It is appalling to me that so many voters were so proud that we finally had our first black president. Then HRC whined at a rally that "don't you want to see the first woman president?" Race & gender should have absolutely NO influence on who gets our vote. Competence of the candidate should guide our fingers at the voting booth.
If we had a choice of a black like Ben Carson, or a woman like Carly Fiorina, neither of whom attempted to trade on their race or gender, but on their personal accomplishments and their voiced plan for their governments -that would have been a reasonable choice.
In our video game dominated society, the packaging of fantasies has replaced real life, for far too many Americans. The people who do focus on the realities of life are far more apt to become part of the 1%.