No one can say who won the popular vote, because we did not hold an election for popular vote. The election would have been run and campaigned differently if we had. Getting more California votes in our election process is meaningless, a candidate must get the most votes in the most states. Our system focuses on the states and their rights. Not individuals or mobs. As such, our individual votes count within the states we live, and are meaningless to all other states. The most liberals can say is...,,,”we one the popular vote IN California, Illinois,etc.”, Not, “we won the popular vote period.”
...and California also pulled off something VERY CLEVER, which was to have their ONLY STATEWIDE RACE (other than the foregone presidential one) between two DEMOCRATS (US Senate) - and it was competitive, so Democrats had a reason to come out - for Republicans, nothing, except a handful of Congressional and local races.
The Electoral College PROVED ITS WORTH last months - our founders were GENIUSES.