Keep on rooting for that "popular vote" thing, which counts not a whit toward National elections, for a reason. The same reason we all don't get equal number of Congress people, regardless of population.
528 is the vote number that counts, Toe, as if you did not know that.
If school children took Civics today, they would learn that, in at least a few languages...
The Popular Vote counts for each District, each State, and the total of the
popular votes in Districts and States counts toward the Nationwide, or Electoral College total for 528 total, winner of the most Electoral Votes wins the National election.
DC gets Three Electoral Votes, guaranteed all Democrat, no matter what else happens, forever, which is WHY DC got recognized, and the only reason.