"We often hear predictions about a "political realignment," but they rarely come to fruition. Realignments are often once in a generation events, and they're not easily created. Realignments are seismic, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt creating the New Deal coalition, or the departure of Black Americans from the
Republican Party during the Civil Rights era. They don't come around everyday, and it's hard to recognize a realignment until after it's over. But last night's election may be viewed in the history books as one of those rare events.
Former President and now President-elect
Donald Trump had a historic comeback, beating Vice President
Kamala Harris badly in the 2024 election. But the story of the election is not just his victory. It's how he won. After all the votes are counted, Trump will likely have won the largest share of the nonwhite vote of any
Republican presidential candidate since at least Gerald
Ford in 1976, if not Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960. He won between 25 and 30 percent of the Black male vote nationwide, doubling his share from 2020 in some states. He won 45 percent of the Hispanic vote and an outright majority of Hispanic men. He won the largest share of the Jewish vote since the 1980s, while also simultaneously increasing his share of the Arab American vote. And Trump performed better in major cities across this nation."
Competition for Black votes, however, is a good thing. Without it, one side can ignore you while the other side takes you for granted.
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Really chaps your racist ass doesn't it.
