2016 United States presidential election in California

Main article: 2016 United States presidential election

2016 United States presidential election in California

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Turnout	75.27% (of registered voters) 2.91 pp 58.74% (of eligible voters) 3.27 pp [1]
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Alliance American Independent Home state New York New York Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence Electoral vote 55 0 Popular vote 8,753,788 4,483,810 Percentage 61.73% 31.62%
County results Congressional district results Census block group results Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90-100% Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90-100%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county

The 2016 United States presidential election in California was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. California had 55 electoral votes in the Electoral College, the most of any state. ^[2]

Clinton won the state with 61.73 percent of the vote, a 30.11 percent margin, and a vote difference of 4,269,978. Despite being the largest state by population in the country, California only delivered Trump his third largest vote count, behind Florida and Texas. Even though Clinton lost the presidency, her victory margin in California was the largest of any Democrat since 1936. She also was the first Democrat to win Orange County since that same year, making Trump the first ever Republican to win the presidency without winning the county. Trump's 31.62% vote share remains the worst performance by a Republican presidential nominee since 1856. The state was one of 11 (along with the District of Columbia) that shifted towards the Democrats.

Primary elections

On June 7, 2016, in the presidential primaries, California voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and American Independent parties' respective nominees for president.

Sanders at a rally at UC, Davis

While California has had a top-two candidates open primary system since 2011, ^[3] presidential primaries are still partisan races. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's presidential primary. Unaffiliated voters may choose any one primary in which to vote, if the party allows such voters to participate. ^[3] For 2016, the American Independent, Democratic, and Libertarian parties have chosen to allow voters registered with no party preference to request their respective party's presidential ballots. ^[4]

Democratic primary

Main article: 2016 California Democratic primary

Democratic primary results by county.

  Hillary Clinton

  Bernie Sanders

Seven candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot: ^[5]

• Hillary Clinton
• Bernie Sanders
• Rocky De La Fuente
• Henry Hewes
• Keith Judd
• Michael Steinberg
• Willie L. Wilson

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries § California

Results

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

e  •  d   2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in California
– Summary of results –

Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	2,745,302	53.07%	254	66	320
Bernie Sanders	2,381,722	46.04%	221	0	221
Willie Wilson	12,014	0.23%
Michael Steinberg	10,880	0.21%
Rocky De La Fuente	8,453	0.16%
Henry Hewes	7,743	0.15%
Keith Judd	7,201	0.14%
Write-in	23	0.00%
Uncommitted	—			10	10
Total	5,173,338	100%	475	76	551
Source: California Secretary of State - Presidential Primary Election Statement of Votes The Green Papers

Republican primary

Main article: 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

Republican primary results by county.

  Donald Trump

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Five candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot, four of whom had suspended their campaigns prior to the primary: ^[5]

• Donald Trump
• Ben Carson (withdrawn)
• Ted Cruz (withdrawn)
• John Kasich (withdrawn)
• Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)

Donald Trump, the only candidate with an active campaign, won each Congressional district by substantial margins, as well as all the statewide delegates, to capture all 172 votes.

California Republican primary, June 7, 2016

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	1,665,135	74.76%	172	0	172
John Kasich (withdrawn)	252,544	11.34%	0	0	0
Ted Cruz (withdrawn)	211,576	9.50%	0	0	0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)	82,259	3.69%	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)	15,691	0.70%	0	0	0
Write-ins	101	0.00%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	2,227,306	100.00%	172	0	172
Source: The Green Papers

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results by county.

  Gary Johnson

  Tie

Twelve candidates appeared on the Libertarian presidential primary ballot:

• Marc Feldman
• John Hale
• Cecil Ince
• Gary Johnson
• Steve Kerbel
• John McAfee
• Darryl Perry
• Austin Petersen
• Derrick M. Reid
• Jack Robinson Jr.
• Rhett Smith
• Joy Waymire

The primary took place after Gary Johnson won the Libertarian nomination at the Party's 2016 convention.

