United States presidential election in Missouri, 2016

The 2016 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the

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participated.

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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman

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, and running mate

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Mike Pence against

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nominee, former Secretary of State

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, and her running mate Virginia Senator

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. Missouri has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Trump carried the state with 56.4% of the vote, while Clinton received 37.9%. Trump's 18.5-point margin of victory in the state was almost double that of Mitt Romney's from

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. Clinton carried only four jurisdictions: Boone County, home to Columbia and the

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; Jackson County, which includes most of Kansas City; St. Louis County; and St. Louis City. Clinton's vote share percentage was the lowest a Democratic presidential nominee obtained in the state since George McGovern's 37.7% in

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, further cementing the state's drift towards the Republican Party and away from its long-held status as a bellwether state. Missouri was also one of eleven states that voted for

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in 1992 and 1996 but were lost by Hillary Clinton in 2016. Additionally, this was the first time since

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that Missouri voted by double digits for the Republican candidate, and the first time since 1992 that the state voted by double digits for either candidate. As of

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, this is the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee

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Primary elections

Democratic primary

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Nine candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot: *

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* Bernie Sanders *

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* Willie L. Wilson * Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) * John Wolfe Jr. * Jon Adams

Republican primary

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Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: *

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Libertarian primary

The Missouri primary ran on March 15, 2016, alongside those of the Republican, Democratic, and

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parties. 40% of the electorate voted to stand uncommitted to any candidate. Austin Petersen, running in his home state, finished second, with 29% of the statewide vote, which was double that of Steve Kerbel from Colorado, who finished third, with 14%. Petersen comfortably won the support of voters in the state's capital,

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, and its surrounding counties, but was fell heavily behind the uncommitted vote in the state's two largest cities, Kansas City and

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. Kerbel won three counties around Springfield, while Marc Allan Feldman, Cecil Ince, and Rhett Smith all won a sprawl of counties across the state; in most of these counties, however, only a single vote was cast. No votes were cast for Libertarian Party candidates in the northwestern counties of

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, and Worth.

General election

Polling

Republican Donald Trump won every pre-election poll conducted here except one. Trump won most polls by high single digits or low double digits. The average of the last three polls had Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton 50% to 39%.

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Missouri as of Election Day.

Results

The statewide election results were as follows. The total vote count was 2,828,266.

By county

By congressional district

Trump won 6 of 8 congressional districts.

References

External links

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions

Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Missouri
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Presidential

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Libertarian primary

General election

Polling

Predictions

Results

By county

By congressional district

See also

References

External links