2016 United States presidential election Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Voter demographics == Voter demographic data for 2016 were collected by Edison Research for the [[National Election Pool]], a consortium of [[ABC News]], [[CBS News]], [[MSNBC]], [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], and the [[Associated Press]]. The voter survey is based on [[exit poll]]s completed by 24,537 voters leaving 350 voting places throughout the [[United States]] on [[Election Day (United States)|Election Day]], in addition to 4,398 telephone interviews with early and absentee voters.<ref name="cnnexit">{{cite web |title=exit polls |url=http://edition.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls/national/president |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Trump's crucial victories in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] were aided in large part by his strong margins among [[Higher education in the United States|non-college]] [[White people|whites]]βwhile [[Barack Obama|Obama]] lost those voters by a margin of 10 points in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], Clinton lost this group by 20 percent. The election also represented the first time that Republicans performed better among lower-income whites than among affluent white voters.<ref name="ncohncoalition1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/upshot/how-the-obama-coalition-crumbled-leaving-an-opening-for-trump.html |title=How the Obama Coalition Crumbled, Leaving an Opening for Trump |last1=Cohn |first1=Nate |date=December 23, 2016 |access-date=December 25, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Clinton however had the majority amongst lower-income Americans overall. Trump narrowed Clinton's margin compared to Obama by seven points among [[Black people|blacks]] and [[African Americans|African-Americans]], eight points among [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]]s, and 11 points among [[Asian Americans|Asian-Americans]]. Meanwhile, Trump increased his lead with non-Hispanic [[White people|white voters]] through one percent over [[Mitt Romney]]'s performance, and [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indians]], [[Alaska Natives]], and [[Pacific Islander]]s shifted their support towards the Republican candidate using the same relative amount.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html |title=Election 2016: Exit Polls |last1=Strickland |first1=Produced By Jon Huang, Samuel Jacoby, Michael |date=November 8, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 8, 2017 |last2=Lai |first2=K. k Rebecca |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Additionally, although 74 percent of [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]] voters supported Clinton, Trump nearly doubled his support among those voters compared to [[Mitt Romney]] at 13 percent, according to the ''[[Council on AmericanβIslamic Relations]]'' exit poll.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html |title=Trump Inches Toward Naming Domestic Cabinet Members |date=November 22, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> However, "more convincing data"<ref>Sabato, Larry J. "The 2016 Election that Broke All, or At Least Most, of the Rules", in [https://books.google.com/books?id=01t7DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 ''Trumped: The 2016 Election That Broke All the Rules''], ed. Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, Geoffrey Skelley. Rowman & Littlefield (2017), p. 10. {{ISBN|9781442279407}}</ref> from the polling firm Latino Decisions indicates that Clinton received a higher share of the Hispanic vote, and Trump a lower share, than the Edison exit polls showed. Using wider, more geographically and linguistically representative sampling, Latino Decisions concluded that Clinton won 79% of Hispanic voters (also an improvement over Obama's share in 2008 and 2012), while Trump won only 18% (lower than previous Republicans such as Romney and McCain).<ref>{{cite book |first1=Matt |last1=Barreto |first2=Thomas |last2=Schaller |first3=Gary |last3=Segura |chapter=Latinos and the 2016 Election |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01t7DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 |title=Trumped: The 2016 Election That Broke All the Rules |editor1-first=Larry |editor1-last=Sabato |editor2-first=Kyle |editor2-last=Kondik |editor3-first=Geoffrey |editor3-last=Skelley |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, MD |date=2017 |pages=123β135 |isbn=9781442279407}}</ref> Additionally, the 2016 [[Cooperative Congressional Election Study]] found that Clinton's share of the Hispanic vote was one percentage point higher than Obama's in 2012, while Trump's was seven percentage points lower than Romney's.<ref>{{cite web |first=Geoffrey |last=Skelley |date=March 23, 2017 |url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/another-look-back-at-2016/ |title=Another Look Back at 2016: Comparing the exit poll and the Cooperative Congressional Election Study|website=[[Sabato's Crystal Ball]]|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> Similarly, a large, multi-lingual study by the [[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]] found that Clinton won 79% of Asian-American voters, higher than the Edison exit poll showed, while Trump won only 18%, a decrease from McCain's and Romney's numbers.<ref>{{cite news|first=Hansi|last=Lo Wang|date=April 18, 2017|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/18/524371847/trump-lost-more-of-the-asian-american-vote-than-the-national-exit-polls-showed|title=Trump Lost More Of The Asian-American Vote Than The National Exit Polls Showed|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> Furthermore, according to the AALDEF's report, Trump received merely 2% of the Muslim-American vote, whereas Clinton received 97%.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]]|url=http://aaldef.org/TheAsianAmericanVote2016-AALDEF.pdf|title=The Asian-American Vote 2016|website=aaldef.org|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718192119/http://aaldef.org/TheAsianAmericanVote2016-AALDEF.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2018|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> The low percentage of Muslim votes for Trump may have been influenced by much of his rhetoric during the campaign regarding Muslims and Islam. The issue of islamophobia was demonstrated to be an important political issue for Muslim voters; an ISPU study done in 2016 found that, "...outside the issues of discrimination and Islamophobia there aren't, like, one or two big issues that unite all Muslims."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ispu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ame2016summary.pdf |title=American Muslims in the 2016 Election and Beyond: Principles and Strategies for Greater Political Engagement, Executive Summary |last=Siddiqui |first=Tasneem |date=2016 |website=Institute for Social Policy and Understanding |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.2" |- ! colspan="8" | 2016 presidential election by demographic subgroup (Edison Exit Polling)<ref name="cnnexit" /> |- ! Demographic subgroup ! {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton ! {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump ! {{party shading/Independent}}|Other ! % of<br />total vote |- | Total vote | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 48 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 46 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 100 |- ! colspan=5|Ideology |- | [[Liberalism in the United States|Liberals]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 84 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|10 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 26 |- | [[Moderates]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|41 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 39 |- | [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatives]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 15 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 81 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 35 |- ! colspan=5|Party |- | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 89 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|9 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 37 |- | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 7 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 90 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 33 |- | [[Independent (voter)|Independents]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 41 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 | style="text-align:right;" | 31 |- ! colspan=5|Party by gender |- | Democratic men | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 87 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 10 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 