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Clinton surpasses 2 million popular vote lead amid calls for recount in 3 states

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Hillary Clinton, seen here delivering her concession speech in New York City on November 9, has over 2 million more votes than Donald Trump in the national popular vote. She lost the election under the U.S. Electoral College system.
Hillary Clinton, seen here delivering her concession speech in New York City on November 9, has over 2 million more votes than Donald Trump in the national popular vote. She lost the election under the U.S. Electoral College system.

Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead over President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed 2 million, according to an independent analysis.

Cook Political Report on Wednesday said Clinton had 64,225,863 votes compared to Trump’s 62,210,612 votes.

Clinton’s victory in the popular vote has generated criticism against the United States’ Electoral College system. Some activists and academics that formed a coalition are calling on U.S. authorities to fully audit or recount the election results, particularly in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The coalition hopes Clinton’s campaign will join its efforts as it prepares to deliver a report of its concerns to congressional committee chairs and federal authorities next week.

“I’m interested in verifying the vote,” Dr. Barbara Simons, an adviser to the U.S. election assistance commission and expert on electronic voting, told The Guardian. “We need to have post-election ballot audits.”

Dr. Barbara Simons, an adviser to the U.S. election assistance commission
Dr. Barbara Simons, an adviser to the U.S. election assistance commission

Following the 2016 election, Clinton’s loss is the fifth time in U.S. history a candidate who won the popular vote did not assume the presidency. The last time was in 2000, when former Vice President Al Gore defeated then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the popular vote, but lost the recount in Florida — giving Bush the needed electoral votes to win the executive branch.

Since his election victory, Trump has defended the Electoral College, despite calling the system a “disaster for a democracy” in 2012.

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One response to “Clinton surpasses 2 million popular vote lead amid calls for recount in 3 states”

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    5thDrawer

    Getting a bit sticky by now … and although the difference is now 1.5% of the totals showing who voted (at the moment), there’s an obvious kinky in that ‘electoral’ sway.
    What seems wrong, is that if you vote, and your ‘college’ votes the same way, then some folks got 2 votes punted in – while others have votes which are cancelled out by their own opposing college ‘group’.

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