its okay . clearly this is gonna improve the scene because investors can invest more . The clear problem in the western scene is the lack of money . s <| sep |> I am having so much trouble figuring out how to do good map layouts in QGIS . Any good tips or tutorials ? I can layout maps like crazy in ArcMap , but QGIS layouts have been illusive . <| sep |> It ' s because of the electoral college for two reasons . Because EC votes are awarded by state it means that popular votes won in excess of what was necessary to win the state are useless to the outcome . Clinton won California by three million votes nice for her popular vote total but not helpful in terms of winning EC votes . While Trump had a similar problem in some states his distribution of support was more even , allowing for narrower wins in Pennsylvania , Florida , Michigan , North Carolina and such close states to carry him to victory . The second reason is that the allocation of EC votes to each state is not strictly according to state population . There is a floor of three votes , however small the state . This means that smallpopulation states have more effect on the outcome of presidential elections than they would if they were decided by a popular vote . Smallpopulation states tend to be more rural and so , at least in recent decades , that makes them more Republican .