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The2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.New Hampshire voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, businessmanDonald Trump, and his running mateIndiana GovernorMike Pence, against theDemocratic Party's nominee, formerU.S. Secretary of StateHillary Clinton, and her running mateVirginiaSenatorTim Kaine. New Hampshire has four electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Clinton won the state with 46.83% of the vote, while Trump lost with 46.46%, a 0.37% margin, or 2,736 votes. This result nonetheless made New Hampshire 1.73% more Republican than the nation-at-large, and remains the last time that New Hampshire has voted to the right of the national environment. New Hampshire beingone of the most educated states in the country kept the state from flipping to Trump, due to Trump underperforming among white college-educated voters.[3]
This marked the second-closest margin percentage in the presidential election, behind onlyMichigan, and was Clinton's closest margin of victory of any state. Along withMaine's 2nd district,New Hampshire's 1st district was one of only two congressional districts inNew England to vote for Trump.
This is the closest that a Republican nominee has come to carrying New Hampshire since2000, whenGeorge W. Bush became the last Republican to carry the state. This also marked the first of only two times that a non-incumbent Republican won the White House without New Hampshire (along with2024), and one of only three times overall (along with2004 and 2024) in which any Republican won without carrying the state.
As per tradition and by New Hampshire electoral laws,[4] New Hampshire holds the primaries before any other state. As a result, candidates for nomination usually spend a long period campaigning in New Hampshire.
In the New Hampshire Democratic primary taking place on February 9, 2016, there were 24pledged delegates and 8super delegates that went to theDemocratic National Convention. The pledged electors were allocated in this way. 16 delegates were allocated proportionally by congressional district (8 delegates per district). The other 8 delegates were allocated based on the statewide popular vote.[5]
 | This sectionshould include a summary of2016 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. SeeWikipedia:Summary style for information on how to incorporate it into this article's main text.(July 2016) |
| New Hampshire Democratic primary, February 9, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Of total | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 152,193 | 60.14% | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Hillary Clinton | 95,355 | 37.68% | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Martin O'Malley(withdrawn) | 667 | 0.26% | |||
| Vermin Supreme | 268 | 0.11% | |||
| David John Thistle | 226 | 0.09% | |||
| Graham Schwass | 143 | 0.06% | |||
| Steve Burke | 108 | 0.04% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente | 96 | 0.04% | |||
| John Wolfe Jr. | 54 | 0.02% | |||
| Jon Adams | 53 | 0.02% | |||
| Lloyd Thomas Kelso | 46 | 0.02% | |||
| Keith Russell Judd | 44 | 0.02% | |||
| Eric Elbot | 36 | 0.01% | |||
| Star Locke | 33 | 0.01% | |||
| William D. French | 29 | 0.01% | |||
| Mark Stewart Greenstein | 29 | 0.01% | |||
| Edward T. O'Donnell | 26 | 0.01% | |||
| James Valentine | 24 | 0.01% | |||
| Robert Lovitt | 22 | 0.01% | |||
| Michael Steinberg | 21 | 0.01% | |||
| William H. McGaughey Jr. | 19 | 0.01% | |||
| Henry Hewes | 18 | 0.01% | |||
| Edward Sonnino | 17 | 0.01% | |||
| Steven Roy Lipscomb | 15 | 0.01% | |||
| Sam Sloan | 15 | 0.01% | |||
| Brock C. Hutton | 14 | 0.01% | |||
| Raymond Michael Moroz | 8 | 0.00% | |||
| Richard Lyons Weil | 8 | 0.00% | |||
| Write-ins[a] | 3,475 | 1.37% | |||
| Uncommitted | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 253,062 | 100% | 24 | 8 | 32 |
| Sources:[7][8] | |||||
The New Hampshire Republican primary took place on February 9, 2016, where there were 23 bound delegates which were allocated proportionally and a candidate has to get at least 10% of the vote to get any delegates to theRepublican National Convention.[9]
| This sectionshould include a summary of2016 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary. SeeWikipedia:Summary style for information on how to incorporate it into this article's main text.(July 2016) |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 100,735 | 35.23% | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| John Kasich | 44,932 | 15.72% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Ted Cruz | 33,244 | 11.63% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeb Bush | 31,341 | 10.96% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Marco Rubio | 30,071 | 10.52% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Christie | 21,089 | 7.38% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina | 11,774 | 4.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson | 6,527 | 2.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul(withdrawn) | 1,930 | 0.68% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Write-ins | 2,912 | 1.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee(withdrawn) | 216 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Martin | 202 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum(withdrawn) | 160 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gilmore | 134 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Witz | 104 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Pataki(withdrawn) | 79 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham(withdrawn) | 73 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Andrews Cullison | 56 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Cook | 55 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jindal(withdrawn) | 53 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Lynch | 47 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Robinson | 44 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Bradley Comley | 32 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chomi Prag | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Daniel Dyas | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen John McCarthy | 12 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Iwachiw | 9 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Glenn Huey | 8 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Drozd | 6 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Lawrence Mann | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Messina | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 285,916 | 100.00% | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Source:The Green Papers | |||||
Note: Delegates were awarded to candidates who got 10% or more of the vote proportionally. Of the 25 candidate/hopefuls, five candidates garnered delegates.
