Exactly. Sanders may have been a career politician, meaning his presidency may have been more stable, but the same populist forces that led to the Trump preside

Exactly. Sanders may have been a career politician, meaning his presidency may have been more stable, but the same populist forces that led to the Trump presidency also fueled the rise of Sanders. Largely economic anxiety and a sense that mainstream politicians were untrustworthy. It seems that most people just think "orange man bad" without trying whatsoever to understand why people would vote for him over a normal candidate.