Popular vote generator counties are where the candidate won more number of votes than opponent in the election. For example, the top city where Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles, California received 2,464,364 votes over Donald Trumps 769,743 votes. She won the county by 1,694,621 votes which is 39% vote advantage margin in this top 5 States comparison. The top city for Donald Trump was, Montgomery, Texas where he received 150,314 over Hillary Clinton's 45,835. He won the county by 104,479 votes which is a 26% vote advantage margin in this top 5 States comparison. Comparing the winning margin for just the top county for each, Hillary Clinton has a popular vote lead of 1,590,142.
HILLARY CLINTON 2016 TOP 5 VOTE GENERATOR COUNTY
|
State |
County |
Rank |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Vote Difference |
Percent For |
Percent Against |
Percent Difference |
|
California |
Los Angeles |
1 |
2,464,364 |
769,743 |
1,694,621 |
76% |
24% |
39% |
|
Illinois |
Cook |
2 |
1,611,946 |
453,287 |
1,158,659 |
78% |
22% |
27% |
|
New York |
New York (Manhattan) |
3 |
579,013 |
64,929 |
514,084 |
90% |
10% |
12% |
|
Washington |
King |
4 |
718,322 |
216,339 |
501,983 |
77% |
23% |
11% |
|
New York |
Kings (Brooklyn) |
5 |
640,553 |
141,044 |
99,509 |
82% |
18% |
11% |
|
Hillary's Top 5 Counties Vote Margin Totals: |
4,368,856 |
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The top 5 counties out of these 4 States: California, Illinois, New York and Washington gave Hillary Clinton a 4.3 Million popular vote margin.
DONALD TRUMP 2016 TOP 5 VOTE GENERATOR COUNTY
|
State |
County |
Rank |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Vote Difference |
Percent For |
Percent Against |
Percent Difference |
|
Texas |
Montgomery |
1 |
150,314 |
45,835 |
104,479 |
77% |
23% |
26% |
|
New Jersey |
Ocean |
2 |
179,079 |
87,150 |
91,929 |
67% |
33% |
23% |
|
Utah |
Utah |
3 |
102,182 |
28,522 |
73,660 |
78% |
22% |
18% |
|
Colorado |
El Paso |
4 |
179,228 |
108,010 |
71,218 |
62% |
38% |
17% |
|
Florida |
Lee |
5 |
191,551 |
124,908 |
66,643) |
61% |
39% |
16% |
|
Trump's Top 5 Counties Vote Margin Totals: |
407,929 |
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Donald Trump's top 5 county margin only produced 407K vote advantage. With the 3.9 Million vote difference, he has to make up in the remaining 46 states with an average win margin of 86K votes if he won all the remaining votes. Or he would have to get am average win margin of 132K in each of the 30 states that he carried by votes.
Related References: Donald Trump Top 50 Counties, Hillary Clinton Top 50 Counties
