Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton: How Hillsborough County Voted

TAMPA, FL — If Hillsborough County voters had their Election Day wish come true, Democrat Hillary Clinton would have stood on a stage in New York City early Wednesday morning announcing victory. The county’s tip toward the former secretary of state was not enough though to give her an edge in the Sunshine State let alone much of the country.

Hillsborough County had a total of 595,072 of its 853,144 voters cast ballots in the Nov. 8 general election., according to the county's supervisor of elections office. With 337,172 registered Democrats, 268,622 registered Republicans and 247,350 “others,” the county came out in favor of Clinton.

According to the unofficial results reported by the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office, the breakdown was as follows:

• Clinton – 306,422 votes, or 51.49 percent
• Trump – 265,928 votes, or 44.69 percent
• Gary Johnson – 15,598 votes, or 2.62 percent

Counties surrounding Hillsborough went mostly red in Tuesday’s election. In Pasco County, for example, Trump took 58.43 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 37.04 percent. Trump also won Pinellas County. In that case, the race was closer with Trump’s 48.06 percent just topping Clinton’s 46.97 percent.

Hillsborough County also went blue in the 2012 presidential election. In that race, President Barack Obama won the county with 52.71 percent of the vote versus Republican Mitt Romney’s 46.04 percent, according to Hillsborough County election records.

Trump took the Sunshine State’s 29 electoral votes with a 49 percent victory to Clinton’s 47.79 percent, according to unofficial results from the Florida Division of Elections.

Results from Tuesday’s election are considered unofficial until they are certified by the state.

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