessman from San Diego, California |
Michael Steinberg Lawyer from Florida |
147 (192) |
Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] (Alabama, Arizona, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)[13][14][15][16] |
Party for Socialism and Liberation |
Gloria La Riva Newspaper printer and activist from California |
Eugene Puryear Activist from Washington, D.C. |
112 (157) |
California, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Washington[17][18] (Alabama, Delaware, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia)[13][19][15] |
Socialist Workers Party | Alyson Kennedy Mineworker and Labor Leader from Illinois |
Osborne Hart of Pennsylvania |
70 (116) |
Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, Washington[17] (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
Workers World Party | Monica Moorehead perennial candidate and political activist from Alabama |
Lamont Lilly of North Carolina |
30 (148) |
New Jersey, Utah, Wisconsin[17] (Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia)[13][20][21][15][22] |
Socialist Party USA |
Mimi Soltysik former National Co-Chair of the Socialist Party USA from California Campaign |
Angela Walker of Wisconsin |
25 (140) |
Colorado, Michigan, Guam (Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont) |
Prohibition Party | James Hedges former Tax Assessor for Thompson Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania |
Bill Bayes of Mississippi[23] |
21 (96) |
Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi[17] (Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia)[13][24][15] |
Independent | Mike Smith Lawyer, Colorado |
Daniel White | 20 (147) |
Colorado, Tennessee[17] (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia)[13][25][14][26][15][27][22] |
Independent | Richard Duncan of Ohio |
Ricky Johnson | 18 (136) |
Ohio[28] (Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia)[13][25][19][18][20][24][15] |
Independent | Laurence Kotlikoff Economics Professor at Boston University, Massachusetts |
Edward E. Leamer Economics Professor at UCLA, California |
17 (236) |
Colorado, Louisiana[17] (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia)[13][25][14][18][29][20][30][24][21][26][15][16][31][22] |
America's Party | Tom Hoefling activist from Iowa |
Steve Schulin of South Carolina |
17 (177) |
Colorado, Louisiana (Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont) |
Veterans Party of America | Chris Keniston reliability engineer from Texas |
Deacon Taylor of Nevada |
17 (106) |
Colorado, Louisiana (Alabama, Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
Legal Marijuana Now Party | Dan Vacek of Minnesota |
Mark Elworth Jr. of Nebraska |
16 (70) |
Iowa, Minnesota (Alabama, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
Independent | Lynn Kahn Doctor of Clinical Psychology from Maryland |
Kathleen Monahan of Florida |
12 (71) |
Arkansas, Iowa (Alabama, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia) |
American Solidarity Party | Mike Maturen sales professional and magician from Michigan |
Juan Muñoz of Texas |
9 (192) |
Colorado (Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont) |
Independent | Joseph Allen Maldonado of Oklahoma |
Douglas K. Terranova | 9 (130) |
Colorado[32] (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia)[13][25][14][19][20][24][15][16][22] |
Independent | Ryan Alan Scott | Bruce Kendall Barnard | 9 (69) |
Colorado[32] (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
Approval Voting Party | Frank Atwood of Colorado |
Blake Huber of Colorado |
9 (69) |
Colorado[32] (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
Independent American Party | Kyle Kenle Kopitke of Michigan |
Narthan R. Sorenson | 9 (69) |
Colorado[32] (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
Nutrition Party | Rod Silva restaurateur from New Jersey |
Richard Silva | 9 (69) |
Colorado[32] (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
United States Pacifist Party | Bradford Lyttle peace activist from Illinois |
Hannah Walsh | 9 (69) |
Colorado[32] (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
American Party (South Carolina) | Peter Skewes Animal Science Professor at Clemson University, South Carolina |
undeclared | 9 (69) |
South Carolina (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
Independent | Princess Khadijah Jacob-Fambro of California |
Milton Fambro of California |
8 (68) |
Louisiana (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
Socialist Equality Party | Jerry White peace activist from Michigan |
Niles Niemuth journalist from Wisconsin |
8 (76) |
Louisiana (Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
Independent American Party | Rocky Giordani from California |
Farley Anderson activist from Utah |
6 (66) |
Utah (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)[13] |
Constitution Party of Idaho | Scott Copeland of Texas |
J.R. Meyers | 4 (64) |
Idaho (Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
Swing states[edit source]
State | Electoral votes |
2012 margin |
2014 Cook PVI |
Cook Sept. 29 2016 |
RCP Oct. 1 2016 |
