In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. However, her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, won the electoral vote—and thus the White House—with 304 votes to Clinton’s 227. It was the fifth time in U.S. history that the winner of the popular vote had lost the presidency.
- Total votes: 136,669,276
- Donald Trump: 62,984,828 (46.09 percent)
- Hillary Clinton: 65,853,514 (48.18 percent)