Electoral history of Donald Trump

This is the electoral history of Donald Trump. Trump is the current president-elect of the United States and also previously served as the 45th president of the United States (2017–2021).

Trump first ran for President in the 2000 United States presidential election as a candidate for the Reform Party of the United States. Trump withdrew from the race before the primaries. Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election running for Republican party, but lost the popular vote. Trump lost the 2020 United States presidential election to Joe Biden, and won the 2024 United States presidential election against Kamala Harris to win a non-consecutive second term as president, both of which he also ran as a Republican candidate.

2000 presidential election

See also: Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign
Reform Party presidential primary results by county
California
  Donald Trump
  John B. Anderson
  Robert M. Bowman
  Charles E. Collins
  George D. Weber
  No votes
Michigan
  Donald Trump
  Uncommitted
  Tie
  No votes

During the campaign, Trump qualified for the Michigan and California Reform Party presidential primaries. Both of these elections were held after Trump exited the race.[1] On February 22, Trump won the Michigan Primary with 2,164 votes defeating uncommitted with 948 votes. Trump won the California primary on March 7 with 15,311 votes. Eventual Reform nominee Pat Buchanan was not listed on either ballot. [2][3] A slate of Trump supporters petitioned to list Trump on the New York Independence Party presidential primary ballot but were denied on a technicality.[4]

Reform Party primaries

2000 Michigan Reform presidential primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Donald Trump 2,164 69.54%
Reform Uncommitted 948 30.46%
Total votes 3,112 100.00%
2000 California Reform presidential primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Donald Trump 15,311 44.28%
Reform George D. Weber 9,390 27.16%
Reform Robert M. Bowman 4,879 14.11%
Reform John B. Anderson 3,158 9.13%
Reform Charles E. Collins 1,837 5.31%
Total votes 34,575 100.00%

2016 presidential election

See also: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign
Republican Party presidential primaries results, 2016. Trump states in the blue
Percentage of vote received by Donald Trump by state in the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016.

Republican presidential primaries

Candidates listed received at least 0.01% of the total vote:

Candidate Total votes Total delegates
Donald Trump 14,015,993 (44.95%) 1,457
Ted Cruz 7,822,100 (25.08%) 553
John Kasich 4,290,448 (13.76%) 160
Marco Rubio 3,515,576 (11.27%) 166
Ben Carson 857,039 (2.75%) 7
Jeb Bush 286,694 (0.92%) 4
Rand Paul 66,788 (0.21%) 2
Chris Christie 57,637 (0.18%) 0
Mike Huckabee 51,450 (0.16%) 1
Carly Fiorina 40,666 (0.13%) 1
Jim Gilmore 18,369 (0.06%) 0
Rick Santorum 16,627 (0.05%) 0
Lindsey Graham 5,666 (0.01%) 0
Elizabeth Gray 5,449 (0.01%) 0

General election

Electoral College map of the 2016 presidential election
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote[5] Electoral
vote[5] 		Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote[5]
Donald Trump Republican New York 62,984,828 46.09% 304 (306) Mike Pence Indiana 304[a]
Hillary Clinton Democratic New York 65,853,514 48.18% 227 (232) Tim Kaine Virginia 227
Gary Johnson Libertarian New Mexico 4,489,341 3.28% 0 William Weld Massachusetts 0
Jill Stein Green Massachusetts 1,457,218 1.07% 0 Ajamu Baraka Illinois 0
Evan McMullin Independent Utah 731,991 0.54% 0 Mindy Finn District of Columbia 0
Darrell Castle Constitution Tennessee 203,090 0.15% 0 Scott Bradley Utah 0
Gloria La Riva Socialism and Liberation California 74,401 0.05% 0 Eugene Puryear District of Columbia 0
Tickets that received electoral votes from faithless electors
Bernie Sanders[b] Independent Vermont 111,850 [c] 0.08% [c] 1 (0) Elizabeth Warren[b] Massachusetts 1
John Kasich[b][d] Republican Ohio 2,684 [c] 0.00% [c] 1 (0) Carly Fiorina[b][d] Virginia 1
Ron Paul[b][d] Libertarian[6] Texas 124 [c] 0.00% [c] 1 (0) Mike Pence Indiana 1
Colin Luther Powell[b] Republican Virginia 25 [c] 0.00% [c] 3 (0) Elizabeth Warren[b] Massachusetts 1
Maria Cantwell[b] Washington 1
Susan Collins[b] Maine 1
Faith Spotted Eagle[b] Democratic South Dakota 0 0.00% 1 (0) Winona LaDuke[b] Minnesota 1
Other 760,210 0.56% — Other —
Total 136,669,276 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270

Notes:

