Donald Trump pulled off one weird trick that left Democrats seething with rage
President Trump’s second term is historic in more ways than one.
But one feat Trump pulled was especially unthinkable.
And Donald Trump pulled off one weird trick that left Democrats seething with rage.
Donald Trump remakes the electorate
Donald Trump became the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote.
Trump pulled off this feat despite the fact that Kamala Harris won independents 49 to 46 percent.
How did Trump manage to win both the popular vote and the Electoral College in a landslide?
Trump generated a literal red wave as the electorate was four points more Republican than Democrat.
Donald Trump turning the country red wasn’t a one-off in reaction to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris importing 10,000,000 illegal aliens or pushing inflation to a 40-year high.
Trump fundamentally changed the composition of the electorate.
CNN’s Harry Enten broke down this unprecedented feat.
Prior to Trump, Democrats held the advantage in party identification, an edge they consistently held for decades.
“Donald Trump and the Republican Party has changed the electorate. What do I mean by that? Well, let’s take a look at party identification. Democrats versus Republicans,” Enten began.
Even when Donald Trump entered office the Democrats still held their usual edge in party identification.
“You go back to 2017, five points more of the electorate was Democrats than Republicans. You go to 2021 when Joe Biden is starting out. Look at that. Six points more of the electorate was Democrats than Republicans.”
That all changed in the election last November.
And the trend of more Americans identifying as Republicans than Democrats continued into Trump ‘s first month in office.
“Look at what happened in February of 2025. Look at this: Republicans, there are more Republicans in the electorate than there are Democrats. Republican plus two,” Enten added. “So Donald Trump and the Republicans have remade the electorate. They’ve turned some people over from being Democrats or independents to become Republicans. New folks have entered the electorate who are more Republican leaning.”
“As I said at the beginning, he’s copying Frank Sinatra: doing it my way,” Enten said of how Trump transformed the electorate.
Americans are joining the Republican Party because of Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda to secure the border, slash spending, and negotiate deals to end the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza.
When Joe Biden was in office there was a feeling in the country that the nation was off the rails, and no one was in charge.
No one feels that way now.
And the GOP is the more attractive option to the public because of Trump and his policies.
Even blue states like New York are seeing the GOP ascend and the Democrat Party decline.
New York Voter Registration Update – February 2025 pic.twitter.com/vpkBdvwha7
— Michael Pruser (@MichaelPruser) February 20, 2025
When Barack Obama won in 2008, Democrats dreamed of a permanent majority as millennials, suburban college educated voters and minorities formed the “coalition of the ascendent.”
Joe Biden’s failures on the border, inflation and in foreign policy completely discredited the Democrat Party on every front.
