There's no reason a map should look like this:

and the candidate loses. You're just wrong. This picture clearly shows it. Hillary won New York and California by winning NYC and LA/San Diego alone...
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You're only proving my point. The electoral college caters to big cities in many states. Without the electoral college, you couldn't win by simply winning the majority of the big cities' votes.
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For clarification- you're wrong cause she ended up winning the popular vote. But look at this map. Varied interests are far and wide. So let's not act like big cities have no influence when it comes to the popular vote.
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