Comey certainly contributed to the loss, but so did Clinton's "basket of deplorables" remark. The Electoral College benefits the smaller states and thus the Republican Party with its rural supporters, but the fact remains that in a healthy society, there would be no Trump in the first place, and a ham sandwich would be able to win in a landslide against such a national security threat and con man. The Democrats had a hand in shaping and rationalizing the society that largely now demands Trumpian retribution.