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2012 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	54.9% 3.3 pp
	Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Obama/Biden and red denotes those won by Romney/Ryan. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

2016 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	55.7% 0.8 pp
	Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Trump/Pence (R) and blue denotes those won by Clinton/Kaine (D). Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. On election night, Trump won 306 electors and Clinton 232. However, because of seven faithless electors (five Democratic and two Republican), Trump received just 304 votes to Clinton's 227.
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Donald Trump; Republican

2020 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	66.8% (estimated)
	Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Biden/Harris, and red denotes those won by Trump/Pence. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election; Donald Trump; Republican	Elected President ; Joe Biden; Democratic

Concept page for U.S. election wikiboxes if the portrait colors reflected partisan affiliation (democrats = blue, republicans = red).

^ Knight, Stef W.; Ahmed, Naema (August 13, 2020). "When and how to vote in all 50 states". Axios.
^ McDonald, Michael (November 6, 2020). "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics". U.S. Elections Project.
^ 2020 November General Election Turnout Rates, United States Election Project. This turnout figure is the estimated number of ballots counted (including ballots without a valid vote for president) divided by the estimated number of eligible voters (U.S. residents, excluding those ineligible to vote due to lack of U.S. citizenship or to a criminal conviction, and U.S. citizens residing in other countries, at or over age 18). This figure is preliminary and unofficial, and not comparable to figures for previous years calculated by the Federal Election Commission, which uses only valid votes for president divided by the U.S. population at or over age 18 (including those ineligible to vote, and not including U.S. citizens residing in other countries).
^ Choi, Matthew (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference FEC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ("Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. December 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.) ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016". United States Census Bureau. May 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.)
^ ^a ^b "FEDERAL ELECTIONS 2016 -- Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. December 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference FEC 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

^ About 64% of voters voted early before November 3 in person or by mail, with the earliest state starting on September 4.^[1]^[2]
^ Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 election but changed to Florida, when his permanent residence was switched from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.^[4]
^ ^a ^b In state-by-state tallies, Trump earned 306 pledged electors, Clinton 232. They lost respectively two and five votes to faithless electors. Vice presidential candidates Pence and Kaine lost one and five votes, respectively. Three other votes by electors were invalidated and recast.

2008 United States presidential election

← 2004

November 4, 2008

2012 →

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win

Opinion polls

Turnout

58.2%^[1]

1.5 pp


Nominee	Barack Obama	John McCain
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	Illinois	Arizona
Running mate	Joe Biden	Sarah Palin
Electoral vote	365	173
States carried	28 + DC + NE-02	22
Popular vote	69,498,516	59,948,323
Percentage	52.9%	45.7%

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Obama/Biden and red denotes those won by McCain/Palin. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.

President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

^ "Official 2008 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[1] Knight, Stef W.; Ahmed, Naema (August 13, 2020). "When and how to vote in all 50 states". Axios.

[2] McDonald, Michael (November 6, 2020). "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics". U.S. Elections Project.

[4] 2020 November General Election Turnout Rates, United States Election Project. This turnout figure is the estimated number of ballots counted (including ballots without a valid vote for president) divided by the estimated number of eligible voters (U.S. residents, excluding those ineligible to vote due to lack of U.S. citizenship or to a criminal conviction, and U.S. citizens residing in other countries, at or over age 18). This figure is preliminary and unofficial, and not comparable to figures for previous years calculated by the Federal Election Commission, which uses only valid votes for president divided by the U.S. population at or over age 18 (including those ineligible to vote, and not including U.S. citizens residing in other countries).

[5] Choi, Matthew (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

[FEC-7] Cite error: The named reference FEC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[turnout-8] ("Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. December 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.) ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016". United States Census Bureau. May 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.)

[e2016-10] "FEDERAL ELECTIONS 2016 -- Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. December 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[FEC_2013-11] Cite error: The named reference FEC 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[ElectionDay-3] About 64% of voters voted early before November 3 in person or by mail, with the earliest state starting on September 4.^[1]^[2]

[Florida_Residency-6] Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 election but changed to Florida, when his permanent residence was switched from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.^[4]

[pledged-9] In state-by-state tallies, Trump earned 306 pledged electors, Clinton 232. They lost respectively two and five votes to faithless electors. Vice presidential candidates Pence and Kaine lost one and five votes, respectively. Three other votes by electors were invalidated and recast.

[12] "Official 2008 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

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