Prior to the election I watched an interview with the CEO of Goldman Sachs who was literally squirming when being asked about his relationship with Hillary Clinton.  At that moment I thought "oh gosh, she is in their pocket."  The interviewer could/should have moved in with some really hard hitting questions but didn't.  Actually none of the really important questions got asked during that election.  Many Americans sick of the disconnect of both parties just stayed home.  My U.S. neighbor who could have voted said he wouldn't bother since he was disgusted by both parties.   The whitewashing of the whole subprime debacle was a large part of the reason that citizens lost faith in their government and media.