Our electoral system makes it exceptionally difficult to break out of the two main parties. And, if you&#x27;re paying attention to the details of the primaries: at a national level, it is very tough to get a true outsider into a campaign. Sanders got shoved out by the Democrat machine. Trump got in because, whether you like it or not, the Republican primaries are MORE open and democratic!<p>I also think Trump is talking out of his butt a lot, manipulating the voter bases he needs to succeed. I highly doubt he&#x27;ll have his supposed way on what you perceive to be war crimes - in fact, many republicans are voting for him on the idea that we shouldn&#x27;t be in the middle east, and that we should be &quot;making deals&quot;.<p>The American voting public is a lot more complex than armchair foreigners give it credit for, and it&#x27;s not as easy as saying &quot;well, you can vote, and the elected are crap, therefore every voter has themselves to blame&quot;. Perhaps if we were a parliamentary system, or our legislature a proportional representative format, but it&#x27;s not.