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Still, local leaders told the Tribune the danger is even more real this time around, citing the rightward shift of the courts and his four years of previous White House experience to embolden him.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Cuellar and Gonzalez both represent South Texas Congressional districts that were previous Democratic strongholds that voted for Trump in the 2024 election amid nationwide rightward shifts among Hispanic voters.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Its rise is part of a much broader rightward shift in a nation defined for decades by its left-leaning, progressive politics.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
With Trump in office, the ever-reactive entertainment business will internalize some of the culture’s rightward shift, mostly by focusing on producing nonpartisan escapism.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Cuellar and Gonzalez both represent South Texas Congressional districts that were previous Democratic strongholds that voted for Trump in the 2024 election amid nationwide rightward shifts among Hispanic voters.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Its rise is part of a much broader rightward shift in a nation defined for decades by its left-leaning, progressive politics.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
With Trump in office, the ever-reactive entertainment business will internalize some of the culture’s rightward shift, mostly by focusing on producing nonpartisan escapism.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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