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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in North Dakota

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) in North Dakota in 2016, 63.0% to 27.2%, a margin of 35.7 points and 123,036 votes.

North Dakota voted 37.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Mitt Romney won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Cass, cast 80,821 votes and went to the Republican by 10.5 points. The closest was Benson, where 87 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
Donald Trump won Republican 216,794 63.0%
Hillary Clinton Democratic 93,758 27.2%
Gary Johnson Libertarian 21,434 6.2%
All other candidates 12,374 3.6%
Total344,360

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 31,361 38.8% 39,816 49.3% 9,644 80,821 R+10.5
Burleigh 10,881 22.7% 32,532 67.8% 4,566 47,979 R+45.1
Grand Forks 10,851 35.7% 16,340 53.8% 3,174 30,365 R+18.1
Ward 5,806 21.2% 18,636 68.0% 2,970 27,412 R+46.8
Morton 3,080 19.5% 11,336 71.6% 1,416 15,832 R+52.1
Williams 1,735 13.5% 10,069 78.6% 1,003 12,807 R+65.1
Stark 1,753 14.2% 9,755 79.2% 814 12,322 R+64.9
Stutsman 2,498 24.6% 6,718 66.2% 939 10,155 R+41.6
Richland 2,064 27.2% 4,767 62.8% 761 7,592 R+35.6
Barnes 1,597 29.9% 3,160 59.1% 587 5,344 R+29.2
McLean 1,081 20.3% 3,860 72.6% 374 5,315 R+52.3
Ramsey 1,505 28.4% 3,217 60.6% 583 5,305 R+32.3
Mercer 621 13.3% 3,759 80.3% 302 4,682 R+67.0
McKenzie 698 14.9% 3,670 78.6% 304 4,672 R+63.6
Walsh 1,167 25.2% 2,995 64.6% 474 4,636 R+39.4
Mountrail 1,220 29.7% 2,582 62.9% 304 4,106 R+33.2
Traill 1,241 31.6% 2,265 57.6% 427 3,933 R+26.0
Rolette 2,099 55.9% 1,217 32.4% 439 3,755 D+23.5
Bottineau 736 21.1% 2,494 71.4% 264 3,494 R+50.3
Pembina 681 21.6% 2,208 70.0% 264 3,153 R+48.4
McHenry 490 17.4% 2,050 72.7% 280 2,820 R+55.3
Dickey 554 23.0% 1,667 69.3% 186 2,407 R+46.2
Wells 419 17.6% 1,796 75.4% 168 2,383 R+57.8
Ransom 838 35.5% 1,210 51.3% 311 2,359 R+15.8
Dunn 358 16.0% 1,771 79.0% 114 2,243 R+63.0
LaMoure 502 23.3% 1,481 68.9% 168 2,151 R+45.5
Pierce 431 20.8% 1,437 69.4% 203 2,071 R+48.6
Benson 842 41.9% 929 46.2% 240 2,011 R+4.3
Cavalier 476 23.7% 1,357 67.6% 173 2,006 R+43.9
Sargent 694 34.8% 1,088 54.5% 215 1,997 R+19.7
Emmons 215 10.9% 1,677 84.7% 89 1,981 R+73.8
Bowman 227 12.7% 1,446 80.9% 114 1,787 R+68.2
Foster 347 20.2% 1,241 72.2% 131 1,719 R+52.0
Nelson 536 31.2% 1,025 59.7% 156 1,717 R+28.5
McIntosh 235 16.3% 1,100 76.1% 111 1,446 R+59.8
Grant 185 13.4% 1,108 80.2% 88 1,381 R+66.8
Kidder 179 13.0% 1,111 80.7% 86 1,376 R+67.7
Hettinger 168 13.0% 1,050 81.0% 78 1,296 R+68.1
Renville 201 15.5% 993 76.8% 99 1,293 R+61.3
Griggs 298 23.6% 847 67.0% 120 1,265 R+43.4
Sioux 758 61.5% 260 21.1% 214 1,232 D+40.4
Eddy 355 28.8% 791 64.3% 85 1,231 R+35.4
Divide 245 20.1% 867 71.1% 107 1,219 R+51.0
Adams 216 17.7% 909 74.6% 93 1,218 R+56.9
Towner 305 26.4% 733 63.4% 119 1,157 R+37.0
Logan 114 10.7% 888 83.2% 65 1,067 R+72.5
Burke 119 11.3% 895 85.1% 38 1,052 R+73.8
Oliver 119 11.7% 830 81.6% 68 1,017 R+69.9
Steele 361 36.1% 538 53.9% 100 999 R+17.7
Golden Valley 99 10.3% 796 83.2% 62 957 R+72.8
Sheridan 95 12.1% 650 82.6% 42 787 R+70.5
Billings 59 9.8% 495 81.8% 51 605 R+72.1
Slope 43 10.0% 362 84.2% 25 430 R+74.2

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

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)