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Is this rightward shift in young men, then, just what happens when the center of the Democratic Party spends a decade trashing its populist wing?
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
But Thursday’s victory for Tusk in Brussels underscores a broader, rightward shift across Europe on the issue of irregular migration.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
At the same time, though, the rightward drift of men, including men of color, is a quiet undercurrent that may end up explaining what happened if Trump wins in November.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
The Biden administration's support for drastic limits on asylum reflect a broader rightward shift on border policy by Democrats that would have been unthinkable in 2020, when the party faced pressure to reverse the Trump administration's hardline immigration rules.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
But Thursday’s victory for Tusk in Brussels underscores a broader, rightward shift across Europe on the issue of irregular migration.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
At the same time, though, the rightward drift of men, including men of color, is a quiet undercurrent that may end up explaining what happened if Trump wins in November.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
The Biden administration's support for drastic limits on asylum reflect a broader rightward shift on border policy by Democrats that would have been unthinkable in 2020, when the party faced pressure to reverse the Trump administration's hardline immigration rules.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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