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There are 22 countries  in which voting is mandatory including brazil  Thailand and egypt in Australia  failure to vote carries a fine of aus $20 (15.34 ;L 12. 33). Trump won the election by securing 304 electoral college seats commpred  with Clinton's 277. However  Clinton won the popular vote with 65,853,625 votes compared with Trump,s 62,985,106. The 2016 us presidential  election was the biggest political new story of recent time  not just in the usa but globally. According to the  canter for responsive politics the total cost of the election  reached an incredible $6.6 bn (L 5.3 bn) when adjusted presidential cycle in 2012. As part of their election campaign nominees  Donald Trump(republican) and Hillary Clinton  (Democrat) in the most watched televised presidential debate (pictured) which was seen by 84 million viewers in the usa alone Held on 26 sep 2016 the debate - the  first of there -beat the make of 80.6 million sat by jimmy carter and ronald reagan in 1980. upon winning the election Trump and his inaugural  committee raised a record $90 m (L73.19m) to cove the costs of his commencement ceremony the most expensive presidential inauguration-which took place at the us capitol in Washington  dc on 20 Jan 2017.