Quote (Drakwen @ Jun 16 2016 08:08pm)
In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland’s 168, winning the presidency. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes.
In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn’t win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.
so how is it that the popular vote counts again?
Popular vote is a HUGE factor. Much more then you're crediting it for. As is electoral. But if either are indefinitely in favor of a certain candidate it will obviously be a huge factor.
Half of the United States are dipshits anyways, I don't mind having highly educated individuals who spend their life studying this stuff having a major say in the outcome, however they have nowhere near as much as you seem to think/