Shaysâ Rebellion and the Making of a Nation explores essential themes of the period leading up to the creation and ratification of the Constitution, and enhances understandings of our national identity and origins.
In 2012, Romney defeated Obama by 73 percent to 25 percent in Utah â the largest margin of victory in any state. This year, Trump won just 46 percent of the vote -- a 26 point drop-off. Much of the drop-off can be traced to Salt Lake County, home to roughly 4 in 10 Utah residents.
Had those 108,600 votes gone to Hillary Clinton, she would have won the presidency with a a 278 to 260 electoral college victory over Trump. (Though New Hampshire, with its 4 electoral college votes has not yet been called, Clinton holds a 1,614 vote margin thereâ0.2 percent of votes cast in the stateâ with 100 percent of precincts reporting.)