Clinton Gained Three Million More Votes Than Trump in US Election, Report Shows

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton received 3 million more votes than her Republican rival Donald Trump in the November 8 presidential election, the Cook Political Report revealed.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — According to the most recent data that includes final vote counts from all 50 US states, Clinton gained 65.8 million votes in the election to Trump’s 62.9 million, the report stated on Tuesday.

However, in the US political system, a presidential nominee wins the race for US president if he or she gains at least 270 electoral votes, regardless of whether their opponent wins the popular vote.

Clinton’s popular vote win came almost entirely from California, which is the most populous US state with 39.3 million people. California carries the largest number of electoral votes, or 55.

The Investors Business Daily remarked that if California is taken out of the popular vote equation, then Trump wins the rest of the country by 1.4 million votes.

On Monday, the US Electoral College reaffirmed Trump’s victory. Trump won 304 electoral votes, 34 more than the required number to win the presidency, while Clinton 232 electoral votes.

The Cook Report added that Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and other candidates won 5.7 percent of the popular vote.