Donald Trump won the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election.
Analysis
The statement is incorrect because multiple references confirm that Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by over 2.8 million votes in the 2016 presidential election. Additionally, it is noted that Trump became president despite losing the popular vote, which has occurred in five instances in U.S. history. The electoral vote system allows for this discrepancy, but the factual evidence clearly indicates that Trump did not win the popular vote.
Sources
The election is one of five presidential elections in American history that the winner of the popular vote did not win the presidency.
the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's president or vice president. Thus it is possible for the winner of the popular vote to end up losing the election, an outcome that has occurred on five occasions, most recently in the 2016 election.
Trump became the fifth person in U.S. history to become president despite losing the nationwide popular vote.
President Donald J. Trump [R] Main Opponent Hillary Clinton [D] Electoral Vote* Winner: 304 Main Opponent: 227
Republican Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by more than 2.8 million votes
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