United States presidential election state summaries, 2016

The following page provides basic summaries of results by state in the U.S. presidential election of 2016.

Alabama
Alabama was won by the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Alabama with 52.24% of the popular vote to Trump's 46.63%, a margin of 5.61%.

With this win, Rutherford became the first Democrat to win Alabama since Southerner Jimmy Carter of Georgia in 1976, forty years earlier. During that span, Alabama had been a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, and since 1960, had voted Democratic only once (for Carter). In fact, in 2012, Alabama had voted for Mitt Romney over Rutherford 61-39%. However, like many other typically Republican states, Alabama swung dramatically in the Democratic direction in 2016, as Trump was viewed as an immoral opportunist and demagogue by many voters throughout the country. In Alabama, Trump's complicated marital history, his prior support for abortion, and his perceived lack of firmness on economic, foreign policy, and other issues hurt him with moderate Republicans and independents. Moreover, his past comments about the Central Park Five and allegations of racial discrimination, along with derogatory comments made during the course of his campaign, energized the state's African-American voters against him. Thus, Alabama tipped in Rutherford's direction.

Nevertheless, Alabama still weighed in as 11.34% more Republican than the nation at large, and was the fifth-closest state overall. Trump still managed to break 70% in northern Alabama counties such as Blount, Winston, Cleburne, Marion, and Cullman, 60% in several others such as the populous counties of Baldwin, Bibb, and St. Clair, and obtained a wide 56% majority in the suburban county of Shelby, in addition to winning several other rural counties in Northern and Southeastern Alabama. Rutherford, however, ran up record margins and turnout in the Black Belt, breaking 90% in counties such as Greene, Sumter, Lowndes, Macon, and Bullock; received over 70% of the vote in Montgomery County, home to Montgomery, Alabama's capital and second-largest city; and over 60% in Jefferson County, home to the state's largest city, Brimingham. He also won the populous Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Chambers, Madison, and Coffee Counties, and flipped several other counties along the Black Belt. Rutherford's margins in Montgomery and Jefferson, and his performance in the Black Belt, proved decisive.

Rutherford won five of Alabama's congressional districts; Trump carried two.

Alaska
Alaska was won by the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Alaska with 55.46% of the popular vote to Trump's 38.49%, a margin of 16.97%.

With this win, Rutherford became only the second Democrat in history, following Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, to carry Alaska. Nevertheless, Alaska still weighed in as 8.12% more Republican than the nation at large.

Rutherford won every borough in the state except for Matanuska Susitna, which Trump carried with an absolute majority. He was the first Democrat since Johnson to win the boroughs of Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star, Ketchikan Gateway, Kodiak Island, Aleutians East, and Aleutians West, all of which were critical to his victory in the state. Rutherford obtained more than 70% of the vote in the northern boroughs of North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Nome, Kusilvak, and Yukon-Koyukuk, and even broke 80% in Juneau and Skagway Boroughs. Third-party candidates received 6.06% of the vote in Alaska, continuing the state's tradition for supporting third parties at a relatively high rate relative to the nation at large.

Rutherford won Alaska's at-large congressional district.

Arizona
Arizona was won by the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Arizona with 59.31% of the vote to Trump's 38.26%, a margin of 21.05%. Arizona weighed in as 4.27% more Republican than the nation, but this was the first time since 1948 that a Democrat won the state by a double-digit margin.

Rutherford won every county in the state except for the heavily Republican Mohave County, though Trump won with less than 60% there. He was the first Democrat since Truman to win Yavapai County, the first to win Graham and Yuma Counties since Johnson, and the first to win Greenlee County since Bill Clinton in 1996. La Paz and Graham were carried by the President with pluralities; by contrast, he broke 60% in Cococino, Yuma, and Pima Counties, 70% in Navajo County, and 80% in Santa Cruz County.

Arkansas
Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Arkansas was one of 48 states carried by the President in his national landslide. However, it was the second-closest state in the election. Rutherford carried the state by a margin of 30,026 votes, or 2.70%, making Arkansas's vote 14.18% more Republican than the nation at large. Rutherford's strongest performances were in Chichot and Philips Counties where he took more than 76% of the vote in both. Trump's strongest performance was in Polk County, which he carried with 73% of the vote. Although Rutherford carried 43 of Arkansas's 75 counties, Trump broke 60% in almost every county in the northern and far western regions of the state, including in the populous Lonoke, Pope, Crawford, and Boone Counties, and held Rutherford to plurality wins in the populous counties of Saline, Benton, Faulkner, and Garland, thus keeping the overall vote close and denying Rutherford an absolute majority. Of Arkansas's most populous counties, Rutherford won an absolute majority only in Pulaski (carried with more than 70%) and Washington (over 50%). Of Arkansas's four districts, Rutherford won three; Trump carried 1 (AR-01).

Rutherford became the first Democrat since Bill Clinton in 1996 to carry the state.

California
California was won by the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. One of the most Democratic states in the nation, California had not voted for a Republican since 1988, when George H.W. Bush won the state over Michael Dukakis.

As Rutherford won nationally in a massive landslide, taking 63.58% of the vote nationwide, California weighed in as 9.7% more Democratic than the nation as a whole. The President obtained a record 73.28% of the vote there, to Trump's 24.21%, beating him by a margin of 49.07 percentage points. He won every county in the state except for Lassen and Modoc in the northeast, which had for some decades been California's most Republican counties. Rutherford became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 to win Sutter County, the first since Johnson in 1964 to carry the counties of Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, and Tulare, the first since Hubert Humphrey in 1968 to win Kings County, and the first since Jimmy Carter in 1976 to win Amador, El Dorado, Madera, Placer, Shasta, Sierra, and Yuba Counties. He won Glenn, Shasta, and Tehama with pluralities.

Rutherford did exceptionally well throughout the state, setting new records for a presidential candidate from either party. He absolutely dominated in the Bay Area, breaking 90% in San Francisco, Marin, Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, 80% in Los Angeles, Imperial, Monterey, Contra Costa, Solano, Yolo, Napa, and Sonoma, and 70% in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Benito, Alpine, Mendocino, and Humboldt Counties. He broke 60% in several other counties, including Orange, Riverside, San Bernandino, Fresno, Ventura, San Luis Obsipo, Stanislaus, Merced, Nevada, San Joaquin, Lake, Trinity, Del Norte, and Siskiyou.

Colorado
Colorado was won by the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Colorado, which had been a swing state since the 1980s, weighed in as 0.74% more Republican than the nation. This was the first time since 1964, however, that a Democrat won the state by more than 20 percentage points, for Rutherford earned 62.84% of the vote, to Trump's 31.74%.

Rutherford won all but six counties: the Western Colorado counties of Moffat and Rio Blanco, and the Eastern Colorado counties of Washington, Lincoln, Cheyenne, and Baca. Washington County has not voted Democratic since Franklin Roosevelt carried it in 1936, and the others have not done so since Lyndon Johnson's landslide in 1964. Trump received more than 60% in Moffat, Rio Blanco, Baca, and Lincoln, and broke 70% in Washington and Cheyenne. Moreover, Rutherford carried the traditionally Republican counties of Yuma, Kit Carson, and Kiowa with pluralities; he was the first Democrat since Johnson in 1964 to win these counties. Rutherford also became the first Democrat since 1936 to win Elbert and Hinsdale Counties.

The President broke 60% in the suburban Denver counties of Jefferson, Adams, and Arapahoe, and in several western counties such as Alamosa, Gunnison, Huerfano, La Plata, San Juan, Ouray, Chaffee, Lake, Eagle, Gilpin, Garfield, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Routt, and Larimer. He broke 70% in Pueblo, Las Animas, Summit, Pitkin, and San Miguel Counties, 80% in Boulder and Costilla Counties, and 90% in Denver County. Several other typically Republican counties in addition to the ones mentioned, including Weld, Douglas, El Paso, Teller, Park, Mesa, and Delta, also voted for Rutherford, the first Democrat to win them since Johnson.

