Maybe I'm still at a fever pitch from last night, but I don't understand what you're trying to say.

What do you mean by "faith in democracy," and how could it have prevented this?

Ever since Bernie, I've been saying an anti-establishment candidate would be the best counter to another anti-establishment candidate. Hillary was the embodiment of everything that's wrong with establishment politics. Thus, she was a perfect ideological target for a movement such as Trump's.

It seems so obvious now, but even I had difficulty believing this at one time: if Trump could demolish his own party's establishment, of course he could do it to another party's.

I imagine this was Bernie's one and only chance to win the presidency. He's an old guy already, and the mere thought of him dying in office might be enough to dissuade most voters. Unless Trump really fugs it up or the Democrats find a replacement for Bernie, there's a solid chance that Trump becomes a two-term president.

Dems have 4 years, starting today.

Not that it matters to me anymore. I'm leaving this awful party to its fate and going independent, or maybe third-party. I have zero faith in the Democratic party to put the wants of the people above their own desires.

I doubt (((democratic socialism))) would go down well with the American people but it would certainly be interesting to see. All the third party protest votes would've probably gone to Bernie and he might've taken a few more key states than Clinton did.

I'm also hearing from exit polls that Trump gained a higher Latino and black male vote than Romney did. Fucking hell, the Dems utterly, categorically cocked it up this year.