A calm assurance appeared in the days leading up to the 2024 presidential vote. Something really felt different this time around, despite astonishingly robust polls, huge early voting crowds, and a distinctly panicked Democrat Party. It was as if the earth was moving underneath the land, not cutting off, but bringing it up.
This transformation was so significant that Donald Trump’s win felt less like a success for him, the Republican Party, or even the MAGA movement as a whole. It was the greatest triumph of British unity over the savage politics of section.
Voters in all parts of the country gathered to support Trump with 312 electoral vote and a spectacular get in the national popular vote. Voters of all ages, races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and of all races. He did n’t just win, he won everywhere, improving his standing in nearly every geographic area and among every demographic group.
He became the first prospect in 40 times to push the seven swing state and improved on his 2020 performance in almost every state and 2, 367 of the world’s 3, 243 regions and districts, according to New York Times information. He improved in urban counties by 5.2 percent, suburban counties by 4.3 percent, younger counties by 5.6 percent, and older counties by 4.9 percent. In counties with at least a 25 percent black population, he improved by 4.1 percent. In counties with at least a 25 percent Latino population, he improved by 9.5 percent.
This caused a significant shift in the country’s attitudes toward him, even in the states with the most Democratic in the state. Trump narrowed the vote gap to just 5 % in 2024, despite losing it by 16 percent in 2020. In Illinois, he lost by nine points after losing by 16 points four years ago. Using the most recent data, New York moved 12 points to the right, while California moved 10.
Democrat voters flocked to Trump in the past as a result.
The main reason for this was the fervor of traditional Democratic voters over Trump. He won over 46 % of Hispanic voters, including 55 % of Hispanic men, according to Exit polling. In 2024, he won nearly a third of all voters who identified as non-white, and he won by double the percentage of black men who voted for him.
Younger voters, another core Democrat coalition, also moved dramatically to Trump. He received a majority of votes cast by people under the age of 30 and 52 % of men under the age of 45. Trump won middle-aged voters by a 52-47 margin and won seniors 51-48.
Perhaps the country’s profound socioeconomic shift best accounts for this strong support across all races, age ranges, and geographic locations. Democrats have traditionally portrayed themselves as the party of the working class, but that is no longer the case. Vice President Kamala Harris won majorities of voters who earn less than$ 25, 000 or more than$ 100, 000 per year, but Trump won everyone else. Fifty-eight percent of voters earn between$ 25, 000 and$ 100, 000 and Trump won 52 percent of them.
Realignment of American Society
This indicates a fundamental shift in American society, as well as electoral politics. For much of the 21st century, Americans have been divided along racial, ethnic, gender, and sexuality-based lines and believed the lie of systemic bigotry. To gain and maintain political power, Democrats split the populace into two classes: oppressors and the oppressed. Straight white men would always tell racial minorities, gay people, and women that they needed Democrat protection from them, keeping them from falling. Although these men were the first to leave the Democratic Party, it was unsurprising how quickly other demographic groups are moving along.
Women of all races are rejecting the patronizing notion that the only issue they really care about is abortion, while Black and Latino voters appear to have grown weary of living in high-crime, low-income neighborhoods controlled by Democrats for decades. Male voters, especially younger ones, have always had a rebellious streak and yearned to battle any available machine. Academia, the government bureaucracy, corporate America, and Hollywood have always been popular targets and now all are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Democratic Party as they mindlessly regurgitate left-wing dogma for mass consumption.
Loss of Trust in Democrat-Controlled Institutions
Voters of all ages are starting to reject this in record numbers and across all demographics. Compared to 56 % of Americans who have no or very little trust in television news, only 6 percent say they do. Only seven percent trust newspapers, while 48 percent do not. America has noticed that overt and overt leftist bias has been replaced by outright propaganda.
Yet leftist control only extends to the most widely visible source. Nearly everyone else has experienced the same public trust collapse. Only 6 percent of Americans believe in big business, compared to 42 % who do n’t believe in very much or only have a small amount. Eighteen percent have a lot of faith in higher education, while 32 percent have no or very little. Less than 20 % of Americans believe in the criminal justice system, public schools, organized labor, and other institutions that have long been under liberal control.
The Democrat government these institutions have worked to protect has a catastrophic failure due to the pervasive and highly justified belief that all of these institutions have not been honest with the public or acted in their best interests. Two-thirds of voters believe the country is heading in the wrong direction due to sky-high prices for basic necessities, rampant crime on the streets, and a flood of illegal immigrants sweeping cities from coast to coast.
They were simply fed up with Democrats ‘ leaders failing them and Democrats-aligned organizations lying to them. To them, Trump did n’t just represent a change in America’s leadership but a change in America’s culture. They were tired of the media’s propaganda, academia’s indoctrination, big business ‘ “diversity, equity, and inclusion” agenda, the health care system’s corruption, the criminal justice system’s persecutions, and the entire American system’s surrender to the tyranny of the woke.
They do n’t want to be divided along demographic lines, they want to be united in the values and principles that have always underpinned American society: liberty, equality, hard work, family, faith, and community. Instead of making fun of or claiming they are illogical, they yearn for organizations and leaders who support these ideals. That, at its heart, is why Trump won such a resounding victory. Americans may not believe in institutions, but they will always believe in Americans thanks to him and his MAGA movement.
Although there was a general consensus that this kind of nation’s appeal would never materialize as long as Democrats kept Americans at war with one another, there was a common belief that this was not possible. Trump’s simple use of the dividing line made this deeply cynical ploy clear. Democrats ‘ closing argument ahead of the election was that he is a fascist and, by extension, so too are his supporters. That is n’t an argument at all, it’s emotional blackmail. Americans accepted it as it was.
Relating to the politics of division, record numbers of them, across all demographic and geographic boundaries, found common ground in a return to their country’s founding principles. Trump’s win really is no more complicated than that. However, it represents a radical political and cultural shift that could have a long-term impact on this nation.
Dan O’Donnell is a talk show host with News/Talk 1130 WISN in Milwaukee, Wis. and 1310 WIBA in Madison, Wis., and a columnist for the John K. MacIver Institute.