2016 United States presidential election

=== Faithless electors ===
{{Main|Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election}}

In the Electoral College vote on December 19, for the first time since [[1808 United States presidential election|1808]], multiple [[faithless elector]]s voted against their pledged qualified presidential candidate.{{efn|The [[1872 United States presidential election|1872 presidential election]] also saw multiple electors vote for a different candidate than that pledged, due to the death of [[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]] candidate [[Horace Greeley]], after the popular vote, yet before the meeting of the Electoral College. Greeley still garnered three posthumous electoral votes which were subsequently dismissed by Congress.}} Five Democrats rebelled in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Hawaii]], while two Republicans rebelled in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Detrow |first1=Scott |title=Donald Trump Secures Electoral College Win, With Few Surprises |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/19/506188169/donald-trump-poised-to-secure-electoral-college-win-with-few-surprises |access-date=June 15, 2017 |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> Two Democratic electors, one in Minnesota and one in Colorado, were replaced after voting for [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[John Kasich]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coolican |first1=J. Patrick |title=Minnesota electors align for Clinton; one replaced after voting for Sanders |url=http://www.startribune.com/mn-electors-meet-award-clinton-votes-amid-protests-against-trump/407477396/ |access-date=June 15, 2017 |work=Star Tribune |date=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="kdvr_2016-12-19">{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Chuck |title=Colorado Electoral College casts all 9 votes for Clinton after elector replaced |url=http://kdvr.com/2016/12/19/colorado-electoral-college-casts-all-9-votes-for-clinton-kaine-after-elector-replaced/ |access-date=June 15, 2017 |agency=Fox 31 Denver |date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> Electors in Maine conducted a second vote after one of its members voted for Sanders; the elector then voted for Clinton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thistle |first1=Scott |title=Maine electors cast votes for Clinton, Trump—after protests inside and outside State House |url=http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/19/maine-electoral-college-elector-says-he-will-cast-his-ballot-for-sanders/ |access-date=June 15, 2017 |work=Portland Press Herald |date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> Likewise, for the first time since [[1896 United States presidential election|1896]],{{efn|Not including [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]], because of the death of [[James S. Sherman]].}} multiple faithless electors voted against the pledged qualified vice presidential candidate.
* One Clinton elector in Colorado attempted to vote for John Kasich.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eason |first1=Brian |last2=Frank |first2=John |title=Colorado's electoral votes go to Hillary Clinton after one is replaced |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/19/colorado-electors-new-motion-federal-appeal-denied/ |access-date=November 6, 2017 |work=The Denver Post |date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> The single vote was ruled invalid by Colorado state law, the elector was dismissed, and an alternative elector was sworn in who voted for Clinton.<ref name=":62">{{cite web |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/national/electoral-college-vote-live-updates-state-state-voting/sy5C2hooqtnMG8tEviTATN/ |title=Electoral College vote: Live updates on state-by-state voting |last=Lord |first=Debbie |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=December 19, 2016|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="kdvr_2016-12-19"/>
* One Clinton elector in Minnesota voted for Bernie Sanders as president and [[Tulsi Gabbard]] as vice president; his votes were discarded and he was replaced by an alternate who voted for Clinton.<ref name=":62"/>
* One Clinton elector in Maine voted for Bernie Sanders; this vote was invalidated as "improper" and the elector subsequently voted for Clinton.<ref name=":62"/>
* Four Clinton electors in Washington did not vote for Clinton (three votes went to [[Colin Powell]], and one to [[Faith Spotted Eagle]]).<ref name="nytimestrackingtheelectoralcollegevote2">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html |title=Tracking the Electoral College Vote |date=December 19, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last2=Schmidt |first2=Kiersten |last1=Andrews |first1=Wilson}}</ref>
* One Trump elector in Georgia resigned before the vote rather than vote for Trump and was replaced by an alternate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebergen |first1=Stephanie |title=Georgia Elector Resigns After Publicly Refusing To Vote For Trump |url=http://www.newsy.com/stories/georgia-elector-resigns-after-publicly-refusing-to-vote-for-trump/ |access-date=June 15, 2017 |work=Newsy |date=August 3, 2016}}</ref>
* Two Trump electors in Texas did not vote for Trump (one vote went to John Kasich, one to Ron Paul); one elector did not vote for Pence and instead voted for [[Carly Fiorina]] for vice-president; a third resigned before the vote rather than vote for Trump and was replaced by an alternate.<ref name="nytimestrackingtheelectoralcollegevote2"/>
* One Clinton elector in Hawaii voted for Bernie Sanders.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/f257bfa03cef45c3a68cd6fb6f8b8fb6|title=The Latest: Hawaii electors cast votes for Clinton, Sanders|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=December 20, 2016|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

