the electoral college is just meant to confuse people so they don;t know what the hell is going on...read this "explanation" and see if you aren't just as confused as before, if not more....
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html
we elect electors, who aren't actually under any obligation to vote for anyone particular....¿ they're picked to represent candidates, but if they decide to change their minds, singly or collectively, THEY CAN.....actually, 29 states say they have to vote for who the popular vote in their state picks. in the other 21, they don't....but it's rare that they go against the popular vote.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-faithless-electors-2016-story.html
this is all just a bullshit smoke screen to keep peoples votes from counting like they ought to. the electoral college needs to go, and the popular vote needs to be what gets counted....period.