The US Constitution specifies that the electoral college ultimately decides the presidential election, not the popular vote. Under these rules, the winner of the electoral college vote does not always correspond to the candidate who won the country's popular vote. "The electoral college is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Clinton's popular vote performance brings to mind the 2000 election, when Democrat Al Gore lost the White House despite taking 48.4 percent of the popular vote to George W. Bush's 47.9 percent. Hundreds of Constitutional amendments have been proposed over the decades concerning the electoral college, but none has succeeded.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 16, 2016 00:32 UTC