Election map landscape, 2016

2016 election maps

In 2016, citizens elected candidates to serve in a wide variety of federal, state, and local offices. Voters elected Donald Trump president to succeed the term-limited incumbent, Barack Obama. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate were up for election. Voters in 23 states elected 93 state executive officials, including governors, secretaries of state, attorneys general and more. Seats in 86 of the country's 99 state legislative chambers were up for grabs. Municipal officials, including city councillors and mayors, were up for election in 46 of the nation's 100 largest cities. Many candidates for state and local judicial offices, as well as for school boards, graced the ballots, along with state and local ballot measures.

Bellwether maps

Below is an election map illustrating each state's percent accuracy in voting for the winning presidential candidate between 1900 and 2012. Hover over a state to see its percentage. Click on the "Data table" tab above to see the raw data used to make this map.

Partisan preference maps

Below are two maps indicating the percentage of times between 1900 and 2012 that each state voted either Republican (red map) and Democratic (blue map). The more red the state, the more frequently it has voted Republican. The more blue the state, the more frequently it has voted Democratic.