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SouthernCal_Dem

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:36 PM Nov 2020

Biden is now projected to receive more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. history





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Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to receive more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. election history. With many precincts still reporting results, he had already gathered 69,165,955 votes on Wednesday morning, compared to former President Barack Obama's 2008 popular vote total of 69,498,516.

The news follows reports on Tuesday night that the 2020 election was shaping up to have the highest voter turnout since 1908, when 65 percent of eligible Americans voted, The New York Times reports. The country was on track for around 160 million votes this year, which would put the eligible turnout rate at around 67 percent.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/947822/biden-now-projected-receive-more-votes-president-than-other-candidate-history
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Biden is now projected to receive more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. history (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Nov 2020 OP
Accentuate the positive. This is a big deal - Go, Joe! K&R crickets Nov 2020 #1
At 11:31 EST, The Guardian said he'd passed Obama's total muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #2

muriel_volestrangler

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2. At 11:31 EST, The Guardian said he'd passed Obama's total
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:52 PM
Nov 2020
Joe Biden has become the presidential candidate to receive the most votes in a US election in history – with many ballots yet to be counted.

His current tally of 69,759,833 surpasses the 69,498,516 amassed by Barack Obama in 2008, the previous record. The total is already more than 3.9 million higher than the number of votes secured by Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she won the popular vote but lost the presidency to Donald Trump.

Trump’s total so far – 67,160,663 – is also more than he polled in 2016, and more than Obama polled in 2012. It places Trump third on the all-time list.

It is an indication of how high turn-out has been, with more than 100m Americans casting their ballots early.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/nov/04/us-election-2020-votes-live-updates-donald-trump-joe-biden-latest-presidential-news-updates?page=with:block-5fa2d5ea8f08f1bf4842ce23#block-5fa2d5ea8f08f1bf4842ce23
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