Roth. Sept. 30 2016 |
Sabato Sept. 26 2016 |
Last swing |
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Arizona | 11 | 9.1 R | R+7 | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Likely R | 1996 |
Colorado | 9 | 5.4 D | D+1 | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | 2004 |
Florida | 29 | 0.9 D | R+2 | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | 2004 |
Georgia | 16 | 7.8 R | R+6 | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Likely R | 1992 |
Iowa | 6 | 5.8 D | D+1 | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | 2004 |
Maine CD-2 | 1 | 8.6 D | D+2 | Lean R | Lean R | No rating | Lean R | 1988 |
Michigan | 16 | 9.5 D | D+4 | Lean D | Tossup | D Favored | Lean D | 1988 |
Nebraska CD-2 | 1 | 7.2 R | R+4 | Tossup | Likely R | No rating | Tossup | 2008 |
Nevada | 6 | 6.7 D | D+2 | Tossup | Tossup | Tilt D | Tossup | 2004 |
New Hampshire | 4 | 5.6 D | D+1 | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | 2000 |
North Carolina | 15 | 2.0 R | R+3 | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | 2008 |
Ohio | 18 | 3.0 D | R+1 | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | 2004 |
Pennsylvania | 20 | 5.4 D | D+1 | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | 1988 |
Wisconsin | 10 | 6.9 D | D+2 | Lean D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | 1984 |
Party conventions[edit source]
- Constitution Party
- April 13–16, 2016: Constitution Party National Convention was held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Libertarian Party
- May 26–30, 2016: Libertarian National Convention was held in Orlando, Florida.
- Republican Party
- July 18–21, 2016: Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Democratic Party
- July 25–28, 2016: Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Green Party
- August 4–7, 2016: Green National Convention was held in Houston, Texas.
Campaign finance[edit source]
Candidate | Campaign committee (as of August 31) | Outside groups (as of September 12) | Total spent | |||||
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Money raised | Money spent | Cash on hand | Debt | Money raised | Money spent | Cash on hand | ||
Hillary Clinton | $386,343,313 | $317,914,036 | $68,429,276 | $214,311 | $143,509,897 | $102,406,835 | $41,103,062 | $420,320,871 |
Donald Trump | $169,731,955 | $119,471,512 | $50,260,442 | $0 | $40,007,484 | $27,773,044 | $12,234,440 | $147,244,556 |
Rocky De La Fuente | $6,941,792 | $6,922,609 | $19,183 | $6,924,793 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,922,609 |
Gary Johnson | $7,937,914 | $5,445,399 | $2,493,150 | $1,538,118 | $530,100 | $5,000 | $525,100 | $5,450,399 |
Jill Stein | $2,762,007 | $2,608,275 | $153,732 | $40,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,608,275 |
Evan McMullin | $322,441 | $277,814 | $44,626 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $277,814 |
Gloria La Riva * | $25,234 | $10,092 | $15,140 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,092 |
Darrell Castle * | $10,289 | $7,313 | $2,976 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $7,313 |
Monica Moorehead * | $5,320 | $3,882 | $1,437 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,882 |
Peter Skewes * | $6,994 | $3,399 | $7,189 | $8,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,399 |
* Last quarterly report filed June 30 |
Debates[edit source]
Primary election debates[edit source]
General election debates[edit source]
No. | Date | Time | Host | City | Moderator(s) | Participants | |||||||||||||||
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P1 | September 26, 2016 | 9 pm ET | Hofstra University | Hempstead, New York | Lester Holt | Hillary Clinton Donald Trump | |||||||||||||||
VP | October 4, 2016 | 9 pm ET | Longwood University | Farmville, Virginia | Elaine Quijano | Tim Kaine Mike Pence | |||||||||||||||
P2 | October 9, 2016 | TBA | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri | Anderson Cooper Martha Raddatz |
Hillary Clinton Donald Trump | |||||||||||||||
P3 | October 19, 2016 | TBA | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Las Vegas, Nevada | Chris Wallace | TBD | |||||||||||||||
P4 | October 25, 2016 | 4 pm MT | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, Colorado | TBA | TBD | |||||||||||||||
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Newspaper endorsements[edit source]
Forecasting[edit source]
See also[edit source]
References[edit source]
External links[edit source]
- Honest Gil Fulbright for President 2016 Presidential Campaign Official Site
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- ↑ Eight Presidential Candidates will be on Mississippi ballot. ballot-access.org (September 9, 2016).
- ↑ New Hampshire Says Rocky De La Fuente Has Enough Valid Signatures | Ballot Acess News. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
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- ↑ Wyoming Says Jill Stein and Rocky De La Fuente Have Enough Valid Signatures; Still Checking Evan McMullin. Ballot Access News. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
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