Many factors were involved, but there were two main reasons. First, old Joe’s ego, that kept the doddering old fart in the race WAY too long, not allowing the Dems to have a convention, where the strongest candidate could emerge. Instead, they got a weak appointee, with too little time, too little charisma and a failure to distance herself from Joe’s many mistakes. BUT, the main reason Dotard won was the rightwing media, led by FOX, (Rupert’s cash machine/propaganda outlet) where tens of millions get their ‘news’. Once someone makes the decision to tune out real, objective news, in favor of a constant stream of Dems BAD—Pubs GOOD, which mainstream Repubs have done, it’s all over for that segment of the public. Throw in the Repub takeover of organized religion, begun by Karl Rove, (and perfected by Trump’s team), plus rightwing hate radio, led by the likes of Alex Jones and you can see how a smack talking, LYING, wannabe standup comedian can seduce the uninformed, misinformed, low info