Donald Trump’s opposition in the U.S. 2020 presidential election has surpassed the 2016 popular vote total of Hillary Clinton.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Biden surpassed Clinton’s 2016 popular vote total even with millions of votes yet to be counted.
In 2016, Clinton’s popular vote total was pegged at 65.8 million but Biden has surpassed that figure.
Trump, as well, had earlier surpassed his 2016 vote tally.
He crossed his 2016 vote tally of 62.9 million votes with millions of votes yet to be counted.
This is the first time since 2004 an incumbent president would win more votes during re-election campaign than first campaign.
Clinton won more popular votes than Trump in 2016, but Trump went on to win the election.
The final outcome of the presidential election was decided by the electoral college.
Right now, Biden has polled 66.4 million (49.8%) popular votes while Trump has polled 64.8 million (49.6%).