President-elect Trump has won a comfortable majority in the Electoral College. But he’s also about to do something he didn’t do in his first successful campaign for the White House: win the popular vote. The latest count, as of Thursday morning, suggests Trump will win more votes nationally in the presidential election than his defeated opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, making him the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years.
Even with some states still counting, Trump received more than 72.6 million votes, with a margin of 4.6 million votes to Harris’ nearly 68 million.
The last Republican presidential candidate to win more votes than his opponent was former President George W. Bush in 2004, when he won re-election against John Kerry. The last Republican before Bush was his father, then-Vice President George HW Bush, who defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988.
The consensus among pollsters before Election Day was that Trump and Harris would run neck and neck in Electoral College votes, with Harris receiving the most votes overall.
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