Hillary Clinton's popular vote lead surpasses 2,000,000 (and votes are still being counted)

by Walter Einenkel

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 at 8:11:57am PST

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 31: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a sheet of paper with his donations listed at a news conference at Trump Tower where he addressed issues about the money he pledged to donate to veterans groups following a skipped a debate in January before the Iowa caucuses on May 31, 2016 in New York City. Trump had previously said he had raised $6 million at the nationally broadcast fund-raiser he attended instead of the debate and that he would donate it all to veterans groups. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Just two days ago, the tallies of our 2016 presidential election saw Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead move up to 1.7 million votes. As of this diary, Hillary Clinton has 64,225,863 votes while Donald Trump has 62,210,612. Counting on my fingers that means that Hillary Clinton is winning the popular vote by 2,015,251. This means that of all the people who voted in this year’s election, there are over two million more that would rather see Hillary Clinton take office in January than this white supremacist with weird hair. Jim Tankersley has put together some easy to understand economics.

4. Hillary Clinton won < 400 counties nationwide, out of more than 3,000. Those HRC counties make up nearly *TWO-THIRDS* of the U.S. economy
Ã¢ÂÂ Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) November 22, 2016

8. This visualization of HRC counties vs. DT counties, by GDP, is stunning. https://t.co/9nR7dAVFnS pic.twitter.com/6kBkb3WRtK
Ã¢ÂÂ Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) November 22, 2016

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