A populist beat the incumbent and started taking America in a direction in which the majority of the voters represented by the electoral college approve of, is

A populist beat the incumbent and started taking America in a direction in which the majority of the voters represented by the electoral college approve of, is that not a success of American democracy? Or should are we deciding what’s right and wrong based on a different yardstick now? You can bet both parties are going to use similar tactics next election.