| County | Donald Trump | John Kasich | Ted Cruz | Jeb Bush | Marco Rubio | Chris Christie | All Other Candidates[b] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Belknap | 5,508 | 35.16% | 2,464 | 15.73% | 2,019 | 12.89% | 1,741 | 11.11% | 1,511 | 9.64% | 1,002 | 6.40% | 1,422 | 9.07% | 15,667 |
| Carroll | 4,170 | 33.95% | 2,279 | 18.55% | 1,357 | 11.05% | 1,240 | 10.09% | 1,430 | 11.64% | 883 | 7.19% | 925 | 7.54% | 12,284 |
| Cheshire | 4,533 | 33.42% | 2,177 | 16.05% | 1,888 | 13.92% | 1,500 | 11.06% | 1,237 | 9.12% | 754 | 5.56% | 1,473 | 10.87% | 13,562 |
| Coos | 2,184 | 36.99% | 943 | 15.97% | 601 | 10.18% | 562 | 9.52% | 614 | 10.40% | 355 | 6.01% | 645 | 10.93% | 5,904 |
| Grafton | 4,897 | 29.36% | 3,475 | 20.83% | 1,726 | 10.35% | 1,864 | 11.17% | 1,926 | 11.55% | 1,068 | 6.40% | 1,725 | 10.35% | 16,681 |
| Hillsborough | 29,328 | 34.89% | 12,517 | 14.89% | 9,606 | 11.43% | 9,584 | 11.40% | 8,824 | 10.50% | 7,155 | 8.51% | 7,049 | 8.40% | 84,063 |
| Merrimack | 10,959 | 33.02% | 6,178 | 18.61% | 3,781 | 11.39% | 3,814 | 11.49% | 3,062 | 9.23% | 2,376 | 7.16% | 3,022 | 9.11% | 33,192 |
| Rockingham | 28,718 | 38.73% | 10,370 | 13.98% | 7,991 | 10.78% | 7,748 | 10.45% | 8,074 | 10.89% | 5,783 | 7.80% | 5,474 | 7.37% | 74,158 |
| Strafford | 7,358 | 33.40% | 3,195 | 14.50% | 3,324 | 15.09% | 2,444 | 11.10% | 2,505 | 11.37% | 1,225 | 5.56% | 1,976 | 8.97% | 22,027 |
| Sullivan | 3,080 | 36.73% | 1,334 | 15.91% | 951 | 11.34% | 844 | 10.07% | 888 | 10.59% | 488 | 5.82% | 800 | 9.54% | 8,385 |
| Totals | 100,735 | 35.23% | 44,932 | 15.71% | 33,244 | 11.63% | 31,341 | 10.96% | 30,071 | 10.52% | 21,089 | 7.38% | 24,511 | 8.58% | 285,923 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Times[11] | Likely D | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN[12] | Tossup | November 4, 2016 |
| Cook Political Report[13] | Lean D | November 7, 2016 |
| Electoral-vote.com[14] | Lean D | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[15] | Lean D | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Lean D | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics[17] | Tossup | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News[18] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
Up until late October 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton won almost every pre-election poll. On November 1, just one week before the election, Republican Donald Trump won a poll for the first time, 44% to 42%. In the final week, Trump won 4 polls to Clinton's 2 and one tie. The final poll showed a 45% to 44% lead for Clinton, which was accurate compared to the results.[19] The average of the final 3 polls showed Clinton up 45% to 42%.[20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 348,526 | 46.83% | |
| Republican | Donald Trump | 345,790 | 46.46% | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 30,694 | 4.13% | |
| Green | Jill Stein | 6,465 | 0.87% | |
| Democratic | Bernie Sanders (write-in) | 4,493 | 0.60% | |
| Republican | John Kasich (write-in) | 1,365 | 0.18% | |
| Independent | Evan McMullin (write-in) | 1,064 | 0.14% | |
| Reform | Rocky De La Fuente | 677 | 0.09% | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney (write-in) | 540 | 0.07% | |
| Republican | Paul Ryan (write-in) | 280 | 0.04% | |
| Republican | Jeb Bush (write-in) | 230 | 0.03% | |
| Republican | Marco Rubio (write-in) | 136 | 0.02% | |
| Republican | Ted Cruz (write-in) | 129 | 0.02% | |
| Republican | John McCain (write-in) | 127 | 0.02% | |
| Libertarian | Ron Paul (write-in) | 98 | 0.01% | |
| Republican | Ben Carson (write-in) | 83 | 0.01% | |
| Libertarian | Vermin Supreme (write-in) | 58 | 0.01% | |
| Democratic | Joe Biden (write-in) | 55 | 0.01% | |
| Republican | Chris Christie (write-in) | 23 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 743,117 | 100.00% | ||
| County | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Belknap | 13,517 | 38.57% | 19,315 | 55.11% | 2,213 | 6.32% | -5,798 | -16.54% | 35,045 |
