"Hillary would have won, if only we didn't have the electoral college? I keep seeing this. It's not true.

(When you change the rules, candidates change strategies. Without the electoral college, he would have campaigned mainly in places where he could get the most votes. Trump would have swept Texas, for example, even more than he did. And likely still would have won.)

Arguments like this allow us to stay inside the bubble of belief, safe from the uncomfortable truths around us. Don't fall for them."