California Libertarian presidential primary, June 7, 2016 ^[6]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Gary Johnson	19,294	62%
John McAfee	3,139	10%
Austin Petersen	1,853	6%
Rhett Smith	1,531	5%
Joy Waymire	923	3%
John David Hale	873	3%
Marc Allan Feldman	867	3%
Jack Robinson Jr.	739	2%
Steve Kerbel	556	2%
Darryl Perry	521	2%
Derrick Michael Reid	462	1%
Cecil Ince	417	1%
Total	31,175	100%

Green primary

Main article: 2016 Green Party presidential primaries

Green Party of California presidential primary, June 7, 2016 ^[7]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Jill Stein	11,207	76.2%	40
Darryl Cherney	1,475	10%	5
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry	839	5.7%	3
William Kreml	595	4.2%	2
Kent Mesplay	584	4.0%	2
Total	14,700	100%	50

Other parties

American Independent

AIP primary

  Alan Spears

  Arthur Harris

   Robert Ornelas

   Wiley Drake

  J. R. Myers

   James Hedges

   Tom Hoefling

California American Independent presidential primary, June 7, 2016 ^[8]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Alan Spears	7,348	19%
Arthur Harris	6,510	17%
Robert Ornelas	6,411	17%
J. R. Myers	4,898	13%
Wiley Drake	4,828	13%
James Hedges	3,989	11%
Thomas Hoefling	3,917	10%
Total	37,901	100%

The American Independent Party, a far-right and paleoconservative political party that formed when endorsing the candidacy of George Wallace in 1968 held a small presidential primary on June 7. It was won by attorney Alan Spears.

The American Independent Party nullified the results of this primary when they endorsed Donald Trump in August. ^[9] The party indicated that Trump was a popular write-in choice during the primary, but was not allowed on the ballot because there was no evidence that Trump wanted the American Independent endorsement. ^[10]

Peace and Freedom

California Peace and Freedom presidential primary, June 7, 2016 ^[11]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Gloria Estela La Riva	2,232	49%
Monica Moorehead	1,369	30%
Lynn Sandra Kahn	963	21%
Total	4,564	100%

General election

Polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election § California

Democrat Hillary Clinton won every pre-election poll by double digits. The average of the last three pre-election polls showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 54.3% to 32%. ^[12]

Statewide results

2016 U.S. presidential election in California [13]
Party	Presidential candidate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
		Count	Percentage
Democratic	Hillary Clinton	8,753,788	61.73%	55
Republican/American Independent	Donald Trump	4,483,810	31.62%	0
Libertarian	Gary Johnson	478,500	3.37%	0
Green	Jill Stein	278,657	1.97%	0
Independent	Bernie Sanders (write-in)	79,341	0.60%	0
Peace and Freedom	Gloria La Riva	66,101	0.47%	0
Independent	Evan McMullin (write-in)	39,596	0.28%	0
Solidarity	Mike Maturen (write-in)	1,316	0.01%	0
Independent	Laurence Kotlikoff (write-in)	402	0.00%	0
Independent	Jerry White (write-in)	84	0.00%	0
Date	November 8, 2016	Total voters	Registered: 19,411,771 Eligible: 24,875,293
Turnout %	Registered: 75.27% VAP: 58.74%	Turnout votes	Valid votes: 14,181,585 Invalid votes: 428,924

Swing by Census Block Group

  Clinton

•   >50%
•   40-50%
•   30-40%
•   20-30%
•   15-20%
•   10-15%
•   5-10%
•   1-5%

  Trump

•   1-5%
•   5-10%
•   10-15%
•   15-20%
•   20-30%
•   30-40%
•   40-50%
•   >50%

Below is an official list of California's Recognized Write-in Candidates.

• Laurence Kotlikoff for president and Edward Leamer for vice president
• Mike Maturen for president and Juan Muñoz for vice president
• Evan McMullin for president and Nathan Johnson for vice president
• Bernie Sanders for president and Tulsi Gabbard for vice president
• Jerry White for president and Niles Niemuth for vice president

California law only requires that 55 electors sign on to declare a person a write-in candidate, not that the persons consent, according to a statement from the Secretary of State's Office. ^[14]

