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Trump made inroads with young voters and Hispanic voters, culminating in a rightward shift in the Garden State.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
But Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election and the rightward shift of Latino voters have some liberals reconsidering traditional wisdom.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Ryan’s campaign lamented at the time that national Democrats hadn’t invested enough in his race, though his loss also underscored Ohio’s increasing rightward shift, no longer being seen as a battleground state.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 6 May 2025
Some liberal Jews who supported Israel grew alarmed by these ties and by the rightward shift in Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.
—Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
But Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election and the rightward shift of Latino voters have some liberals reconsidering traditional wisdom.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Ryan’s campaign lamented at the time that national Democrats hadn’t invested enough in his race, though his loss also underscored Ohio’s increasing rightward shift, no longer being seen as a battleground state.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 6 May 2025
Some liberal Jews who supported Israel grew alarmed by these ties and by the rightward shift in Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.
—Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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