Wardog, I agree the popular vote does't matter as to who wins the presidency because of how our electoral system was designed. Yet, I think it very much matters as to what the honest narrative is about the election as to what was the will of the people who voted. I don't believe I'm being partisan when I say I believe this still should matter. 

There has been an attempt by pundits and Republicans (Ryan, among them) to claim Trump has a mandate. This claim flies in the face of the vote count. 

The fact will remain more preferred Clinton and her vision for the future than Trump's. This is why, I believe, the vote count matter. Yet, your response does not give any value to the vote count. I think that is a mistake. Are you saying that, because we are a Republic, rather than a Democracy, the vote count has no meaning at all?

When this happened in '2000, W, Cheney and the Republicans did not consider the value of the vote count. Sadly, I doubt it will be any different this time.