Connecticut
Connecticut voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Connecticut by a wide margin of 39.57%, earning 69.28% of the popular vote to Trump's 29.71%. Connecticut, a solidly Democratic state, had not voted Republican since it went for George H.W. Bush over Michael Dukakis in 1988. In this election, it was one of nine states throughout the country where Rutherford won every county. He broke 70% in Hartford and Fairfield Counties, and 60% in the remainder except for the typically Republican counties of Litchfield and Windham, which he carried with more than 50% of the vote.

Delaware
Delaware voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. All three counties in the state (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex) went blue, and Rutherford won the state with 68.60% of the popular vote to Trump's 29.35%, a margin of 36.25%. Rutherford broke 70% in New Castle County and 60% in Kent County. Rutherford was the first Democrat to win traditionally Republican Sussex County since Bill Clinton twenty years earlier, and the first since Johnson in 1964 to carry it with an absolute majority (55%). Delaware was one of nine states where Rutherford won every county.

District of Columbia
The District of Columbia voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. The solidly Democratic District, which has never gone Republican since it started voting in presidential elections in 1964, went to Rutherford by a margin of 85.84%, or 262,958 votes, his largest margin of victory in the country. Rutherford obtained 91.78% of the popular vote, the best performance ever for a Democrat there, to Trump's 5.94%.

Florida
Florida voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. The perennial swing state has voted for the victor in every presidential election since 1964, with the exception of 1992. For the first time since 1948, a Democrat won the state by double digits, as Rutherford earned 63.73% of the popular vote to Trump's 35.41%, a victory margin of 28.32%. Florida closely matched the national vote, weighing in as 0.15% more Democratic than the nation at large.

Rutherford won 48 of Florida's 67 counties, becoming the first Democrat since Truman to carry the majority. Moreover, he carried all of his counties with absolute majorities. This included wins in the populous Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Polk, Sarasota, Manatee, Collier, and Escambia Counties. Trump held on to only Republican strongholds in the Florida Panhandle, breaking 60% in several (Walton, Washington, Calhoun, Liberty, Lafayette, Dixie, Gilchrist, Suwanee, Union, and Baker), and 70% in one (Holmes). In Democratic strongholds, Rutherford set new records. He broke 70% in Leon, Alachua, Orange, Osceola, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties, and 80% in Broward and Gadsden Counties. He also earned over 60% in the swing counties of Monroe, Pinellas, Hillsborough, St. Lucie, and Duval.

Georgia
Georgia voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Georgia by a significant margin of 17.88%, becoming the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1980 to win the state by double-digits. He earned 58.20% of the popular vote, to Trump's 40.34%.

Rutherford carried 101 of Georgia's counties, to Trump's 58. He broke 60% in several counties of the Black Belt, in Chatham County, and in the Atlanta suburban counties of Henry, Newton, Gwinnett, Cobb, and Douglas. He broke 70% in several other counties such as Clarke, Taliaferro, Liberty, Rockdale, Talbert, Stewart, and Macon, 80% in Fulton County, and 90% in Clayton and DeKalb Counties. Rutherford won 50% majorities in Paulding, Caroll, Coweta, and Fayette Counties, and 40% pluralities in Heard, Bibb, Haralson, Polk, and Floyd. Trump, however, carried Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, and Barrow Counties to the north and east of Atlanta, and won most of the counties in Northern Georgia with 60% or more of the vote. He broke 70% in several counties throughout the state, notably in Pike, Banks, Dawson, and Glassock. Trump's performance in Northern Georgia, along with his carriage of 3 of the state's 14 congressional districts, was sufficient to hold Rutherford under 60% overall. Georgia thus weighed in as 5.38% more Republican than the nation.

Hawaii
Hawaii voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. A solidly Democratic state, having not gone Republican since Ronald Reagan's landslide reelection over Walter Mondale in 1984, Hawaii gave 79.51% of its votes to Rutherford, versus 18.11% for Trump. This was a victory margin of 61.40%. Hawaii was Rutherford's best state in the nation and Trump's worst; this was also his second-largest margin of victory after the District of Columbia.

Rutherford broke 70% in Honolulu and Kauai Counties, and 80% in Kalawao, Maui, and Hawaii Counties. Hawaii was one of nine states where he won every county.

Idaho
Idaho voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Idaho by a margin of 9.23%, obtaining 50.74% of the popular vote to Trump's 41.51%. A typically Republican state, Idaho, like many other states throughout the country, swung dramatically in the Democrats' direction in 2016 due to the profound unpopularity and perceived incompetence of Trump, in the eyes of many American voters. In Idaho, Mormon voters, who comprised a significant chunk of the electorate, were repelled by Trump's moral ambiguity and his sordid marriage history; other Idaho voters viewed Rutherford as tough on foreign policy, as a social moderate, and as a bipartisan President capable of political compromise. They also saw him as more competent than Trump.

Trump carried 23 of Idaho's 44 counties, to Rutherford's 21. However, Rutherford won the state by a comfortable margin due to victories in Idaho's most populous counties. He won a plurality in Twin Falls County, carried Bannock, Bonneville, Bingham, Nez Perce, and Canyon Counties with absolute majorities, and obtained over 60% of the vote in Ada, Latah, and Teton Counties. He also broke 80% in the Democratic stronghold of Blaine County. Rutherford became the first Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to win the state, and the first since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 to win Ada County. Nevertheless, Idaho still weighed in as 12.84% more Republican than the nation.

Illinois
Illinois voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. One of the most solidly Democratic states in the country, Illinois had not voted Republican since George H.W. Bush's victory in 1988. As expected, Rutherford won the state in a landslide, earning 67.45% of the popular vote, to Trump's 30.12%, a victory margin of 37.33%.

Rutherford won all but four counties in the state: Edwards, Wayne, Woodford, and Johnson. Of these, Trump won Johnson County with a plurality, and the others with 50% majorities. The President carried all but four of his counties with absolute majorities, prevailing in Wabash, Richland, Iroquois, and Ford Counties with pluralities. He became only the second Democrat in history to win Ford County (following Franklin Roosevelt in 1932), the first since Roosevelt in 1940 to win Iroquois County, the first since Johnson in 1964 to win Wabash County, and the first since Bill Clinton in 1992 to win Richland County. He was also the first Democrat ever to win Ogle County, and the first since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Lee County.

Rutherford broke 60% in 40 of Illinois's counties, including the Chicago suburban counties of Lake and Will, and became the first Democrat in history to earn more than 80% of the vote in Cook County. The President won all 18 of Illinois's congressional districts.

Indiana
Indiana voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. A typically Republican state, Indiana was carried by the President with 56.90% of the popular vote to Trump's 40.85%, a victory margin of 16.05%. This was the first time since 1964 that a Democrat won the state by a double-digit margin, and only the second time since then that the state went Democratic, following Rutherford's narrow triumph there four years earlier. Nevertheless, reflecting its Republican roots, Indiana was Trump's best state in the Midwest, weighing in as 6.68% more Republican than the nation.

Trump won the majority of counties in Indiana, carrying 48 to Rutherford's 44. However, Rutherford won the state decisively by running up record numbers in the Gary and Indianapolis metropolitan areas, and by carrying the state's most populous counties with clear majorities. He broke 70% in Marion, Monroe, and Lake Counties, and 60% in St. Joseph's County. Rutherford also won the populous Madison, Allen, Delaware, Vanderburgh, Clark, and Floyd Counties by decisive margins. Moreover, he made history by becoming the first Democrat since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to win Hendricks and Hamilton Counties, and the first since Johnson in 1964 to win Hancock County. These suburban counties of Indianapolis had been heavily Republican for generations, but voters were turned off by Trump's rhetoric and perceived incompetence.

Rutherford won all 9 of Indiana's congressional districts.

