# Hillary Clinton's popular vote victory only based on 3 small areas of country? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 10, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clintons-popular-vote-victory-only-based-on-3-small-areas-of-country/774376 "2016-12-10T20:14:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 109
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clintons-popular-vote-victory-only-based-on-3-small-areas-of-country/774376/109 "2016-12-13T14:35:06Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > But many think it already IS set up that way, or at least unless with the exception of those rare occasions when it’s for some reason countermanded by the electoral college. That sentence is incoherent, both grammatically and conceptually. > [@](#): > > It’s serving us perfectly well in terms of allowing each state in the federation to participate in the country’s governance. What it isn’t serving well is liberal politics, which would always win in a popular vote scenario due to big cities voting liberal. Do you really think a system that allows one side always to win is one that serves the country best? Big cities don’t vote liberal. Big cities don’t have votes. People have votes, regardless of where they live. One of our current parties finds that they can win the presidency by courting the people who live outside of big cities, even when more people don’t want them in power. It’s a messed up system, and it should change. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clintons-popular-vote-victory-only-based-on-3-small-areas-of-country/774376)._