How Trump won the Electoral College

How Trump won the Electoral College

Population and Electoral College votes
Population estimate July 1, 2016 Wikipedia
List of U.S. States and Territories by population - Wikipedia

12 States Trump won population over 5 million
Texas 27,862,596- 38
Florida 20,612,439- 29
Pennsylvania 12,784,227- 20
Ohio 11,646,273- 18
Georgia 10,310,371- 16
North Carolina 10,146,788- 15
Michigan 9,928,301- 16
Arizona 6,931,071- 11
Tennessee 6,651,194- 11
Indiana 6,633,053- 11
Missouri 6,093,000- 10
Wisconsin 5,778,708- 10

Total Electoral College votes = 205
Total population = 135,378,021

10 states Clinton won population over 5 million
California 39,250,017- 55
New York 19,745,289- 29
Illinois 12,801,539- 20
New Jersey 8,944,469- 14
Virginia 8,411,808- 13
Washington 7,288,000- 12
Massachusetts 6,811,779- 11
Maryland 6,016,447- 10
Colorado 5,540,545- 9
Minnesota 5,519,952- 10

Total Electoral College votes = 183
Total population = 120,329,845

States won population less than 5 million
Trump 18
Clinton 10

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