If by "peculiarity" you mean "intentional design" to prevent tyranny of the majority, and by "seize power", you mean peaceful formal transfer of authority, then yes, you're correct.
I thought Trump got 304 votes to Clinton's 227? /s-ish
You are complaining because Trump didn't win the popular vote. The popular vote doesn't matter. Winning states matter. Each state gets a certain number of votes that that state determines how to allocate to any candidate. Most states choose to give those votes to whomever got the most votes in the state.
It does not have to be this way.
Hell, we've had a president win the election that didn't win either the popular or electoral vote.
The US is a federal republic with founding fathers who knew that democracy is mob rule. The electoral college exists so the biggest states cannot vote in their own best interests, leaving small states automatically losing because they have less people.
California has the highest population state of 38 million people. Trump wanted to bring manufacturing jobs back to the Midwest. Californians will not vote in the interest's of the "fly over states"
