Historic tilt
Anders W. Edwardsson, Ph.D.
Author of Radical Betrayal: How Liberals & Neoconservatives Are Wrecking American Exceptionalism
With Ohio's similar slide, Florida's move into the deep red column of US politics is the most significant shift in US electoral realities since the rest of the South (including Texas) did the same journey in the 1970s and 80s. Sure, at the same time, Virginia, Arizona, and Georgia have tilted the other way, but they are smaller comfort prices only. And even if this shift has been brewing for decades, it has been speeded up by Trump and his MAGA movement. The development would undoubtedly have taken at least two to three election cycles without him.
Moreover, such shifts are now also clearly marking the Midwest. In 2026, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania voted red for the first time since 1988-and they are on track to do it again this fall. To be sure, they are now where Ohio and Florida were in 2016, so nothing can be taken for granted. But the momentum is there—and again, it's Trump driving it!
On an even bigger scale, this points to the potential of the new kind of Republicanism Trump represents: less fundamentalistic, more populist (in the sense of policies adapted to support and appeal to "normal folks" more than elites), and more aggressive than the Country Club Romneys of the past.
So, if Trump wins this fall and manages to groom a crown prince(ess) in time of 2028/32, we may - with God's help, hard work, and some luck) have a 12+ year-long period of the center-right rule to look forward to. And this is badly needed because the damage done by liberal extremist ideas and policies since the 1960s has pushed America to the brink of collapse...
You can read more about the history leading up to today's political landscape in my new book Radical Betrayal: How Liberals & Neoconservatives Are Wrecking American Exceptionalism (www.radicalbetrayal.com).
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