Trump is more or less a (far-ish)right populist and economic nationalist. Not to rehash the election unnecessarily, but I seriously doubt Sanders had any chanc

Trump is more or less a (far-ish)right populist and economic nationalist. Not to rehash the election unnecessarily, but I seriously doubt Sanders had any chance nationally. The US has a political center that is center right to right wing on an absolute scale, meaning the average American Democrat would fit comfortable in most moderate/centrist conservative parties in the rest of the developed world. No judgement there, it's just a historical fact and likely the result of some political realignments in the 20th century due to the Cold War. That is to say that someone as far left of center as Sanders would have no chance in most swing states where the election is decided.