Oh aren ' t you a sad little guy It ' s ok . You can ' t always win . Put on your big boy pants and deal with it . <| sep |> In general it mirrors the popular vote . What happened this year and 2000 is that the Dems won the traditional states they normally win Northeast states and west coast . But if you win enough of the smaller states , you can overcome those losses . Also , you only need 1 more vote than anyone else to win the state . Hillary racked up a large margin of votes in the states she won like Cali , NY and IL and Trump won many populated like OH , WI , FL , OH , PA states by a small margin . So , that ' s why Hillary won the popular vote and lost the election . <| sep |> What if uspez had his comment shadowedited ? Is that impossible ?