Trump won, but my faith in American democracy as a fair system is shattered. We've known for years that due to geographical concentration, gerrymandering, and the nature of the Senate, the system was rigged against cities at the state and Congressional levels. But at least we could look to the presidency as the one, fair Highest Office, where the winner reflected the popular vote.* Now we realize that we have no recourse-- literally none. There is no level of government that we can fairly compete for. This is a tremendous disappointment.
You can compete fairly for governors mansions. The governor of CA gets more people to lord over than the governor of WY. In Governors races you can win or almost win by racking up a massive margin in just 1 county. See Illinois 2010 and 2014.
Of course, your side lost those badly too. Governors mansions today are even more lopsided than the Senate and the House. And of course, your side kind of blew up the entire states rights system in favor a quick political high over the last 8 years, so that governor of CA might not be worth much.......
