Many supporters of Hillary, the Hillary campaign and Hillary herself are bewailing her loss in the election because we still have yet to see a woman president.

In this video, Hillary argues that if she were to become president, it would pave the way for more women to be in positions of political power, followed by a roar of primarily female voices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5vZd-7IKxE

This video shows many people, mostly millennials, being asked why they’re voting for Hillary Clinton, and the most popular answer is simply because she’s a woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf7MR0f4XDI

Experience, ideas, policy, ambition and charisma are qualities of a candidate that typically influence voting decisions, but it seems that the most valuable asset Hillary had in this race was that she was a woman. This means that Hillary’s greatest accomplishment in being president would have been simply being elected. Whatever her accomplishments might have been in the remaining four years would be secondary.

Hillary often times in her campaign ads only addressed women. Her primary focus, when not accusing Trump of sexism, was on women and women’s rights. It is very easy to view this election as a gender war. She also repeatedly trumpeted her investment in children. Here’s the thing Hillary: Children can’t vote and don’t pay taxes. Saying you care about children is good, but it makes for a lazy campaign strategy.

Hillary pandered to one sex. My point is how can you expect to win an election when you only try to appeal to 50 percent of voters? Hillary Clinton would have had a stronger campaign had she focused on issues that pertain to sexes. But her whole reason in running for president seems to be to put a woman in the Oval Office at last. Frankly, that is trivial. I may write another article explaining why in the future.

I think it is important for millennial voices to express support for our new president, because millennials overwhelmingly voted for Hillary in this election, and not necessarily for the right reasons. Had Hillary been elected, there would likely have been many gender quotas legislated in order to uphold her promises of equal representation to women, much like Canada, but that's not how democracy works. Representation should not be decided by arbitrary gender quotas to make women feel special, but by the voices of the people, men and women.

I argue that Trump’s rise to presidency is a greater accomplishment than if Hillary had won, because no one saw it coming. The media was clearly biased against Trump, the Republicans didn’t even want him to represent them, the polls were so much in favor of Hillary; we thought the Establishment had another election tightly in its grip. Then Trump shocked the world, even inciting riots, and it was glorious. Many thought that the Establishment was too powerful and couldn’t be stopped; the election of Donald Trump proved them wrong.

Trump, unlike Hilary, talked about issues that do pertain to both sexes. His primary focus was on immigration, and battling terrorism, helping veterans and fixing the economy. Trump argued that since he’s a successful businessman, he could help the country’s economy, and that logic is sound. He spoke on these issues with passion. The only thing Hillary was passionate about was being a woman.