News Post Cycle 7

Following Trumps victory in the election i thought it was anything but a close race as trump got 290 electoral college votes. However population wise Clinton got more votes than Trump which raises questions. Only 4 other candidates have gotten more population votes yet lost the election. There must be reasons why the electoral college works that way but it makes me question the government as less power seems to be going to the people. Some states split those electoral college votes while others dont which i dont understand why.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/index.html