November 8, 2016 2020 → Date 8 November 2016 Popular vote 1,995,196 Percentage 60.0% Nominee Hillary Clinton | Turnout 75.51% Electoral vote 11 Home state New York Party Democratic | |
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
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On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for President, as well as for state committee man, state committee woman, and city/town committee members for each party. Ballots also were available for members of the United Independent Party, but there were no candidates on the ballot. Registered members of each party only could vote in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated could have chosen any one primary to vote in.
In the general election, Clinton won Massachusetts with 60% of the vote, and was assigned all 11 of the state's electoral votes.
Green-Rainbow primary
The Massachusetts primary took place on March 1. Five candidates appeared on the ballot, the results are as follows:
Any members of the party could apply to be delegates to be sent to the national convention, and had until March 10 (over a week after the primary) to apply. The number of voters that took part in the election slightly increased from the 1,554 that took part in the 2012 primary.
United Independent primary
Ballots were available for voters enrolled in this party, but there were no candidates for office.
General election
The 2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
Results
Official state results from the Massachusetts Secretary of State are as follows