Biden's popular vote margin over Trump tops 7 mill
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Kate Sullivan byline
By Kate Sullivan and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN
Updated 10:27 AM ET, Fri December 4, 2020
Washington (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden's margin over President Donald Trump in the nationwide popular vote is now more than 7 million votes and may continue to grow as several states continue counting votes.
As of Friday morning, Biden had won about 81.2 million votes, the most votes a candidate has won in US history, and Trump had won about 74.2 million. Trump's vote count makes him the second-highest vote earner in American history.
Biden won 306 electoral votes, while Trump has 232. Two hundred and seventy electoral votes are needed to become president.