Results by county

County	Hillary Clinton Democratic		Donald Trump Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alameda	514,842	78.06%	95,922	14.54%	48,779	7.40%	418,920	63.52%	659,543
Alpine	334	55.48%	217	36.05%	51	8.47%	117	19.43%	602
Amador	6,004	33.42%	10,485	58.37%	1,474	8.21%	-4,481	-24.95%	17,963
Butte	41,567	42.85%	45,144	46.54%	10,291	10.61%	-3,577	-3.69%	97,002
Calaveras	7,944	33.76%	13,511	57.42%	2,076	8.82%	-5,567	-23.66%	23,531
Colusa	2,661	39.73%	3,551	53.02%	485	7.25%	-890	-13.29%	6,697
Contra Costa	319,287	67.50%	115,956	24.51%	37,771	7.99%	203,331	42.99%	473,014
Del Norte	3,485	36.46%	5,134	53.71%	939	9.83%	-1,649	-17.25%	9,558
El Dorado	36,404	38.26%	49,247	51.76%	9,498	9.98%	-12,843	-13.50%	95,149
Fresno	141,341	49.24%	124,049	43.21%	21,672	7.55%	17,292	6.03%	287,062
Glenn	3,065	32.37%	5,788	61.12%	617	6.51%	-2,723	-28.75%	9,470
Humboldt	33,200	55.32%	18,373	30.61%	8,441	14.07%	14,827	24.71%	60,014
Imperial	32,667	67.93%	12,704	26.42%	2,720	5.65%	19,963	41.51%	48,091
Inyo	3,155	38.57%	4,248	51.94%	776	9.49%	-1,093	-13.37%	8,179
Kern	98,689	40.42%	129,584	53.07%	48,779	7.40%	-15,890	-12.65%	244,163
Kings	13,617	39.69%	18,093	52.73%	2,600	7.58%	-4,476	-13.04%	34,310
Lake	11,500	46.59%	10,603	42.95%	2,581	10.46%	897	3.64%	24,684
Lassen	2,224	20.79%	7,574	70.79%	901	8.42%	-5,350	-50.00%	10,699
Los Angeles	2,464,364	71.76%	769,743	22.41%	200,201	5.83%	1,694,621	49.35%	3,434,308
Madera	17,029	39.14%	23,357	53.69%	3,121	7.17%	-6,328	-14.55%	43,507
Marin	108,707	77.27%	21,771	15.48%	10,205	7.25%	86,936	61.79%	140,683
Mariposa	3,122	35.17%	5,185	58.41%	570	6.42%	-2,063	-23.24%	8,877
Mendocino	22,079	58.23%	10,888	28.72%	4,948	13.05%	11,191	29.51%	37,915
Merced	37,317	52.47%	28,725	40.39%	5,085	7.14%	8,592	12.08%	71,127
Modoc	877	22.82%	2,696	70.15%	270	7.03%	-1,819	-47.33%	3,843
Mono	2,773	52.51%	2,111	39.97%	397	7.52%	662	12.54%	5,281
Monterey	89,088	66.78%	34,895	26.16%	9,425	7.06%	54,193	40.62%	133,408
Napa	39,199	63.87%	17,411	28.37%	4,762	7.76%	21,788	35.50%	61,372
Nevada	26,053	47.43%	23,365	42.53%	5,517	10.04%	2,688	4.90%	54,935
Orange	609,961	50.94%	507,148	42.35%	80,412	6.71%	102,813	8.59%	1,197,521
Placer	73,509	39.52%	95,138	51.14%	17,377	9.34%	-21,629	-11.62%	186,024
Plumas	3,459	35.12%	5,420	55.03%	971	9.85%	-1,961	-19.91%	9,850
Riverside	373,695	49.73%	333,243	44.35%	44,453	5.92%	40,452	5.38%	751,391
Sacramento	326,023	57.98%	189,789	33.75%	46,473	8.27%	136,234	24.23%	562,285
San Benito	12,521	56.60%	7,841	35.44%	1,760	7.96%	4,680	21.16%	22,122
San Bernardino	340,833	52.12%	271,240	41.48%	41,910	6.40%	69,593	10.64%	653,983
San Diego	735,476	56.07%	477,766	36.43%	98,376	7.50%	257,710	19.64%	1,311,618
San Francisco	345,084	84.47%	37,688	9.23%	25,769	6.30%	307,396	75.24%	408,541
San Joaquin	121,124	53.36%	88,936	39.18%	16,942	7.46%	32,188	14.18%	227,002
San Luis Obispo	67,107	48.91%	56,164	40.94%	13,931	10.15%	10,943	7.97%	137,202
San Mateo	237,882	75.67%	57,929	18.43%	18,573	5.90%	179,953	57.24%	314,384
Santa Barbara	107,142	59.90%	56,365	31.51%	15,371	8.59%	50,777	28.39%	178,878
Santa Clara	511,684	72.71%	144,826	20.58%	47,199	6.71%	366,858	52.13%	703,709
Santa Cruz	95,249	73.26%	22,438	17.26%	12,325	9.48%	72,811	56.00%	130,012
Shasta	22,301	27.52%	51,778	63.90%	6,945	8.58%	-29,477	-36.38%	81,024
Sierra	601	32.35%	1,048	56.40%	209	11.25%	-447	-24.05%	1,858
Siskiyou	7,234	35.30%	11,341	55.34%	1,918	9.36%	-4,107	-20.04%	20,493
Solano	102,360	60.87%	51,920	30.88%	13,870	8.25%	50,440	29.99%	168,150
Sonoma	160,435	68.77%	51,408	22.03%	21,460	9.20%	109,027	46.74%	233,303
Stanislaus	81,647	46.81%	78,494	45.01%	14,265	8.18%	3,153	1.80%	174,406
Sutter	13,076	38.66%	18,176	53.74%	2,572	7.60%	-5,100	-15.08%	33,824
Tehama	6,809	28.48%	15,494	64.81%	1,605	6.71%	-8,685	-36.33%	23,908
Trinity	2,214	38.28%	2,812	48.62%	758	13.10%	-598	-10.34%	5,784
Tulare	47,585	41.70%	58,299	51.09%	8,218	7.21%	-10,714	-9.39%	114,102
Tuolumne	9,123	35.23%	14,551	56.20%	2,219	8.57%	-5,428	-20.97%	25,893
Ventura	194,402	54.59%	132,323	37.16%	29,382	8.25%	62,079	17.43%	356,107
Yolo	54,752	66.70%	20,739	25.26%	6,599	8.04%	34,013	41.44%	82,090
Yuba	7,910	34.39%	13,170	57.27%	1,918	8.34%	-5,260	-22.88%	22,998
Total	8,753,792	61.46%	4,483,814	31.48%	1,005,843	7.06%	4,269,978	29.98%	14,243,449

