Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election fact check
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“Donald Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election.”
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Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in the 2016 election, winning the Electoral College with 304 votes to Hillary Clinton's 227. This outcome is documented by official archives, the Federal Election Commission, and major news organizations.
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- An exploration of Donald Trump's allegations of massive voter fraud in the 2016 General Election - ScienceDirect
As Republican candidate for president and later 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump has claimed repeatedly and vociferously that the 2016 General Election was tainted by massive voter fraud.
- 2016 Electoral College Results | National Archives
President Donald J. Trump [R] Main Opponent Hillary Clinton [D] Electoral Vote* Winner: 304 Main Opponent: 227 Total/Majority: 538/270 Vice President Michael R. Pence (305) V.P. Opponent: Timothy Kaine (227) Notes Maine distributes its electoral ...
- Federal Elections Election Results for the U.S. President, the
U.S. Census Bureau Voting Age ... state to another. Vote totals for the candidates listed above include write-in votes they received. ... Total Electoral Vote = 538....
- Federal Elections 2016 - FEC.gov
2016 Election Results for President, Senate, and House
- Election results and voting information - FEC.gov
As a public service, the FEC compiles election results from past federal elections, as officially reported by individual state or territory election offices.
- US Election 2016 Results - BBC News
Republican Donald Trump is elected US president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton. His victory came after key wins in the battleground states of Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
- 2016 Presidential Election Results – Election Results 2016 – The New York Times
Aug. 9, 2017, 9:00 AM ET · In 2016, Donald J. Trump won the Electoral College with 304 votes compared to 227 votes for Hillary Clinton. Seven electors voted for someone other than their party’s candidate.
- President-elect Donald Trump Falsely Claims A 'Massive Landslide Victory' : NPR
President-elect Donald Trump Falsely Claims A 'Massive Landslide Victory' The president-elect is pushing back on the conclusion that Russia tried to help him win, claiming a historic margin of victory.
- A timeline of Donald Trump's election denial claims, which Republican politicians increasingly embrace - ABC News
Cruz rebuffed Trump at the time, ... event: "Donald, it ain’t stealing when the voters vote against you -- it is the voters reclaiming this country and reclaiming sanity." Trump later said the Colorado caucuses were similarly "rigged" and dismissed opponent Hillary Clinton's victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. ... Yet it was during and after the 2016 general election, in which he lost the popular vote to Clinton but won the Electoral ...
- Donald Trump gewinnt US-Wahl 2016 und wird 45. Präsident der USA - DER SPIEGEL
Jetzt ist es entschieden: Donald Trump hat sich gegen Hillary Clinton durchgesetzt. Der Kandidat der Republikaner wird als Nachfolger von Barack Obama der 45. Präsident der USA.
- Donald Trump: Warum hat er die US-Wahl 2016 gewonnen? - DER SPIEGEL
Wie konnte Donald Trump die Präsidentschaftswahlen für sich entscheiden? Dass offenbar eine knappe Mehrheit der US-Wähler gegen ihn gestimmt hat, ändert nichts. Denn es zählen die nach dem Winner-takes-it-all-Prinzip gewonnenen Staaten, nicht die Gesamtzahl der Wähler.
- US-Präsidentschaftswahl 2016 - DER SPIEGEL
Am 8. November 2016 wurde der 45. Präsident der USA gewählt. Der Milliardär Donald Trump hat für die Republikaner die Wahl gegen die Demokratin Hillary Clinton gewonnen.
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