This is not a bashing post, but to be honest... Naruto really should not have been Hokage. Being a War Hero is not enough reason to rule an entire people, a child soldier raising, murdering, thieving dark people. Naruto never really established a reputation past big events, he was never reliable for his people nor did anything to show he could handle paperwork, be unbiased or deal with stress and failure...

Sakura did all of these things. She had relationships with countless members of the village, had a reputation as a skilled healer that was the apprentice of the Hokage. She was used to stress, due to being a Medic, and could make those quick and hard decisions that one does as a Leader. She is used to paper work due to working in the Hospital.

Half of being a Healer is dealing with idiots, so she has negotiation down pact. She proved that she can be reliable, working day in and Day own training under Tsunade and working in a Hospital. She was incredibly intelligent, passing that chunin exam easily on her own ( The first test without studying) and learned all of the medic stuff in a few years...

She is a skilled combatant with decent field experience.

Naruto... didn't really do anything outside of failing a lot of missions, obsessing over Sasuke, losing control over Kurama ( Attacking teammates) , embarrassing himself in front of others, defacing public property ( the mountain and all of his pranks, in a village that held a 5 year old Itachi as a beacon, your deeds as a kid matter) , failed to be respectful to anyone and really... do anything outside of the biggest moments. He was unreliable in the daily tasks which is what a leader needs to be successful in. Not just grand gestures but in the hard stupid, nitty gritty aspects of ruling.

Ruling requires studying your enemies, history and people. It requires being willing to sacrifice the few for the many, losing and being willing to lose... it requires compromise and assessing your morals and accepting that your morals do not equate to the morals of your entire people...

Wanting to be a leader is not a reason to be a leader. Being abused is not a reason to be a leader. Being a War hero ( Mostly because of the blessings of a near divine sage and not really anything you actually did... plus prophecy) is not a reason to be a leader...

In the War Sakura fought Kaguya, and yes without the blessings of Sasuke and Naruto, was not as useful... but she was easily the most distinguished. Saving countless lives as a medic, taking missions and fighting countless Zetsu...she actually did someone on her own. Take away the Kyuubi and Naruto would have basically been useless. Sakura did all of htat without any divine powers.

Sakura and Tsuande together saved thousands of lives through their healing jutsus and slugs...

So honestly... Sakura really should have been the Hokage and Naruto should have been a Sage like Jiraiya…