# Downloadable XLS or CSV file of Electoral College results for the 2016 Presidential election? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 7, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-xls-or-csv-file-of-electoral-college-results-for-the-2016-presidential-election/776505 "2017-01-07T02:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-xls-or-csv-file-of-electoral-college-results-for-the-2016-presidential-election/776505/1 "2017-01-07T02:35:12Z")
Ever since November 8, I’ve been looking for a downloadable spreadsheet listing for each state the number of electors it gets and how the EC votes were awarded on election night, but I’ve been coming up blank. Does anyone know where such a spreadsheet can be downloaded? Alternatively, an ordinary table in a Word document would work. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-xls-or-csv-file-of-electoral-college-results-for-the-2016-presidential-election/776505/2 "2017-01-07T05:50:46Z")
This seems like the sort of thing you could make for yourself in about 30 minutes. Have you spent more time than that looking for one? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-xls-or-csv-file-of-electoral-college-results-for-the-2016-presidential-election/776505/3 "2017-01-07T06:11:44Z")
Not a spreadsheet but the info you seek can be found here I think. > **[The Electoral College](https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college)** > > It's a Process, not a Place The Electoral College is how we refer to the process by which the United States elects the President, even though that term does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. In this process, the States (which includes the District... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-xls-or-csv-file-of-electoral-college-results-for-the-2016-presidential-election/776505/4 "2017-01-07T12:17:55Z")
Go to [this page in the Leip Electoral Atlas](http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2016&datatype=national&def=1&f=1&off=0&elect=0), and C&P into a spreadsheet. If you want the election-night numbers, you’ll have to move the 7 EVs cast by the Electors for persons other than Trump and Clinton back into the appropriate column, but they’re in just 3 states (HI, TX, WA), so it won’t take but a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-xls-or-csv-file-of-electoral-college-results-for-the-2016-presidential-election/776505/5 "2017-01-07T23:43:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Go to [this page in the Leip Electoral Atlas](http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2016&datatype=national&def=1&f=1&off=0&elect=0), and C&P into a spreadsheet. > > If you want the election-night numbers, you’ll have to move the 7 EVs cast by the Electors for persons other than Trump and Clinton back into the appropriate column, but they’re in just 3 states (HI, TX, WA), so it won’t take but a minute. I just found this last night, but your effort is certainly appreciated. Although I didn’t mention popular votes in the OP, I also found [this item](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/25/1601042/-Nerd-Alert-This-spreadsheet-contains-every-presidential-election-by-state-from-1828-to-2016) on Daily Kos for those who want to find out more about that. If you don’t want to wade through the preliminary text, the included link to the actual Google Docs spreadsheet is [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D-edaVHTnZNhVU840EPUhz3Cgd7m39Urx7HM8Pq6Pus/edit?usp=sharing). As far as I can see this spreadsheet shows the state by state popular vote results in percentage form only, unfortunately.