Is the winner REALLY the one with the most votes?

I asked people to vote for who they thought would win the election in this thread, and someone stated, perhaps jokingly, that the one with the most votes would win.

Do you believe the President of the United States is determined by who gets the most votes?

Whoever gets the most electoral votes does.

I do not believe the last election was rigged.

Geesh…I make one simple little joke and it gets blown all out of proportion.