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Hillary Clinton did not win 2016 US election

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“Hillary Clinton won the 2016 United States presidential election”
False
Confidence: High Checked on October 9, 2026

Summary

Hillary Clinton did not win the 2016 United States presidential election; Donald Trump secured the Electoral College victory, while Clinton only won the popular vote.

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  • 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 ...

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  • Trump's denial is the Second Big Lie. Ask Hillary Clinton.

    Four years earlier, the Hillary Clinton campaign and leading Democrats refused to acknowledge the outcome of the 2016 election, by claiming Donald Trump was not a legitimate president.

  • Vote fraud panel head casts doubt on 2016 election tally

    The co-chairman of President Donald Trump’s vote fraud commission on Wednesday cast doubt on the 2016 election results, saying he was unsure how many votes Hillary Clinton or Trump received due to the possibility of fraud. “You know, we may never know the answer to that,” said Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State, who serves on Trump’s Presidential Commission on Voter Integrity, after he was asked by MSNBC’s Katy Tur whether he thought Clinton “won the popular vote by 3 to 5 million votes.”

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