The popular vote count is a red herring anyway. As long as some states have rampant vote fraud without any mechanism to secure the integrity of the voting process, the “popular vote” means little.
I would like to see the federal government refuse to accept election results from states that do not safeguard election integrity. Such a move would make California’s “popular vote” completely irrelevant.
Plus, many many people in states that always vote for one party stay home (Republicans will stay home in CA and NY. Dems will stay home in TX) because they figure their votes won't count. If popular vote was the determining factor, these people would make sure to get out and vote.
The popular vote count is a red herring anyway. As long as some states have rampant vote fraud without any mechanism to secure the integrity of the voting process, the “popular vote” means little.
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Re the popular vote, the fact is that the majority of people who voted did NOT vote for Clinton.