Trump is president; Who is to blame?

[abaris]

They felt Trump stood no chance and it was their best opportunity to break that ultimate glass ceiling.

I don't think that was the rationale. It was rather on the lines of keeping it amongst Country Club friends. That, and the fact than Trump managed to position himself as the opposite of the establishment, paved his way.

Some 18 months back I posted this thread.

http://atheistforums.org/thread-34039.html

During these last months I came to the conclusion that a Trump victory isn't as outlandish as it seemed. Because he's perfectly in line with every rightwing messiahfigure winning elections these days. People don't ask the tough questions anymore. The media doesn't ask them for them either. Many people only inform themselves on already biased internet networks of their personal flavor. Hence the polarization we can observe in many of our societies. There's no real political debate going on anymore. Only us vs them.

Bernie, in my opinion, could have mobilized more millenials and more of the liberals than Clinton could ever dream to rally. If that would have been sufficient to score a victory is pure speculation at this point.