Iowa
Iowa voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald Trump of New York. Rutherford won Iowa with 62.57% of the popular vote to Trump's 35.45%, a victory margin of 27.12%. Iowa, however, weighed in as 1.01% more Republican than the nation.

Rutherford won 88 of Iowa's 99 counties. He broke 60% in 13 of them, 70% in 4 (Polk, Story, Black Hawk, and Linn), and 80% in 1 (Johnson). Trump received over 70% of the vote in Sioux and Lynn Counties, but carried four others (Van Buren, Davis, Wayne, and Humboldt) with pluralities. The President won all four of Iowa's congressional districts.

Kansas
Kansas voted for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald Trump of New York. Kansas was won by Rutherford with 52.95% of the popular vote to Trump's 42.47%, a victory margin of 10.48%. Thus, the state weighed in as 10.63% more Republican than the nation at large.

With this win, Rutherford became the first Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to win the state. Though Trump still carried the majority of the state's counties, carrying 80 to Rutherford's 25, Rutherford won the state by a clear margin due to prevailing in all of its most populous counties. He obtained record margins in the Democratic strongholds of Wyandotte and Douglas, obtaining more than 70% in the former and 80% in the latter, and earned over 60% in Johnson, Shawnee, and Riley Counties. He also won a majority in the populous counties of Sedgwick, Leavenworth, Miami, Lyon, Butler, Crawford, and Cowley, in addition to carrying a number of other rural counties. Trump still received more than 60% of the vote in most Western counties, and broke 70% in Wallace County. However, Rutherford's decisive victories in the major urban and suburban areas made him the first Democrat in history to carry Kansas by a double-digit margin.

Kentucky
Kentucky voted for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Although Kentucky had generally voted Republican since 1968, with the exceptions of 1976, 1992 and 1996, they were nevertheless persuaded in this election to vote for the populist moderate Rutherford, and like many other states throughout the country, moved in the Democrats' direction due to a reaction against Trump's perceived incompetence, rhetoric, and prior positions on social and other issues. However, Kentucky was the sixth-closest state in the election, as Rutherford won 51.92% of the popular vote to Trump's 45.99%, a victory margin of 5.93%. Kentucky thus weighed in as 11.66% more Republican than the nation.

Trump carried 84 of Kentucky's 120 counties, and won two of its six congressional districts, with Rutherford carrying the other four. This served to keep the race close. However, Rutherford prevailed due to victories in all of the state's most populous counties. He obtained over 60% in Franklin County, home to the state's capital Frankfort, and broke 70% in Jefferson (home to Louisville, the most populous city), and Fayette (home to Lexington, the second-largest city) Counties. He also earned over 70% of the vote in traditionally Democratic Elliott County, which has never voted for a Republican at the presidential level. Rutherford won majorities in the populous Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Daviess, Henderson, Warren, Christian, McCracken, Calloway, Jessamine, Woodford, Oldham, Nelson, and Hardin Counties, and a plurality in Boyd County, while Trump carried Madison County with a plurality.

Louisiana
Louisiana voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Louisiana was won by Rutherford with 54.34% of the popular vote, to 43.68% for Trump, a victory margin of 10.66%. The state thus weighed in as 9.24% more Republican than the nation. With his victory, Rutherford became the first Democrat to win Louisiana since Bill Clinton in 1996, twenty years earlier. Louisiana, like many other typically Republican states at the presidential level, swung dramatically in the Democrats' direction due to Trump's perceived immortality, his business record, and his controversial comments, the latter two of which were an especially motivating factor for the state's African-American voters. Rutherford was also perceived as a moderate and bipartisan negotiator by many in the state, and was further boosted by his vigorous response to the floods which had impacted the state earlier that year.

The President performed surprisingly well throughout the state, dominating among African-American voters and managing to capture 38% of the white vote. He carried 43 of Louisiana's 67 parishes and won four of its six congressional districts. Rutherford broke 60% in the parishes of Caddo (home to Shreveport), West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge (home to the state capital, Baton Rouge), West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Assumption, St. James, St. Landry, Evangeline, Tensas, Madison, East Caroll, and Tangipahoa, 70% in Pointe Coupe and Iberville Parishes, and 80% in the heavily Democratic Orleans Parish, home to New Orleans.

Maine
Maine voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. A solidly Democratic state, Maine has not voted Republican since George H.W. Bush won there in 1988 over Michael Dukakis. Rutherford carried Maine by a wide margin of 35.67%, earning 65.89% of the popular vote to Trump's 30.22%. Maine was one of nine states where the President won every county. He broke 60% in York, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Kennebec, Waldo, Hancock, and Franklin Counties, and exceeded 70% in Cumberland and Knox Counties.

Maryland
Maryland voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. One of the most solidly Democratic states in the nation, Maryland has not voted Republican since George H.W. Bush carried it narrowly in 1988 over Michael Dukakis. Rutherford won Maryland with a whopping 72.95% of the popular vote to Trump's 24.61%, a victory margin of 48.34%. He became the first Democrat ever to win more than 70% of the vote in Maryland. Even in the midst of a major Democratic landslide, Maryland weighed in as 9.37% more Democratic than the nation.

The President won all but one of Maryland's counties: heavily Republican Garnet County, in the state's northwest, which gave Trump an absolute majority. He became the first Democrat to win Anne Arundel County since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and the first to win Dorchester County with an absolute majority since John F. Kennedy in 1960. Rutherford set new records in Democratic strongholds within the populous Baltimore-Washington D.C. metropolitan area. He broke 60% in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Kent Counties, 70% in Howard and Charles Counties, 80% in Montgomery County, and 90% in the heavily African-American Prince George's County and Baltimore City.

Massachusetts
Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. One of the most solidly Democratic states in the nation, Massachusetts has not voted Republican since Ronald Reagan won it in his 1984 landslide re-election over Walter Mondale. It has been a generally Democratic-leaning state ever since the election of 1928, when Al Smith carried it narrowly even as Herbert Hoover won in a national landslide.

Rutherford carried Massachusetts with 70.92% of the popular vote to Trump's 26.61%, a victory margin of 44.31%. This was the second-most decisive Democratic victory in Massachusetts to date, surpassed only by Lyndon Johnson's victory here over Barry Goldwater in 1964, when he won the state with 76.19% of the vote. Nevertheless, Massachusetts constituted the eighth-strongest victory for the Democrats in the country. Voters in liberal New England were especially turned off by Trump's bombast, rhetoric, and business record, and viewed him, even more than the nation at large, as a liar and dangerous demagogue. Consequently, Rutherford earned more than two-thirds of the vote in the state.

Massachusetts was one of nine states where the President won every county, continuing a Democratic streak that had been ongoing since 1992. He broke 60% in Barnstable, Nantucket, Bristol, Worchester, Hampden, and Essex Counties, 70% in Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, Middlesex, and Norfolk Counties, and 80% in Suffolk and Dukes Counties, while carrying Plymouth County with a 59% majority. He was only the second Democrat in history to take more than 80% of the vote in Suffolk County (home to the state's capital and largest city Boston), following Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Rutherford won all 9 of Massachusetts's congressional districts.

Michigan
Michigan voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. A reliably Democratic state, Michigan has not voted Republican since George H.W. Bush won it over Michael Dukakis in 1988. Rutherford won Michigan with 64.96% of the popular vote to Trump's 33.79%, a victory margin of 31.17%. Michigan thus weighed in as 1.38% more Democratic than the nation.

Rutherford won all but two of Michigan's 83 counties: Missaukee and Hillsdale Counties, which Trump won with an absolute majority. He broke 60% in the populous Detroit suburban counties of Macomb and Oakland, and in Genessee, Saginaw, Isabella, Eaton, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Leelanau, and Marquette Counties. He obtained more than 70% of the vote in Ingham County, and broke 80% in heavily Democratic Wayne and Washtenaw Counties, the former being home to the state's largest city, Detroit.

