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How Trump won a second term and delivered DC to the GOP - Washington Examiner

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Trump rode a wave of public anger over rising gas and gas prices that helped reinstate him as president and gave Republicans control over the House and Senate .

With Biden and Harris as the de facto incumbent candidate, one political expert claimed the race was there for Democrats to lose.

But there were key warning signs that Harris struggled to distance herself from Biden ’s administration.

Anti-abortion conservatives championed Trump ’s win as an example that the public was no longer politically motivated by Roe v. Wade .

There was not a historic gender gap that ushered in Kamala Harris ’ abortion policies.

Trump won more Hispanic voters at 45% , according to NBC News exit polls, a record high for a GOP presidential candidate, and winning more Asian and black voters.