--- description: As Americans' votes continue to be counted, Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote has grown to more than 1 million title: Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Expands to Over 1 Million image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec794b07bcaede97/6988ae9ca988ca92d66ba2ea/hrc2.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Expands to Over 1 Million by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2016 9:52 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel the day after the election on Wednesday November 9, 2016 in New York City, NY. Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel the day after the election on Wednesday November 9, 2016 in New York City, NY.Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2016 9:52 PM CUT As Americans’ votes continue to be counted, [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4566748/hillary-clinton-firewall-women/ "undefined")‘s lead over [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4570858/donald-trump-salary-president-history/ "undefined") in the [popular vote](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview?sle=true#gid=19 "undefined") has grown to more than 1 million people. According to the non-partisan Cook Political Report, Clinton currently has 61,964,263 votes compared with Trump’s 60,961,967. [The president-elect said](http://time.com/4571185/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/ "undefined") on Twitter Tuesday that he would have run a different campaign if the election was decided by popular vote and not the [electoral college](http://time.com/4571626/electoral-college-wrong-arguments/ "undefined"), and would have “won even bigger and more easily.” But Democrats have seized on the discrepancy; last week, Sen. [Harry Reid](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/harry-reid-trump-sexual-predator-231237 "undefined") called Trump a “sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate.” \[[_Cook Political Report_](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview?sle=true#gid=19 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4572295/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-lead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4572295/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-lead/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Expands to Over 1 Million","datePublished":"2016-11-15T21:52:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:50:28.655Z","description":"Clinton currently has 61,964,263 votes compared with Trump's 60,961,967","url":"https://time.com/4572295/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-lead/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec794b07bcaede97/6988ae9ca988ca92d66ba2ea/hrc2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec794b07bcaede97/6988ae9ca988ca92d66ba2ea/hrc2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Press Conference - New York, NY","caption":"Hillary Clinton Press Conference - New York, NY","creditText":"Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4572295/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-lead/","name":"Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Expands to Over 1 Million"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech","description":"Hillary Clinton gives her concession speech following her loss in the 2016 presidential election.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NWhU9Yb4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-11-09T17:13:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NWhU9Yb4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4572295/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-lead/","duration":"PT13M9S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4572295/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-lead/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```