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konnichiwa on 10 November 2016
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poklane said:

The worst thing is that Clinton won the popular vote. I know that if I say that the electoral system is flawed (something Trump also said in 2012, he called it a disaster for democracy) people will say I'm only saying that because Trump won, but I just don't understand why the current system is better in any way than a system where the candidate with simply the most votes across the entire country wins. Having to reach 270 of 538 electoral votes to win the elections also means that voting on 3rd party is simply throwing your vote away because everyone on Earth knows no 3rd party candidate will ever get 270 or more electoral votes.
I could somewhat understand the current system if you had a federation of multiple former sovereign state (for example a possible European Federation) to make sure that every country is represented properly, but having such a system for a single country? I just don't understand it.
The current system also means that a lot of votes are completely irrelevant and might as well have ended up in the garbage can. Looking at the results now you see that for example in D.C. Clinton won by 248.670 votes. Simply put, that means 248.669 votes in just D.C. alone were completely irrelevant to the elections. You then also have Wyoming where Trump won by 118.299 votes. Again, that means 118.298 votes might as well have been tossed in the garbage can.

Any Americans, regardless of if they're Pro-Hillary, Pro-Tump or Pro-3rd party who feel the same way?

IMO: get rid of the Electoral system so you open the way for parties other that the Republicans and Democrats and to ensure that the most popular candidate across the entire country always win. You win if you get 50%+1 of the vote, if nobody gets 50%+1 of the vote have a 2nd round where the top 2 most popular candidates from Round 1 go head-to-head.

I also saw a map today how an electoral system would work here (The Netherlands), it's absolutely pathetic. Currently 11 Dutch parties share all seats, if we switched to an electoral system it would be just 2.

All systems are flawed.  Geert wilders and his political party can win the elections but all the parties can choose not to rule the country with him would you consider that fair?