How many electoral votes did hillary clinton get?

In 2008, in his first presidential race, Obama toppled Arizona senator John McCain with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173. The widest margin of victory for a Democrat in the last 30 years, however, was when Clinton's husband Bill defeated then-Kansas senator Bob Dole in 1996, by a margin of 379 to 159. read more

Those show that even counting Clinton’s win in Florida, where the two were on the ballot but did not campaign due to the state’s violation of party rules, Obama beat Clinton in the popular vote by 41,622 votes – a small margin, only 0.1 percent. read more

With a some votes still being counted, former First Lady Mrs Clinton has racked up 59.6 million votes compared to Mr Trump's 59.4 million. But Mr Trump has secured more electoral votes – 279 compared to her 228 – meaning he will take over from Barack Obama in January. read more

With all the numbers in, Clinton ended up winning 65,844,610 votes, which is 48.2% of the total votes. That vote total is good enough to give Clinton the third most votes of any presidential candidate in history (Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 elections are first and second, respectively). read more