INot to sound too cynical or snooty, but I think you give people too much credit. Sure, some think in those ways, but the average voter has no clue further than their percieved illusion of how the economy benefits their wallet at the present time.
Like the recession. One day folks are redoing their kitchens every cpl of yrs and buying and flipping houses all gushy at the ever-climbing prices, the next they realized their credit cards were long past maxed out, and the money they never had to begin with suddenly went MIA.
The notion of being progressive has been demonized, and that and liberal are used derisively with those with such leanings thus retreating from being viewed as such. People have been going more grassroots on progressive issues knowing their representatives will only go along just in time for the photo op once the deal is almost sealed.
Agreed about Hillary, but she was also touted as the experienced connected insider who still cared for the regular folks, even as she took the vote of various segments for granted and was percieved as unabashadly phony to them. The Bill/Hill image banked on his popularity and nostalgia for that era. They interpreted negative views on her not being him and the corruption they were associated with (plus ill will towards Bill as President, etc) as merely the charges of her opposition rather than the disillusioned views of the Democrat base.
Trump basically rode celebrity status and a knack for yapping what those feeling sidelined by a changing world stripping them of the status they thought they used to have felt. The economy not screaming at the consumer level, his business prowess postering propelled him as savior, while his demonization of Obama made him into a vengeful Messiah for the crass masses.
Big business at the helm has been resigned to, people hoping they'll be carried forward in the wake. The days of movements and marches and riots that were more than soon-to-be-passing social media fads have been consigned to memories of two generations ago. People are too busy taking selfies with their Ventis to post on Facebook. Any further exertions might interfere with this weekend's Netflix binge....
Bear in mind, the amount of voters voting is also gradually dwindling. The idiot Hillary camp bousted of a sure win so much that many voters didn't bother voting. Conversly, efforts to stymie the reelection of Obama got people out more in defiance.