United States presidential election in Michigan, 2016

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2016

November 8, 2016

Turnout 65.6%[1] 0.2 pp   Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Electoral vote 16 0 Popular vote 2,279,543 2,268,839 Percentage 47.59% 47.36%

County results

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participate. Michigan voters have chosen electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On March 8, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, and Republican parties' respective nominees for President. Michigan does not require voters to register with a party to vote in the primaries, allowing voters to select a candidate in either party, however voters only selected one candidate overall.

On November 24, 2016, Donald Trump was declared the winner by the Detroit Free Press in the slimmest margin of victory in the state's history. The votes were certified by each county and submitted to the Michigan Secretary of State.^[2]

On Monday, November 28, 2016, the Michigan Board of Canvassers certified the result of the election in favor of Donald Trump by a margin of 10,704 votes.^[3] The deadline to request a recount was then set at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results by county.

  Bernie Sanders

  Hillary Clinton

Results

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:^[4]

Republican primary

Four candidates participated in the Republican primary.^[5]

Republican primary results by county.

  Donald Trump

  Ted Cruz

  John Kasich

Debates and forums

Detroit, March 3

The eleventh debate was held on March 3, 2016, at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit, Michigan.^[8] It was the third debate to air on Fox News Channel.^[9] Special Report anchor Bret Baier, The Kelly File anchor Megyn Kelly and Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace served as moderators.^[10] It will lead into the Maine, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, and Hawaii contests. Fox announced that in order for candidates to qualify, they must have at least 3 percent support in the five most recent national polls by March 1 at 5 pm.^[11] Ben Carson said on March 2 he would not be attending the debate.^[12][13][14] During the debate, Ted Cruz had a small speck of white material on his lip.^[15] The speck became viral with thousands of web searches per minute during the debate on "Ted Cruz nose".^{[16][17][18][19][20][21]} The debate also drew controversy for an allusion Trump made to his penis in response to Rubio's comment about the size of his hands.^[22]

Results

Thirteen candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:^[4]

Michigan Republican primary, March 8, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	483,753	36.55%	25	0	25
Ted Cruz	326,617	24.68%	17	0	17
John Kasich	321,115	24.26%	17	0	17
Marco Rubio	123,587	9.34%	0	0	0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)	21,349	1.61%	0	0	0
Uncommitted (withdrawn)	22,824	1.72%	0	0	0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	10,685	0.81%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	3,774	0.29%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	3,116	0.24%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	2,603	0.20%	0	0	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	1,722	0.13%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	1,415	0.11%	0	0	0
George Pataki (withdrawn)	591	0.04%	0	0	0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)	438	0.03%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	1,323,589	100.00%	59	0	59
Source: The Green Papers

General election

Although won by Democratic candidates in every election since 1992, sometimes by clear margins, in 2016 Michigan was considered a swing state and received much attention from the two major candidates.

Polling

Minor candidates

The following were given write-in status^[23]

• Cherunda Fox
• Ben Hartnell
• Tom Hoefling
• Laurence Kotlikoff
• Evan McMullin
• Mike Maturen
• Monica Moorehead

Results

 Michigan general election results
– Summary of results –

United States presidential election in Michigan, 2016
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Donald Trump	Mike Pence	2,277,914	47.60%	16
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton	Tim Kaine	2,264,807	47.33%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	William Weld	172,726	3.61%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Ajamu Baraka	51,420	1.07%	0
	U.S Taxpayers	Darrell Castle	Scott Bradley	16,125	0.34%	0
	Natural Law	Emidio Soltysik	Angela Nicole Walker	2,231	0.05%	0
Totals

See also

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References

1. ↑ Estimate of 4.857 million votes cast and 7.431 million people eligible to vote, or 65.6% voter turnout. Represents an increase in voter turnout from 2012 when the turnout rate was 65.4% ("2016 November General Election Turnout Rates". www.electproject.org. Retrieved November 22, 2016.  "2012 November General Election Turnout Rates". 
2. ↑ Alexander, Davis (November 23, 2016). "Trump defeated Clinton by 10,704 votes in Michigan: unofficial tally". Reuters. Retrieved November 28, 2016. 
3. ↑ Gray, Kathleen; Egan, Paul (November 28, 2016). "Board of Canvassers certifies Trump victory in Michigan". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 28, 2016. 
4. 1 2 Michigan Secretary of State: March 2016 Primary Information
5. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2016/03/03/469116021/mitt-romney-donald-trump-share-harsh-words-in-competing-speeches
6. ↑ Sprunt, Barbara. "On The Clock: Trump Still Gets The Most Talking Time". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
7. ↑ "RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination". 
8. ↑ Gold, Hadas (February 4, 2016). "Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace return for March 3 debate". Politico. Retrieved February 4, 2016. 
9. ↑ "2016 presidential debate schedule: Dates, times, moderators and topics". Politico. Retrieved January 19, 2016. 
10. ↑ "GOP debate headed to Detroit in March". Detroit News. February 4, 2016. 
11. ↑ Feldman, Josh. "Fox News Announces Criteria for Next Week's Big GOP Debate". mediaite.com. Retrieved March 1, 2016. 
12. ↑ Pappas, Alex (March 2, 2016). "Ben Carson: 'I Do Not See A Political Path Forward'". Daily Caller. Retrieved March 2, 2016. 
13. ↑ "Transcript of the Republican Presidential Debate in Detroit". New York Times. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016. 
14. ↑ "Republican debate: candidates pledge to support Trump if needed – as it happened". Guardian. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016. 
15. ↑ "'Little Marco vs. Big Donald' and other jaw-dropping debate moments". MSNBC. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
16. ↑ Logan, Ross. "Did Ted Cruz eat a bogey live on TV?". mirror. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
17. ↑ Bump, Philip (2016-03-03). "People actually Googled to figure out what was on Ted Cruz's lip". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
18. ↑ "What was that thing on Ted Cruz's lip during the Republican debate?". Trail Blazers Blog. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
19. ↑ "Ted Cruz appears with mystery white object on his lip at debate". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
20. ↑ "So, what did Ted Cruz eat off his lip during the GOP debate?". KENS 5. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
21. ↑ "Object on Cruz's lip during debate lights up Twitter - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
22. ↑ Gregory Kreig (March 4, 2016). "Donald Trump defends size of his penis". CNN. Retrieved March 4, 2016. 
23. ↑ https://jalp5dai.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/state-level-write-in-candidate-memo-november-2016.pdf
24. ↑ Trump Flips Michigan in 2016 after a much anticipated Clinton victory.

External links

• 2016 Michigan Election Results
• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com

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