2016 United States presidential election in Florida

The **2016 United States presidential election in Florida** was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

On 15 March 2016, the state also voted for who they wanted to be the nominee of their respective parties.

### Polling

Below is a table with the polling results in Florida. Florida has not voted Republican in the general election since 2008.

|Poll source|Date administered|Democrat|%|Republican|%|Lead margin|Sample size|Margin of error||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Quinnipiac University|November 3–6, 2016|**Hillary Clinton**|**46%**|**Donald Trump**|**46%**|style="text-align:center;"|**Tied**|884|± 3.3%|||
|CNN/ORC|October 27 – November 1, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**50%**|Donald Trump|49%|align="center"|**1**|773|± 3.5%|
|Quinnipiac University|October 27 – November 1, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**47%**|Donald Trump|45%|align="center"|**2**|626|± 3.9%|
|Gravis Marketing/One America News Network|October 31, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**51%**|Donald Trump|49%|align="center"|**2**|1,995|± 2.2%|
|New York Times Upshot/Siena College|October 25–27, 2016|Hillary Clinton|45%||**Donald Trump**||**48%**|align=center|**3**|814|± 3.4%|
|NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist|October 25–26, 2016|**Hillary Clinton**|**46%**|**Donald Trump**|**46%**|style="text-align:center;"|**Tied**|779|± 3.5%|||
|University of North Florida|October 20–25, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**46%**|Donald Trump|44%|align="center"|**2**|836|± 3.4%|
|Bloomberg/Selzer|October 21–24, 2016|Hillary Clinton|45%||**Donald Trump**||**46%**|align=center|**1**|953|± 3.2%|
|Quinnipiac University|October 10–16, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**49%**|Donald Trump|45%|align="center"|**4**|660|± 3.8%|
|Public Policy Polling|October 12–13, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**49%**|Donald Trump|44%|align="center"|**5**|985|± 3.1%|
|Ipsos/Reuters|October 5–12, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**42%**|Donald Trump|40%|align="center"|**2**|1,532|± 2.9%|
|NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist|October 3–5, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**46%**|Donald Trump|44%|align="center"|**2**|700|± 3.7%|
|University of North Florida|September 27 – October 4, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**47%**|Donald Trump|40%|align="center"|**7**|696|± 3.8%|
|Quinnipiac University|September 27 – October 2, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**49%**|Donald Trump|44%|align="center"|**5**|545|± 4.2%|
|Public Policy Polling|September 27–28, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**48%**|Donald Trump|45%|align="center"|**3**|826|± 3.4%|
|Florida Chamber Political Institute|September 15–20, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**45%**|Donald Trump|42%|align=center|**3**|617|± 4.0%|
|New York Times Upshot/Siena College|September 10–14, 2016|**Hillary Clinton**|**43%**|**Donald Trump**|**43%**|align=center|**Tied**|867|± 3.3%|||
|CNN/ORC|September 7–12, 2016|Hillary Clinton|46%||**Donald Trump**||**50%**|align=center|**4**|788|± 3.5%|
|Public Policy Polling|September 4–6, 2016||**Hillary Clinton**||**47%**|Donald Trump|46%|align=center|**1**|744|± 3.6%|

### Results

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Donald Trump** <small>(REP)</small>|align=right|**4,617,886**|align=right|**49.02%**|
|Hillary Clinton <small>(DEM)</small>|align=right|4,504,975|align=right|47.82%|
|Gary Johnson|align=right|207,043|align=right|2.20%|
|Jill Stein|align=right|64,399|align=right|0.68%|
|Darrell Castle|align=right|16,475|align=right|0.17%|
|Rocky De La Fuente|align=right|9,108|align=right|0.10%|

### Democratic

The Democratic caucus occurred on 15 March 2016.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Hillary Clinton**|align=right|**1,101,414**|align=right|**64.44%**|align=right|**165**|
|Bernie Sanders|align=right|568,839|align=right|33.28%|align=right|75|
|Martin O'Malley|align=right|38,930|align=right|2.28%|align=right|0|
|Uncommitted|align=right||align=right||align=right|6|

### Republican

The Republican caucus occurred on 1 March 2016.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Donald Trump**|align=right|**1,079,870**|align=right|**45.72%**|align=right|**99**|
|Marco Rubio|align=right|638,661|align=right|27.04%|align=right|0|
|Ted Cruz|align=right|404,891|align=right|17.14%|align=right|0|
|John Kasich|align=right|159,976|align=right|6.77%|align=right|0|
|withdrawn candidates|align=right|78,407|align=right|3.32%|align=right|0|

## Related pages

- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

## Other websites

- RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
- Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
- 2016 Presidential primaries , ElectionProjection.com
- Interactive Map, 2016 Florida Primary Election Results - ap.com
- Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Florida

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2016 United States presidential election in Florida
- **country**: Florida
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2012 United States presidential election in Florida
- **previous year**: 2012
- **election date**: November 8, 2016
- **next election**: 2020 United States presidential election in Florida
- **next year**: 2020
- **turnout**: 74.48%  2.94 percentage point, pp
- **image size**: 200x200px
- **image1**: Donald Trump official portrait (3x4a).jpg
- **nominee1**: **Donald Trump**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate1**: **Mike Pence**
- **electoral vote1**: **29**
- **popular vote1**: **4,617,886**
- **percentage1**: ****
- **image2**: Hillary Clinton crop.jpg
- **nominee2**: Hillary Clinton
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate2**: Tim Kaine
- **electoral vote2**: 0
- **popular vote2**: 4,504,975
- **map image**: Florida Presidential Election Results 2016.svg
- **map size**: 400px
- **map caption**: County Results

**Trump**

**Clinton**
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Barack Obama
- **before party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **after election**: Donald Trump
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)