That's true, but it's also by design. If winning five counties would be enough to win the election, then it would very much change politics and the kinds of is

That's true, but it's also by design. If winning five counties would be enough to win the election, then it would very much change politics and the kinds of issues we find in presidential politics (Iowa, etc.) would disappear. It's not perfect but it's very much preferable to a popular vote system, even though sometimes a candidate wins who we don't like.