Hillary Clinton's substantial lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote grows ever-larger by the day.

According to The Independent, as of Monday, Clinton has received 63.6 million votes and Trump has received 61.9 million — a difference of approximately 1.7 million votes. (The candidates each have around 48 percent and 46.7 percent of the total votes, respectively.) As the source goes on to explain, this also means the 2016 Democratic nominee has won more votes than any presidential candidate in the history of the United States, with the exception of President Barack Obama.

Despite her ever-growing margin of victory in the popular vote, however, Clinton still ultimately lost the election due to the fact that Trump was able to secure the necessary 270 electoral votes to win. As of Monday, Trump has received 290 electoral votes and Clinton 232, with Michigan as the only remaining state that has yet to declare a winner. However, even if Clinton were to ultimately win Michigan, it wouldn't affect the results of the election.

Of course, this fact hasn't stopped people from exercising their right to protest, and those in opposition to Trump's victory have made their voices loud and clear. Perhaps most notably, over 4.5 million people have signed a petition asking the Electoral College to appoint Clinton rather than Trump as president when they officially vote on Dec. 19.

"Yes, I think it's a long shot, but I also think we're living in strange times," Daniel Brezenoff, the creator of the petition, told The Associated Press. "If it was ever plausible, it's this year."



Additional reporting from The Associated Press.



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