in case you missed it, president-elect donald trump is not happy that he lost the popular vote. and this stat is probably not going to make him feel any better. according to the cook political report, hillary clinton's popular vote lead is now up to 2.3 million votes, but get this, trump's percentage of the popular vote has now dropped to 46.4%. so even with rounding, he isn't going to get above 46. since 1900, only three other presidents have won the white house with a smaller percentage of the popular vote. woodrow wilson in 1912, richard nixon in 1968, and bill clinton in 1992. and each of those outcomes have an asterisk. the big difference between those three elections and this one? the third party vote. 1912, third party candidate teddy roosevelt, he of the bull moose party then, got 27% of the vote! he technically finished second. taft, the incumbent president, wound up third in the popular vote. in '68, george wallace got more than 13% of the popular vote.