Honest question here

[Torie]

Not that it would change anybody's mind, I would note that if the game were to win the popular vote, the campaigns would have operated very differently. First, Trump might have toned down the Hispanic bashing, and second, he would probably have spent a heck of a lot more time in CA, and other vote rich places. He also might have been more careful not to annoy the moderate to moderate conservative more educated voters in major metro area suburbs. So in that sense, I think it wrong to delegitimize the election result based on the popular vote totals.  Just a thought.

The real point perhaps, is that at present the electoral college affects the actual policy emphasis and campaign strategy of the candidates. One can argue that that is the major problem at present with the electoral college. It affects actual policy in a way that a majority of the country dislikes.