| 100% | ANTIFA | 6 | Decentralized left-wing movement that gained traction after the 2016 election |
| 30% | VINICIUS | 8 | Official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics that was named after a poet de Moraes |
| 29% | TED | 3 | Cruz in the 2016 election |
| 29% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence |
| 28% | ENCORE | 6 | Word that's shouted after a band leaves the stage |
| 27% | BUT | 3 | "___ her emails" (sarcastic reference to the 2016 election) |
| 27% | REFORMATION | 11 | Movement that saw the rise of Calvinism |
| 26% | TIMKAINE | 8 | Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 2016 election: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BEEP | 4 | After the ___ (when to leave a phone message) |
| 26% | HRC | 3 | Monogram in the 2016 presidential election |
| 26% | EMPTYNEST | 9 | Home, after the youngest child leaves |
| 26% | ENCORE | 6 | Shout after the band leaves the stage |
| 26% | LIBERALS | 8 | Those on the left, politically |
| 26% | DEMS | 4 | Those on the left, informally |
| 25% | WHATHAPPENED | 12 | 2017 best seller by Hillary Clinton about the 2016 election: 2 wds. |
| 25% | STALE | 5 | Like crackers after the box is left open |
| 25% | RECOUNT | 7 | Florida had one after the 2000 presidential election |
| 25% | LYINGFLAT | 9 | Chinese movement that resists the pressure to overwork |
| 25% | CHADS | 5 | Those left hanging on Election Day? |
| 25% | ORBIT | 5 | Gum brand named after the movement of a planet |
| 25% | DELMONICO | 9 | Steak style named after the restaurant that popularized it |
| 25% | ASH | 3 | The residue left behind after a fire |
| 25% | PAPERLESSVOTING | 15 | Election system that gets the press involved? |
| 25% | JERRY | 5 | The mouse that Tom was chasing after |
| 24% | SPACESHIP | 9 | Craft that leaves the atmosphere |
| 24% | TIP | 3 | Left for the waiter after paying the bill |
| 24% | DOSES | 5 | After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___. |
| 24% | SOLES | 5 | The parts of your shoes that leave prints |
| 24% | CHAD | 4 | One left hanging after an election? |
| 24% | ADDMITTSDEFEAT | 14 | Update Wikipedia after the 2012 election? |