Final Tally: Clinton Wins Popular Vote by 2.8M; Trump Tweets Retorts

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a final tally of 2.8 million votes over President-elect Donald Trump in an election that saw 7 million more people vote than in 2012, according to the Cook Political Report. 

All 50 states + DC now certified:

Clinton: 65,844,610 (48.2%)
Trump: 62,979,636 (46.1%)
Others: 7,804,213 (5.7%)https://t.co/j58GaxfPmH

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 20, 2016 

The final results:

• Clinton: 65,844,610 or 48.2 percent.
• Trump: 62,979,636 or 46.1 percent.
• Others: 7,804,213 or 5.7 percent.

The number of votes cast: 136,628,459. In 2012, that figure was 129,075,630.

The telling number is the Cook report is that in the 13 swing states, Trump won the popular vote over Clinton by nearly 2 percent, backing up his assertion Tuesday that Clinton campaigned in the wrong states.

An assertion he repeated - among others - Wednesday morning on Twitter:

Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2016

I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote - but would campaign differently

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2016

I have not heard any of the pundits or commentators discussing the fact that I spent FAR LESS MONEY on the win than Hillary on the loss!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2016

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