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Former Vice President and 2020 Presidential candidate, Mr Joe Biden has broken former US president Mr Barack Obama’s record for most votes ever cast for a US presidential candidate.
In 2008, Mr Obama earned 69,498,516 votes in the presidential election, the most ever.
However, Mr. Obama’s former vice president, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, has surpassed that tally, with a record 70,470,207 votes (50.3 percent), and counting, in the 2020 election.
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Mr Biden yesterday also exceeded his predecessor 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in electoral college votes.
Biden is currently leading the popular vote against President Donald Trump, who has collected 67,280,936 votes (48.0 percent) as of Wednesday afternoon.
The race for the White House continued to narrow Wednesday, hinging on just a few battleground states that are still too close to call.
With millions of votes not yet counted, it’s possible both candidates will break Mr. Obama’s record, set in the race against Senator John McCain, thanks in large part to record early voter turnout during the coronavirus pandemic.
Well, we are yet to find out whether the Democratic presidential aspirant will pull off a win over President Donald Trump – with millions of mail-in ballots still to count in several key swing states.
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