Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump boasts a slim 3-point lead in Florida with 95 percent of precincts reporting — but he’s already beaten President Obama’s 2012 performance.
Obama beat Republican nominee Mitt Romney in 2012 with 4,235,270 votes.
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Romney won 4,162,081 votes, according to The New York Times.
So while it’s unclear who won Florida now — 6 percent of precincts are still out — Trump can say he beat Obama in the Sunshine State.
That’s because Trump, as of 9:40 p.m. election night, has 4,526,257 votes. He has such a strong vote total that he is leading Hillary Clinton by 138,000 votes.
Turnout was notably higher in the Sunshine State in the 2016 contest than in 2012.
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