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Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President (nbcnews.com)
mi writes: The drama is over, Donald J. Trump passed the 270 electoral votes necessary to become President. A few electors dissented, resulting in their prompt dismissal and replacement per their state's laws. Ironically, more dissenters turned on Clinton than on Trump... The sky may not be falling yet, but the Earth is already in peril.
We don't elect presidents by popular vote in this country.
... and if we did, Trump would have likely still won. Both Hillary and Donald focused on swing states. If they had both run a national campaign to secure the popular vote, it is likely that Trump would have won more votes in blue states than Clinton would have won in red states. The blue states tend to have more concentrated media markets, with target rich concentrations of Democratic voters in metropolitan areas. Red votes tend to be much more diffuse, thinly spread out over rural areas.