The Electoral College is an eccentric nuisance

The 2016 US presidential election was the fifth time since the foundation of the state that the candidate who lost the popular vote, went on to win the election. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by the fairly comfortable number of three million, while Donald Trump won the Electoral College (EC) with 304 to 227, a larger margin that George W. Bush managed from either of his presidential campaigns.

US Capitol building, where electoral college votes are taken to be announced by the incumbent Vice President, on the floor of the Senate.