Donald Trump’s sweep in both the electoral and popular votes points to the ugly elephant in the room: Democrats have abandoned working class and minority voters, while the GOP could offer a future for all.
As a son of two Romanian immigrants who survived communism, I have always been surrounded by sons and daughters of immigrants from every corner of the world; that was the beauty of growing up in New York City. Regardless of who you were, where your roots stem from, or what accent you don, you’re an American now—that’s all that mattered, or at least it did at one point.
Since I could remember, the Democratic Party has crowned itself the party of “the little guy,” the disenfranchised, the oppressed, and the unseen. From Gore to Obama, Clinton to Biden and Harris, every recent democratic presidential candidate ran their campaigns on representing minority groups outside the norm of the “white male voter.” The Democrats proudly claim that they protect minorities from workplace discrimination, violence, microaggressions, and existential threats to democracy, as the champions of diversity and inclusion.
Unfortunately for them, actions speak louder than words, no matter how hard one screams.
Diversity is Celebrated Only When it’s Convenient
There has been a palpable shift in our political culture since 2016. No longer do we have civil, practical dialogues on foreign and domestic policy; we now have ad hominem attacks labeling one side as all Marxists and the other as white supremacists and domestic terrorists. Despite being in power for twelve of the last sixteen years, Democrats have done little to cash in on their promise to protect the voter base they pride themselves on holding. Meanwhile, if you call out the Democrats’ linaction, you will be shamed and labeled a race-traitor, an Uncle Tom, and a misogynist for speaking your mind.
Liberals’ Strategy Shift Abandons Minorities for Power
From Barack Obama abandoning the people of Flint, Michigan who continue to suffer from their toxic water supply, to Joe Biden failing to provide adequate aid to the people of Maui, Hawaii and East Palestine, Ohio after natural disasters left countless homeless and without aid, to Kamala Harris offering a measly $750 to victims of Hurricane Helene, the Democrats don’t seem to care for the “little guy” much. All their talk on being inclusive to “lived experiences” seem to fall short of any practical policy action. It’s almost as if their entire strategy lies solely on “getting Trump.” This shouldn’t be surprising, the Biden-Harris Administration has been worrying more about “misinformation” and their political opponents than bringing down the cost of gas and eggs.
For the past 8 years, Americans have been inundated with never-ending calls from legacy media to protect the nation from the “threat to our democracy” which is Donald Trump. While Americans struggle with constant inflation, a rise in unreported crime, and the potential for escalated world conflict, the media and the Democratic Party have been hard at work painting Trump as the ultimate evil for this country, while evading our pleas to fix the problems we all face here at home.
November 5, 2024, will forever serve as a wake-up call to Democrats. Demonizing half of the country and equating the most popular American politician with Nazis will no longer bring in the votes.
Democrat Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes remarked: “Why are we losing these people? Why are we losing firefighters? Why are we losing cops? Why are we losing blue collar working men? … Because we’re very consistent in our messaging away from them—away from their traditional family values, away from their personal economic concerns and their family’s economic concerns, and that is a hard political pill for Democrats to swallow.”
Exit polls agree. Trump crushed the Blue Wall by winning Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Nationally, Trump seized 55% of non-college educated voters, up from 51% in both the 2020 and 2016 elections. He also gained with females, receiving around 45% of the women vote compared to 43% in 2020.
What is so telling about this election cycle is that the Democrats are also losing a substantial share of their minority support—a demographic which has historically been loyal to the Party. Trump easily won Latino men by 10 points, a group Clinton won in 2016 by 31 points, and by Biden in 2020 by 23 points. Harris only won Latina women by 24 points, compared to Clinton’s 44. In fact, Trump won 46% of the national Latino vote, the most of any Republican candidate in modern times. He also received 20% of the black male vote, doubling his returns from 2016 and 2020.
Trump experienced a significant net positive shift in practically every voter base compared to 2020.
Democrats are currently scratching their heads as to why they did so poorly among minorities and women. How could the disenfranchised and oppressed vote for Orange Hitler? This sort of pretentious mindset has plagued the Democratic Party for decades now. Instead of helping Americans where they need it most, whether it be fixing inflation, securing the border, or encouraging job growth, the Democrats would rather play the game of identity politics and bet on their historic support from these communities. Unfortunately for them, it bit them in the rear on November 5th.
I am not my race. I am not my ethnicity. I am not simply a child of immigrants who should automatically vote for the party who “claims us.” I’m an American; I want to see this country and its people succeed. Over 76 million other Americans share my sentiment. With Trump winning both the popular vote and 312 electoral votes, it is clear that Americans from all walks of life are tired of being lumped in superficial boxes by a party that concerns itself more with consolidating political power than actually helping American citizens. The Republican Party is now the true big-tent party, and racial grandstanding no longer has a place in our nation.
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