Minnesota
The Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford, overwhelmingly won his home state of Minnesota over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Minnesota with 65.01% of the popular vote to Trump's 31.31%, a victory margin of 33.70%.

Minnesota was Rutherford's eighteenth best state in the nation and his second best in the Great Lakes region below Illinois, weighing in as 1.43% more Democratic than the nation. Rutherford won every region in the state by significant margins, including the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Iron Range, Red River Valley, Central Minnesota, Southeastern Minnesota, the Minnesota River Valley, and Buffalo Ridge. Every major city in the state voted for Rutherford, along with every mid-sized city and small town with the exceptions of Little Falls, Long Prairie, and Fairmont, which were won by Trump.

Rutherford carried 84 of Minnesota's 87 counties, and all eight congressional districts. Trump won the counties of Todd and Morrison in Central Minnesota with absolute majorities, and carried Martin County along the state's southern boundary with a plurality. Rutherford won Lake of the Woods, Wadena, and Pipestone Counties with pluralities; broke 60% in Mower, Olmsted, Winona, Nicollet, Blue Earth, Rice, Dakota, Washington, Carlton, and Lake Counties; 70% in St. Louis and Cook Counties; and 80% in Ramsey and Hennepin Counties, home to St. Paul and Minneapolis respectively.

Mississippi
Mississippi voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Mississippi by a margin of 12.95%, earning 56.02% of the popular vote to Trump's 43.07%. Nevertheless, Mississippi weighed in as 7.56% more Republican than the nation. This election marked only the third time since 1960 that the state voted Democratic, following fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter's win in 1976 and Rutherford's prior, narrow triumph in the election of 2012. Mississippi, like many other states, swung the Democrats' direction due to widespread distaste for Trump's moral character, business record, and rhetoric during the course of the campaign. Black voters in particular, who made up more than a third of the state's electorate, were motivated to turnout by allegations of racial discrimination in Trump's businesses and by his statements relating to the Central Park Five, as well as the presence on the Democratic ticket of Vice-President Harold Ford, Jr. of Tennessee, the nation's first African-American Vice President.

Rutherford won 97% of the black vote and managed to capture 40% of whites, which proved critical to his victory in the state. The President carried 62 of Mississippi's 82 counties; this included majority wins in the populous DeSoto, Madison, Forrest, Harrison, and Jackson Counties. He earned record numbers in the heavily African-American counties of the Black Belt, breaking 60% in 11 counties, 70% in 3, 80% in 10 (including Hinds County, home to Jackson, the state's capital and largest city), and 90% in 4 (Jefferson, Claiborne, Holmes, and Noxubee Counties).

Holmes County, in fact, ranked among the five most Democratic counties in the nation. Rutherford also carried Carroll and Itawamba Counties with pluralities. Trump, however, broke 60% in Rankin County, adjacent to Hinds, and in counties such as Perry, Stone, Lamar, and Pearl River in the southern region of the state, thereby keeping the President well short of 60%. Trump also earned more than 70% of the vote in Tishomingo County, in the northeastern part of the state. Nevertheless, Rutherford won all four of Mississippi's congressional districts.

Missouri
Missouri voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Missouri with 57.11% of the popular vote to Trump's 41.04%, a victory margin of 16.07%. Missouri thus weighed in as 6.47% more Republican than the nation.

Trump carried the majority of counties in Missouri, winning 61 compared to Rutherford's 53. However, as in other states won by Rutherford where Trump won a majority of counties, the Democratic margin of victory came from their virtual sweep of the most populous counties in the state. Rutherford set new records in the Democratic strongholds of St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia. He obtained over 60% of the vote in Jackson, Boone, and St. Louis Counties, and broke 80% in St. Louis City. Rutherford also won decisive majorities in the populous suburban counties of St. Charles, Franklin, and Jefferson outside of St. Louis; and in Platte, Clay, Johnson, and Lafayette Counties outside of Kansas City, in addition to obtaining a plurality in Clay County. He also carried Greene County, home to the state's capital of Springfield, and the populous counties of St. Francois, Buchanan, Pettis, and Adair, in addition to holding Trump to plurality wins in Calloway, Lincoln, and Warren Counties. Moreover, the President carried most of the rural counties in Northern Missouri, including Pike County, and the counties of the Mississippi Lowlands.

Montana
Montana voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Montana with 53.67% of the popular vote to Trump's 36.21%, a victory margin of 17.46%. Third party candidate Gary Johnson received 10.12% of the popular vote in Montana, one of only two states (along with Utah), where the third-party vote broke into double-digit territory. Montana weighed in as 9.91% more Republican than the nation at large. This was the third time since 1964 that the state went Democratic, following 1992 and 2012.

Rutherford carried 29 of Montana's counties, to Trump's 27. He won Custer, Powder River, Beaverhead, and Madison Counties with pluralities of the vote cast, thanks in part to Johnson. Rutherford won absolute majorities in the populous counties of Lewis and Clerk, Cascade, Yellowstone, and Flathead. He broke 60% in Deer Lodge, Gallatin, and Big Horn Counties, 70% in Silver Bow and Missoula Counties, and 80% in Glacier County. Trump, however, broke 60% in two counties (McCone and Treasure), and 80% in 8 (Musselshell, Petroleum, Garfield, Prairie, Wibaux, Richland, Fallon, and Carter).

Rutherford won Montana's at-large congressional district.

Nebraska
Nebraska voted for the Democratic nominee,nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Nebraska with 53.23% of the popular vote, to Trump's 43.26%, a margin of 9.97%. Nebraska weighed in as 10.34% more Republican than the nation at large.

With this win, Rutherford became the first Democrat in 52 years, since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, to carry the state. Trump carried the state's 3rd congressional district, one of the most Republican in the country, which encompassed the western half of the state, while Rutherford carried the 1st and 2nd in the eastern half. Rutherford won 21 counties to Trump's 72. However, as with other such states (Idaho, Kentucky, and West Virginia being notable examples), the President won by a comfortable margin due to his sweep of the most populous counties. He broke 60% in the state's two most populous, Lancaster (home to Lincoln, the state's capital) and Douglas (home to Omaha, the state's largest city). He also won a sizable (56%) majority in Sarpy County, the state's third most populous after Douglas and Lancaster. Rutherford also carried the populous Buffalo, Hall, Adams, Cass, Gage, Saunders, and Washington Counties, and obtained more than 40% of the vote in Lincoln and Madison Counties, carried by Trump. Trump still broke 60% in most of the counties in Western Nebraska, and obtained over 70% in two (Grant and Hayes) thereby serving to keep the state within single digits. Nebraska was thus Rutherford's weakest win in the Great Plains region.

Nevada
Nevada voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Nevada with 67.39% of the popular vote to Trump's 30.18%, a victory margin of 37.21%. Nevada thus weighed in as 3.81% more Democratic than the nation.

Rutherford won 14 of Nevada's 17 counties, including plurality wins in the traditionally Republican White Pine, Elko, and Lander Counties. Trump broke 60% in Eureka County, and carried Esmeralda and Lincoln Counties with absolute majorities. Notably, Rutherford became the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 to win Douglas County. The President broke 60% in Washoe County, home to Reno, the state's second-largest city, and 70% in Clark County, the most populous in the state and home to the legendary gambling city of Las Vegas.

New Hampshire
New Hampshire voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford took 63.47% of the vote to Trump's 35.10%, a victory margin of 28.37%. New Hampshire thus weighed in as 0.11% more Republican than the nation. However, it was one of nine states where the President won every county.

Rutherford broke 60% in Merrimack, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Cheshire, Strafford, and Carroll Counties, and 70% in Grafton County, winning Belknap and Coos Counties with majorities of over 50% of the vote. New Hampshire, a liberal northeastern state, had also been a swing state since 1992, when Bill Clinton had won it in an upset over George H.W. Bush. Like other states in New England, voters in New Hampshire were repelled by Trump's perceived incompetence, crudeness, business record, and conduct during the course of the campaign. They strongly supported President Rutherford, who was highly popular and whose New Destiny programs were strongly backed by voters. However, reflecting its tilt as a swing state, New Hampshire was Rutherford's weakest win in New England, and the only state in the region which voted more Republican than the nation at large.

