Now, I'm no expert, but from what I understand the US is more of a Republic:
a:
(1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
b:
(1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
Secondly, the form of government we use requires an "electoral college":
: a body of electors; especially : one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S.
Since each of the electors in the electoral college is required to cast all of the state's electoral votes towards the candidate who garnered the most votes in that state, the number of electoral votes may differ from the number of people-votes...which happened in the previous election.
These are the laws of the land, my friend.
*all definitions from m-w.com
a:
(1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
b:
(1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
Secondly, the form of government we use requires an "electoral college":
: a body of electors; especially : one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S.
Since each of the electors in the electoral college is required to cast all of the state's electoral votes towards the candidate who garnered the most votes in that state, the number of electoral votes may differ from the number of people-votes...which happened in the previous election.
These are the laws of the land, my friend.
*all definitions from m-w.com