Washington
(AFP) - Hillary Clinton is now more than two million votes ahead of
President-elect Donald Trump in the popular vote count for the US
presidential elections, a tally compiled by the Cook Political Report
showed Wednesday.
The
Democratic candidate's 1.5 percent lead in the popular vote makes no
difference to the outcome of the November 8 election, which Trump won by
taking a majority of electoral votes. Clinton conceded the following
day.
But the former secretary of state's popular vote lead continues to grow.
She
has received 64,227,373 votes to Trump's 62,212,752 million, according
to the Cook Political Report's latest tally, which was compiled from
official sources.
It is the second time this century that a Democrat has won the popular vote but lost the presidential election.
In 2000, vice president Al Gore lost to George W. Bush despite winning nearly 544,000 more votes than his Republican rival.
The
Supreme Court ultimately decided that election, pushing Bush over the
top in electoral votes by giving him the win in the contested state of
Florida.
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