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +12.5-15%
•   Democratic — +10-12.5%
•   Democratic — +7.5-10%
•   Democratic — +5-7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
•   Democratic — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +5-7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

Trend relative to the state by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +12.5-15%
•   Democratic — +10-12.5%
•   Democratic — +7.5-10%
•   Democratic — +5-7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
•   Democratic — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +5-7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

County flips

Legend

• Democratic   Hold   Gain from Republican

  Republican   Hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Nevada (largest town: Truckee)
• Orange (largest city: Anaheim)

By congressional district

Clinton won 46 of the 53 congressional districts, including 7 held by Republicans. ^[15]

District	Trump	Clinton	Representative
1st	55%	36%	Doug LaMalfa
2nd	23%	69%	Jared Huffman
3rd	40%	53%	John Garamendi
4th	53%	39%	Tom McClintock
5th	24%	69%	Mike Thompson
6th	24%	68%	Doris Matsui
7th	40%	51%	Ami Bera
8th	55%	40%	Paul Cook
9th	37%	55%	Jerry McNerney
10th	45%	48%	Jeff Denham
11th	22%	70%	Mark DeSaulnier
12th	9%	86%	Nancy Pelosi
13th	7%	87%	Barbara Lee
14th	18%	77%	Jackie Speier
15th	24%	69%	Eric Swalwell
16th	36%	57%	Jim Costa
17th	20%	74%	Mike Honda
			Ro Khanna
18th	20%	73%	Anna Eshoo
19th	22%	73%	Zoe Lofgren
20th	23%	70%	Sam Farr
			Jimmy Panetta
21st	39%	55%	David Valadao
22nd	51%	42%	Devin Nunes
23rd	58%	36%	Kevin McCarthy
24th	36%	56%	Lois Capps
			Salud Carbajal
25th	43%	50%	Steve Knight
26th	35%	57%	Julia Brownley
27th	28%	66%	Judy Chu
28th	22%	72%	Adam Schiff
29th	17%	78%	Tony Cárdenas
30th	26%	69%	Brad Sherman
31st	37%	58%	Pete Aguilar
32nd	28%	67%	Grace Napolitano
33rd	27%	68%	Ted Lieu
34th	11%	84%	Xavier Becerra
35th	27%	68%	Norma Torres
36th	43%	52%	Raul Ruiz
37th	10%	86%	Karen Bass
38th	27%	67%	Linda Sánchez
39th	43%	51%	Ed Royce
40th	13%	82%	Lucille Roybal-Allard
41st	33%	61%	Mark Takano
42nd	53%	41%	Ken Calvert
43rd	17%	78%	Maxine Waters
44th	12%	83%	Janice Hahn
			Nanette Barragán
45th	44%	49%	Mimi Walters
46th	28%	66%	Loretta Sánchez
			Lou Correa
47th	31%	62%	Alan Lowenthal
48th	46%	48%	Dana Rohrabacher
49th	43%	51%	Darrell Issa
50th	55%	40%	Duncan Hunter
51st	23%	72%	Juan Vargas
52nd	36%	58%	Scott Peters
53rd	30%	65%	Susan Davis