New Jersey
New Jersey voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried New Jersey in a landslide with 69.78% of the vote to Trump's 28.98%, a victory margin of 40.80%. New Jersey thus weighed in as 6.2% more Democratic than the nation.

A solidly Democratic state, New Jersey had not voted Republican since George H.W. Bush won it over Michael Dukakis in 1988. It easily continued that trend in this election, and was one of the strongest Democratic victories in the country. Rutherford won all 21 of New Jersey's counties, making him only the second Democrat in history, following Lyndon Johnson in 1964, to accomplish that feat. New Jersey was one of nine states in the country where the President won every single county. Rutherford broke 60% in five counties (Atlantic, Bergen, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Somerset), 70% in 4 (Camden, Burlington, Middlesex, Passaic), 80% in 3 (Union, Hudson, and Mercer), and 90% in one (Essex County). This constituted the best Democratic performance ever in New Jersey. Trump's best county was Ocean County, which he lost to Rutherford 55-45%. New Jersey, like other liberal northeastern states, was turned off by Trump's bombast, rhetoric, and business record; in addition, Trump's claim at the October 19 presidential debate in Nevada to have seen "thousands" of people celebrating in Jersey City over 9/11 was received very negatively in the state, and further hurt him with its voters.

New Mexico
New Mexico voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried New Mexico in a landslide with 69.07% of the vote to Trump's 28.98%, a victory margin of 44.64%. New Mexico thus weighed in as 5.49% more Democratic than the nation.

New Mexico was a generally Democratic state which had only gone Republican once since 1988, in 2004 for John McCain. Thus, Rutherford's victory here was no surprise. Rutherford, however, won the state by the largest margin and with the highest percentage of any Democrat. He carried 30 of New Mexico's 33 counties, including plurality wins in Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Quay Counties. He was the first Democrat to win Lincoln County since Franklin Roosevelt carried it in 1936, and the first to win Curry, San Juan, Roosevelt, and Chaves Counties since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Rutherford broke 60% in Hidalgo, Luna, Grant, Socorro, Valencia (the bellwether, having voted for the nationwide winner in every election since 1952), Cibola, and Colfax Counties, 70% in Bernalillo, Guadelupe, and Los Alamos Counties, 80% in San Miguel, Mora, Taos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and McKinley Counties, and 90% in Santa Fe County. Trump won Lea County with an absolute majority, and carried Catron and Union Counties with over 60% of the vote.

New York
New York voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried the state in a historic landslide, taking 73.08% of the vote to Trump's 24.99%, a victory margin of 48.09%. New York thus weighed in as 9.5% more Democratic than the nation.

Rutherford's victory was even more notable by the fact that New York was Trump's home state. Trump, however, was particularly unpopular there, due to the residents' decades-long familiarity with his business practices, his marital escapades, and his public statements. He was especially disliked in his native New York City, where the wealthier Manhattan elites considered him beneath them, and where many residents believed him to be a racist and a demagogue. Working-class voters in upstate New York, who had benefited mightily from the President's New Frontier programs, also had a negative view of Trump. Rutherford thus won the state by the largest margin, and with the highest percentage, ever obtained by a Democrat there. He became only the second Democrat in history, following Lyndon Johnson, to win all 62 of New York's counties, and only the fourth President overall, following Johnson, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren G. Harding, to do so. Putnam, Steuben, Allegany, Genessee, Livingston, Orleans, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties all voted Democratic for the first time since 1964, while Hamilton and Green Counties did so for the first time since 1968.

Rutherford swept all five boroughs of New York City, becoming the first Democrat since Bill Clinton twenty years earlier to do so. He also posted the best Democratic performance ever in New York City, winning 88% of the votes cast. Rutherford broke 90% in the Bronx, 80% in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, and 60% in Staten Island, the most Republican of the city's boroughs. Rutherford also dominated in the other Democratic strongholds (such as Albany, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo), breaking 70% in Ulster, Tompkins, Albany, and Westchester Counties. He earned over 60% of the vote in 33 of New York's counties, including, besides Staten Island, in Erie, Niagara, Monroe, Dutchess, and the Long Island counties of Suffolk and Nassau.

North Carolina
North Carolina voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won North Carolina with 60.15% of the vote to Trump's 38.69%, a margin of 21.46%. North Carolina, a Republican-leaning swing state, thus weighed in as 3.43% more Republican than the nation.

Rutherford carried 80 of North Carolina's 100 counties. He dominated in the traditionally Democratic Research Triangle and Black Belt counties, obtaining record margins and turnout there. The President broke 60% in 13 counties (Scotland, Hope, Buncombe, Watauga, Forsyth, Chatham, Granville, Wilson, Pitt, Edgecombe, Martin, Washington, and Pasquotank), 70% in 11 (Mecklenburg, Anson, Cumberland, Wake, Guliford, Orange, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, and Bertie), and 80% in 1 (Durham County). In the state's four largest counties, Mecklenburg, Guliford, Wake, and Forsyth, therefore, the President won by huge margins. Rutherford won the suburban counties of Cabarrus and Gaston, and carried Lincoln, Rutherford (ironically), McDowell, and Yancy Counties with pluralities. He also won majorities in all of the populous counties of the Lowlands, including New Hanover, Brunswick, Onslow, Columbus, Duplin, Wayne, Robeson, Moore, Harnett, Lee, and Johnston. Trump, on the other hand, broke 60% in 18 of the counties he carried, including the populous Davidson and Randolph Counties, and 70% in 2 (Graham and Yadkin).

Rutherford won 11 of North Carolina's 12 congressional districts, losing only the Appalachian-based 5th District.

North Dakota
North Dakota voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won North Dakota with 54.37% of the popular vote to Trump's 40.65%, a margin of 13.72%. North Dakota thus weighed in as 9.21% more Republican than the nation as a whole.

With this win, Rutherford became the first Democrat in 52 years, since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, to carry North Dakota. Though Trump won the majority of counties in the state, carrying 29 to Rutherford's 24, the President nevertheless, as in other states where this occurred, won decisively due to his victories in the most populous counties. He carried Ward, Grand Forks, and Burleigh (home to Bismarck, the state's capital) Counties with absolute majorities, and obtained over 60% of the vote in the state's most populous county, Cass County, home to the state's largest city, Fargo. Rutherford won pluralities of the vote in Richland and McHenry Counties, broke 60% in Benson County, 70% in Rolette County, and 80% in Sioux County; the latter two contained Native American reservations, and were traditional Democratic strongholds in the state.

Trump broke 50% in 19 of the counties which he carried, and 60% in 6 (Golden Valley, Slope, Emmons, Logan, Sheridan, and Burke). He won four other counties (Divide, Bottineau, Pembina, and Morton), with pluralities of the vote cast. Rutherford won North Dakota's at-large congressional district.

Ohio
Ohio was overwhelmingly won by incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Ohio with 61.16% of the popular vote, to Trump's 37.07%, prevailing by a margin of 24.09%. The perennial swing state, which had voted for the victor in every presidential election since 1964, thus weighed in as 2.42% more Republican then the nation at large. It was Rutherford's second-weakest win in the Great Lake states, behind Indiana. Nevertheless, Rutherford became the first Democrat since Lyndon Johnson to win the state by double digits, to obtain over 60% of the popular vote, and to win the majority of counties.

