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Kamala Harris, after all, still paid a heavy price for her leftward swing for the 2020 nomination more than four years later.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 May 2025
His victory came four years after a landslide result in 1972, when Richard Nixon carried 49 states and won by 23 points nationally — the largest popular vote edge a candidate has earned in the post-World War II era — making 1976's leftward swing more of a return to a highly competitive baseline.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
On the opposing side stands Ground Game LA, a scrappy advocacy group whose ascent has been inextricably tied to the leftward shift in the city’s political power structure.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
And its leaders have spent their time moving the country substantially leftward.
—Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 May 2025
His victory came four years after a landslide result in 1972, when Richard Nixon carried 49 states and won by 23 points nationally — the largest popular vote edge a candidate has earned in the post-World War II era — making 1976's leftward swing more of a return to a highly competitive baseline.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
On the opposing side stands Ground Game LA, a scrappy advocacy group whose ascent has been inextricably tied to the leftward shift in the city’s political power structure.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
And its leaders have spent their time moving the country substantially leftward.
—Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Leftward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leftward. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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leftward
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left·ward
ˈlef-twərd 
: toward or on the left
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