Love him or loathe him, the statistics behind Donald Trump's political journey—from his stunning 2016 victory to his unprecedented post-presidency influence—reveal a legacy marked by seismic electoral shifts, controversial policy gambits, and a business empire as turbulent as it is tenacious.
Key Takeaways
- Donald Trump won 304 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election against Hillary Clinton's 227
- In the 2020 presidential election, Trump received 74,223,975 popular votes, comprising 46.8% of the total
- Trump secured victories in 30 states during the 2016 election
- Donald Trump signed 220 executive orders during his presidency from 2017-2021
- He issued 3,821 regulations via agencies
- Trump pardoned or commuted sentences for 237 individuals, including 143 on January 20, 2021
- Trump Tower in NYC valued at $500 million, part of his real estate portfolio
- Trump Organization operates 500+ entities across licensing, golf, hotels
- Net worth estimated at $2.6 billion as of 2024 by Forbes, down from $4.5B peak
- Trump convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in NY hush money case, May 30, 2024
- Indicted in federal classified documents case, 40 felony counts, dismissed July 2024
- Georgia election interference indictment: 13 felony counts under RICO, ongoing
Trump's political career has defined by narrow wins, broad losses, and legal battles.
Business
- Trump Tower in NYC valued at $500 million, part of his real estate portfolio
- Trump Organization operates 500+ entities across licensing, golf, hotels
- Net worth estimated at $2.6 billion as of 2024 by Forbes, down from $4.5B peak
- Mar-a-Lago resort generated $25 million revenue in 2017 alone
- 17 golf courses worldwide, including Trump National Doral
- Atlantic City casinos: Taj Mahal filed bankruptcy in 1991 with $3B debt
- Total 6 corporate bankruptcies for Trump entities 1991-2009
- Licensing deals: over 50 worldwide for Trump brand, generating $59M 2004-2018
- Trump Steaks sold via Sharper Image, discontinued after poor sales
- Trump University settled fraud lawsuits for $25 million in 2016
- Revenue from Trump-branded hotels: $440M from 2017-2020 during presidency
- Truth Social parent company valuation peaked at $8B in 2024
- NFT trading cards sales: $4.8M personally pocketed in 2022
- Scottish golf resorts: Trump International Scotland loss-making, $23M subsidies sought
- The Apprentice TV show: 14 seasons, Trump earned $427M lifetime from NBC
- Book sales: Art of the Deal sold 1M+ copies, royalties $15M+
- Trump vodka brand launched 2006, discontinued 2011 due to low sales
- Mortgage on Trump Tower: $100M from Deutsche Bank
- Total debt on Trump properties: $1.1B as of 2016 per disclosures
- Forbes 400 ranking: #324 in 2024 with $4.5B (pre-adjustments)
- Truth Social app downloads: 4.1M since launch Feb 2022
- Merchandise sales post-2020: $10M+ from hats, flags via campaign
- Ivanka Trump brand licensing: $26M revenue to Trump Org 2017-2018
- Trump Winery in Virginia: 1,300 acres, $10M+ annual revenue est.
- Failed ventures: Trump Airlines acquired 1989, bankrupt 1992
- Trump: The Game board game flopped, sold 800K units at loss
- New York Times reported Trump businesses lost $1.17B 1985-1994
Business Interpretation
For all the glittering towers and gilded resorts, Trump's business legacy is a masterclass in turning personal branding into a financial life raft, artfully floating atop a sea of bankruptcies, failed ventures, and other people's subsidies.
