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Californians face a representation crisis. Sample recent geopolitics: ~500K more people voted Clinton in Los Angeles County ( 1,893,770)  than voted Trump in Wisconsin State ( 1,404,000  - NYT. 11/4) . California's historic 8.2M votes for candidate Clinton did little to the influence the national outcome. From NY/DC Acela Corridor , the Golden State is 3K miles and a 5 hour flight over North America's Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. A continent apart from Trump and Clinton's Empire State.  Newman adjusts counties  for people. California's "obscene" Clinton cash machines did little against Trump's cheap, segmented, devisive, targeted messages to high-ROI "battleground" voters ( Bloomberg ). Ohio. Florida. North Carolina. Pennsylvania.  And beyond: Michigan, Wisconsin. Clinton's popular wins in liberal cities are as historically amazing (statistical outliers!) as they are electorally irrelevant. Consider Orange County, Californ