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Since his tenure ended, the LDP has faced fallout over a slush fund scandal, an inflation surge, and a rightward political shift across the country.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
In 2024, California—along with New York—registered the largest rightward shift of any state, swinging 12 points toward Republicans compared with 2020.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
Last election’s results suggested not so much a rightward swing as voters on the South and West sides simply staying home, pointing to signs of disaffection over Democratic leadership.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
This rightward shift also reflects growing divides among Bolivia’s political left, centered around Morales, a former labor leader and the first Indigenous president in a country where about half of the population is of native, non-European descent.
—Mollie J. Cohen, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
In 2024, California—along with New York—registered the largest rightward shift of any state, swinging 12 points toward Republicans compared with 2020.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
Last election’s results suggested not so much a rightward swing as voters on the South and West sides simply staying home, pointing to signs of disaffection over Democratic leadership.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
This rightward shift also reflects growing divides among Bolivia’s political left, centered around Morales, a former labor leader and the first Indigenous president in a country where about half of the population is of native, non-European descent.
—Mollie J. Cohen, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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