Hillary Clinton has 2.7 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, despite losing the presidential election; the number is expected to rise.
The Democrat, Hillary Clinton is on track to get more votes than president Barack Obama did in 2012. He won 65.9 million, and she is only about 400,000 votes behind him. The votes are being tallied by David Wasserman for the "Cook Political Report." Votes are still streaming in from states like California, New York and Washington due to late counting of mail-in and absentee ballots.
President-elect Donald Trump swept to victory thanks to the centuries-old "Electoral College" system, which distributes electoral votes around states and the candidate who wins in each state gets all of those votes.
It now looks quite possible that Hillary Clinton will end up with more votes than Barrack Obama's 65.9 million. In larger states like Pennsylvania with "20 Electoral College" votes and Michigan with 16 votes which in favor to President-elect Donald Trump.
The 538 "Electoral College" voters are convening in their respective states on 19 December to officially declare Mr. Donald Trump as president. Last November 8, Hillary Clinton won just 232 votes for a majority of 270 is needed, while President-elect Donald Trump reached 306.
His entourage has filed a lawsuit to block a request for a vote recount in Michigan, after successful requests were granted in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. All three states were crucial battlegrounds on 8 November and went to Mr. Donald Trump with a small margin of victory. The recount started in Wisconsin at midday last Monday 4 December. The recount goes still favor to Donald Trump.
President-elect Donald Trump has been irked by his loss in the popular count, and he said he would have won it if he had campaigned harder in a smaller number of states.
