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These results mark a leftward shift from last November.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025
Clinton, Democrats concluded, had failed to engage nonwhite voters the way Obama did, meaning her leftward lurch had been insufficient.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
Colbert symbolized the leftward lurch of late-night television better than any other host, though others such as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel followed suit.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 18 July 2025
But her leftward tilt puts her far from the party's ideological center of gravity.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025
Clinton, Democrats concluded, had failed to engage nonwhite voters the way Obama did, meaning her leftward lurch had been insufficient.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
Colbert symbolized the leftward lurch of late-night television better than any other host, though others such as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel followed suit.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 18 July 2025
But her leftward tilt puts her far from the party's ideological center of gravity.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
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“Leftward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leftward. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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leftward
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left·ward
ˈlef-twərd 
: toward or on the left
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