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Despite the recent rightward drift, Big Sky Country has long been proud of its independent streak and small-town values.
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Will Warasila, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Prominent journalists also have come after Bezos for his last-minute decision to stop his Washington Post editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris before the Nov. 5 election and by ordering his paper’s editors and writers to move the opinion pages into a rightward direction.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Still, much of Colorado remained insulated from the broader rightward shift, and the GOP remains just one seat away from superminority status in both the state House and Senate.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2025
Trump’s November 2024 election made the rightward shift easier.
—Nathalie Tocci, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2025
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Will Warasila, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Prominent journalists also have come after Bezos for his last-minute decision to stop his Washington Post editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris before the Nov. 5 election and by ordering his paper’s editors and writers to move the opinion pages into a rightward direction.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Still, much of Colorado remained insulated from the broader rightward shift, and the GOP remains just one seat away from superminority status in both the state House and Senate.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2025
Trump’s November 2024 election made the rightward shift easier.
—Nathalie Tocci, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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