Time for Revenge: The pendulum that swung left has been pushed backwards by voters
Trump’s victory in 2016 was not the anomaly, but rather Biden’s win in 2020, amid the pandemic, was, argues Ivan Kurilla, an expert on American history and Russian-American relations. This unexpected success disoriented the Democrats and prevented them from recognising the trend in Trump’s victory – a trajectory to which the electoral landscape reverted during Biden’s presidency, leading to such strong results for Trump in the current elections.