In the state of Illinois, the population density of Chicago and its suburbs far outweighs basically the rest of the state. Chicago is primarily democrat; so Illinois elections, as a generality, tend to favor democrats. The "voice" of the rest of the state is left unheard; and thus, issues that affect the less densely populated areas tend to be ignored.
I believe there's a valid reason our forefathers implemented the electoral college.
Along these same lines I read that outside the NYC metro area Hillary won outstate New York by less than 1,000 votes. Of course she won 82% of the metro votes.
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