When I first saw the Electoral College map after the election last month, with 31 states in bright red and only 19 states in blue, I thought, "This is what America feels like to me."
Donald Trump's victory wasn't as overwhelming as Ronald Reagan's in 1984 − when the incumbent president won 49 states. But the nation has clearly shifted to the right since President Barack Obama won a second term in 2012.
Trump won more than 60% of the states, including all seven battleground states. Republicans also won both the U.S. House and Senate, control 27 governor's offices and hold nearly 800 more state legislative seats than Democrats across the country.
It's clear that America is outgrowing the left − demographically and, I hope, metaphorically.
In fact, America's future might look a lot like my home state of Texas. And that is a great thing.
Trump outperformed the forecast of most pollsters, easily winning not only the Electoral College but also the popular vote by about 2.5 million ballots.
Trump flipped six states − Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin − from 2020 to 2024. That feat won him a return to the White House.
Even worse for progressives, it may well be a leading indicator of things to come as blue states like California and New York lose population and deep red states like Florida and Texas continue to grow at a rapid rate.
In an article for Chronicles magazine, "Why Democrats are Losing Tomorrow's Elections Today," writer Daniel McCarthy detailed the demographic shifts that could hand Republicans a........