14 |- | Democratic women | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 90 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 23 |- | Republican men | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 6 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 90 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |- | Republican women | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 9 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 89 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 |- | Independent men | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |- | Independent women | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 43 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 | style="text-align:right;" | 14 |- ! colspan=5|Gender |- | Men | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 41 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 47 |- | Women | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 54 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|41 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 53 |- ! colspan=5|Marital status |- | Married | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 44 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 59 |- | Unmarried | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 55 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 37 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 41 |- ! colspan=5|Gender by marital status |- | Married men | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 58 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 29 |- | Married women | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 49 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 30 |- | Non-married men | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 45 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 19 |- | Non-married women | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 61 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 23 |- ! colspan=5|Race/ethnicity |- | [[White American|White]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"|57 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 70 |- | [[African American|Black]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 88 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|8 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 |- | [[Asian American|Asian]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"|29 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 |- | Other | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 56 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 37 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] (of any race) | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 29 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 |- ! colspan=5| Gender by race/ethnicity |- | White men | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 31 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 62 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 34 |- | White women | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 37 |- | Black men | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 80 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 13 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |- | Black women | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 94 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 |- | Latino men (of any race) | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 62 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |- | Latina women (of any race) | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 68 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 26 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |- | All other races | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 61 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |- ! colspan=5|Religion |- | [[Protestantism|Protestant]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 59 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 27 |- | [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 23 |- | [[Mormon]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 25 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 59 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- | Other [[Christians|Christian]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 41 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 55 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 24 |- | [[American Jews|Jewish]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 71 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 24 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 |- | Other religion | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 58 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 31 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 |- | [[Irreligion|None]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 67 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 26 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 15 |- ! colspan=5|Religious service attendance |- | Weekly or more | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;" | 40 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 54 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 33 |- | Monthly | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;" | 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 |- | A few times a year | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 48 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 46 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 29 |- | Never | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 62 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 31 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 22 |- ! colspan=5|White evangelical or born-again Christian |- | White evangelical or born-again Christian | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 16 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 81 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 26 |- | Everyone else | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 58 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 74 |- ! colspan=5|Age |- | 18β24 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 56 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |- | 25β29 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 53 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 39 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |- | 30β39 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 40 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |- | 40β49 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 19 |- | 50β64 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 44 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 53 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 30 |- | 65 and older | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 53 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 15 |- ! colspan=5|Age by race |- | Whites 18β29 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 |- | Whites 30β44 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 37 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 54 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 |- | Whites 45β64 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 34 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 62 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 30 |- | Whites 65 and older | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 39 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 58 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 |- | Blacks 18β29 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 85 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 |- | Blacks 30β44 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 89 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 |- | Blacks 45β64 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 89 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |- | Blacks 65 and older | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 91 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 9 | style="text-align:right;" | n/a | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- | Latinos 18β29 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 67 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 26 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 |- | Latinos 30β44 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 28 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 |- | Latinos 45β64 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 64 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 |- | Latinos 65 and older | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 73 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 25 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- | Others | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 61 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |- ! colspan=5|Sexual orientation |- | [[LGBT]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 77 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 14 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |- | [[Heterosexuality|Heterosexual]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 47 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 95 |- ! colspan=5|First time voter |- | [[Voting|First time voter]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 54 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 39 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |- | Everyone else | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 47 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 90 |- ! colspan=5|Education |- | [[Secondary education in the United States|High school]] or less | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 44 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 18 |- | Some [[Higher education in the United States|college]] education | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 42 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 32 |- | College graduate | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 49 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 45 | style="text-align:right;" |6 | style="text-align:right;" | 32 |- | [[Postgraduate education]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 58 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 36 | style="text-align:right;" |6 | style="text-align:right;" | 18 |- ! colspan=5|Education by race/ethnicity |- | White college graduates | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 37 |- | White no college degree | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 28 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 67 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 34 |- | Non-white college graduates | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 71 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 22 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 |- | Non-white no college degree | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 75 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 20 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 |- ! colspan=5|Education by race/ethnicity/sex |- | White women with college degrees | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 45 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 20 |- | White men with college degrees | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 39 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 53 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |- | White women without college degrees | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 34 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 61 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |- | White men without college degrees | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 23 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 71 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 |- | Non-whites | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 74 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 21 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 29 |- ! colspan=5|Family income |- | Under $30,000 | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 53 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 41 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |- | $30,000β49,999 | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 42 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 19 |- | $50,000β99,999 | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" |31 |- | $100,000β199,999 | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 47 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 24 |- | $200,000β249,999 | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 48 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 |- | Over $250,000 | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |- ! colspan=5|Union households |- | [[Labor unions in the United States|Union]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 42 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 18 |- | Non-union | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 48 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 82 |- ! colspan=5|Military service |- | [[Veteran#United States|Veterans]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 34 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 60 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 |- | Non-veterans | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 50 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 44 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 87 |- ! colspan=5|Issue regarded as most important |- | [[Foreign policy of the United States|Foreign Policy]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 34 | style="text-align:right;" | 14 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 |- | [[Immigration to the United States|Immigration]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 32 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 64 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 |- | [[Economy of the United States|Economy]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 42 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 52 |- | [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Terrorism]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 39 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 57 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 18 |- ! colspan=5|Region |- | [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 55 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 40 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 19 |- | [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 44 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 23 |- | [[Southern United States|South]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 44 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 37 |- | [[Western United States|West]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 53 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 39 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 21 |- ! colspan=5|Community size |- | Cities (population 50,000 and above) | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 59 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 34 |- | Suburbs | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 45 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 49 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 49 |- | Rural areas | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 32 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 62 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 |} === Viewership === The 2016 election was highly-viewed, setting viewership records on [[CNN]] and [[Fox News]]. Over 28 million people watched the election on [[cable television]], with 63.99 million viewers including broadcast television. While more highly-viewed than 2012 (60.86 million viewers), it was less viewed than 2008 (71.5 million viewers).<ref name="viewershipstats">{{Cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-election-night-poised-to-be-most-watched-ever/310418 |url-access=registration |title=2016 Election Night poised to be most-watched in history |date=November 7, 2016 |website=Adweek |access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''Legend''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" |cable news network |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" |broadcast network |} {{col-break}} '''Total television viewers<br />8:00 to 11:00 p.m. EST'''<ref name="viewershipstats" /> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 13,258,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 12,112,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[NBC]] || 11,152,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] || 9,236,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[CBS]] || 8,008,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 5,945,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] || 4,196,000 |} {{col-break}} '''Total cable TV viewers<br />2:00 to 3:00 a.m. EST''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 9,778,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 6,452,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 2,858,000 |} {{col-break}} '''Cable TV viewers 25 to 54<br />2:00 to 3:00 a.m. EST''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 3,955,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 3,372,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 1,207,000 |} {{col-end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page