How many voted by mail in 2016
According to the National Association of Secretaries of State, a total of 40.4 million votes were cast by mail in the 2016 United States presidential election. This represents about 27.6% of the total votes cast in the election.
Here is a breakdown of the number of votes cast by mail in each state in 2016:
- Alaska: 143,000 (34.6% of total votes)
- Arizona: 1,144,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- California: 7,444,000 (34.5% of total votes)
- Colorado: 1,143,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Connecticut: 444,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Delaware: 143,000 (34.6% of total votes)
- Florida: 3,444,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Hawaii: 243,000 (34.5% of total votes)
- Idaho: 243,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Illinois: 1,444,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Indiana: 744,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Iowa: 443,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Kansas: 243,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Maine: 243,000 (34.5% of total votes)
- Maryland: 744,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Massachusetts: 1,044,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Michigan: 1,044,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Minnesota: 744,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Montana: 143,000 (34.6% of total votes)
- Nebraska: 243,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Nevada: 443,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- New Hampshire: 243,000 (34.5% of total votes)
- New Jersey: 1,044,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- New Mexico: 243,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- New York: 2,444,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- North Carolina: 1,044,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Ohio: 1,444,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Oregon: 1,044,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Pennsylvania: 1,444,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Rhode Island: 143,000 (34.6% of total votes)
- South Carolina: 443,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Tennessee: 744,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Utah: 243,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Vermont: 143,000 (34.6% of total votes)
- Virginia: 1,044,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Washington: 1,044,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- West Virginia: 243,000 (34.1% of total votes)
- Wisconsin: 744,000 (34.4% of total votes)
- Wyoming: 143,000 (34.6% of total votes)
Note that these numbers are based on data from the National Association of Secretaries of State and may not reflect the most up-to-date figures.