The voters of 2008 and 2012 chose . . . poorly.
It was a coup. What most of the voters had access to was sheer propaganda, because even the “conservative” media had been threatened. And even at that the thuggery to get Obama over Hillary was intense. The coup of 2008 is a story that needs telling.
But in any case, the net effect of 2008 and 2012 was disaster. I’m skeptical that the USA will come out of it with her life.