Rutherford carried 61 of Ohio's 88 counties, winning one of them (Paulding), with a plurality of the votes cast. The President won majorities in the suburban counties adjacent to Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, such as Butler, Warren, Clermont (Cincinnati), Fairfield, Licking, Delaware, Union (Columbus), and Summit, Lorain, Medina, Geauga, and Lake (Cleveland). He also won decisive majorities in Hocking, Morgan, and Washington Counties adjacent to Athens, and in Wood, Sandusky, Ottawa, Fulton, and Henry Counties adjacent to Lucas County (Toledo). He broke 60% in Wood, Erie, Lorain, Portage, Trumbull, Mahoning, and Montgomery Counties (the last being home to the major city of Dayton, another Democratic stronghold); 70% in Hamilton, Franklin, Athens, and Lucas Counties; and 80% in Cuyahoga County. Of the 27 counties carried by Trump, he earned over 60% of the vote in 12 of them, and carried the remainder with majorities of 50% or more.

Rutherford won all 16 of Ohio's congressional districts.

Oklahoma
Oklahoma was narrowly won by the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota. Trump won Oklahoma by a margin of 4.08%, or 53,481 votes, carrying the state with 52.04% of the popular vote to Rutherford's 47.96%. Oklahoma weighed in as 17.97% more Republican than the nation, and Trump's victory there continued a Republican streak ongoing since 1964.

Nevertheless, Rutherford came the closest of any Democrat, except for Jimmy Carter in 1976, to winning the state since Lyndon Johnson. He did so, however, in a manner different from how Democrats had historically competed in the state. Trump won 64 of Oklahoma's counties to Rutherford's 13. Rutherford carried the state's two most populous counties, Oklahoma County and Tulsa County. He broke 60% in Oklahoma County, winning it 62-38% over Trump, and won Tulsa County with an absolute majority, prevailing there 54-46%. He was the first Democrat to win Tulsa County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Rutherford also won absolute majorities in suburban Cleveland County, the state's third most populous after Oklahoma and Tulsa, in the fairly populous counties of Payne, Comanche, Oklmulgee, Muskogee, and Cherokee, and in the rural Love and Seminole Counties.

He carried Pawnee, McIntosh, and Caddo Counties with pluralities. Of Oklahoma's five congressional districts, Rutherford won two (Oklahoma's 1st and 5th districts, based in Tulsa and Oklahoma City respectively), while Trump carried the remaining three. In the end, Trump was able to hold on to the state by capturing 60% or 70% of the vote in the Oklahoma Panhandle and throughout most of Southern and Eastern Oklahoma, including in the populous Canadian, Grady, Garfield, Kay, Rogers, and McClain Counties, and by winning majorities in Washington and Pottawatomie Counties, in addition to keeping the race fairly close in Okulmugee, Muskogee, and Cherokee Counties.

Oklahoma was one of only two states in the country to vote for Trump, along with Wyoming.

Oregon
Oregon was overwhelmingly won by incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Oregon with 65.70% of the vote to Trump's 29.05%, a victory margin of 36.65%. A solidly Democratic state, Oregon has not voted for a Republican since 1984, when it went for Ronald Reagan in his landslide reelection over Walter Mondale. In this election, the state weighed in as 2.12% more Democratic than the nation.

Rutherford carried 33 of Oregon's 36 counties, with plurality wins in Sherman, Wheeler, and Baker Counties. Trump won Harney and Grant Counties with absolute majorities, and broke 60% in Lake County. By contrast, the President broke 60% in four counties (Lane, Lincoln, Clackamas, and Clatsop), 70% in 3 (Benton, Hood River, and Washington), and 80% in Multnomah County, the state's most populous and home to Portland, its largest city. Rutherford was the first presidential candidate ever to break 80% in Multnomah County. He also became the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 to win Josephine County, home to Grants Pass, and located in the southwestern corner of the state. Trump proved especially repellent to Oregon's solidly liberal electorate, who strongly supported President Rutherford's New Frontier programs.

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Pennsylvania with 63.15% of the popular vote to Trump's 35.03%, a victory margin of 28.12%. Pennsylvania weighed in as 0.43% more Republican than the nation, but this was the first time since 1964 that a Democrat won the state by a double-digit margin, and with over 60% of the vote.

Rutherford won 62 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. He became the first Democrat since Pennsylvania native James Buchanan in 1856, before the Civil War, to win the counties of Snyder and Union, the first since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to win Wayne County, and the first since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 to win Lebanon County. He also became the first Democrat since Johnson to win York, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties. He carried the typically Republican Huntingdon, Miflin, Tioga, and Armstrong Counties with pluralities. Trump broke 60% in Jefferson, Potter, and Juniata Counties, and 70% in Bedford and Fulton Counties. By contrast, Rutherford broke 60% in Erie, Allegheny, Centre, Dauphin, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, and Chester Counties, 70% in Delaware and Montgomery Counties, and 90% in heavily Democratic Philadelphia County.

Rutherford won all 18 of Pennsylvania's congressional districts.

Rhode Island
Rhode Island voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Rhode Island with 72.13% of the popular vote to Trump's 25.72%, a margin of 46.41%. Even in the midst of a massive Democratic landslide, Rhode Island weighed in as 8.55% more Democratic than the nation. This was the largest Democratic victory in the state since Lyndon Johnson's triumph over Barry Goldwater in 1964, and the second-largest on record.

Rhode Island was one of nine states where the President won every county. Rutherford broke 60% in Washington and Kent Counties, and 70% in Providence and Newport Counties. He carried both of Rhode Island's congressional districts.

South Carolina
South Carolina voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried South Carolina with 56.68% of the popular vote to Trump's 41.68%, a margin of 15.00%. South Carolina weighed in as 6.9% more Republican than the nation, but this was the first time since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976 that a Democrat carried it by double digits. It was also only the third time (following 1976 and 2012) since 1960 that the state has voted Democratic.

Rutherford won 44 of South Carolina's 46 counties, with Trump obtaining absolute majorities only in the heavily Republican Pickens and Oconee Counties in the northwest. Even them, he only carried them with absolute majorities. Rutherford won the populous Anderson and Horry Counties, at opposite ends of the state, with pluralities. He became the first Democrat since Adlai Stevenson in 1956 to win Greenville County, home to Greenville, the state's most populous city, and the first since Franklin Roosevelt in 1944 to win it with an absolute majority. The President won absolute majorities in other such populous counties as Beaufort, Berkeley, Dorchester, Aiken, Lexington, Spartansburg, York, and Georgetown. Rutherford dominated in the Black Belt counties, and in Charleston and Richland Counties, home to the state's third and second-largest cities, Charleston and Columbia, respectively. He earned over 60% of the vote in Charleston County and broke 70% in Richland County. The President broke 60% in Jasper, Colleton, Barnwell, McCormick, Chester, Clarendon, Florence, Marion, Darlington, and Marlboro Counties; 70% in Hampton, Bamburg, Orangeburg, Williamsburg, Sumter, Lee, and Dillon Counties; and 90% in Allendale County.

Rutherford won all seven of South Carolina's congressional districts.

South Dakota
South Dakota voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won South Dakota with 55.47% of the popular vote to Trump's 40.58%, a victory margin of 14.89%. South Dakota thus weighed in as 8.11% more Republican than the nation. With his victory, however, Rutherford became the first Democrat to win South Dakota in 52 years, since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Rutherford won 48 of South Dakota's 66 counties. This included plurality wins in Custer, Tripp, Gregory, Hand, Hyde, Sully, and Potter Counties. The President won absolute majorities in Minnehaha County (the state's most populous, home to Sioux Falls, its largest city), and in the populous counties of Lincoln and Pennington. He also carried Hughes County, home to the state's capital Pierre, with an absolute majority, becoming the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 to win it. Rutherford broke 60% in Brookings, Moody, Day, Marshall, and Roberts Counties; 70% in Clay, Ziebach, Dewey, and Corson Counties; 80% in Buffalo County; and 90% in Ogala Lakota and Todd Counties. Ogala Lakota County, in fact, was one of his best counties in the nation. Trump carried eight counties with a plularity, won an absolute majority in 8 others, and broke 60% in the heavily Republican Harding and Haakon Counties.

