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Facebook revealed that during the 2016 United States presidential election, a Russian company funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman with ties to Vladimir Putin, [301] had purchased advertisements on the website for US$100,000, [302] 25% of which were geographically targeted to the U.S. [303]
The election was the 58th quadrennial United States presidential election, held on November 8, 2016. The presidential primaries and caucuses were held between February 1 and June 14, 2016, staggered among the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories. The U.S. Congress certified the electoral result on January 6, 2017, and the new ...
The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, while Republicans retained control of Congress. This marked the first and most recent time Republicans won or held unified control of the presidency ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trumpwas formally launched on June 16, 2015, at Trump Towerin New York City. Trump was the Republicannominee for President of the United Statesin the 2016 election, having won the most state primaries, caucuses, and delegatesat the 2016 Republican National Convention.[19] He chose Mike Pence, the sitting ...
Sam Sloan of New York; former chess administrator and 2012 Libertarian Party candidate (15 votes) Brock C. Hutton of Maryland (14 votes) Steven Roy Lipscomb of New Mexico (14 votes) Richard Lyons Weil of Colorado (8 votes) Source: New Hampshire Democrat and Candidates from The Green Papers. Rhode Island.
The 2016 United States presidential election in California was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party ...
Hillary Clinton during a rally, in March 2016. The 2016 primary schedule was significantly different from that of 2008. During that election cycle, many states moved their primaries or caucuses to earlier in the calendar to have greater influence over the race. In 2008, February 5 was the earliest date allowed by the Democratic National ...