Trump won fair and square by the rules, might see it and stop whining. Let’s say you have five states (remember, we are going super simple), STATE ‘A’ has 3,000 voters and 3 Electoral Votes; STATE ‘B’ had 2,000 voters and 2 Electoral Vote; STATE ‘C’ has 6,000 voters and 5 Electoral Votes; STATE ‘D’ has 1,500 people and 1 Electoral Vote, and STATE ‘E’ has 10,000 voters and 7 Electoral Votes. The electoral votes, goes to who won the majority of votes in that state, for instance if those who voted was 200 more for one candidate than the other, he/she gets ALL of the Electoral Votes that state has to offer. So, say Larry Lunchmeat is campaigning against John Q (the favorite), Larry Lunchmeat got the majority vote in states ’A’, ‘B’, and ’C’, a total of 11,000 counted votes (super simple, we are going with everyone who could vote, voted), and 10 Electoral Vote. John Q took states ’D’ and ’E’ a total of 11,500 counted vote, but only 8 Electoral Votes. By the rules Larry Lunchmeat wins because he received by vote more Electoral Votes than John Q because the populations in those states went for him even if the actual population as a complete whole voted slightly ahead for John Q. It is not about the popular vote everywhere it is about the how many votes from each state was for said candidate. That is an uber simplified example of how it can happen; pass oit on, don’t wait for the movie.