It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote
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Story highlights  Clinton  outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes
 She  lost the Electoral College  however
(CNN) More Americans voted for  Hillary Clinton  than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.
margin ranks third among defeated candidates  according to statistics from  Clinton 's 2.1%margin ranks third among defeated candidates  according to statistics from US Elections Atlas . Andrew Jackson won by more than 10% in 1824 but was denied the presidency  which went to John Quincy Adams. In 1876  Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes  who eventually triumphed by one electoral vote.
"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 " he tweeted as recently as Wednesday morning  more than six weeks after the election. In late November  Trump also falsely claimed that "millions" of  Clinton  voters had cast ballots "illegally."
Story highlights   [TGT] outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes
  [TGT]   lost the Electoral College  however
(CNN) More Americans voted for  [TGT] than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.
margin ranks third among defeated candidates  according to statistics from   [TGT]  's 2.1%margin ranks third among defeated candidates  according to statistics from US Elections Atlas . Andrew Jackson won by more than 10% in 1824 but was denied the presidency  which went to John Quincy Adams. In 1876  Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes  who eventually triumphed by one electoral vote.
"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 " he tweeted as recently as Wednesday morning  more than six weeks after the election. In late November  Trump also falsely claimed that "millions" of   [TGT]   voters had cast ballots "illegally."