Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton still leads the general election popular vote and Michigan still remains up in the air a full week after the presidential election.
On Tuesday, Clinton continued to edge president-elect Donald Trump in the popular vote 47.9 percent (61,329,657) to 47.2 percent (60,530,867), CNN reported.
The biggest outlier continued to be Michigan, where the broadcaster has not called the race a week later. On Tuesday, the state's largest newspaper, the Detroit Free Press, called the race for Trump but stressed that it was not an official result. The newspaper admitted that other media outlets, like The Associated Press, have still not called the race.
"As of Monday afternoon, President-elect Donald Trump has won Michigan by a razor-thin 13,107 votes out of 4,785,223 votes cast, according to the Michigan Secretary of State," wrote Kathleen Gray, of the Free Press. "But those are not the official results of the Nov. 8 election. The state's 83 counties have until Nov. 22 to certify their election results. And the state Board of Canvassers meets on Nov. 28 to make the unofficial, official."
CNN said Trump has 47.6 percent of the vote (2,279,210) and Clinton 47.3 percent of the vote (2,267,373), with 96 percent of the vote in.
The popular vote doesn't determine the election. Trump has 290 electoral votes even without Michigan, compared to Clinton's 232. The billionaire businessman needed 270 to win the presidency.
International Business Times writer Chris Riotta said Tuesday that Clinton's lead could grow significantly once all the handful of outlying ballots are counted.
"The gap between those numbers could grow even bigger as left-leaning counties continue to send in the last of their ballots, giving Clinton upwards of a two million-vote lead," Riotta wrote for IBT.
The popular vote total, though, has become a rallying cry for some Clinton supporters.
"No Democrats of any standing have questioned the legitimacy of Mr. Trump's victory, though several have said Mrs. Clinton's popular vote trophy indicates support for her agenda," Allison Kite, of the Wall Street Journal wrote.
Retiring California U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Clinton supporter, filed legislation Tuesday to abolish the Electoral College, the Los Angeles Times reported, but the measure would have a tall hill to climb.
Such legislation would take amending the U.S. Constitution, meaning not only would it have to pass Congress but be signed off on by three-fourths of the states within seven years, noted the Los Angeles Times.