According to all revised and certified final election results from all 50 states and the District of Columbia on Wednesday
night, Democratic party presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton is now
officially the most voted presidential candidate in US election history
as she surpassed President-elect Donald Trump by almost 2.9
million votes, with 65,844,954 (48.2%) to his 62,979,879 (46.1%).
Even
though Trump defeated Clinton hands down in the Electoral College
votes, Clinton’s 2.1% win margin is ranked third among defeated
candidates in past U.S elections.
According to
data from US Elections Atlas, Andrew Jackson won his election by more
than 10% in 1824 while In 1876, Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes
than Rutherford B. Hayes.