The United States presidential election, 2016 was the 58th quadrennial election for President and Vice-President of the United States of America, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Incumbent Republican President Mike Huckabee won reelection fairly easily over former Senator and then-Governor Hillary Clinton of New York. The unemployment rate had dropped from 25% to 10% during Huckabee's 1st term, showing a slow but sure resurgence in the U.S. economy. The world stage was mostly quiet, and Huckabee's approval rating was a very high 59%.