It ' s also important to keep in mind that she lost the electoral , which has its own context . Especially considering she would be up that much more if she had won the votes to get the electoral votes she needed . Also , for comparison , I believe Al Gore ' s popular win was only something like 500 k . Someone feel free to correct that if I ' m wrong , as I ' m on my phone at the moment . I don ' t think you can directly compare Hillary ' s numbers to Obama , who won the electoral both times and was an encumbant the second time . They ' re vastly different situations . Not only that , but Obama having a 2 million lead over Hillaryassuming she reaches around 3 million by the final count doesn ' t change the fact that it ' s disconcerting that she ' s winning the popular vote by 3 million while having still lost . That number is still huge , regardless of how well Obama did . It ' s like saying the Atlantic is a small body of water because it ' s a bit smaller than the Pacific Ocean .