Invalid votes in Florida outnumbering Trump margin of victory

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KLAMarine said:

method114 said:

True but Trump wasn't trying to win the popular vote he was trying to win the electorate. Hillary should have focused on doing the same instead of ignoring the rust belt because of "reasons". She warned by everyone, former Bernie supporters, her husband, her own campaign team.

Someone explain to me the point of the electoral college if it doesn't always represent the popular vote.

The electoral college is spelled out in Article 2 of the Constitution.  The rationale for it is to give smaller states a say in a Presidential election. 

In other words, a candidate is not guaranteed a victory even if they win the popular vote nor by winning the largest states like California, Texas, New York, Florida, etc.