All they did was take their hate for Trump away, and they saw how superior he was. It has nothing to do with gender.
Actually racism and sexism have a huge part in this as progressives have been trained to be prejudiced against older white males. There is a reason why Obo won against both GOP candidates. Change the gender and Trump’s arguments blow Killarys away. The ugly truth is that Progs are both racist and sexist bigly.