>Given that 3 million more people voted for Hillary,
A significant number of Democrats would have preferred Bernie Sanders, but settled for the only option they had rather than not vote at all. There was an anti-establishment movement on both sides which only the Republicans capitalized on. The deep-seated cynicism and mistrust of politicians and of political expertise in the US which led to the reactionary nature of this last election isn't going away when Trump finally gets the boot, either.
The fact appears to be that Hillary Clinton's political expertise did her no favors, while Donald Trump's political inexperience gave him an advantage, and the people who wanted the latter are the ones who took power.
A significant number of Democrats would have preferred Bernie Sanders, but settled for the only option they had rather than not vote at all. There was an anti-establishment movement on both sides which only the Republicans capitalized on. The deep-seated cynicism and mistrust of politicians and of political expertise in the US which led to the reactionary nature of this last election isn't going away when Trump finally gets the boot, either.
The fact appears to be that Hillary Clinton's political expertise did her no favors, while Donald Trump's political inexperience gave him an advantage, and the people who wanted the latter are the ones who took power.