# Electoral history of Donald Trump

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This is the electoral history of Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the current president of the United States who also previously served as the 45th president (2017–2021).
Trump first ran for president in the 2000 United States presidential election as a candidate for the Reform Party of the United States. Trump withdrew from the race before the primaries. Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election running for Republican party, but lost the popular vote. Trump lost the 2020 United States presidential election to Joe Biden, and won the 2024 United States presidential election against Kamala Harris to win a non-consecutive second term as president, both of which he also ran as a Republican candidate.

## 2000 presidential election

During the campaign, Trump qualified for the Michigan and California Reform Party presidential primaries. Both of these elections were held after Trump exited the race. On February 22, Trump won the Michigan Primary with 2,164 votes defeating uncommitted with 948 votes. Trump won the California primary on March 7 with 15,311 votes. Eventual Reform nominee Pat Buchanan was not listed on either ballot. A slate of Trump supporters petitioned to list Trump on the New York Independence Party presidential primary ballot but were denied on a technicality.

### Reform Party primaries

2000 Michigan Reform presidential primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Reform | Donald Trump | 2,164 | 69.54% |
| | Reform | Uncommitted | 948 | 30.46% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,112 | 100.00% |
2000 California Reform presidential primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Reform | Donald Trump | 15,311 | 44.28% |
| | Reform | George D. Weber | 9,390 | 27.16% |
| | Reform | Robert M. Bowman | 4,879 | 14.11% |
| | Reform | John B. Anderson | 3,158 | 9.13% |
| | Reform | Charles E. Collins | 1,837 | 5.31% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,575 | 100.00% |

## 2016 presidential election
### Republican presidential primaries

Candidates listed received at least 0.01% of the total vote:
| Candidate | Total votes | Total delegates |
| Donald Trump | 14,015,993 (44.95%) | 1,457 |
| Ted Cruz | 7,822,100 (25.08%) | 553 |
| John Kasich | 4,290,448 (13.76%) | 160 |
| Marco Rubio | 3,515,576 (11.27%) | 166 |
| Ben Carson | 857,039 (2.75%) | 7 |
| Jeb Bush | 286,694 (0.92%) | 4 |
| Rand Paul | 66,788 (0.21%) | 2 |
| Chris Christie | 57,637 (0.18%) | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee | 51,450 (0.16%) | 1 |
| Carly Fiorina | 40,666 (0.13%) | 1 |
| Jim Gilmore | 18,369 (0.06%) | 0 |
| Rick Santorum | 16,627 (0.05%) | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham | 5,666 (0.01%) | 0 |
| Elizabeth Gray | 5,449 (0.01%) | 0 |

### General election

Electoral results :
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | Running mate | Running mate |
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Count | Percentage | Electoral vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote |
| Donald Trump | Republican | New York | 62,984,828 | 46.09% | 304 (306) | Mike Pence | Indiana | 304 |
| Hillary Clinton | Democratic | New York | 65,853,514 | 48.18% | 227 (232) | Tim Kaine | Virginia | 227 |
| Gary Johnson | Libertarian | New Mexico | 4,489,341 | 3.28% | 0 | William Weld | Massachusetts | 0 |
| Jill Stein | Green | Massachusetts | 1,457,218 | 1.07% | 0 | Ajamu Baraka | Illinois | 0 |
| Evan McMullin | Independent | Utah | 731,991 | 0.54% | 0 | Mindy Finn | District of Columbia | 0 |
| Darrell Castle | Constitution | Tennessee | 203,090 | 0.15% | 0 | Scott Bradley | Utah | 0 |
| Gloria La Riva | Socialism and Liberation | California | 74,401 | 0.05% | 0 | Eugene Puryear | District of Columbia | 0 |
| Tickets that received electoral votes from faithless electors |||||||||
| Bernie Sanders | Independent | Vermont | 111,850 | 0.08% | 1 (0) | Elizabeth Warren | Massachusetts | 1 |
| John Kasich | Republican | Ohio | 2,684 | 0.00% | 1 (0) | Carly Fiorina | Virginia | 1 |
| Ron Paul | Libertarian | Texas | 124 | 0.00% | 1 (0) | Mike Pence | Indiana | 1 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Republican | Virginia | 25 | 0.00% | 3 (0) | Elizabeth Warren | Massachusetts | 1 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Republican | Virginia | 25 | 0.00% | 3 (0) | Maria Cantwell | Washington | 1 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Republican | Virginia | 25 | 0.00% | 3 (0) | Susan Collins | Maine | 1 |
| Faith Spotted Eagle | Democratic | South Dakota | 0 | 0.00% | 1 (0) | Winona LaDuke | Minnesota | 1 |
| Other | Other | Other | 760,210 | 0.56% | — | Other | Other | — |
| Total | Total | Total | 136,669,276 | 100% | 538 | | | 538 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 270 | | | 270 |
Notes:
* ↑ Pence received 305 electoral votes for vice president, but only 304 as part of the Trump–Pence ticket; one faithless elector from Texas voted for Ron Paul as president instead of Trump, and is recorded separately below.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Received electoral vote(s) from a faithless elector
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Candidate received votes as a write-in. The exact numbers of write-in votes have been published for three states: California, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
* 1 2 3 Two faithless electors from Texas cast their presidential votes for Ron Paul and John Kasich, respectively. Chris Suprun said he cast his presidential vote for John Kasich and his vice presidential vote for Carly Fiorina. The other faithless elector in Texas, Bill Greene, cast his presidential vote for Ron Paul but cast his vice presidential vote for Mike Pence, as pledged. John Kasich received recorded write-in votes in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
Popular vote
Clinton
48.18%
Trump
46.09%
Johnson
3.28%
Stein
1.07%
Others
1.38% :
Electoral vote—pledged
Trump/Pence
56.88%
Clinton/Kaine
43.12% :
Electoral vote—President
Trump
56.51%
Clinton
42.19%
Powell
0.56%
Kasich
0.19%
Paul
0.19%
Sanders
0.19%
Spotted Eagle
0.19% :
Electoral vote—Vice President
Pence
56.69%
Kaine
42.19%
Warren
0.37%
Cantwell
0.19%
Collins
0.19%
Fiorina
0.19%
LaDuke
0.19% :

