Here is a comparison of her votes in Wisconsin in 2016 versus Barack Obama’s in 2012:
| 2012 | 2016 | Difference | % Diff | |
| DEM | 1,620,985 | 1,382,947 | (238,038) | -14.7% |
| GOP | 1,407,964 | 1,406,998 | (966) | -0.1% |
| Other | 39,483 | 182,672 | 143,189 | 362.7% |
| Total | 3,070,444 | 2,974,633 | (95,811) | -3.1% |
In Michigan, 87,810 voters left the choice of President blank in 2016 compared with 49,840 in 2012. Across the country, 1.7 million voters refrained from marking a Presidential choice on their ballots in 2016 versus 754,000 in 2012. Only 3 states had fewer undervotes in 2016 than in 2012.
These were critical but not isolated cases. The table below compares Hillary Clinton's votes by state in 2016 to Barack Obama's in 2012. Blue cells indicate the Democrat won the state; Red indicate a Republican win. The vote percentage difference is the difference in the percentage by which the candidate won or lost the popular vote in the state. (Source: Wikipedia)
Democratic State Votes 2016 versus 2012
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Barack Obama
2012
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Hillary Clinton
2016
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Vote Difference
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Vote Pcnt Diff
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#
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%
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#
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%
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Alabama
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795,696
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38.36%
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729,547
|
34.36%
|
(66,149)
|
(4.0%)
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Alaska
|
122,640
|
40.81%
|
116,454
|
36.55%
|
(6,186)
|
(4.3%)
|
Arizona
|
1,025,232
|
44.59%
|
1,161,167
|
45.13%
|
135,935
|
0.5%
|
Arkansas
|
394,409
|
36.88%
|
380,494
|
33.65%
|
(13,915)
|
(3.2%)
|
California
|
7,854,285
|
60.24%
|
8,753,788
|
61.73%
|
899,503
|
1.5%
|
Colorado
|
1,323,101
|
51.49%
|
1,338,870
|
48.16%
|
15,769
|
(3.3%)
|
Connecticut
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905,083
|
58.06%
|
897,572
|
54.57%
|
(7,511)
|
(3.5%)
|
Delaware
|
242,584
|
58.61%
|
235,603
|
53.09%
|
(6,981)
|
(5.5%)
|
District of Columbia
|
267,070
|
90.91%
|
282,830
|
90.48%
|
15,760
|
(0.4%)
|
Florida
|
4,237,756
|
50.01%
|
4,504,975
|
47.82%
|
267,219
|
(2.2%)
|
Georgia
|
1,773,827
|
45.48%
|
1,877,963
|
45.64%
|
104,136
|
0.2%
|
Hawaii
|
306,658
|
70.55%
|
266,891
|
62.22%
|
(39,767)
|
(8.3%)
|
Idaho
|
212,787
|
32.62%
|
189,765
|
27.49%
|
(23,022)
|
(5.1%)
|
Illinois
|
3,019,512
|
57.60%
|
3,090,729
|
55.83%
|
71,217
|
(1.8%)
|
Indiana
|
1,152,887
|
43.93%
|
1,033,126
|
37.91%
|
(119,761)
|
(6.0%)
|
Iowa
|
822,544
|
51.99%
|
653,669
|
41.74%
|
(168,875)
|
(10.3%)
|
Kansas
|
440,726
|
37.99%
|
427,005
|
36.05%
|
(13,721)
|
(1.9%)
|
Kentucky
|
679,370
|
37.80%
|
628,854
|
32.68%
|
(50,516)
|
(5.1%)
|
Louisiana
|
809,141
|
40.58%
|
780,154
