I feel you, dude.
But 99% of voters are going to vote against you on that. There's nothing we can do about wealth disparity empowering either of these two parties. The best you can do is invest whatever you have to spare, because the stock market at least is on the side of both major parties.
No, they weren't.
The thing is, he's the candidate of change. He doesn't have to lie about how much people are struggling.