how many counties won by clinton and trump
Dec 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM Dec 6, 2016 at 1:58 PM. NEW YORK - A trending story that claims Hillary Clinton won a total of 57 counties in the presidential election is untrue. The Associated Press finds that Clinton won 487 counties nationwide, compared with 2,626 for President-elect Donald Trump. NEW YORK  A trending story that claims Hillary Clinton won a total of 57 counties in the presidential election is untrue.
According to a calculation by Time magazine, Trump won 220 counties that had voted for Obama in 2012, while Hillary Clinton took far fewer -- 17 -- that had gone for Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee. And Trump outperformed Romneyâs vote share in 2,728 counties, compared to just 383 where Clinton outperformed Obama.