Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote now exceeds 2.3 million
Ballots are still being tallied from the Nov. 8 presidential election, and Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote over Donald Trump continues to climb.
On Wednesday night, The Associated Press released its latest figures, giving Clinton 64,874,143 votes to Trump's 62,516,883 — a difference of 2,357,260. Based on those numbers, Clinton has 48.1 percent of the vote, and Trump 46.4 percent. In electoral votes, Trump has 306 to Clinton's 232.
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