[pessimizer]

The two most hated candidates in history. The Republican Party fought tooth and nail to prevent Trump from being their candidate, but had accidentally reformed their primary process in negotiations with the Tea Party so much that their voters actually had the final say (the same thing happened under Milliband in the UK which later resulted in Corbyn winning Labour leadership.) The Democratic Party, by contrast, fought tooth and nail to attack every candidate except Clinton, despite how hated she was.

2016 was an own goal.