Rutherford won South Dakota's at-large congressional district.

Tennessee
Tennessee voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Tennessee was the home state of Rutherford's running mate, Vice-President Harold Ford, Jr. Nevertheless, it was the seventh-closest state in the election, as Rutherford won with 52.30% of the popular vote to Trump's 46.20%, a victory margin of 6.20%. Thus, Tennessee weighed in as 11.28% more Republican then the nation at large.

With this win, Rutherford won Tennessee for the Democrats for the first time since Bill Clinton carried the state in 1996. Trump, however, won 74 of Tennessee's 95 counties. As in many other states where this scenario occurred, Rutherford prevailed through victories in all of Tennessee's most populous counties. He broke 70% in Shelby and Davidson Counties, home to Memphis and Nashville, the state's second-largest city and capital respectively. He also broke 70% in Haywood County, and 60% in Hardeman and Madison Counties. Rutherford won Humphreys, Houston, and Lake Counties with pluralities, and carried the populous Knox (home to Knoxville), Anderson, Hamilton (home to Chattanooga), and Putnam Counties by comfortable margins. He also won Washington and Lauderdale Counties with absolute majorities. But, key to Rutherford's victory in the state, was his sweep of the populous suburban counties adjoining Davidson County, including Rutherford, Wilson, and Willamson. It was these counties which guaranteed the President's carriage of Tennessee. He also performed significantly better in the remaining rural counties won by Trump then previous Democrats; Trump broke 70% only in Wayne County, and was held to less than 60% of the vote in 27 other rural counties.

Rutherford won five of Tennessee's congressional districts (4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th); Trump won four, including the heavily Republican 1st and 2nd districts of Eastern Tennessee, along with the 3rd and 6th.

Texas
Texas voted decisively for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Texas with 57.32% of the popular vote to Trump's 40.07%, a victory margin of 17.25%. Nevertheless, Texas weighed in as 6.26% more Republican than the nation. This victory marked only the second time since 1976 (following 2012), that Texas voted Democratic.

Trump carried 144 of Texas's counties to Rutherford's 110, and like prior Republican candidates in recent decades, won the rural vote. However, although he carried the Texas Panhandle, the Permian Basin, and the South Plains, three of the most conservative regions in the country, by wide margins, breaking 60%, 70%, or even 80% in many of these counties, his overall margins and percentages were nevertheless weaker than those of Mitt Romney in 2012, of John McCain in 2004 and 2008, and of George W. Bush in 2000. Rutherford did significantly better than any Democrat since Jimmy Carter in the rural regions of the state, carrying such important counties as Wichita County (home to Wichita Falls), Potter County (home to Amarillo, the largest city in the Texas Panhandle), and Ector County (home to Odessa). He won Wichita and Potter with absolute majorities, and carried a plurality of the vote in Ector County. Rutherford also managed to get over 30% in Midland County (home to Midland), and over 40% in Lubbock County (home to Lubbock). Rutherford carried Deaf Smith and Menard Counties with pluralities, and won several other rural counties with majorities (including Bailey, Swisher, Fisher, Foard, Castro, Dawson, Lynn, Garza, and Nolan).

Rutherford did well in traditionally Republican East Texas. He won McLennan County (home to Waco, site of the Waco Incident of 1993), Smith County (home to Tyler), Gregg County, Harrison County (the last two home to Longview), Walker County (home to Huntsville), Bowie County (home to Texarkana), and Newton County (home to Jasper). But it was in the major suburban and urban counties of Texas, and in heavily Democratic South Texas, that the President dominated. He swept all four major cities of Texas, posting record totals and turnout for the Democrats. The President broke 70% in Dallas, Harris, and Bexar Counties, home to the cities of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio respectively, and exceeded 80% in Travis County, home to Austin, the state's capital. He won the Houston suburban counties of Waller and Fort Bend with more than 60% of the vote, and also carried the populous Brazoria and Galveston Counties (the latter being home to Galveston). Trump, however, did win Montgomery, Liberty, and Chambers Counties to the north and east of Houston, which would serve to keep Rutherford well under 60% statewide. Around Dallas, Rutherford won Tarrant County (home to Forth Worth and Arlington) with more than 60% of the vote, and carried Denton, Collin, and Kaufman Counties. Around Austin, he won Willamson, Bastrop, Caldwell, and Hays Counties, carrying them each with more than 60%. And around San Antonio, he won Wilson, Guadalupe, and Atasosca Counties.

In Southern Texas, Rutherford won Nueces County (home to Corpus Christi), with more than 60% of the vote, and broke 90% in Webb County (home to Laredo). In far Western Texas, he carried El Paso County (home to El Paso), with more then 80% of the vote, and won the populous adjoining county of Hudspeth. Rutherford carried the remainder of the majority-Hispanic counties along the Rio Grande Valley with overwhelming majorities, breaking 60, 70, 80, or 90 percent in many of them. Jim Hogg and Maverick Counties, adjoining the border with Mexico, were two of the President's best counties in the nation.

Rutherford won 29 of Texas's congressional districts; Trump carried the remaining 7.

Utah
Utah voted decisively for the the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Utah with 53.24% of the popular vote to Trump's 30.46%, a victory margin of 22.78%. Utah thus weighed in as 10.34% Republican than the nation at large.

With this victory, Rutherford became the first Democrat to win Utah in 52 years, since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. He also became the first Democrat to win Utah by a double-digit margin since Franklin Roosevelt in 1964. This was due to the candidacy of Gary Johnson, who received 15% of the popular vote in Utah, one of two states where a third-party candidate broke double digits, the other being Montana. For decades prior to this election, Utah had been one of the most Republican states in the nation, both at the state and the presidential level. Between 1976 and 2008, in fact, it had been the Republicans' best state, relative to the nation. Even in 2012, Mormon nominee Mitt Romney had won the state decisively over Rutherford 68.33-32.05%, a margin of 36.28%. Thus, Utah had the most dramatic swing of any state in the nation between 2012 and 2016. Like many other states, Utah moved dramatically in the Democrats' direction because of the distaste by many voters for Trump, whose deeply unpopular political positions, perceived immortality, blunders and statements, and business record alienated many. Moreover, President Rutherford enjoyed a high approval rating, and was viewed by many as a bipartisan moderate, being a foreign-policy hardliner, social centrist, and economic populist. In Utah, all of this was magnified by the unique Mormon distaste for Trump, whose views were considered to be at odds with those of the LDS Church.

Rutherford, consequently, won a decisive victory in the state. He carried 22 of Utah's 29 counties, which included plurality wins in Daggett, Wayne, Garfield, and Washington Counties. The President made history when he won an absolute majority in Kane County, becoming the first Democrat to carry this traditionally Republican stronghold since Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Rutherford performed exceptionally well in Northern and Southeastern Utah, the most Democratic regions of the state. He broke 60% in Grand, San Juan, and Salt Lake Counties, the last of these being home to Salt Lake City, Utah's capital and largest city. He obtained over 70% of the vote in Summit County, home to liberal, generally Democratic retirees and transplants. Rutherford also won Utah County, home to Provo and the Brigham Young University, with an absolute majority, and carried the populous Davis, Weber, Cache, Wasatch, Tooele, and Box Elder Counties with absolute majorities as well. Trump won an absolute majority in Rich County, and still managed to obtain over 60% in Uintah, Duchesne, Emery, Millard, Sevier, Piute, and Beaver Counties, though these totals were much lower than the Republican norm.

Rutherford won all four of Utah's congressional districts.

Vermont
Vermont voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. A liberal and solidly Democratic Northeastern state, Vermont has not voted Republican since it went narrowly for George H.W. Bush in 1988 over Michael Dukakis. Therefore, Rutherford's victory was not unexpected. The President easily carried Vermont with 74.49% of the popular vote to Trump's 23.90%, a victory margin of 50.59%. Even in the midst of a massive Democratic landslide, Vermont weighed in as 10.91% more Democratic than the nation.