Of the faithless votes, [[Colin Powell]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] were the only two to receive more than one; Powell received three electoral votes for president and Warren received two for vice president. Receiving one valid electoral vote each were Sanders, [[John Kasich]], [[Ron Paul]] and [[Faith Spotted Eagle]] for president, and [[Carly Fiorina]], [[Susan Collins]], [[Winona LaDuke]] and [[Maria Cantwell]] for vice president. Sanders is the first [[Jewish American]] to receive an electoral vote for president. LaDuke is the first [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] member to receive an electoral vote, and Paul is the third member of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] to do so, following the party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees each getting one vote in [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]. It is the first election with faithless electors from more than one political party. The seven people to receive electoral votes for president were the most in a single election since [[1796 United States presidential election|1796]].
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![[Electoral College (United States)#Apportionment|State]]
![[Electoral College (United States)#Nominations|Party]]
!Presidential vote
!Vice presidential vote
![[List of 2016 United States presidential electors|Name of elector]]
!References
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| rowspan="2" |''Nationwide''
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Donald Trump]], 304
|[[Mike Pence]], 305
| rowspan="2" |''Pledged''
| rowspan="2" |
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton]], 227
|[[Tim Kaine]], 227
|-
|[[Hawaii]]
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign|Bernie Sanders]] ([[Progressivism in the United States|I-VT]])
|[[Elizabeth Warren]] (D-MA)
|David Mulinix
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/311119-democratic-elector-in-hawaii-votes-for-sanders/|title=Democratic elector in Hawaii votes for Sanders|last=Hellmann|first=Jessie|newspaper=The Hill |date=December 19, 2016|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Texas]]
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[John Kasich 2016 presidential campaign|John Kasich]] (R-OH)
|[[Carly Fiorina 2016 presidential campaign|Carly Fiorina]] (R-VA)
|Christopher Suprun
|<ref name="statesman">Sean Collins Walsh, "[http://www.statesman.com/news/national-govt--politics/all-but-texas-members-the-electoral-college-choose-donald-trump/GSCDFHiXQvu3PiYSDMDryL/ All but two Texas members of the Electoral College choose Donald Trump]," ''Statesman.com'' (December 19, 2016).</ref><ref name="texaselectors">[https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/19/watch-texas-electoral-college-vote-begins-texas-ca/ Texas electors cast 36 votes for Trump, one for Kasich, one for Ron Paul]. ''Texas Tribune'' (December 19, 2016). Retrieved December 19, 2016.</ref>
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! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign|Ron Paul]] ([[Ron Paul#Political party identification|L-TX / R-TX]])
|Mike Pence (''as pledged'')
|Bill Greene
|<ref name="statesman" /><ref name=":2" />
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Colin Powell]] (R-VA){{refn|Powell has several homes, including one in NYC (still)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realtor.com/news/colin-powell-sells-new-york-city-apartment/ |title=Gen. Colin Powell Sells His $2.8M Upper West Side Condo |date=May 24, 2016 }}</ref> and also one in DC, but is officially a VA resident per [[WikiLeaks]] emails,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/10/leaked-emails-show-colin-powells-devotion-to-city-college-105720|title=Emails detail Colin Powell's substantial role at City College|first=Conor|last=Skelding|website=[[Politico]] PRO|access-date=March 1, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525041553/http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/10/leaked-emails-show-colin-powells-devotion-to-city-college-105720|url-status=dead}}</ref> and per his 'verified' social media account.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/GenPowell/about/ |title=General Colin L. Powell—Informatio |website=[[Facebook]] |date=December 20, 2016 }}</ref>}}
|[[Maria Cantwell]] (D-WA)
|Levi Guerra
|<ref name="bigstory">Rachel la Corte, "[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/487a23bf2dd143a6833898dc2619d4f4/4-washington-state-electors-be-fined-1000-vote Four Washington state electors to be fined $1,000 for vote] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226150053/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/487a23bf2dd143a6833898dc2619d4f4/4-washington-state-electors-be-fined-1000-vote |date=December 26, 2016 }}", ''bigstory.ap.org'' (December 22, 2016).</ref><ref name="breakranks">{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/four-washington-electors-break-ranks-and-dont-vote-for-clinton/|title=Four Washington state electors break ranks and don't vote for Clinton|last=Brunner|first=Jim|date=December 19, 2016|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Susan Collins]] (R-ME)
|Esther John
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bigstory" />
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Elizabeth Warren]] (D-MA)
|Bret Chiafalo
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bigstory" />
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Faith Spotted Eagle]] (D-SD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/meet-faith-spotted-eagle-the-native-elder-voted-for-president-by-a-washington-state-elector/|title=Meet Faith Spotted Eagle, who received one Washington state elector's presidential vote|date=December 19, 2016}}</ref>
|[[Winona LaDuke]] ([[Green Party of Minnesota|G-MN]])
|[[Robert Satiacum Jr.]]
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bigstory" /><ref name="washelectors">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article121770533.html|title=4 Washington State electors pick candidates other than Clinton|last=La Corte|first=Rachel|date=December 19, 2016|newspaper=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161221170701/http://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article121770533.html|archive-date=December 21, 2016|language=en-US|via=The Olympian}}</ref>
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