Biden’s lead over Trump in popular vote grows to 5M

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday was leading President Donald Trump by about 5 million popular votes.

With millions of ballots still to be counted, Biden leads with about 77 million votes nationwide, according to The Associated Press — the most any American presidential candidate has ever won.

Trump so far has garnered about 72 million votes, the second- largest number of votes cast for a presidential candidate.

Biden has already won at least 290 electoral votes, according to the AP, far more than the 270 needed to win the White House.

But the lead in the popular vote amounts to a decisive win for Biden and Democrats, who underperformed in congressional elections and lost seats in the House of Representatives.

Biden won more than 50% of votes cast and leads Trump by about a 3.5% margin.

The president-elect’s edge is likely to grow significantly in coming days as mail- in ballots are counted, notably in Democratic strongholds of New York and California.

Hillary Clinton beat Trump by a little less than 3 million popular votes in 2016 but lost the Electoral College vote.

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Mike Pence cancels Florida vacation to help Trump effort to

overturn election

Mike Pence isn’t going to Disney World anytime soon.

The vice president scrapped plans for a Florida vacation so he could help lead President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in last week’s election, the Washington Post reported.

Pence gave Republican senators a presentation Tuesday on Trump’s legal efforts to cast doubt on Biden’s victory, and urged them to stick by the president’s side.

The conservative veep has mostly stayed out of the public eye since his boss signaled that he has no intention of conceding the election.

Election officials will start certifying the results soon, confirming Biden’s win in enough states to win the White House. But Trump is holding firm and continues to insist that Pence and other acolytes stand behind him.

Pence signaled Tuesday that might head down to battleground Georgia to campaign for two Republican senators facing Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the Senate.

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