Last Tuesday night, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the general election, and will become the next President of the United States.

Now that’s something that very few people expected to hear. After a record number of newspaper endorsements, outraising her opponent by nearly $200 million, and having the celebrity crowd on her side, how could Hillary Clinton possibly screw this up?

Easy. The Democratic Party lost touch with the American people.

It’s almost ridiculous. Democrats somehow lost control of the White House and Senate to what might be the second worst presidential nominee in modern history. Why “second-worst,” you might ask? Because at least he won.

It might seem like a major surprise, but looking back, the Democrats dug their grave from the start.

Let’s not look past the facts that show that the Democratic National Committee sabotaged Bernie Sanders’ candidacy on purpose for Clinton’s benefit, current DNC chair Donna Brazile fed CNN debate questions to Clinton ahead of time in the primaries, DNC CFO Brad Marshall urging Clinton backers to push the narrative that Sanders was an atheist to tarnish his campaign, or that Clinton bought the loyalty of over 30 state-level Democratic parties ahead of time to ensure her primary victory. Let’s not forget that the Democratic Party coronated Hillary Clinton as the nominee before the primaries even started.

The DNC shot themselves in the foot with crowning Clinton. It became more clear week by week Sanders was the better candidate than Clinton. At least, that’s what the general electorate thought, as poll after poll showed Sanders defeating Trump in a landslide in a head to head matchup while Clinton consistently held smaller margins. And don’t claim that Sanders would have lost because of his “socialist” views or Jewish faith. By April, most American’s knew about Sanders’ faith and his views on democratic socialism. But that didn’t stop the fact that Sanders was widely more likable than Clinton. Why? Because Sanders was a populist. He could relate with the struggles of working and middle class voters, and people appreciated his honesty. In an election so focused on wanting an outsider to fix business as usual in Washington, nominating the ultimate insider was asking for a loss.

With Clinton’s insider status came an unenthusiastic Democratic base. Sanders inspired young voters and independents, and bought hope to the party. Clinton ultimately proved to be uninspiring, garnering nearly 5 million less voters than President Barack Obama in 2012. But an unmotivated Democratic base didn’t hurt just Clinton. Notable candidates Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Katie McGinty of Pennsylvania suffered upset losses due to low Democratic turnout, effectively ruining the chances of the Democrats regaining control of the Senate.

It only gets worse from here for the Democratic Party. In the 2018 midterms, 33 Senate seats are up for reelection, but Democrats already hold 25 of those seats, including Independents Angus King (ME) and Bernie Sanders (VT). That means they’ll be on the defense, and likely won’t make any gains, barring a collapse in Trump’s approval ratings. But given that Trump has one of the lowest approval ratings in history entering the presidency, they won’t want to count on it.

The worst part of all this is that the Democratic party and pundits will blame everyone else for Clinton’s loss. It was sexism. The Russians. James Comey. At the end of the day, the Democratic Party has no one to blame but itself. And until they can recognize that, they will suffer loss after loss to candidates like Trump.

The Democratic Party once represented the working class. After pandering to elites whose vote they had in the first place anyways, they’ve lost their original identity. Progressives tried their best to warn the party and the media, but were laughed off. And now, the party’s paying the price for their ignorance and selfishness.

I genuinely feel bad for everyone who’s worrying what’ll happen to them under a Donald Trump presidency. But I don’t feel bad for the Democratic Party. Countless times, they held themselves behind with their decisions, and ultimately it cost them not only the presidency, but every branch of government.

The Democrats have a long way to go. If talks of grooming Tim Kaine, Andrew Cuomo, or even Chelsea Clinton for a 2020 run are true, then they are doomed to lose. But if they learn from their mistakes, clean house in the DNC, and elect a populist that can energize the base once again, they just might redeem themselves.