He won by a few thousand votes in three states because tens of thousands of voters had been so ill informed by our media,  left, right and center. Incessant but baseless claims of Clinton being as corrupt as Trump took hold in our easily duped brains to the point that this was the least participated in election since 1996. Trump was elected with fewer votes than both McCain and Romney lost by. Bernie supporters just couldn't get over their butthurt and tens of thousands of other "likely" voters just sat it out because of the venom that had been directed at the most qualified candidate we have ever had run for POTUS. This election was won by a man who needed to pander to the worst impulses of human nature. That so many were inspired by his message of hateful racism, bigotry, misogyny and criminal sexual assault is shameful. That so many sat out the most important election of our lives based on susceptibility to slander or pique that their candidate did not win the primary is disgusting.