The nation stands in awe, as president elect Donald Trump pulled off the victory in all swing states by more than double his performing margin compared to the 2016 election.
Trump completely outperformed the mainstream medias’ predictions of a close presidential race.
A miracle for the Republicans, Trump flipped the electoral giants of Texas and Florida into solid red states by 14 points respectively. Many predicted these states would become battlegrounds in the future. In addition, Trump managed to overtake the national popular vote by almost 2 and a half million votes, something no Republican has done in the last 20 years.
The beginning of the election already showed some big red flags for the Democrats. The constant issue Democrats had is that most democrat-leaning large cities within every state always report first due to early voting. While observing CNN reporters or TYT reacting to the beginning of the election, the early turnout definitely gave them a false sense of overconfidence.
After the votes from the big cities had slowed down, the votes from rural cities and towns that are republican-leaning started pouring in. This lead to Trump easily surpassing Kamala Harris in Georgia, North Carolina, and the Rust Belt. This election was a big change from the last one, being a three-way victory for the GOP in the Senate, House, and Presidential Race, something few had expected for this year’s elections.
The reason behind Trump’s wide margin of victory is because of his main disadvantage in 2020.
Covid-19 was detrimental to the world’s health and economy. This lead to Trump, with the GOP, having to scramble to bring order to the United States amidst the chaos. The numerous events in 2020 tarnished Trumps reputation greatly, due to the lack of control and leadership he displayed.
This would lead to a different looking second election for Trump, who faced democratic candidate Joe Biden. Biden took almost every battleground Trump won in 2016. If such events like mass rioting and the pandemic in 2020 were controlled and handled correctly, Trump could have easily won back the election in 2020.
This year was definitely not the greatest for the Biden Administration and the Democratic Party as a whole. After the catastrophic performance of Biden in the presidential debate earlier this June and the forceful removal of Biden from the race, it hinted at a catastrophic shift in the democratic party.
Although Vice President Kamala Harris had been ultimately elected as the Democratic Nominee, they definitely could’ve pursued other candidates. Although a much better performing candidate than Biden, Harris lacked in separating herself from Biden which was one of her major weaknesses.
Harris performed better compared to the expectations for Biden in the presidential debate and election, but it seems like the Democrats’ success was going to implode either way this year.
The Vice President was definitely thrown into the race toward the end. Harris lacked information on her plans for the next four years if she were to win and dodged interviews. If the democratic party could’ve acted quicker on their shift of candidates, Harris definitely would have had more success this year.
Going back to Trump’s plan for the next four years, despite what many say, there has been no definitive evidence that project 2025 is going into place. Trump states: “I have nothing to do with Project 2025. I haven’t read it. I don’t want to read it, purposely.”
The main goal of Trump in the next four years is, as he put it, “isolationist”.
As of right now, it is unclear if Trump’s plan to enact tariffs will be executed. While tariffs will inflate prices for certain goods over the next few years, taxing big importers like China or India into the US will assist the country in becoming more economically independent.
Because of the tariffs, US money will stop flowing into foreign countries and can be recirculated within the country so inflation and debt can go down. Once the US greatly reduces spending foreign spending and imports, the country can expect more American-made items, currency appreciation, and having increased control over inflation.
The United States will be shifting its focus on domestic issues compared to the Biden administration, which recklessly poured money into foreign countries, causing a worsened national economic situation.
Democrats will most likely see more success during the 2026 midterms, as the party in power always tends to do worse. The Democrats need to act early by reorganizing and formulating a strategy to ensure their victory in the next four years.
Overall, the next four years still seem uncertain for the nation. For now, all the country can do is hope for the best under new leadership.
