<div dir="ltr">Trump can take comfort from the fact that he has surpassed Hilary Clinton's popular vote total in 2016, and Barack Obama's popular vote total in 2012.  A loser, yes, but a very successful loser.<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-iKJnec" style="font-size:16px;margin-bottom:16px;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">List of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received</div><div class="gmail-webanswers-webanswers_table__webanswers-table" style="overflow:hidden;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><table style="table-layout:fixed;width:620px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr class="gmail-ztXv9" style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(235,235,235)"><th style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px 8px 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bolder;text-align:left;vertical-align:top">Candidate</th><th style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bolder;text-align:left;vertical-align:top">Year</th><th style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bolder;text-align:left;vertical-align:top">Popular vote</th></tr><tr style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(235,235,235)"><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px 8px 0px">Barack Obama</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">2012</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">65,915,795</td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(235,235,235)"><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px 8px 0px">Hillary Clinton</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">2016</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">65,853,514</td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(235,235,235)"><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px 8px 0px">Donald Trump</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">2016</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">62,984,828</td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(235,235,235)"><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px 8px 0px">George W. Bush</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">2004</td><td style="height:26px;padding:8px 10px">62,040,610<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table>Donald Trump                                     2020                                                   <span style="text-align:center">69,964,917</span></div></div><div class="gmail-webanswers-webanswers_table__webanswers-table" style="overflow:hidden;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="text-align:center">Joe Biden                                             2020                                                   </span><span style="text-align:center">73,915,186</span></div><div class="gmail-webanswers-webanswers_table__webanswers-table" style="overflow:hidden;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="text-align:center">2020 results subject to further revision.</span></div><div class="gmail-webanswers-webanswers_table__webanswers-table" style="overflow:hidden;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="text-align:center">-- rec --</span></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>