National popular vote are a non factor for State electoral Presidential electionsWhich is aligned with the national demographic. It's why Dems win the popular vote by 8MM in 2020.
In 2016 The total number of popular votes Trump lost was less then the vote he lost in California by itself , meaning that Trump won the national popular vote in 49 states
To be fair, poll sampling should be distributed not by population but by county
Trump won 2,626 counties , Clinton won 487
Trump lost the national vote by 3 million votes
California vote. Trump lost by 4.3 million vote
Clinton 8,753,788
Trump 4,483,810
