The 2016 United States Presidential Election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Incumbent President Barack Obama was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits set forth in the U.S. Constitution. With the Republican Party on the verge of collapse, Obama's former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, had an overwhelming advantage against very weak opposition. Clinton won by a wide electoral margin in a three way race against Republican nominee Donald Trump and TEA candidate Ted Cruz.