|
38.45%
|
(28,987)
|
(2.1%)
|
Maine (at-lg)
|
401,306
|
56.27%
|
357,735
|
47.83%
|
(43,571)
|
(8.4%)
|
Maine, 1st
|
212,774
|
53.96%
|
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Maine, 2nd
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144,817
|
40.98%
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Maryland
|
1,677,844
|
61.97%
|
1,677,928
|
60.33%
|
84
|
(1.6%)
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Massachusetts
|
1,921,290
|
60.65%
|
1,995,196
|
60.01%
|
73,906
|
(0.6%)
|
Michigan
|
2,564,569
|
54.21%
|
2,268,839
|
47.27%
|
(295,730)
|
(6.9%)
|
Minnesota
|
1,546,167
|
52.65%
|
1,367,716
|
46.44%
|
(178,451)
|
(6.2%)
|
Mississippi
|
562,949
|
43.79%
|
485,131
|
40.11%
|
(77,818)
|
(3.7%)
|
Missouri
|
562,949
|
43.79%
|
1,071,068
|
38.14%
|
508,119
|
(5.7%)
|
Montana
|
201,839
|
41.70%
|
177,709
|
35.75%
|
(24,130)
|
(6.0%)
|
Nebraska
|
302,081
|
38.03%
|
284,494
|
33.70%
|
(17,587)
|
(4.3%)
|
Nebraska, 1st
|
100,126
|
35.46%
|
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Nebraska, 2nd
|
131,030
|
44.92%
|
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Nebraska, 3rd
|
53,290
|
19.73%
|
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Nevada
|
531,373
|
52.36%
|
539,260
|
47.50%
|
7,887
|
(4.9%)
|
New Hampshire
|
369,561
|
51.98%
|
348,526
|
46.98%
|
(21,035)
|
(5.0%)
|
New Jersey
|
2,125,101
|
58.38%
|
2,148,278
|
54.99%
|
23,177
|
(3.4%)
|
New Mexico
|
415,335
|
52.99%
|
385,234
|
48.26%
|
(30,101)
|
(4.7%)
|
New York
|
4,485,741
|
63.35%
|
4,556,124
|
59.01%
|
70,383
|
(4.3%)
|
North Carolina
|
2,178,391
|
48.35%
|
2,189,316
|
46.17%
|
10,925
|
(2.2%)
|
North Dakota
|
124,827
|
38.69%
|
93,758
|
27.23%
|
(31,069)
|
(11.5%)
|
Ohio
|
2,827,709
|
50.67%
|
2,394,164
|
43.56%
|
(433,545)
|
(7.1%)
|
Oklahoma
|
443,547
|
33.23%
|
420,375
|
28.93%
|
(23,172)
|
(4.3%)
|
Oregon
|
970,488
|
54.24%
|
1,002,106
|
50.07%
|
31,618
|
(4.2%)
|
Pennsylvania
|
2,990,274
|
51.97%
|
2,926,441
|
47.46%
|
(63,833)
|
(4.5%)
|
Rhode Island
|
279,677
|
62.70%
|
252,525
|
54.41%
|
(27,152)
|
(8.3%)
|
South Carolina
|
865,941
|
44.09%
|
855,373
|
40.67%
|
(10,568)
|
(3.4%)
|
South Dakota
|
145,039
|
39.87%
|
117,458
|
31.74%
|
(27,581)
|
(8.1%)
|
Tennessee
|
960,709
|
39.08%
|
870,695
|
34.72%
|
(90,014)
|
(4.4%)
|
Texas
|
3,308,124
|
41.38%
|
3,877,868
|
43.24%
|
569,744
|
1.9%
|
Utah
|
251,813
|
24.75%
|
310,676
|
27.46%
|
58,863
|
2.7%
|
Vermont
|
199,239
|
66.57%
|
178,573
|
56.68%
|
(20,666)
|
(9.9%)
|
Virginia
|
1,971,820
|
51.16%
|
1,981,473
|
49.73%
|
9,653
|
(1.4%)
|
Washington
|
1,755,396
|
56.16%
|
1,742,718
|
52.54%
|
(12,678)
|
(3.6%)
|
West Virginia
|
238,269
|
35.54%
|
188,794
|
26.43%
|
(49,475)
|
(9.1%)
|
Wisconsin
|
1,620,985
|
52.83%
|
1,382,536
|
46.45%
|
(238,449)
|
(6.4%)
|
Wyoming
|
69,286
|
27.82%
|
55,973
|
21.63%
|
(13,313)
|
(6.2%)
|
US Total
|
65,915,795
|
51.06%
|
65,853,514
|
48.18%
|
(62,281)
|
(2.9%)
|
Hillary Clinton would seem to be an expert on being disliked, however, I'm not sure that expertise extends beyond her own ability to numb voter passions.
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