u.s. voters

When there's only two options, I can see how a good number of disaffected citizens would take *anything* over the status quo.

Congratulations, you picked establishing a new much worse status quo

I didn't pick anything. I indicated I can understand why some made the choice they did. "Worse" is through the eye of the beholder. There will be a good number of Americans for whom life changes very little: they could barely afford to live before and they can still barely afford to live.