Outcome by city

Official outcomes by city. ^[16]

City	County	Winner
Alameda	Alameda	Clinton
Albany
Berkeley
Dublin
Emeryville
Fremont
Hayward
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
San Leandro
Union City
Amador City	Amador
Ione		Trump
Jackson
Plymouth
Sutter Creek
Biggs	Butte
Chico		Clinton
Gridley		Trump
Oroville
Paradise
Angels Camp	Calaveras
Colusa	Colusa
Williams		Clinton
Antioch	Contra Costa
Brentwood
Clayton
Concord
Danville
El Cerrito
Hercules
Lafayette
Martinez
Moraga
Oakley
Orinda
Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasant Hill
Richmond
San Pablo
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
Crescent City	Del Norte	Trump
Placerville	El Dorado
South Lake Tahoe		Clinton
Clovis	Fresno	Trump
Coalinga
Firebaugh		Clinton
Fowler
Fresno
Huron
Kerman
Kingsburg		Trump
Mendota		Clinton
Orange Cove
Parlier
Reedley
San Joaquin
Sanger
Selma
Orland	Glenn	Trump
Arcata	Humboldt	Clinton
Blue Lake
Eureka
Ferndale
Fortuna		Trump
Rio Dell
Trinidad		Clinton
Brawley	Imperial
Calexico
Calipatria
El Centro
Holtville
Imperial
Westmorland
Bishop	Inyo
Arvin	Kern
Bakersfield		Trump
California City
Delano		Clinton
Maricopa		Trump
McFarland		Clinton
Ridgecrest		Trump
Shafter		Clinton
Taft		Trump
Tehachapi
Wasco		Clinton
Avenal	Kings
Corcoran
Hanford		Trump
Lemoore
Clearlake	Lake	Clinton
Lakeport
Susanville	Lassen	Trump
Agoura Hills	Los Angeles	Clinton
Alhambra
Arcadia
Artesia
Avalon
Azusa
Baldwin Park
Bell
Bell Gardens
Bellflower
Beverly Hills
Bradbury		Trump
Burbank		Clinton
Calabasas
Carson
Cerritos
Claremont
Commerce
Compton
Covina
Cudahy
Culver City
Diamond Bar
Downey
Duarte
El Monte
El Segundo
Gardena
Glendale
Glendora		Trump
Hawaiian Gardens		Clinton
Hawthorne
Hermosa Beach
Hidden Hills
Huntington Park
Industry
Inglewood
Irwindale
La Cañada Flintridge
La Habra Heights		Trump
La Mirada		Clinton
La Puente
La Verne		Trump
Lakewood		Clinton
Lancaster
Lawndale
Lomita
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Lynwood
Malibu
Manhattan Beach
Maywood
Monrovia
Montebello
Monterey Park
Norwalk
Palmdale
Palos Verdes Estates
Paramount
Pasadena
Pico Rivera
Pomona
Rancho Palos Verdes
Redondo Beach
Rolling Hills	Trump
Rolling Hills Estates	Clinton
Rosemead
San Dimas
San Fernando
San Gabriel
San Marino
Santa Clarita
Santa Fe Springs
Santa Monica
Sierra Madre
Signal Hill
South El Monte
South Gate
South Pasadena
Temple City
Torrance
Vernon
Walnut
West Covina
West Hollywood
Westlake Village
Whittier
Chowchilla	Madera	Trump
Madera		Clinton
Belvedere	Marin
Corte Madera
Fairfax
Larkspur
Mill Valley
Novato
Ross
San Anselmo
San Rafael
Sausalito
Fort Bragg	Mendocino
Point Arena
Ukiah
Willits
Atwater	Merced
Dos Palos
Gustine
Livingston
Los Banos
Merced
Alturas	Modoc	Trump
Mammoth Lakes	Mono	Clinton
Carmel-by-the-Sea	Monterey
Del Rey Oaks
Gonzales
Greenfield
King City
Marina
Monterey
Pacific Grove
Salinas
Sand City
Seaside
Soledad
American Canyon	Napa
Calistoga
Napa
St. Helena
Yountville
Grass Valley	Nevada
Nevada City
Truckee
Aliso Viejo	Orange
Anaheim
Brea		Trump
Buena Park		Clinton
Costa Mesa
Cypress
Dana Point		Trump
Fountain Valley		Clinton
Fullerton
Garden Grove
Huntington Beach		Trump
Irvine		Clinton
La Habra
La Palma
Laguna Beach
Laguna Hills		Trump
Laguna Niguel
Laguna Woods		Clinton
Lake Forest		Trump
