If you subtracted Hilary's margin of victory in just 5 counties across the entire country, she would have lost the popular vote by 500,000 votes.

Those 5 counties are 4 boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn) and Los Angeles County. […]

The Economist Reader:
The problem with this reasoning is that the US Congress already is NOT proportional to population and gives less populated States far more power then they ought to have. Especially considering the huge influence of the Senate in the US, where all States are equal, meaning California has as much power as Wyoming in the Senate. And then the House is anything but proportional either.

On top of that you want the President to have a mandate not built on the majority of the citizens. Is this really democracy?

I thought the US was all about the majority not imposing on the minority and the minority not holding the majority to hostage. That latter is precisely the case in the US at the moment. […]

In light of all the information you've provided, I'd say absolutely. YES.

Btw- last Friday (Jan. 26) I heard other shocking news that confirmed for me that this nation has indeed taken a mighty wrong turn.

The Economist’ Just Downgraded the US From a ‘Full Democracy’ to a ‘Flawed Democracy’

Further- The Economist asserts that "the problem is a lot bigger than Donald Trump."

I agree. Our decline began quite some time ago. But there's NO doubt in my mind, Trump has certainly sped-up our decline by years.

Excerpts:

The U.S. is no longer a full democracy, according to the highly regarded Economist Intelligence Unit, which each year compiles a Democracy Index that “provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories.”

“The US, a standard-bearer of democracy for the world, has become a ‘flawed democracy,’ as popular confidence in the functioning of public institutions has declined,” explains the introduction to the freshly released Democracy Index.

That would be a troubling announcement in any week.

But coming in the first week of the presidency of Trump, a man who has claimed that election systems are “rigged,” who lies about supposed “voter fraud” and who attacks the media outlets who call him out for those lies, the announcement is all the more unsettling.

For those of us who have for many years worried about the vulnerable state of democracy in America, the news is even more troubling because the Democracy Index analysis reminds us that this is about a lot more than Donald Trump. [….]
– The Nation

Now check this. Just 2 days prior to learning about the downgrade, I had had a lengthily conversation with one of my cousins during which I shared with her my belief that Trump's rise to power confirmed for me that we are indeed a "flawed democracy."

Sadly, I was right.