Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton received their substantial popular vote tally while winning an all-time low percentage of U.S. counties. Trump won over 85% of US counties, with Hillary taking less than 15% of them. Democrats are totally dependent on voters in big cities to win the presidency. It's why every time we've seen the popular vote winner lose in the electoral college, it's been a Democrat. Urban and rural citizens have different concerns, with urban voters unable to recognize the problems associated with rural living, and vice versa. That's why the electoral college is baked in to our constitution. If Democrats can't find a way to appeal to Middle-Americans instead of just leftists and foreigners, they will have to continue hoping Republicans keep putting up establishment milquetoast for the presidency like McCain and Romney to have a shot at overcoming the Electoral College. Or they'll need more novelty candidates like Obama.