Los Alamitos		Clinton
Mission Viejo		Trump
Newport Beach
Orange		Clinton
Placentia
Rancho Santa Margarita		Trump
San Clemente
San Juan Capistrano
Santa Ana		Clinton
Seal Beach
Stanton
Tustin
Villa Park		Trump
Westminster		Clinton
Yorba Linda		Trump
Auburn	Placer	Clinton
Colfax		Trump
Lincoln
Loomis
Rocklin
Roseville
Portola	Plumas
Banning	Riverside
Beaumont
Blythe
Calimesa
Canyon Lake
Cathedral City		Clinton
Coachella
Corona
Desert Hot Springs
Eastvale
Hemet		Trump
Indian Wells
Indio		Clinton
Jurupa Valley
La Quinta		Trump
Lake Elsinore
Menifee
Moreno Valley		Clinton
Murrieta		Trump
Norco
Palm Desert
Palm Springs		Clinton
Perris
Rancho Mirage
Riverside
San Jacinto
Temecula		Trump
Wildomar
Citrus Heights	Sacramento
Elk Grove		Clinton
Folsom
Galt		Trump
Isleton		Clinton
Rancho Cordova
Sacramento
Hollister	San Benito
San Juan Bautista
Adelanto	San Bernardino
Apple Valley		Trump
Barstow
Big Bear Lake
Chino		Clinton
Chino Hills
Colton
Fontana
Grand Terrace
Hesperia		Trump
Highland		Clinton
Loma Linda
Montclair
Needles		Trump
Ontario		Clinton
Rancho Cucamonga
Redlands
Rialto
San Bernardino
Twentynine Palms		Trump
Upland		Clinton
Victorville
Yucaipa		Trump
Yucca Valley
Carlsbad	San Diego	Clinton
Chula Vista
Coronado		Trump
Del Mar		Clinton
El Cajon		Trump
Encinitas		Clinton
Escondido
Imperial Beach
La Mesa
Lemon Grove
National City
Oceanside
Poway		Trump
San Diego		Clinton
San Marcos
Santee		Trump
Solana Beach		Clinton
Vista
San Francisco	San Francisco
Escalon	San Joaquin	Trump
Lathrop		Clinton
Lodi		Trump
Manteca		Clinton
Ripon		Trump
Stockton		Clinton
Tracy
Arroyo Grande	San Luis Obispo
Atascadero		Trump
Grover Beach		Clinton
Morro Bay
Paso Robles		Trump
Pismo Beach		Clinton
San Luis Obispo
Atherton	San Mateo
Belmont
Brisbane
Burlingame
Colma
Daly City
East Palo Alto
Foster City
Half Moon Bay
Hillsborough
Menlo Park
Millbrae
Pacifica
Portola Valley
Redwood City
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Mateo
South San Francisco
Woodside
Buellton	Santa Barbara
Carpinteria
Goleta
Guadalupe
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Solvang		Trump
Campbell	Santa Clara	Clinton
Cupertino
Gilroy
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Los Gatos
Milpitas
Monte Sereno
Morgan Hill
Mountain View
Palo Alto
San Jose
Santa Clara
Saratoga
Sunnyvale
Capitola	Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Scotts Valley
Watsonville
Anderson	Shasta	Trump
Redding
Shasta Lake
Loyalton	Sierra
Dorris	Siskiyou
Dunsmuir		Clinton
Etna		Trump
Fort Jones
Montague
Mount Shasta		Clinton
Tulelake		Trump
Weed		Clinton
Yreka		Trump
Benicia	Solano	Clinton
Dixon
Fairfield
Rio Vista
Suisun City
Vacaville
Vallejo
Cloverdale	Sonoma
Cotati
Healdsburg
Petaluma
Rohnert Park
Santa Rosa
Sebastopol
Sonoma
Windsor
Ceres	Stanislaus
Hughson		Trump
Modesto		Clinton
Newman
Oakdale		Trump
Patterson		Clinton
Riverbank
Turlock		Trump
Waterford
Live Oak	Sutter	Clinton
Yuba City		Trump
Corning	Tehama
Red Bluff
Tehama
Dinuba	Tulare	Clinton
Exeter		Trump
Farmersville		Clinton
Lindsay
Porterville
Tulare		Trump
Visalia
Woodlake		Clinton
Sonora	Tuolumne	Trump
Camarillo	Ventura	Clinton
Fillmore
Moorpark
Ojai
Oxnard
Port Hueneme
Santa Paula
Simi Valley		Trump
Thousand Oaks		Clinton
Ventura
Davis	Yolo
West Sacramento
Winters
Woodland
Marysville	Yuba	Trump
Wheatland

