Clinton ' s margin in California alone is more than 3 . 7 million . This is a clear and contributing reason as to why she won popular vote by such a large margin . If you look at the popular vote for the bush v . gore election , bush lost California by 1 , 293 , 775 votes . Trump lost California by 3 . 7 million . This says that Trump lost California by ~ 3 x as much as Bush . If you were to go as far as trying to adjust California ' s popular vote for perspective by a multiplier of 3 and reanalyze the entire popular vote , then the comparison of Trump ' s margin vs Bush ' s margin is not a big deal . We do not need a recount because there is no such reasonablepolitically unbiased doubt that exists which can justify the need for a recount . Pull your head out of your asses people . Lose gracefully .