Republican Donald J. Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton on November 8, 2016. Trump was inaugurated as the forty-fifth president on January 20 alongside his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Trump was elected with an Electoral College majority of 304 votes to Clinton’s 227. Trump received 45.95 percent of the popular vote (63.0 million votes) compared to 48.04 percent (65.8 million) for Clinton. Allegations of fraud led to investigations which revealed 7.2 million duplicate voter registration forms, usually in one or more States, allowing a voter to vote in person in one state and fraudulently by absentee in another. Twelve States allowed illegal aliens to obtain drivers’ licenses, likely resulting in over 800,000 ballots cast by non-citizens.
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