I don’t believe he was ever supposed to be elected.
I believe the plan was that he was supposed to be taken to the very edge of election then declared ineligible and Hillary would take his place.
Of course “racist repub right wingers” would be blamed.
This would have kicked off massive race riots throughout the country on par with a full scale race war which the radical left/Weather Underground has been pushing as a path to absolute power for over 50 years.