Former President Donald Trump is predicted to win the popular vote and end a two-decade drought for Republicans, who have struggled to throw off criticism that they can only attain power because of an Electoral College system that leans in their favor.

As of Wednesday at 7 a.m. Eastern time, Trump was leading Vice President Kamala Harris in the nationwide “popular vote” by nearly 5 million votes. He racked up 71,113,511 votes to her 66,181,515 votes, setting the stage to be the first Republican to win a majority of all the votes cast in a presidential contest since 2004.