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can somebody please explain to me how MORE people voted for CLINTON but TRUMP got the "Electoral Vote" and therefore he won?

Why is The President Not elected based upon majority votes?
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Paschar · 70-79, M
"Electoral Votes" are the real power .
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Paschar · 70-79, M
@vwwvvwwv: e·lec·tor·al vote
noun
plural noun: electoral votes

a vote cast by a member of the electoral college.
"collectively, these three states account for 39 electoral votes"
the choice expressed collectively by the electoral college, which determines the winner of elections for president and vice president in the US.
"I'm following the polls from battleground states, which will determine the electoral vote"
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Paschar · 70-79, M
@vwwvvwwv: o k it's a simple matter of math , for every (1) Majority vote there are (39) electoral votes " . 39 beats 1