Rutherford's victory in Vermont was the strongest ever obtained by a Democrat in the state, surpassing Lyndon B. Johnson's record from 1964, when he had become the first Democrat to ever win the state. Vermont's electorate was especially repelled by Trump's rhetoric, business record, behavior, and policy positions, while at the same time strongly favoring those of the President. Thus Trump performed especially weakly in the state, as he did throughout the Northeast, where Rutherford won every state with more than sixty or seventy percent of the vote. Rutherford swept all fourteen of Vermont's counties, thereby making it one of nine states throughout the nation where he did so. He broke 60% in 5 of them (Grand Isle, Franklin, Orleans, Caledonia, and Rutland) and 70% in 6 (Lamoille, Washington, Orange, Windsor, Bennington, and Addison). In two counties, Chittenden County in the northwest (home to Burlington, Vermont's capital), and Windham County in the southeast, he broke 80%.

Rutherford won Vermont's at-large congressional district.

Virginia
Virginia voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. A Democratic-leaning swing state, Virginia had voted Democratic previously in 2008 and 2012 when Hillary Clinton and Rutherford won it by high single-digits. This time, Rutherford carried Virginia with 64.47% of the popular vote to Trump's 34.15%, a victory margin of 30.32%. Virginia thus weighed in as 0.89% more Democratic than the nation.

This was the first time since 1944 that a Democrat won Virginia by a double-digit margin, and with over 60% of the vote. Rutherford carried 72 of Virginia's 95 counties and 37 of its 38 independent cities. His margins in the Richmond metropolitan area, the Northern Virginia suburbs, and the Southern Chesapeake Bay Region, the most Democratic areas in Virginia, were overwhelming. Rutherford broke 60% in 8 counties/cities (including Chesterfield, Montgomery, Northampton, Essex, and Westmoreland), 70% in 12 (including Prince William, Loudoun, Albermarle, Henrico, Charles City, Brunswick, Greensville, Surry, Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News, and Portsmouth), 80% in 4 (including Fairfax County, Richmond, Petersburg, and Fairfax), and 90% in 2 (Alexandria and Arlington). Rutherford also won Powhatan County with a plurality of the votes cast. Trump carried the city of Poquoson and Page County with an absolute majority, and won most of the counties in Appalachian Virginia with 60% or more of the vote (although the independent cities of Norton, Bristol, and Galax voted Democratic).

Rutherford won 8 of Virginia's 9 congressional districts, losing only the Appalachian based 9th District, in the southwestern corner of the state.

Washington
Washington voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford carried Washington with 68.03% of the popular vote to Trump's 27.59%, a victory margin of 40.44%. A solidly Democratic state, Washington has not voted Republican since Ronald Reagan won it in 1984 over Walter Mondale, on his way to a landslide re-election.

Rutherford won 38 of Washington's 39 counties, including plurality wins in Adams, Columbia, and Garfield Counties. Trump carried Lincoln County with an absolute majority. The President set new records in the state, earning over 60% of the vote in 11 counties, including Whitman County in the state's far-east, and most of the counties in the heavily populated regions along Washington's Pacific coast. He obtained a record 80% of the vote in King County, home to Seattle, the state's largest city. This was the highest percentage that a presidential candidate ever earned in King County. Rutherford also carried Spokane County, home to Spokane, the state's second-largest city, by a substantial margin, winning it by more than eighteen points.

Rutherford won all 10 of Washington's congressional districts.

West Virginia
West Virginia was one of 48 states carried in a national landslide by incumbent President William J. Rutherford. However, it was by far the weakest state Rutherford carried in the election. Rutherford carried the state by a margin of 10,654 votes, or 1.52%, making West Virginia's vote about 14.24% more Republican than the nation at large. Rutherford's strongest performances were in Monongalia and Jefferson Counties which he took with more than 64% of the vote. Trump's strongest performance was in Grant County, where he took 67% of the vote. He also broke 60% in Mingo, Wyoming, Wirt, Ritchie, Doddridge, and Tyler Counties. Trump carried the majority of counties in the state, 41 to Rutherford's 14. This included wins in the populous Wood, Jackson, Raleigh, Wayne, Logan, and Mercer Counties, along with winning Fayette County with a plurality. Rutherford, however, counterbalanced this by carrying the populous Cabell, Harrison, Marion, Hancock, Ohio, Greenbrier, Randolph, and Berkeley Counties. This kept the overall vote close. In the end, the President prevailed by winning Kanawha County, the state's most populous and home to its capital Charleston, with exactly 60% of the vote. His margin in Kanawha was enough to throw West Virginia into the Democratic column.

Rutherford won two of West Virginia's congressional districts, while Trump carried one (WV-03). The closeness in West Virginia was widely attributed to Trump's appeal to many of the coal miners in the state, although the populist Rutherford was able to overcome it in the end.

Wisconsin
Wisconsin was won overwhelmingly by the Democratic nominee, President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York. Rutherford won Wisconsin with 62.95% of the popular vote to Trump's 35.71%, a victory margin of 27.24%. Thus, Wisconsin weighed in as 0.63% more Republican than the nation, though it has only voted Republican once (narrowly in 2004) since 1988.

Rutherford carried 71 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, losing only Florence County in the far north, which Trump carried with a narrow majority. He broke 60% in 17 counties, including the Madison exurban counties of Columbia, Rock, Greene, Lafayette, Iowa, and Sauk, as well as Eau Claire and Portage Counties. He obtained over 70% of the vote in the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee County, and in La Crosse County. The President exceeded 80% in the solidly Democratic Dane and Menominee Counties, home to Madison (the state's capital), and the Menominee Indian Reservation, respectively. Notably, he also won the traditionally Republican Milwaukee suburban counties of Waukesha, Washington, Racine, Dodge, and Ozakee. Voters in these counties, like voters throughout the rest of the country, were repelled by Trump's rhetoric, policy positions, morals, and business record, and drawn to the President's centrism. In Milwaukee's rural and progressive regions, Rutherford's New Frontier programs drove working-class support for him to greater heights than previously.

Rutherford won all 8 of Wisconsin's congressional districts.

Wyoming
Wyoming was narrowly won by the Republican nominee, businessman Donald J. Trump of New York, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President William J. Rutherford of Minnesota. Trump carried Wyoming with a plurality of 48.15% to Rutherford's 46.24%, a victory margin of 1.91%. Wyoming thus weighed in as 17.34% more Republican than the nation at large. It was one of only two states to vote for the losing Republican ticket that year, the other being Oklahoma.

Rutherford performed significantly better in Wyoming then any Democrat since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson won the state over Barry Goldwater by 12 percentage points. He accomplished this by breaking 80% in the Democratic stronghold of Teton County, in the state's northwestern corner, garnering over 60% of the vote in Albany County (home to Laramie, site of the University of Wyoming), and winning majorities in Wyoming's most populous county, Laramie County (home to Cheyenne, the state's capital), and in Fremont County (home to Lander, and the state's sixth-most populous county). He carried Laramie County by double digits. Rutherford also won a plurality of the votes cast in Carbon County. Trump carried the majority of counties in the state, winning 18 to Rutherford's 5. However, he performed far worse than previous Republicans in the populous Sweetwater, Natrona, Sheridan, and Park Counties, carrying them with less than 60% of the vote, and also underperformed both Romney and McCain in Campbell, Uinta, and Lincoln Counties, winning them with just over 60% of the vote. Trump failed to break 70% or 80% in any counties, whereas all Republicans since 1968, with the exceptions of 1992 and 1996 (due to Ross Perot's candidacy), had done so. Nevertheless, Trump won the central and eastern counties of Wyoming by enough to offset Rutherford's advantage in Laramie, Teton, and Albany to win the state.

Trump won Wyoming's at-large congressional district.