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NYT: Trump Destroyed Democrats' Expected 'Demographic Destiny'
https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/authorimages/b3f920e0-a92f-42dc-af67-f1f216b08005.pngGuy Benson | November 27, 2024 12:01 PM
The New York Times published something of a deep dive this week about Donald Trump eating into Democrats' base en route to a convincing and impressive electoral sweep. In a piece entitled, "How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message," the reporters detail how "Donald Trump’s populist pitch bumped Democrats off their traditional place in American politics." Its bottom line conclusion: "After three Trump elections, almost every traditional Democratic constituency has swung to the right. In fact, Mr. Trump has made larger gains among Black, Hispanic, Asian American and young voters in his three campaigns since 2016 than he has among white voters without a college degree, according to New York Times estimates. In each case, Mr. Trump fared better than any Republican in decades." As powerful as those words are, this accompanying illustration is simply astonishing. A seismic event, likely inconceivable to nearly anyone when Trump arrived on the political scene in 2015:
Trump swung the electorate rightward among every single racial minority group, by double digits. He moved the youngest voting bloc that way too, especially among men (per CNN's exits, he outright won Gen Z and Millennial men). The article continues:
More here: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybe...destroyed-democrats-expected-destiny-n2648215
It may take the Democrats decades to undue what Trump has wrought.