Elections
- Donald Trump won 304 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election against Hillary Clinton's 227
- In the 2020 presidential election, Trump received 74,223,975 popular votes, comprising 46.8% of the total
- Trump secured victories in 30 states during the 2016 election
- In 2020, Trump flipped only one state from 2016 (Georgia, which he lost), winning 25 states
- Trump's 2016 primary campaign raised $66.5 million from individual contributions
- He won the Iowa caucuses in 2016 with 24.3% of the vote among 12 candidates
- Trump carried Florida in 2016 by 1.2 percentage points (48.0% to 47.8%)
- In 2020, his margin in Florida expanded to 3.4 points (51.2% to 47.9%)
- Trump won Michigan in 2016 by 0.23% (47.5% to 47.3%)
- He lost Michigan in 2020 by 2.8% after winning it previously
- Pennsylvania 2016 win margin: 0.72% (48.2% to 47.5%)
- 2020 Pennsylvania loss by 1.2% (48.8% to 50.0%)
- Wisconsin 2016 victory by 0.77% (47.9% to 46.5%)
- 2020 Wisconsin loss by 0.63% (48.8% to 49.4%)
- Trump won 2,626 counties in 2016, 88% of all counties
- In 2020, he won 2,497 counties, still about 82%
- 2016 GOP nomination secured with 44.9% of primary delegates (1,725 of 2,472)
- Trump held 125 campaign rallies in 2016
- In 2020, he held 253 rallies or events
- Voter turnout among Trump voters in 2016 was 58% of eligible Republicans
- 2020 Trump turnout: 94% of 2020 Trump voters participated, per exit polls
- Trump improved Hispanic vote share from 28% in 2012 (Romney) to 29% in 2016
- 2020 Hispanic support rose to 35%
- Black vote: 8% in 2016, up from 6% Romney
- 2020 Black support: 12%
- Women voted 52-44 for Clinton in 2016 against Trump
- 2020 women: 57-42 for Biden
- Trump won white voters 58-37 in 2016
- 2020 white vote: 57-41 Trump
- College-educated whites: Trump lost 37-57 in 2016, won non-college 67-28
- 2020 non-college whites: 65-33 Trump
- During 2024 primaries, Trump won 93% of Republican primary vote share across states
Elections Interpretation
While maintaining an iron grip on his base and expanding his appeal among some minority voters, Trump’s razor-thin 2016 victories in the industrial Midwest evaporated in 2020, illustrating that his disruptive political brand was both remarkably resilient for his supporters and decisively repellent to a slightly larger number of voters.
Legal
- Trump convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in NY hush money case, May 30, 2024
- Indicted in federal classified documents case, 40 felony counts, dismissed July 2024
- Georgia election interference indictment: 13 felony counts under RICO, ongoing
- Federal Jan 6 election interference case: 4 felony counts, paused post-election
- E. Jean Carroll defamation trials: $5M + $83.3M judgments in 2023-2024
Legal Interpretation
The former president's legal résumé now reads less like a statesman's record and more like a crime lord's rap sheet, meticulously itemized across state and federal jurisdictions.
Presidency
- Donald Trump signed 220 executive orders during his presidency from 2017-2021
- He issued 3,821 regulations via agencies
- Trump pardoned or commuted sentences for 237 individuals, including 143 on January 20, 2021
- Withdrew from 5 major international agreements: Paris Accord, Iran Deal, TPP, INF Treaty, Open Skies
- Appointed 234 Article III federal judges, including 3 Supreme Court justices
- Unemployment rate fell from 4.7% in Jan 2017 to 3.5% in Feb 2020 pre-COVID
- Added 6.7 million jobs from Jan 2017 to Feb 2020
- Median household income rose to $68,700 in 2019, up 6.8% from 2018
- Poverty rate dropped to 10.5% in 2019, lowest since 1959
- Signed Phase One China trade deal on Jan 15, 2020, committing China to $200B purchases
- Imposed tariffs on $380 billion of Chinese goods by 2020
- USMCA replaced NAFTA, ratified Jan 29, 2020
- Operation Warp Speed invested $18 billion, leading to 3 vaccines authorized by Dec 2020
- Border wall construction: 458 miles built or reinforced by Jan 2021
- Illegal border crossings apprehensions: 400,651 in FY2019, down from peaks
- Signed First Step Act, reducing sentences for 3,100+ nonviolent offenders by 2019
- Criminal justice reform: 90% of counties had pretrial diversion programs by 2020
- Energy independence: US became net petroleum exporter in Sep 2019 first time since 1957
- Deregulated 20,306 pages of federal regulations, 8-to-1 ratio over new ones
- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced corporate rate from 35% to 21%
- Pre-COVID GDP growth averaged 2.5% annually 2017-2019
- Stock market S&P 500 rose 67% from inauguration to pre-COVID peak
- Approved 20,000+ MW of new energy projects via NEPA streamlining
- Space Force established as 6th military branch, Dec 20, 2019
- Abraham Accords normalized Israel relations with UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco
- No new wars started, first president in decades
- ISIS caliphate defeated 100% by March 2019
Presidency Interpretation
He signed stacks of paper and withdrew his name from others, reshaped the courts, saw the economy hum until the pandemic hit, moved embassies, pardoned some and built a wall, all while proclaiming a record of tangible victories, both constructed and contentious.
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