--- title: Donald Trump: 31 Numbers That Explain the 2016 Election description: Here are the numbers that explain the 2016 election. canonical: https://time.com/4618284/2016-election-campaign-finance-numbers/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-27T14:56:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:14.671Z article:section: Politics og:title: 31 Numbers That Explain the 2016 Election og:description: A post-election roundup. og:url: https://time.com/4618284/2016-election-campaign-finance-numbers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23055d7dc181fdde/6988b39d86f68e5c376e3011/election-pew-poll-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-TRUMP-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 31 Numbers That Explain the 2016 Election twitter:description: A post-election roundup. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23055d7dc181fdde/6988b39d86f68e5c376e3011/election-pew-poll-voting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 31 Numbers That Explain the 2016 Election > Sponsored content. 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DESK/AFP/Getty Images by [Center for Public Integrity / Michael Beckel and Dave Levinthal](https://time.com/author/center-for-public-integrity/) ## Center for Public Integrity / Michael Beckel and Dave Levinthal Dec 27, 2016 2:56 PM UTC [304](http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president): Number of Electoral College Votes won by Republican President-elect Donald Trump [2.8 million](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/edit#gid=19): Number of votes by which Democrat Hillary Clinton beat Trump in the national popular vote [$2.17 billion](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/16/18631/see-how-much-2016-presidential-candidates-have-raised-so-far): Estimated amount spent by the presidential candidates and groups supporting them in the 2016 White House race [$242 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/16/18631/see-how-much-2016-presidential-candidates-have-raised-so-far): Amount by which Clinton’s campaign out-raised that of Trump [$66.1 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/12/09/20516/donald-trump-rewarding-million-dollar-donors-plum-postings): Amount Trump contributed to his 2016 presidential campaign from his own personal funds [$600 million](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-president-trump-weighs-sheen-palin-obama/story?id=13154163): Amount Trump, in 2011, said he would personally spend on a presidential campaign $30 million: Amount the National Rifle Association spent on ads [aiding Trump in the presidential race](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/19/20359/gun-loving-women-should-not-vote-hillary-says-nra) [$1 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/12/19/20564/donald-trumps-sons-behind-nonprofit-selling-access-president-elect): Price of top-tier sponsorship package for a “sporting, shooting, fishing and conservation” charity event that promised access to Trump and his adult sons immediately after Trump’s inauguration [2](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/12/21/20568/how-trumped-fundraiser-first-family-imploded): Number of days it took for Trump and his sons to disavow the event after widespread criticism [$20.4 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/12/09/20516/donald-trump-rewarding-million-dollar-donors-plum-postings): Amount billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam Adelson, combined to give to pro-Trump super PACs and other groups backing Trump [$6.2 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/12/09/20516/donald-trump-rewarding-million-dollar-donors-plum-postings): Amount former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon, who Trump picked to serve in his Cabinet as the Small Business Administration administrator, donated to pro-Trump political groups ahead of the election [33](http://www.ncsl.org/portals/1/documents/elections/Legis%5FControl%5F2016%5FPost12%5F6%5F1pm.pdf): Number of states that will be led by a Republican governor in 2017 [3-to-1](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/21/19164/tracking-tv-ads-2016-presidential-race): Factor by which Team Clinton outgunned Team Trump [on the TV airwaves](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/11/08/20452/team-clinton-sponsored-75-percent-tv-ads-2016-presidential-race) during the general election 11: Percentage of TV ads sponsored by Team Clinton in Nevada during the general election that were [in Spanish](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/09/28/20265/clinton-supporting-super-pacs-target-latino-voters) [Oct. 29](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/11/09/20457/donald-trump-dismantles-hillary-clintons-big-money-machine): Date on which Clinton first aired general election campaign ads in Wisconsin, a state she ultimately lost to Trump by about 22,000 votes [$769,500](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/11/07/20437/clinton-s-super-sized-fundraising-machine-pushes-legal-boundaries): Top amount a single individual donor contributed to the Hillary Victory Fund, a committee that benefited Clinton’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and a host of state Democratic party committees [$47,300](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/09/02/20156/super-pac-seemingly-scammed-james-bond-actor-fined): Amount “James Bond” actor Daniel Craig [donated in 2015](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/09/10/17947/did-shady-pro-bernie-sanders-super-pac-just-dupe-james-bond) to a purportedly pro-Bernie Sanders super PAC founded by a man who was [arrested by the FBI](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/03/15/19429/pro-bernie-sanders-super-pac-leader-charged-fraud) in 2016 for securities fraud [$250,000](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3227450/INAUGURATION-TRUMP-11-29-2016.pdf): Minimum contribution amount to [Trump’s inaugural committee](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/11/29/20486/donald-trump-offering-huge-perks-inauguration-donors) needed to secure tickets to an “elegant,” “candlelight dinner” in Washington, D.C., at which Donald and Melania Trump, as well as Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Karen Pence, are slated to make special appearances $3.3 million: Combined amount that oil giant Chevron, the [14th-largest publicly traded company in America](http://beta.fortune.com/fortune500/chevron-14), donated during the 2015-2016 election cycle to two super PACs focused on helping Republicans maintain control of Congress [$3.1 trillion](http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tech-meeting-tech-ceo-money-breakdown-chart-2016-12): Estimated market capitalization of companies represented at tech company meeting in December with Trump $2,403,082: Amount Google, Facebook and Amazon employees together gave to Clinton’s presidential campaign $36,511: Amount they gave to Trump’s campaign [8,000](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/03/20280/trump-s-organization-did-business-iranian-bank-later-linked-terrorism): Approximate square footage of space Trump’s organization rented during the late 1990s and early 2000s to an Iranian bank linked to terrorism financing [96](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/17/20330/journalists-shower-hillary-clinton-campaign-cash): Percentage of campaign donations made by identifiable journalists that went to Clinton (versus Trump) through August [30](https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/campaign-finance-reform/): Number of days Clinton said it would take her, as president, to propose a constitutional amendment overturning the [_Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission_](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/10/18/11527/citizens-united-decision-and-why-it-matters) decision [$450,000](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/31/20401/pro-hillary-clinton-super-pac-accepted-illegal-contributions): Combined amount of money two pro-Clinton super PACs were forced to return because of questions about the legality of the contributions [49](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/21/20370/whoops-pro-donald-trump-super-pac-publishes-donor-credit-card-numbers): Number of donors to a pro-Trump super PAC that had their credit card information erroneously published by the group in a federal document [$14.7 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/11/09/20461/left-counters-election-losses-ballot-measure-victories): Estimated amount pot proponents spent on state ballot measure TV ads to boost legal marijuana [$60](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/23/19343/can-you-sell-marijuana-pipes-help-fund-bernie-sanders): Price of ceramic marijuana pipes made by a Bernie Sanders supporter in Oregon, which featured his campaign’s logo [6](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/06/22/19804/majority-us-supreme-court-justices-are-millionaires): Minimum number of current U.S. Supreme Court justices who are millionaires [1](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/05/05/19634/donald-trumps-new-finance-guru-once-clinton-donor-soros-employee): Minimum number of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates to whom Trump campaign finance chairman and Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin donated to this year _Liz Essley Whyte, Chris Zubak-Skees and Allan Holmes contributed to this report_ _This story is from the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative media organization in Washington, D.C. 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