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Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election has been hailed as a historic comeback. His path to the White House was marked by two assassination attempts and a criminal conviction, with several ongoing legal cases still looming over him.
Trump becomes the first person convicted of a felony to win the U.S. presidency and the first former president to regain power since Grover Cleveland in 1892. The Republican Party also gained control of the Senate and, with most races now decided, is likely to take control of the House of Representatives as well.
Emory University Professor Bernard Fraga, who observed the race unfold on election night, noted a consistent shift toward Trump across various demographic groups. He believes the nation is moving further to the right.
“While there was significant discussion about specific groups, such as African American men possibly rejecting Kamala Harris, the trend was largely uniform across the board. With the exception of possibly Latino men, we saw the same shift in voting behavior across all demographics,” Fraga explained.
He also pointed out that even in traditionally Democratic states like California and New York, voters seemed “hungry for change,” seeking a more conservative direction.
Fraga suggested that Harris’s attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration likely contributed to voters seeing the election as a referendum on President Biden’s tenure. “Voters were dissatisfied with his leadership, feeling things were better four years ago under Trump, and that drove their support for him,” he said.
Trump also made inroads with younger voters, Black voters, and Hispanic voters, many of whom expressed deep concerns about the state of the economy.
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