The ONLY metric for election to POTUS is WINNING the Electoral College. Receiving the majority of the popular vote means nothing. Absolutely nothing.
I just do not understand why anyone bothers to mention this. Here is the other fact. Hillary Clinton and her team also knew what the metric was to become POTUS. She assumed she had the election in the bag. She did not bother campaigning in states that she lost in. She completely miscalculated her following. She had no issues that were compelling that I ever heard. She lost, and she earned it!!!
SHe knew the metric, the only metric. She lost, and in losing, she was as bad a sore loser as I have ever witnessed.
Guess what, I believe 100% she jumps in the race in the last minute and wins the Dem nomination only to lose by a bigger margin to Trump. It will be very sweet.