Continued Counting of Public Votes; Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by Two Million Votes

Reports indicate that as the counting of votes in the U.S. presidential election continues until Wednesday, Hillary Clinton has taken a lead of two million votes in the popular vote over Donald Trump. This comes as Donald Trump secured the necessary electoral votes in the November 8 election and was elected as the president-elect. According to NBC News, the non-partisan organization 'Political Cook Report,' which compiles recent election statistics, has announced that as of Wednesday, Hillary Clinton has received 64 million 225 thousand votes and Donald Trump has received 62 million 210 thousand votes. The New York Times also reported a two million vote difference based on its statistics, stating that two million votes in California have yet to be counted. Meanwhile, CNN reports that this difference is approximately one million 820 thousand votes as of Wednesday. CNN noted that one reason for Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election was his lead in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, which had voted for Democratic candidates in previous elections, but in this election, Trump managed to secure more votes in these states. CNN added that the counting of votes is still ongoing in Michigan, where it had previously predicted a very close race. According to the report, several computer science experts and election lawyers have urged Hillary Clinton to request a recount in these three states. They argue that in some areas of states like Pennsylvania, where a computerized system was used for counting votes, there may have been disruptions in the counting process, and to ensure that these computers have not been hacked, it would be better to recount the votes in these areas. According to the Huffington Post, a change in the election results in these three states could have led to Hillary Clinton's victory. NPR reported that two weeks after the presidential election, the counting of votes in California is still ongoing, with two million votes yet to be counted. This radio station attributed the delay in counting California's votes to state referendums being held simultaneously with the presidential election. In the 2000 election, Al Gore, the Democratic candidate, despite receiving over half a million more votes than George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, lost the election. In this context, Donald Trump was introduced as the winner of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.