2016 United States presidential election in Florida

2016 race in Florida

The 2016 United States presidential election in Florida was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

2016 United States presidential election in Florida

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Turnout74.48%[1] Increase 2.94 pp
 
NomineeDonald TrumpHillary Clinton
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Home stateNew YorkNew York
Running mateMike PenceTim Kaine
Electoral vote290
Popular vote4,617,8864,504,975
Percentage49.02%47.82%

County Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

On 15 March 2016, the state also voted for who they wanted to be the nominee of their respective parties.

Presidential

Polling

Below is a table with the polling results in Florida. Florida has not voted Republican in the general election since 2008.

Poll sourceDate administeredDemocrat%Republican%Lead marginSample sizeMargin of error
Quinnipiac University[2]November 3–6, 2016Hillary Clinton46%Donald Trump46%Tied884± 3.3%
CNN/ORC[3]October 27 – November 1, 2016Hillary Clinton50%Donald Trump49%1773± 3.5%
Quinnipiac University[4]October 27 – November 1, 2016Hillary Clinton47%Donald Trump45%2626± 3.9%
Gravis Marketing/One America News Network[5]October 31, 2016Hillary Clinton51%Donald Trump49%21,995± 2.2%
New York Times Upshot/Siena College[6]October 25–27, 2016Hillary Clinton45%Donald Trump48%3814± 3.4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist[7]October 25–26, 2016Hillary Clinton46%Donald Trump46%Tied779± 3.5%
University of North Florida[8]October 20–25, 2016Hillary Clinton46%Donald Trump44%2836± 3.4%
Bloomberg/Selzer[9]October 21–24, 2016Hillary Clinton45%Donald Trump46%1953± 3.2%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 10–16, 2016Hillary Clinton49%Donald Trump45%4660± 3.8%
Public Policy Polling[10]October 12–13, 2016Hillary Clinton49%Donald Trump44%5985± 3.1%
Ipsos/Reuters[11]October 5–12, 2016Hillary Clinton42%Donald Trump40%21,532± 2.9%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist[12]October 3–5, 2016Hillary Clinton46%Donald Trump44%2700± 3.7%
University of North Florida[13]September 27 – October 4, 2016Hillary Clinton47%Donald Trump40%7696± 3.8%
Quinnipiac University[14]September 27 – October 2, 2016Hillary Clinton49%Donald Trump44%5545± 4.2%
Public Policy PollingSeptember 27–28, 2016Hillary Clinton48%Donald Trump45%3826± 3.4%
Florida Chamber Political Institute[15]September 15–20, 2016Hillary Clinton45%Donald Trump42%3617± 4.0%
New York Times Upshot/Siena College[16]September 10–14, 2016Hillary Clinton43%Donald Trump43%Tied867± 3.3%
CNN/ORC[17]September 7–12, 2016Hillary Clinton46%Donald Trump50%4788± 3.5%
Public Policy Polling[18]September 4–6, 2016Hillary Clinton47%Donald Trump46%1744± 3.6%

Results

County Results
  Clinton—80-90%
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—<50%
  Trump—<50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%
  Trump—80-90%

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Presidential election
ChoiceVotes%
Donald Trump (REP)4,617,88649.02%
Hillary Clinton (DEM)4,504,97547.82%
Gary Johnson207,0432.20%
Jill Stein64,3990.68%
Darrell Castle16,4750.17%
Rocky De La Fuente9,1080.10%
Total votes9,419,886100%

Caucuses

Democratic

The Democratic caucus occurred on 15 March 2016.

Presidential election
ChoiceVotes%Delegates
Hillary Clinton1,101,41464.44%165
Bernie Sanders568,83933.28%75
Martin O'Malley38,9302.28%0
Uncommitted6
Total votes100%246

Republican

The Republican caucus occurred on 1 March 2016.

Presidential election
ChoiceVotes%Delegates
Donald Trump1,079,87045.72%99
Marco Rubio638,66127.04%0
Ted Cruz404,89117.14%0
John Kasich159,9766.77%0
withdrawn candidates78,4073.32%0
Total votes2,361,805100%99

References

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