Former President Donald Trump has won the presidency over Vice President Kamala Harris, winning both the electoral college vote and the popular vote, something that has become very rare for a Republican candidate to do since the turn of the century.

Biden's win came as voter turnout rose 7% over 2016, resulting in a total of 66% of U.S. adult citizens casting a ballot in the 2020 election, the Washington, D.C.-headquartered center said. Biden's popular vote differential was also better than fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton's 2016 two-point advantage, according to the fact tank.

Not only is Donald Trump set to return to the White House, he will also become the first Republican to win the popular vote in two decades. But what is the popular vote? How did he pull it off? And who which Republican won it last?

Donald Trump has won two crucial swing states, North Carolina and Georgia, bolstering his path to 270 electoral votes. Kamala Harris has won Virginia and Hawaii, adding to her earlier victories in Democratic strongholds like California,

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris compete for the US presidency. Legit.ng explains how the candidate with the highest vote may not be crowned the overall winner.

Four years later, Mr. Biden won the Electoral College, but his disadvantage in the key states relative to the nation was actually even greater than Mrs. Clinton’s was in 2016. He won the national vote by 4.5 points, but he won the tipping-point state — Wisconsin — by only six-tenths of a point.