Red States Map 2016

Donald trump needed swing states support in order to win the.

Red states map 2016. 2016 united states presidential election results by county on a color spectrum from democratic blue to republican red. The colorful distinction between major parties is a relatively recent phenomenon. Each map highlighted democratic dominance of the south in red while republican wins in the northeast and upper midwest were highlighted in blue. If a state is not a red state or a blue state it might be a swing state.

In addition to pennsylvania and florida the president elect also won in many other of the key states by slim margins as. The new york times. Click on any of the maps for a larger picture. Further highlighting this polarization.

This map shows the winner of the popular vote in each state for the 2016 presidential election. The democratic states comprising 242 electoral votes had all actually gone blue since 1992 six straight elections. The terms red state and blue state have been in familiar lexicon since the 2000 us presidential election. The states are colored red or blue to indicate whether a majority of their voters voted for the republican candidate donald trump or the democratic candidate hillary clinton respectively.

There is significantly more red on this map. However two texas electors did not cast their actual ballots for him so history will record trump as winning 304 electoral votes. For the gop this represented 179 electoral votes. As the 2016 election cycle approached the electoral map had become pretty predictable.

On monday we featured a map from 2012 and asked you what you could learn from it. Election results by state. The general election is finally over and after months of speculation we can definitively say which states went team red in 2016. Most of us are by now familiar with the maps the tv channels and web sites use to show the results of presidential elections.

Red and blue map 2016. Scribner s statistical atlas of the united states published in 1883 detailed presidential voting patterns by county for prior elections. Here is a typical map of the results of the 2016 election. A map showing red states blue states and swing states as of the 2016 election.

A purple state refers to a swing state where both democratic and republican candidates receive strong support without an overwhelming majority of support for either party. The 2016 historical interactive map shows the official. Purple states are also often referred to as battleground states. Did trump win 304 or 306 electoral votes.

The demographic and political applications of the terms have led to a temptation to presume this arbitrary classification is a clear cut. Electoral maps weren t always red and blue states. Trump won states and one district in maine worth 306 electoral votes this map. Blue or red states since 2000.

Use it as a starting point to create your own 2020 presidential election forecast.