The Democrat is now the first presidential challenger to win more than 80 million popular votes, CNN reports.
He is also the first presidential candidate to capture more than 50% of the popular vote against an incumbent since Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932.The former Vice President hit 80,011,000 votes on Tuesday; President Donald Trump had more than 73,800,000.The former Senator’s triumph is the seventh time in the last eight presidential elections a Democrat won the popular vote – 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020.
The Republican becomes the first president since Benjamin Harrison in 1892 to lose the popular vote in two successive polls.
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