Massive Shift in Urban Voting Helped Elect Trump.
You can’t point to just one reason Trump won such a decisive victory last Tuesday, but you can identify a few factors together that guaranteed that Trump would win the popular vote.
Among those, the rightward shift of urban voters who form the base of the Democratic Party is at the top of the list.
The Trump campaign put cracks in Democrats’ dominance of big cities. Its outreach to these voters clearly marks a path for repeatable political success in cities nationwide. https://t.co/HaD7fVMI5v via @reihan & @CharlesFLehman
— City Journal (@CityJournal) November 13, 2024
Trump saw gains nearly everywhere, but urban areas stand out because, without massive turnout in the big cities, Democrats can kiss their electoral prospects goodbye.
Big cities are where the elite tend to congregate, and the Democrat coalition has recently been characterized by an odd alliance between wealthy, overeducated and irrationally leftist elites and working-class minorities. Throw in public employee unions and Democrats could count on huge turnout in urban areas.
The turnout, while still large, is not quite so massive anymore as America’s cities face a crisis in governance.
America’s Cities Want to Be Great Again
Mission: Possible — Turning Trump Voters Into Republican Voters. “Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. Our country just experienced a once-in-a-generation election in which new, independent, and crossover voters decided the election for Donald Trump. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: turn these low-propensity Trump voters into reliable Republican voters.”