Harry Enten Discusses New Report During Network Segment
The political landscape has shifted dramatically, and for Democrats, the nightmare scenario is unfolding before their eyes.
Just as Republicans struggled to counter the Obama coalition in the early 2010s, Democrats now find themselves in the same position with Donald Trump. And unlike Obama’s carefully manufactured coalition, Trump’s movement isn’t built on fleeting identity politics—it’s a seismic realignment of working-class, blue-collar, and disaffected voters who have permanently reshaped the electorate.
The numbers don’t lie. In 2017, Democrats held a five-point advantage in the electorate. By 2021, that advantage had grown to six points. But in 2024? The balance has flipped to a plus-two Republican edge.
Voters under 30, once considered a reliable Democratic bloc, swung toward the GOP by an astonishing 20 points between 2020 and 2024. Union workers—historically a Democratic stronghold—are now shifting right, with 60% of rank-and-file Teamsters backing Trump in 2024.
CNN: TRUMP HAS CHANGED THE ELECTORATE! pic.twitter.com/o3WyDPfTVf
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CNN’s Harry Enten summed it up best: “They’ve remade the electorate.” Trump isn’t just leading the Republican Party—he’s reshaping American politics in his own image, rewriting the electoral map in ways Democrats never anticipated.
The left’s biggest mistake? Assuming Trump’s political moment would die with the 2020 election. Instead, the Biden presidency only supercharged MAGA, giving it a renewed sense of purpose and a real popular mandate. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, has no coherent message. Their only strategy is to oppose Trump—an approach that might work in liberal enclaves but falls flat with the broader electorate.
Instead of addressing real concerns—inflation, border security, crime, and economic growth—Democrats remain obsessed with race, transgender ideology, and other fringe issues that alienate ordinary voters. The party has been hijacked by an elite class of wealthy, white, over-educated progressives who push deeply unpopular policies while sneering at middle America.
Democrats have lost control of the narrative, the electorate, and the culture. And now, as Trump’s influence cements itself for a second term, they are left with nothing but empty rhetoric and a crumbling coalition.