Of course . Hoping to have a SPT tournament <| sep |> The scooter dude is equally incompetent . You swerve behind the critter , not in front of it . I guess they don ' t have to drive around deer and moose all year long . <| sep |> From my Facebook feed . In short , take LA and SF out of the equation and Trump wins the popular vote . Many who did not want to see Donald Trump elected president continue to hang their hats on the fact that Hillary won the popular vote . As the final votes continue to be tallied I wanted to update my previous post and thoughts on the subject . From the best online results I can find as of 11232016 , Hillary Clinton is leading the popular vote count by 1 , 706 , 308 . However , 3 , 731 , 056 of that lead comes from the state of California alone . If we were to only count the votes in the other 49 states plus the District of Columbia , Donald Trump would win the popular vote count by 2 , 024 , 748 . But taking a closer look at California tells an even more interesting story . In California , Hillary won Los Angeles County by 1 , 428 , 567 71 . 5 % and San Francisco County by 301 , 333 85 . 6 % for a total of 1 , 729 , 900 votes in those two counties alone . This number is larger than her 1 , 706 , 308 vote national lead . That ' s right , if we just exclude the votes of these two California counties , Donald Trump would win the popular vote . I think the Founding Fathers got this one right . California already receives a proportional number of electoral votes 55 , 17 more than the next most populous state . I would hate to see the election come down to a campaign for LA County .