Yes, well, Pete, "the way it is done" isn't exactly fair, is it. Take Florida. Twenty-nine electoral college votes. The Trump side won the state by the merest whisker.

Fair outcome, wot didn't happen:

Trump side fifteen, Clinton side fourteen.

Actual outcome, outrageously unfair:

Trump side twenty-nine, Clinton side nil.

There are times when it is blatantly obvious that "the way it is done" is simply not the right way.