Hillary Clinton's lead in popular vote could grow to more than 2 million

Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote is continuing to grow—and it will likely grow more.

Estimates from Saturday indicate that Clinton could have 1.8 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump and hundreds of thousands of votes still need to be counted in California and Washington, states known for voting Democrat, according to the Huffington Post.

The New York Times' Nate Cohen tweeted on Nov. 12 that as many as 7 million votes could still be uncounted, and on Saturday he updated that estimate writing: "I should be tad more cautious about first sentence: we thought there were 7 million left yday, possible number is now lower. Haven't checked."

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On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported that 4 million votes still needed to be counted in California.

The Atlantic reported Saturday that 700,000 votes still needed to be counted in Washington state.

By the time all votes are counted, The New York Times estimates that Clinton will lead by more than 2 million votes and and more than 1.5 percentage points.

"She will have won by a wider percentage margin than not only Al Gore in 2000 but also Richard Nixon in 1968 and John F. Kennedy in 1960," writes David Leonhardt of the Times.

David Wasserman, an editor at Cook Political Report, told the Atlantic that Clinton could lead by as many as 2 percentage points in the popular vote when all votes are counted.

On Fox News, Alan Dershowitz, a scholar on U.S. constitutional law, commented on the Times' estimate in a story on Sunday: "This may turn out to be an exaggeration, but she certainly won the popular vote."

The last official count indicated Clinton was leading the popular vote by about 600,000.

While the popular vote reveals interesting information about the overall feelings of voters, the Electoral College picks the president and Trump won the electoral college, taking 290 votes to Clinton's 228.

This story was updated at 10 a.m. to make clear that many media outlets and experts predict Clinton could lead in the popular vote by more than 2 million votes based on the number of votes that are still uncounted in states such as California that tend to vote Democrat. This is an estimate, not an official count.

This story was updated at 10:55 a.m. to correct that Trump won 290 votes not 270.