The election is based off of the electoral college . Both parties know this and are on the same terms . Democrats overwhelmingly win the major urban areas however that is only part of the country . The winner of the electoral vote doesn ' t it need the popular vote to win as is the case this year . In reality there are only a few states that can tip either way as happened this election . If we went off popular vote , as Donald Trump has said , he would have hit NY and CA harder , however those are 2 states that the Dems have in the bag each cycle . He focused in areas where he could get the votes needed to turn that state . How many times did Hillary Clinton visit WI ? The HRC campaign was outplayed . <| sep |> Damn this hits home so hard