Your cbs link shows her losing the popular vote as well.
The U.S. is a republic, not a mere democracy, and the electoral college, forcing presidential candidates to win a broad geographic spectrum of the country - winning the popular vote in more home districts - is an important part of keeping it a republic.
A nation is more than merely the number of its people. It is all the villages, towns, cities, counties and states that go to make up “the nation” - a confluence of people AND THEIR PLACES. A mere popular vote alone can never REPRESENT the nation as a whole better than does the numbers won in the electoral college count.
The U.S. is a republic, not a mere democracy, and the electoral college, forcing presidential candidates to win a broad geographic spectrum of the country - winning the popular vote in more home districts - is an important part of keeping it a republic.
A nation is more than merely the number of its people. It is all the villages, towns, cities, counties and states that go to make up “the nation” - a confluence of people AND THEIR PLACES. A mere popular vote alone can never REPRESENT the nation as a whole better than does the numbers won in the electoral college count.
Why is Michigan gray?