Trump is president; Who is to blame?

[Whateverist]

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This does not seem to be only a political event. Trump never should have gotten close. That so many Americans who are struggling with money picked Trump must mean that our version of capitalism could use some further adjustments. That so many Americans in places where the economy is on the rise also chose Trump raises the possibility that our leaders promise too much, that we expect that more is possible than really is. That such a proudly amoral and publicly hateful man could become the choice of large majorities of observant Christians suggests some weakness in our religious life and our expressions of morality. That he did not lose more support after his racism and misogyny became well-known suggests how commonplace these resentments must be, between husbands and wives and between neighbors. There was not enough individual decency to make plain Trump’s indecency. We are not so good a people as we thought.

(My bold text).

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Exactly my point when I said this in the other thread (I edited the second quote somewhat to make it fit into this context better):

All this demonstrates is that the American public have a lot of bigots voting. Just like here in the UK with the Leave Campaign winning when many people's reasons for voting for Leave was "To stop them Muslim Paki bastards from comin' over 'ere takin' our jobs innit."

[...]A lot of them are racists.[...] [We] can't ignore the fact many racists bigots voted for Brexit and Trump for racist reasons.

[...][Now]I'm not saying half of the country are bigots and racists. I'm saying a great many of that half are.[...]It's about calling a spade a spade.[...]Calling things as they are is important. [...]What we need is less people ignoring reality and more people calling a spade a spade. [...][many] people [are] burying their heads in the sand[...] [and I think it's about time] people [...] [got] their spades out.

Yeah, but I take Alex's point. There is way too much attention paid to candidates personal life and qualities and far too little to their policies and track record. Of course with Trump there is hardly any of that to draw on.