Joe Biden is officially the first presidential candidate to receive more than 80 million votes in the US election. According to polling analysts, Biden had 80,033,996 votes as of Tuesday afternoon, while counting is still ongoing in several states.
President Donald Trump received more than 73,880,000 votes in the last election, thus ranking as the second most voted president in the US election. Together, Biden and Trump received more than 150 million votes, reflecting higher turnout compared to previous decades. (By comparison, Obama won about 69 million votes in 2008 and George W. Bush won 2004 with 62 million.) The 2020 election was historic in many ways, occurring in a deadly pandemic, with millions voting early. and by postal ballots
Biden, who will be 78 when he is sworn in as President, being the oldest elected president in the US, to date. Also made history by running with his right arm, Kamala Harris, who will be the first woman, the first person of color and the first person of Asian descent to be vice president.