  1. ^ Pence received 305 electoral votes for vice president, but only 304 as part of the Trump–Pence ticket; one faithless elector from Texas voted for Ron Paul as president instead of Trump, and is recorded separately below.[1]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Received electoral vote(s) from a faithless elector
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Candidate received votes as a write-in. The exact numbers of write-in votes have been published for three states: California, New Hampshire, and Vermont.[7]
  4. ^ a b c Two faithless electors from Texas cast their presidential votes for Ron Paul and John Kasich, respectively. Chris Suprun said he cast his presidential vote for John Kasich and his vice presidential vote for Carly Fiorina. The other faithless elector in Texas, Bill Greene, cast his presidential vote for Ron Paul but cast his vice presidential vote for Mike Pence, as pledged. John Kasich received recorded write-in votes in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
Popular vote[5]
Clinton
 
 48.18%
Trump
 
 46.09%
Johnson
 
 3.28%
Stein
 
 1.07%
Others
 
 1.38%
Electoral vote—pledged
Trump/Pence
 
 56.88%
Clinton/Kaine
 
 43.12%
Electoral vote—President
Trump
 
 56.51%
Clinton
 
 42.19%
Powell
 
 0.56%
Kasich
 
 0.19%
Paul
 
 0.19%
Sanders
 
 0.19%
Spotted Eagle
 
 0.19%
Electoral vote—Vice President
Pence
 
 56.69%
Kaine
 
 42.19%
Warren
 
 0.37%
Cantwell
 
 0.19%
Collins
 
 0.19%
Fiorina
 
 0.19%
LaDuke
 
 0.19%

2020 presidential election

See also: Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign

Presidential primaries

Main article: 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries § Candidates

The table below shows the four candidates that have either (a) held public office, (b) been included in a minimum of five independent national polls, or (c) received substantial media coverage. The president's challengers withdrew from the race after the primaries started, or in the case of De la Fuente, accepted one or more 3rd party nominations.[8][9][10]

Candidates Donald
Trump 		Bill
Weld 		Rocky
De La Fuente 		Joe
Walsh 		Total delegates, pledged (unpledged/total), and votes
Pledged delegates (unpledged / soft total)[11]
(Total awarded: 2,312)[12] 		2,311
(38 / 2,273)
90.63% 		1
(0 / 1)
0.04% 		0
(0 / 0)
0% 		0
(0 / 0)
0% 		2,443
(107 / 2,550)
(90.67% awarded)

19,321,267 votes
Popular votes[11] 18,159,752
(93.99%) 		454,402
(2.35%) 		108,357
(0.56%) 		173,519
(0.90%)

General election

Electoral College map of the 2020 presidential election

Candidates are listed individually below if they received more than 0.1% of the popular vote. Popular vote totals are from the Federal Election Commission report.[13]

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote 		Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Joe Biden Democratic Delaware 81,283,501 51.31% 306 Kamala Harris California 306
Donald Trump
(incumbent) 		Republican Florida 74,223,975 46.85% 232 Mike Pence
(incumbent) 		Indiana 232
Jo Jorgensen Libertarian South Carolina 1,865,535 1.18% 0 Spike Cohen South Carolina 0
Howie Hawkins Green New York 407,068 0.26% 0 Angela Nicole Walker South Carolina 0
Other 649,552 0.41% — Other —
Total 158,429,631 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270

2024 presidential election

See also: Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign

Presidential primaries

Republican primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald Trump 17,015,756 76.42%
Republican Nikki Haley 4,381,799 19.68%
Republican Ron DeSantis 353,615 1.59%
N/A Uncommitted 154,815 0.70%
Republican Chris Christie 139,541 0.63%
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy 96,954 0.44%
Republican Asa Hutchinson 22,044 0.10%
Republican Perry Johnson 4,051 0.02%
Republican Tim Scott 1,598 0.01%
Republican Doug Burgum 502 0.00%
Republican Mike Pence 404 0.00%
N/A Other candidates 93,796 0.42%
Total votes 22,264,875 100.00%

General election

Electoral College map of the 2024 presidential election
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote 		Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Donald Trump Republican Florida 77,236,275 49.9% 312 JD Vance Ohio 312
Kamala Harris Democratic California 74,938,474 48.4% 226 Tim Walz Minnesota 226
Jill Stein Green Massachusetts 782,068 0.5% 0 Butch Ware California 0
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent New York 755,018 0.5% 0 Nicole Shanahan California 0
Other — Other —
Total 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270

See also

Notes

References

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  3. ^ "Primary 2000 – Statewide Totals". CA Secretary of State. June 2, 2000. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Winger, Richard (December 25, 2011). "Donald Trump Ran For President in 2000 in Several Reform Party Presidential Primaries". Ballot Access News. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
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  12. ^ "The Math Behind the Republican Delegate Allocation - 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Federal Elections 2020" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. October 2022.
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