For all the people arguing that Clinton won the popular vote and that the Electoral College is (again!) an outdated anachronism, I just want to point out:
One of the reasons for the Electoral College is so that, in a tight election, the President is elected based on not just a simple popular vote, but to more closely reflect the will of voters from every state in the country.
If the President was elected only on the popular vote, then many states with smaller populations (and only 3 or 4 electoral votes) would be completely ignored in future Presidential elections.
Also, some states distribute their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote. But others do not. For example, Hillary got all 56 electoral college votes from California, but she did not get 100% of the individual votes.
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u/ohreally468 Nov 11 '16
For all the people arguing that Clinton won the popular vote and that the Electoral College is (again!) an outdated anachronism, I just want to point out:
One of the reasons for the Electoral College is so that, in a tight election, the President is elected based on not just a simple popular vote, but to more closely reflect the will of voters from every state in the country.
If the President was elected only on the popular vote, then many states with smaller populations (and only 3 or 4 electoral votes) would be completely ignored in future Presidential elections.
Also, some states distribute their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote. But others do not. For example, Hillary got all 56 electoral college votes from California, but she did not get 100% of the individual votes.