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How did Hillary Clinton win the popular vote but Donald Trump win the election?
Can you explain how Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but Donald Trump won the election?
Yes, sure. In the US presidential election, the popular vote refers to the total number of votes that all the candidates receive across the country. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by getting more votes than Donald Trump did. However, the president is not elected by the popular vote. Instead, the president is elected by the Electoral College, which is a group of people chosen by each state to officially elect the president. In the Electoral College system, each state is given a certain number of votes, and the candidate who wins the majority of the Electoral College votes wins the presidency. So, although Clinton won the popular vote, Trump won the Electoral College, which is why he became the president.