Analysis

California has voted Democratic in every presidential election since Republican George H. W. Bush won the state in 1988. Hillary Clinton easily continued the Democratic tradition in California, winning the state with 61.7% of the vote, Clinton's second highest vote percentage of any state, behind Hawaii. Donald Trump received 31.6% of the vote, making for a Democratic victory margin of 30.11 points. ^[17] California was one of eleven states where Hillary Clinton outperformed outgoing President Barack Obama in 2012, and contributed to Clinton's national popular vote victory. ^[18]

The California state result was historically one of the most successful for the Democratic Party nominee by several measures, as Hillary Clinton carried California by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt swept the state by 35.25% in his 1936 re-election landslide. ^[19] Trump's 31.62% vote share in the state was the lowest for a major-party candidate in the state since John W. Davis's 8.2% in 1924. Trump became only the second nominee of either party to win the presidency without receiving at least a million votes in Los Angeles County, by far the nation's largest, since the county had first given any nominee over a million votes in 1952 (George W. Bush in 2000 having been the first). ^{[20] [21]}

California was the only large state (one with at least 15 electoral votes ^[22] ) in which Hillary Clinton lost no counties that had been carried by Barack Obama in 2012. Indeed, she herself flipped Orange County, the largest county to switch parties in either direction in 2016, into the Democratic column; no Democrat had carried Orange County since 1936, when Franklin Roosevelt carried every county in the state. ^[23] This made Donald Trump the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Orange County since the county's founding in 1889; he also became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Ventura County since its founding in 1872, without carrying Riverside County since its founding in 1893, without carrying San Bernardino County since Ulysses Grant in 1868, without carrying Nevada, San Diego, or San Joaquin Counties since William McKinley in 1896, without carrying San Luis Obispo County since William McKinley in 1900, and without carrying Fresno, Merced, or Stanislaus Counties since Richard Nixon in 1968.

See also

• 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

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18. General Election - Statement of Vote, November 8, 2016. Final results certified by Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State. December 16, 2016.
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22. Cook, Rhodes. "OBAMA'S NEXT CHALLENGE: – Sabato's Crystal Ball" . Retrieved May 31, 2021.
23. Krishnakumar, Priya; Schleuss, Jon; Fox, Joe (November 11, 2016), "For the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt, a majority in Orange County voted for a Democrat", Los Angeles Times

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process Archived November 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• California neighborhood election results — A Los Angeles Times map of election results down to the precinct level