## 2020 presidential election
### Presidential primaries

The table below shows the four candidates that have either (a) held public office, (b) been included in a minimum of five independent national polls, or (c) received substantial media coverage. The president's challengers withdrew from the race after the primaries started, or in the case of De la Fuente, accepted one or more 3rd party nominations.
| Candidates | Donald Trump | Bill Weld | Rocky De La Fuente | Joe Walsh | Total delegates, pledged (unpledged/total), and votes |
| Pledged delegates (unpledged / soft total) (Total awarded: 2,312) | 2,311 (38 / 2,273) 90.63% | 1 (0 / 1) 0.04% | 0 (0 / 0) 0% | 0 (0 / 0) 0% | 2,443 (107 / 2,550) (90.67% awarded) 19,321,267 votes |
| Popular votes | 18,159,752 (93.99%) | 454,402 (2.35%) | 108,357 (0.56%) | 173,519 (0.90%) | 2,443 (107 / 2,550) (90.67% awarded) 19,321,267 votes |

### General election

Candidates are listed individually below if they received more than 0.1% of the popular vote. Popular vote totals are from the Federal Election Commission report.
Electoral results :
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | Running mate | Running mate |
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Count | Percentage | Electoral vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote |
| Joe Biden | Democratic | Delaware | 81,283,501 | 51.31% | 306 | Kamala Harris | California | 306 |
| Donald Trump (incumbent) | Republican | Florida | 74,223,975 | 46.85% | 232 | Mike Pence (incumbent) | Indiana | 232 |
| Jo Jorgensen | Libertarian | South Carolina | 1,865,535 | 1.18% | 0 | Spike Cohen | South Carolina | 0 |
| Howie Hawkins | Green | New York | 407,068 | 0.26% | 0 | Angela Nicole Walker | South Carolina | 0 |
| Other | Other | Other | 649,552 | 0.41% | — | Other | Other | — |
| Total | Total | Total | 158,429,631 | 100% | 538 | | | 538 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 270 | | | 270 |

## 2024 presidential election
### Presidential primaries

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Donald Trump | 17,015,756 | 76.42% |
| | Republican | Nikki Haley | 4,381,799 | 19.68% |
| | Republican | Ron DeSantis | 353,615 | 1.59% |
| | N/A | Uncommitted | 154,815 | 0.70% |
| | Republican | Chris Christie | 139,541 | 0.63% |
| | Republican | Vivek Ramaswamy | 96,954 | 0.44% |
| | Republican | Asa Hutchinson | 22,044 | 0.10% |
| | Republican | Perry Johnson | 4,051 | 0.02% |
| | Republican | Tim Scott | 1,598 | 0.01% |
| | Republican | Doug Burgum | 502 | 0.00% |
| | Republican | Mike Pence | 404 | 0.00% |
| | N/A | Other candidates | 93,796 | 0.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,264,875 | 100.00% |

### General election

Electoral results :
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | Running mate | Running mate |
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Count | Percentage | Electoral vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote |
| Donald Trump | Republican | Florida | 77,302,580 | 49.81% | 312 | JD Vance | Ohio | 312 |
| Kamala Harris | Democratic | California | 75,017,613 | 48.33% | 226 | Tim Walz | Minnesota | 226 |
| Jill Stein | Green | Massachusetts | 782,068 | 0.5% | 0 | Butch Ware | California | 0 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Independent | New York | 755,018 | 0.5% | 0 | Nicole Shanahan | California | 0 |
| Other | Other | Other | | | — | Other | Other | — |
| Total | Total | Total | | 100% | 538 | | | 538 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 270 | | | 270 |