How many electoral votes did Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton receive in the 2016 election?

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Alabama certificate showing the state's electors' votes — Electoral College A certificate from Alabama showing the signatures of the state's electors in 2000. The nine electors voted for George W. Bush and his running mate Dick Cheney.

In the 2016 United States presidential election, Donald Trump won the Electoral College with 304 electoral votes, while Hillary Clinton received 227 electoral votes.12

Although Clinton received more than 2.8 million more popular votes than Trump, the electoral vote total secured the presidency for Trump.12