How come Americans voted for Trump?

Because the other party decided to coronate a candidate by running a weak field against her (the metric system is the hill to die on, Chafee....really? 🙄). When one of those other candidates gained traction, they used “super delegates” to keep their thumb on the scale to make sure the coronation went off without a hitch. Some Iowa delegates were literally awarded via coin tosses. The debates were scheduled on nights when they knew there’d be lower viewership just in case there were a gaffe that needed cleaned up. The entire DNC process was a farce that produced a flawed candidate whose sales pitch amounted to nothing more than “it’s my turn” and “at least I’m not him”. The DNC did this to themselves. As reprehensible as Donald Trump is as a human being, at least he emerged from an actual political competition and was battle-tested before the general election started. Plus, he was actually talking about issues with ideas behind them regardless of how putrid his rhetoric or how woefully unqualified he was for the job. His team also had an electoral strategy that focused on midwestern states, and her team took those states for granted. If you want to know why enough people voted for him, you have to factor in the hubris of his flawed opponent, her lack of messaging, and her team’s lack of an electoral strategy.