Hillary won Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and, oh yeah, every burrough in NYC

[Godhumor]

The pretty map showing Bernie winning the trees in my state is certainly cute. The problem is he lost where the vast majority of voters actually live.

I'm sure we'll see the same kind of pretty map when the majority of empty PA goes Bernie but Philly and Pittsburgh go heavily Clinton.

[JonLeibowitz]

1. Not the trees. Democrats who live in rural areas.

I do hope that clears up your confusion.

[Godhumor]

8. And more land mass doesn't equal more votes

No matter how nice it looks on a nap.

[firebrand80]

2. The excuses are getting more creative every day nt

[oldandhappy]

3. The mass of population in NYC area was an eye-opener for me.

The fact that that one enormous area with help from the the few other urban areas could carry the state was amazing to me. I did not know that about NY. I wonder if the rest of the state feels the tail is wagging the dog. There are people out there -- 40% of the voters!

[MineralMan]

5. New York is both an urban and a rural state,

much like many others in the US. Congressional districts are determined by population, with the idea being that each district contains approximately the same number of people.

In my own state of Minnesota, we're in much the same position as NY, but with lower overall numbers. Our population is densely situated in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, including its many suburbs. The rest of the state, for the most part is rural and either agricultural or pretty empty of people. There are several of our 8 congressional districts in the densely populated areas. There are two or three that cover the rest of the state.

Population. One person; one vote. That's the intent. In practice it's actually pretty close, right down to the individual precinct level. Every 10 years, we have a census and then redraw the lines to preserve that population-per-district balance.

Really, almost every state of any large geographical size is similarly divided between urban and rural areas. It shouldn't be a surprise, really.

[peace13]

4. Be sure to check out the funny trees in November.

They will be hysterical. Either way they won't be yours.

[Godhumor]

6. November doesn't scare me in the slightest n/t

[CrowCityDem]

7. The trees were disenfranchised. Their leaves aren't out yet. Those would be mroe votes!