Talk:2016 United States presidential election

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I believe we should merge the 2016 section of Sanders–Trump voters into this article.

It seems to be singling out Sanders->Trump defectors because mainstream democrats particularly dislike Trump, but it’s not important enough to warrant its own article and should be merged with the general articles about the elections.

Points:

• There’s nothing fundamentally unique about disenfranchised voters switching to opposing candidates.

• The number of votes isn’t remarkable. Even the much maligned Ralph Nader got almost three percent of the general election votes, as opposed to the 6-12 percent _of sanders supporters_ that defected.

People switch their votes. People get mad. People make both rational and irrational decisions when deciding who to vote for. That’s just how elections work. Andythechef (talk) 02:28, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

It says on the article that Clinton won minnesota and that it was a swing state. Minnesota hasnt voted republican in a presidential race since 1972, in no way is it a swing state. 2600:1008:B108:6DC8:C16A:2010:C98C:E5A (talk) 21:14, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

:Clinton won the state by less than five points, so it would be fair to say it was a swing state. WIKIPEDA (yes i meant to misspell it) (talk) 02:30, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

He had decent poll numbers, the potential to influence the election, and he finished the best 3rd party Candidate since 1996 WIKIPEDA (yes i meant to misspell it) (talk) 02:20, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:Election infobox would look like this (Refrences and EFN removed for clarity) WIKIPEDA (yes i meant to misspell it) (talk) 02:27, 23 April 2025 (UTC) {{collapse top|Infobox}}{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2016 United States presidential election

| country = United States

| type = presidential

| opinion_polls = Nationwide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2012 United States presidential election

| previous_year = 2012

| election_date = November 8, 2016

| next_election = 2020 United States presidential election

| next_year = 2020

| votes_for_election = 538 members of the Electoral College

| needed_votes = 270 electoral

| turnout = 60.1% ({{increase}} 1.5 pp)

| image_size = 150x150px

| image1 = Donald Trump official portrait (3x4a).jpg

| nominee1 = Donald Trump

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| home_state1 = New York

| running_mate1 = Mike Pence

| electoral_vote1 = 304

| states_carried1 = 30 + ME-02

| popular_vote1 = 62,984,828

| percentage1 = {{percentage| 62,984,828| 136,669,276|1|pad=yes}}

| image2 = Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 3x4.jpg

| nominee2 = Hillary Clinton

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state2 = New York

| running_mate2 = Tim Kaine

| electoral_vote2 = 227

| states_carried2 = 20 + DC

| popular_vote2 = 65,853,514

| percentage2 = {{percentage| 65,853,514| 136,669,276|1|pad=yes}}

| map_size = 350px

| map = {{2016 United States presidential election imagemap}}

| map_caption = Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Trump/Pence and blue denotes those won by Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. On election night, Trump won 306 electors and Clinton 232. However, because of seven faithless electors (five Democratic and two Republican), Trump received 304 votes and Clinton 227.

| title = President

| before_election = Barack Obama

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Donald Trump

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

| nominee3 = Gary Johnson

| running_mate3 = Bill Weld

| popular_vote3 = 4,489,341

| percentage3 = 3.2%

| image3 = File:Gary Johnson campaign portrait.jpg

| party3 = Libertarian Party (United States)

| states_carried3 = 0

| electoral_vote3 = 0

| home_state3 = New Mexico

}}WIKIPEDA (yes i meant to misspell it) (talk) 02:27, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

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