@Raspberry
On the brighter side....It's also made the Progressive American majority a lot more SERIOUS about fighting the Far-Right. Trumpypoo's "election" has awakened a sleeping Progressive Giant.
To those outside of the USA; I assure you that most Americans are nothing like the wingnuts, bigots, ammosexuals and fascist theocratic goofballs. Most of us are Left, Center and Moderate-Right....The problem is that we have a huge problem with voter apathy. Many find the Democratic Party too Centrist or wishy-washy and some of us see the Dems as being as big Corporate Stooges as the GOP (though not as socially bigoted and backwards).
The changing demographics WILL INSURE A PROGRESSIVE FUTURE....The Ultra-Right-Wingers are mostly older and many are elderly and dying out. The Millennials, many of Gen-X, non-Whites, etc. are growing in demographic size and mostly lean Leftward.
Most just don't bother too vote and many are unable to vote. As for those who can vote....we need a candidate who can set us on FIRE! We want a an innovative, Populist wonder and for many of us, Hillary was such the "same old blaaah".
That said; She DID win the Popular Vote. She just didn't get enough to win the Electoral Vote. Many stayed home because they assumed she would win anyway and "Trump's too crazy". Also; The Dems didn't bother to campaign in all 50-States. The Dems Achilles' Heel was blandness and overconfidence.
Bernie only lost the primaries because the media and the Democratic Party didn't promote him. They wanted Hillary. However, unlike myself, folks didn't care for voting for "second-best" or "the lesser of two evils".
Some who voted for Trump voted for him despite his bigotry. Like Bernie, he was this fiery, "outsider" populist voice. Unlike Bernie, Trump's a huge regressive jerk!
Then there were third-party candidates.
I don't pay too much attention to the whole Russia thing because I feel it takes the emphasis on the American voters. Even if Russia had a role in this, it's still scapegoating. Trump's election is just as much the American voter's fault as it is Putin's.
Progressives want someone like Bernie! They want a Progressive populist who speaks on behalf of everyone and cares about both social justice and economic justice! Sanders was just as much about "Farmer Brown" as he was "College Kid Curtis" and "Urban Bohemian Brad".
Anyway; We're licking our wounds, regrouping and we will fight the Trumpster Dumpsters with a vengeance!