# civism — 2016 general elections

<https://civism.io/en-US/usa/elections/us-general-2016>

election · General · 2016

# 2016 general elections

51 contests, 153 candidacies and 51 elected.

## Key figures

### Candidacies

Candidacies. 1 item. Highest: Candidacies, 153; = 2012. Lowest: Candidacies, 153; = 2012. Candidacies: 153; = 2012.

153

= 2012

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### Elected

Elected. 1 item. Highest: Elected, 51. Lowest: Elected, 51. Elected: 51.

51

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### Contests

Contests. 1 item. Highest: Contests, 51. Lowest: Contests, 51. Contests: 51.

51

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§ 01Balance of power

## Balance of power

Seats held before the election, seats up, seats not up and seats won, from the officeholder and results data loaded here. A seat with no winner in the data is marked as such. civism makes no calls and no projections.

### U.S. House · 2016

U.S. House · 2016. 435 items. Highest: Republican, Republican. Won: 196. Lowest: Republican, Republican. Won: 196. Total: 435. Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196; Republican: Republican. Won: 196. and 425 more.

| Party group | Held before | Not up | Up | Won |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic | 186 | 0 | 186 | 162 |
| Republican | 246 | 0 | 246 | 196 |
| Vacant | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### U.S. Senate · 2016

U.S. Senate · 2016. 100 items. Highest: Republican, Republican. Won: 17. Lowest: Republican, Republican. Won: 17. Total: 100. Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17; Republican: Republican. Won: 17. and 90 more.

Majority 51; 50 plus the Vice President's tiebreak

| Party group | Held before | Not up | Up | Won |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic | 44 | 34 | 10 | 10 |
| Republican | 54 | 30 | 24 | 17 |
| Independent (caucuses with Democratic) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Governors · 2016

Governors · 2016. 50 items. Highest: Not up (party not loaded), Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39. Lowest: Not up (party not loaded), Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39. Total: 50. Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39; Not up (party not loaded): Not up (party not loaded). Not up: 39. and 40 more.

| Party group | Held before | Not up | Up | Won |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic | — | — | — | 5 |
| Republican | — | — | — | 5 |

§ 02Contests

## Contests

### Contests

Contests. 51 items. U.S. President: Places: Alabama; U.S. President: Places: Alaska; U.S. President: Places: Arizona; U.S. President: Places: Arkansas; U.S. President: Places: California; U.S. President: Places: Colorado; U.S. President: Places: Connecticut; U.S. President: Places: Delaware; U.S. President: Places: District of Columbia; U.S. President: Places: Florida. and 41 more.

Contests

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| --- | --- |
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MEDSL · 2016

§ 03Connections

Connections. 3 items. Highest: Parties, 2; 2 Parties. Lowest: Offices, 1; U.S. President. Offices: 1; U.S. President; Parties: 2; 2 Parties; People: 2; 2 People.