That's the whole point. It's just a feel-good exercise. They didn't win, so they're clinging to whatever bright spot they can find. "Sure the other team scored more points, but we held the ball longer".
If so what Explains this
If the Popular vote totals are categorically unimportant why are the Right wingers doing the Misinformation circuit..
.its important because they want to claim they are in the majority when they are not...
Consider :
people who Googled the phrase "Final Election Count" as late as 2 p.m. on Nov. 14. The
first entry in Google’s news category -- above those from news links to the
Washington Post and
Politico -- was a Nov. 12
post (updated the following day)
from a little-known site called 70news.[ a Right wing Propaganda site like Breitbart]
"Final election 2016 numbers: Trump won both popular (62.9M-62.2M) and Electoral College Votes (306-232)," the post’s headline said.
No, Trump is not beating Clinton in the popular vote
PolitiFact‎ - 16 hours ago

"Final election 2016 numbers: Trump won" the popular vote.
—
Bloggers on Saturday, November 12th, 2016 in web posts
According to its
Facebook page,
the site launched in August [ I bet Bannon has ties to these folks] and seeks to "
share news that matters to you. What liberal media will try to hide, we will uncover."