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There were lots of questions then about a realignment and a rightward shift in the country.
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Inflation and cost-of-living crises, coupled with a rightward shift in politics in many countries, meant that negotiating for major environmental spending this year was poised to be difficult.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Temecula is a city with a plurality of Republican voters, and its school board has passed policies more aligned with the rightward shift in public schools in red states than with the liberal ethos of California.
—Nadra Nittle, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
Of those, only Arizona had a larger-than-average shift to the right of 5.8 points, while Nevada's 5.5-point rightward shift was about the same as the weighted average.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Inflation and cost-of-living crises, coupled with a rightward shift in politics in many countries, meant that negotiating for major environmental spending this year was poised to be difficult.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Temecula is a city with a plurality of Republican voters, and its school board has passed policies more aligned with the rightward shift in public schools in red states than with the liberal ethos of California.
—Nadra Nittle, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
Of those, only Arizona had a larger-than-average shift to the right of 5.8 points, while Nevada's 5.5-point rightward shift was about the same as the weighted average.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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