(November 9, 2016 at 4:18 pm)abaris Wrote: I'm rather surprised that the popular vote takes the backseat here. Far as the latest news go, Clinton would have won by a margin of give or take 200.000 in that category. Not a tremendous victory, but the people obviously favored her and yet the system hands Trump the presidency.
Except the EC affects the popular vote. Some Republicans in deep blue states, and Democrats in deep red states, may be skipping elections now, whereas they'd vote if it was decided by popular vote. There's no way to know which way that would swing and by how much. Also, the candidates' efforts in some areas would likely change.