Election 2016: Trump Wins Presidency, Republicans Hold Congress Washington Council Ernst & Young 9 November 2016 After the most tumultuous and unpredictable campaign in modern history, Republican Donald Trump upset Democrat Hillary Clinton to win the Presidency, claiming at least 279 electoral votes (270 electoral votes to win) to Clinton’s 228, with results in Arizona, Michigan, and New Hampshire still outstanding, according to the Associated Press. The popular vote margin remains close, with Trump currently trailing by approximately 200,000 votes out of a total of almost 120 million votes that have