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2016 presidential election in Nevada

Hillary Clinton (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Nevada in 2016, 47.9% to 45.5%, a margin of 2.4 points and 27,202 votes.

Nevada voted 0.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Barack Obama won.

Republicans led in 15 of the 17 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Clark, cast 767,156 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.7 points. The closest was Esmeralda, where 264 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hillary Clinton won Democratic 539,260 47.9%
Donald Trump Republican 512,058 45.5%
All other candidates 74,067 6.6%
Total1,125,385

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 402,227 52.4% 320,057 41.7% 44,872 767,156 D+10.7
Washoe 97,379 46.4% 94,758 45.1% 17,772 209,909 D+1.2
Douglas 8,454 30.3% 17,415 62.5% 2,016 27,885 R+32.1
Carson City 9,610 38.4% 13,125 52.5% 2,281 25,016 R+14.1
Lyon 6,146 25.9% 16,005 67.4% 1,611 23,762 R+41.5
Nye 5,094 26.0% 13,324 68.0% 1,177 19,595 R+42.0
Elko 3,401 18.3% 13,551 73.0% 1,607 18,559 R+54.7
Churchill 2,210 20.2% 7,830 71.6% 898 10,938 R+51.4
Humboldt 1,386 21.5% 4,521 70.3% 526 6,433 R+48.7
White Pine 707 18.7% 2,723 72.2% 343 3,773 R+53.4
Storey 752 29.4% 1,616 63.2% 190 2,558 R+33.8
Lander 403 16.7% 1,828 75.8% 182 2,413 R+59.1
Lincoln 285 13.4% 1,671 78.4% 176 2,132 R+65.0
Mineral 637 31.9% 1,179 59.0% 181 1,997 R+27.1
Pershing 430 21.7% 1,403 70.8% 149 1,982 R+49.1
Eureka 74 8.7% 723 84.7% 57 854 R+76.0
Esmeralda 65 15.4% 329 77.8% 29 423 R+62.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nevada in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.1
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+2.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.7
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+12.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.0
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+35.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+4.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+27.4
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+17.2
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+15.9
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+3.1
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.2
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+45.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+13.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+20.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+17.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+23.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+23.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+24.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+62.3
1892 Third party (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+15.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+12.5
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+4.8
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+5.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+10.8