Jim:  DW is "right",  However, if, instead,  we started removing the Red "flyover states" instead and got to the same population removal,  Clinton would not only have won the popular vote, she would have won the EC vote by a landslide.  We can all devise those "if, instead" propositions, but they're really meaningless.  We all get to vote and our vote is translated to the EC votes state by state.  Like it or now, that's the way it's done.  If we were to change to popular vote the entire profile of campaigns would change and the less populous states wouldn't ever see a candidate..... regards, and wishing us all a lot of luck over the next four years.....Gary