The problem here is that too many chance factors interfered at once. Now people are getting so puffy that the voters of the US are extremely angry that there is no closure. Our first lady and new Senator of New York now wants to do away with the electoral college. Certain states have larger concentrations of people than others. California and New York are the two most populated states in the country, and they tend to also vote a certain way.
People vote according to their situations.
Conditions in New York are not the same as in Iowa. As people, we report to the state, and states report to the federal branch of government. If we were to go to popular vote, the country's leader would go only to those likely with urban concerns. It's time for people to stop thinking with their hearts and start thinking with their minds. On a final and irrelevant note, my prediction.