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NBC’s Kornacki: Trump Led Huge ‘Transformation’ Of Republican Party

Charlie Kirk Staff

11/12/2024

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NBC’s Kornacki: Trump Led Huge ‘Transformation’ Of Republican Party

NBC News analyst Steve Kornacki gave Democrats a sobering dose of reality after the drubbing handed to them by President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

Demographics that have traditionally been Democrat strong are starting to shirt towards the Republican Party.

“Not just Donald Trump winning the election, but winning the popular vote. First time in two decades for a Republican. And how did he do it? He did it by transforming the Republican Party. It is now more diverse than it’s ever been in modern times, and certainly much more than when Donald Trump first came on the scene eight years ago. A lot of ways to look at this. How about this year? When it says “pre-Trump,” that’s the last presidential election before Donald Trump started running. You gotta go back to 2012 for that,” the analyst said to anchor Kristen Welker.

“Remember, three straight elections Trump’s been the Republican candidate. So, pre-Trump voters under 30 were going for the Democrats by 23 points. Folks with incomes under $50,000, 22 points for the Democrats. Folks without college degrees, four points for the Democrats. That’s pre-Trump. What comes out of this election? Look at some of these shifts. The youth vote, that Democratic margin cut more than in half. Voters under $50,000, now a Republican constituency. Voters without a college degree, look at that shift. Now a core Republican constituency,” Koranacki continued.

“And then we can talk about race, ethnicity. This gets into that diversity I mentioned a minute ago. Check this out. Again, pre-Trump versus now. The Black vote still overwhelmingly Democratic, but that’s a 15-point shift. It used to be 87 points for the Democrats, down to 72. How about this? You’ve heard a lot about it this week. This is what the numbers look like. Hispanic voters were 44 points Democratic before Donald Trump. Now, basically a toss-up constituency. And Asian Americans, a 32-point shift there as well. That’s what’s happened to the Republican Party since Donald Trump became its standard bearer eight years ago. This has been the movement,” the analyst said.

“And meanwhile, for the Democratic Party, the story is the opposite. Pre-Trump versus now, check out some of these movements. Among white voters, this was a 20-point Republican constituency before Trump. Still a Republican constituency, but a little bit less so. And white voters are such a massive share of the electorate, that four-point shift, very meaningful. Again, college-educated voters now a core Democratic constituency. Folks earning more than $100,000, used to be a Republican constituency, now a Democratic constituency,” Kornacki added.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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