| Carroll | 12,987 | 43.85% | 14,635 | 49.42% | 1,994 | 6.73% | -1,648 | -5.57% | 29,616 |
| Cheshire | 22,064 | 52.66% | 16,876 | 40.28% | 2,955 | 7.06% | 5,188 | 12.38% | 41,895 |
| Coos | 6,563 | 42.00% | 7,952 | 50.89% | 1,112 | 7.11% | -1,389 | -8.89% | 15,627 |
| Grafton | 28,510 | 55.69% | 19,010 | 37.14% | 3,671 | 7.17% | 9,500 | 18.55% | 51,191 |
| Hillsborough | 99,589 | 46.50% | 100,013 | 46.70% | 14,555 | 6.80% | -424 | -0.20% | 214,157 |
| Merrimack | 40,198 | 48.06% | 37,674 | 45.04% | 5,776 | 6.90% | 2,524 | 3.02% | 83,648 |
| Rockingham | 79,994 | 44.09% | 90,447 | 49.85% | 10,993 | 6.06% | -10,453 | -5.76% | 181,434 |
| Strafford | 34,894 | 50.57% | 29,072 | 42.13% | 5,034 | 7.30% | 5,822 | 8.44% | 69,000 |
| Sullivan | 10,210 | 45.01% | 10,796 | 47.60% | 1,677 | 7.39% | -586 | -2.59% | 22,683 |
| Totals | 348,526 | 46.83% | 345,790 | 46.46% | 49,980 | 6.71% | 2,736 | 0.37% | 744,296 |
Swing by county
Trend relative to the state by county
County flipsDemocratic Hold | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic
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Clinton and Trump each won a congressional district, with Trump winning one that elected a Democrat.[23]
| District | Clinton | Trump | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 46% | 47% | Carol Shea-Porter |
| 2nd | 48% | 45% | Ann McLane Kuster |
Hillary Clinton's margin of victory was the smallest for a Democrat in the state sinceWoodrow Wilson narrowly won it in1916. New Hampshire last voted for a Republican,George W. Bush, in2000, and although Trump did not win New Hampshire, the top-line county results were exactly the same in 2000 and 2016.
ANew England state, New Hampshire is one of the most educated states in the country. The swings in the most college-educated counties (see the map), includingGrafton (home toDartmouth College),Hillsborough, andRockingham were small enough to narrowly keep the state in Clinton's column.[3]
Despite Trump's narrow loss, this would be the first and only presidential election since 2000 where New Hampshire would vote more Republican than the national average, when the Republican candidate won more of the state's counties, along with the first time since 1976 when the winner of Coos County did not also carry the state as well. Coincidentally, New Hampshire voted as Republican in 2016 as it did Democratic in 2012 in comparison to the rest of the nation.
On September 7, 2017, state House speakerShawn Jasper announced that data showed that 6,540 people voted using out-of-state licenses. Of those, only 15% had received state licenses by August 2017. Of the remaining 5,526, only 3.3% had registered a motor vehicle in New Hampshire. In addition to the close vote for president, Democratic GovernorMaggie Hassan defeated incumbent Republican SenatorKelly Ayotte by 1,017 votes. In February 2017, President Trump had told a gathering of senators at the White House that fraudulent out-of-state voting had cost him and Ayotte the election in New Hampshire. Mainstream media disputed Trump's and Jasper's assertion.[24] New Hampshire law permits New Hampshire residents to vote using out-of-state identification if they are domiciled in the state, out-of-state college students attending schools in New Hampshire being one example of such legitimate use of out-of-state identification.[25]
Several investigations by New Hampshire's Ballot Law Commission found no evidence of widespread fraud, and only 4 instances of fraud total in the state for the 2016 elections.[26] Specifically addressing the claim of people being bussed in from out of state to vote, Associate Attorney General Anne Edwards noted that they found no evidence for such claims. When they investigated these claims, they found that the buses were chartered out of state, but the voters on the buses lived in New Hampshire and could legally vote there.[27]
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