Fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) / Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) - 276 EVs, 49.1%Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) - 255 EVs, 47.4%Others / Faithless electors - 7 EVs, 3.5%
Romney's path would have been remarkably different than Trump's and probably would have went through the Sun Belt. We also would still have a ton of faithless electors. This could have been a winnable race for the Republicans but Romney makes a lot of gaffes. Romney also runs to the left on immigration supporting amnesty, which was out of tune with the national mood in 2016. That costs him the Rust Belt.
