% of voters, 36 %, 27 In 2016, Donald J. Trump won the Electoral College with 304 votes compared to 227 votes for Hillary Clinton. %, 38 %, 13 % of voters, 28 Clinton’s campaign featured superior organization and fund-raising—and almost every election-eve poll pointed to a comfortable victory for her—but Trump’s anti-Washington appeal to white working-class voters outside major cities in pivotal manufacturing states proved to be the key factor in what several publications called “the most stunning upset in American history.” The election of an outsider with no political job experience represented a major repudiation of business as usual by both parties in Washington, D.C. At various times Trump blamed party establishments for costly intervention in foreign conflicts, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, stagnant real wages, excessive political correctness, and failure to enforce immigration laws. They’re rapists. Schumer, who is set to replace retiring Sen. Harry Reid, will spearhead the party's messaging and policy priorities in the first two years of a Donald Trump administration. "While I'm grateful to the supportive friends who have urged me to consider running for DNC Chair, I will not be seeking our Party's Chairmanship. %, 17 %, 95 De Blasio also said he expressed concerns over Trump's decision to appoint former Breitbart News head Steve Bannon to a top White House post. POLITICO's Live 2016 Alabama Election Results and Maps by State, County and District. Is this the first time you have ever voted? % of voters, 42 In 2008, President-elect Barack Obama placed a $50,000 limit on individual donors and banned contributions from lobbyists, corporations and super PACs. %, 18 Bush and George W. Bush and large donors to their campaigns. "If you're not serious about the job, then you probably won't be there very long because it will expose problems," Obama added. % of voters, 23 %, 5 Do you think the presidential candidates have the temperament to serve effectively as president? Bypassing traditional information sources by use of social media, including his personal Twitter account, Trump often set the agenda for coverage of his campaign. %, 36 Barack Obama had presided over eight years of steady economic expansion following the 2008 worldwide financial meltdown, but many new jobs were not full-time, and the recovery was slow by historical standards. Cruz won several additional states, mostly lower-turnout caucus battles. Government should do more to solve problems, Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. %, 11 %, 22 Trump won Florida, Rubio’s home state, and Cruz withdrew in early May, effectively ceding the nomination to Trump. Candidates for the 2016 Republican U.S. presidential nomination: (top row, left to right) Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Rand Paul; (bottom row, left to right) Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, and John Kasich. Trump has designated retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and son-in-law Jared Kushner as his staff level companions for such briefings, however, Kushner does not have any clearance. The president’s signature domestic accomplishment, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” was failing financially.