No. I'm making it based on quite a bit of corroborating evidence. But you must be forgiven for your lack of wisdom and objective reasoning. A man can be intelligent and be on the left, but he cannot be wise and be on the left.
A couple of facts for you. Just the facts.
Clinton won California with 61.73% of the vote and a 30.11% margin. That's the highest margin of victory since Roosevelt in '36. Though California was once a competitive state, shifting demographics have put it firmly in the Democrat win column, and by increasingly wider margins.
The rest of the country, however, (like most of Europe) seems to be shifting center-right, which is much more in line with American values historically. (More on that later.)
While Hillary Clinton was performing well in Democrat strongholds like California, Mr. Trump was also performing well... in Democrat strongholds. For example, Trump was the first Republican to win Wisconsin since 1984. He was also the first Republican to win Pennsylvania since 1988.
In states like Ohio (which Mr. Trump also won), he also slashed into Democrat strongholds like Mahoning County, which Obama carried with 63% of the vote. Trump cut it to an essentially 50-50 tie with Clinton.
Now this leaves us with the question, was Trump's performance a one-off? Trump had the best electoral performance for any Republican candidate since Reagan. Was he the best candidate since Reagan?
I like Mr. Trump and think he's done an excellent job. He's far exceeded what I expected from him. But I don't think he was the best candidate since Reagan. His unfavorables were high, not just nationally, but even amongst Republicans. It wasn't just Trump that was going to gut the Democrat party. (Almost) any Republican would have done it. In fact, the Democrats had already begun the process themselves.
http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Statevote/StateVote_Combined Presentation.pdf
At the start of Obama's presidency, Democrats controlled both chambers of 27 state legislatures. By the end of his presidency, Democrats controlled both chambers in only 13 states.
The Democrat Party lost a net total of 13 Governorships in addition to 816 state legislative seats under Obama, the most of any president since Dwight Eisenhower.
Under Obama the Democrats also went from a 60 seat majority in the Senate and 257 seat majority in the House, to a 48 seat minority in the Senate and 194 seat minority in the House -- a net loss of 12 and 64 seats respectively.
The corroborating evidence of an American shift to the right is well-documented and long coming. I understand that people like you missed the signs, because you get your data from polls and talking points from MSNBC headlines, but actual, real Americans like myself were predicting this for a long, long time.
I mentioned earlier a shift right in the political landscape. This isn't just happening in the United States. It's happening throughout Europe, see Brexit, or the election results in countries from Italy to Hungary to Poland.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-europe-populist-right/
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/revival-central-europe-180103135901606.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...usconi-5-star-movement-luigi-di-a8240861.html
Since you like polls so much, you might be interested to know that President Trump has approval ratings far higher than those of the leftwing leaders still in power like Merkel, Macron, and May. (And save your breath when you say May is a conservative. In Britain there is no such thing as a right-wing party. Calling May and her party "right-wing" just means they are to the right of the far left Labour Party. It's left vs. hard left.)
Europe's Merkel, Macron, May less popular than Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/europes-merkel-macron-may-less-popular-than-trump
MERKRON FALLS: Support for Merkel and Macron drops to RECORD LOWS - new poll
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/996161/eu-angela-merkel-emmanuel-macron-ratings-drop
Merkel support falls to all-time low as ruling bloc damaged by migrant row
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...lls-all-time-low-ruling-bloc-damaged-migrant/
END OF MERKEL: Backing for chancellor CRUMBLES as Germany demands change
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/942294/angela-merkel-poll-support-germany-news-csu-cdu
Angela Merkel Is Fighting for Her Political Life. Here's What to Know
http://time.com/5314776/angela-merkel-germany-crisis-migration/
So... yeah. In the United States in particular, and Europe in general, you are seeing a large backlash against the leftwing elitists who have decimated their people with the false song of globalism and multiculturalism. Trump isn't the engine of this, he is simply one of the vehicles.
I haven't touched on other reasons yet why I think this rightwing renaissance will continue in the United States, such as a complete loss of faith by the American public in the media, or Mr. Trump's approval ratings among blacks hovering right at 30%. Because I don't think it matters at this point. But a big tent party like the Democrats who haven't won the white vote since WWII can't afford to hemorrhage those kinds of numbers and hope to succeed nationally.
The rejection and repudiation of identity politics has been swift and brutal. Until Democrats figure that out, they can expect to lose at the ballot box, regardless of how many Californians come out to vote.
It's not much of a victory, considering the competition. Left-wingers are hardly a satisfying meal.