But America is NOT a democracy and was never meant to be one. The US is a constitutional republic. Democracy is mob rule with the majority being the decision. A republic works through representation. Here's a simple explanation of this using the electoral college:
The number electoral votes come from the number of members of the House of Representatives, the members of the Senate, and the three non-Congressional voting Representatives from the District of Columbia. These electors (which do not have to be the actual members of Congress, and very seldom are) are pledged according to the voting results in their states. There are 365 members of the House, 100 members of Congress, so 435 + 100 + 3 = 538, 538/2 = 269, so 50% = 1 would be 270 electoral votes.
There are 3,141 counties in the United States.
Trump won 3,084 of them.
Clinton won 57.
There are 62 counties in New York State.
Trump won 46 of them.
Clinton won 16.
Clinton won the popular vote by approx. 1.5 million votes.
In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; Trump won Richmond)
Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote of the entire country.
These 5 counties comprise 319 square miles.
The United States is comprised of 3, 797,000 square miles.
When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of territory, it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the vote of those who inhabit a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election.
Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) don't and shouldn't speak for the rest of our country.
The number electoral votes come from the number of members of the House of Representatives, the members of the Senate, and the three non-Congressional voting Representatives from the District of Columbia. These electors (which do not have to be the actual members of Congress, and very seldom are) are pledged according to the voting results in their states. There are 365 members of the House, 100 members of Congress, so 435 + 100 + 3 = 538, 538/2 = 269, so 50% = 1 would be 270 electoral votes.