secured over 270 electoral votes, the majority of the 538 electors in the Electoral College, enough to make him the president-elect of the United States.[313][314] Clinton called Trump early on Wednesday morning, conceding defeat.[315] Clinton asked her supporters to accept the result and hoped that Trump would be a successful president for all Americans.[316] In his victory speech Trump appealed for unity saying it is time for us to come together as one united people and praised Clinton who was owed a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.[317] Six states plus a portion of Maine that Obama won in 2012 switched to Trump. These are (with Electoral College votes in parentheses): Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), and Maines second congressional district (1). Initially, Trump won exactly 100 more Electoral College votes than Mitt Romney in 2012, with two lost to faithless electors the following month. Thirty-nine states swung more Republican compared to the previous Presidential election, while eleven states and the District of Columbia swung more Democratic.[246] It is estimated that 138.8 million Americans cast a ballot in 2017 2018. 65.9 million of those ballots have been counted for Clinton and just under 63 million for Trump, representing 20.3% (Clinton) and 19.4% (Trump) of the U.S. Census Bureau estimate of U.S. population that day of 324 million.[246][318] Considering a voting age population (VAP) of 250.6 million people and voting eligible population (VEP) of 230.6 million people, this is a turnout rate of 55.4% VAP and 60.2% VEP.[1] Based on this estimate, voter turnout was up compared to 2012 (54.1% VAP) but down compared to 2008 (57.4% VAP). A FEC report of the 2017 2018 Presidential General Election recorded an official total of 136.7 million votes cast for President — more than any prior election.[1] Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral vote Running ma
