As for why California should count for a lot more, how about because a lot more people live there? As of the 2010 census, the population of CA was over 39 million. That's more than the total of the smallest 20 states plus DC.

But this is exactly the reason that the founding fathers established the electoral college. I am willing to bet that if HRC had won the electoral college (and BTW yesterday she lost 5 votes that she expected to get) and Trump won the popular vote, you would not be carrying on like this.