There are more people in the metropolitan cities. If we only went by those votes, hillary wouldve won, but we go state by state using the electoral college. It prevents what is known as Tyranny of the Majority.

Youre right, there is no standard. Thats why it came down to people like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as presidental candidates.

Hillary has a lifetime of experience compared to trump, but shes a shady character. With that said, she is a politician. Regardless,  they both suck for the position they were both fighting for. IMHO it was the worst election in the country's history. I can definitely agree with you that the standard dropped. Democrats were willing to accept the candidate with less standards and a two faced attitude after having a party scandal and republicans...well...I just.....their thought process  is  confusing at this point.

LOL....Thats hilarious. The response to his presidency sent race relations back 20 years. If memory serves me correct, hes been considered one of the moster personable presidents since clinton. When Trump was elected it was out of anger, no different than the majority of millenials with bernie. Difference is, bernie made more sense than Trump. They were angry and were composed of multiple groups of people. Trumps following was mostly composed of middle aged whites without college degrees. The majority of college educated women and men voted for hillary.

That is in fact the very raison d'etre of the Electoral College. It's a mechanism to allow the rural population to tell urban voters to keep them in mind or live on their shoes for the next five years. 

I'd say it's pretty genius since most countries will always have an urban majority. 

It's the bipartisan nature of the bloody electoral system that I am having trouble wrapping my head around... 

Since Clinton you mean, exclude only Bush Jr?

Bush was not considered one of the most personable presidents, let alone the brightest. Republicans are not known for being the the personable people in general. Obama was head of the harvard law review and was known for the "bromance"with the prime minister of Canada and Obama was loved by diplomats here and abroad. Clinton like Obama was good with most people. Democrats are about being more socially collective compared to republicans who are moreso individualists. The result in their world popularity would make sense based on that logic.

Thats not what is  in the grand scheme of things. What you're talking about is only minor. Some in the country felt like they lost power in the nation once Obama was put into power. Theres a video that went viral of a guy in a starbucks harassing a worker yelling trump at her and that she was trash because she was black and the manager tried to get him out of the store.