{"id":2517526,"date":"2025-12-04T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-most-important-president-in-maybe-100-years\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:53:19","slug":"trump-most-important-president-in-maybe-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-most-important-president-in-maybe-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &#8216;most important president in maybe 100 years&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-most-important-president-in-maybe-100-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2517526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the factors behind Donald Trump&#8217;s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, based on analysis by Brent buchanan, founder of the cygnal polling firm. Buchanan argues that Trump&#8217;s win resulted from a combination of voter frustration with Joe Biden&#8217;s ineffective liberal leadership and Kamala Harris&#8217;s perceived incompetence, and also widespread cultural and emotional divides within the electorate. Trump successfully tapped into these emotions with authenticity and bold campaign tactics that energized voters, while Harris and the Democrats stuck to traditional, less effective approaches. Buchanan emphasizes that emotions have become the key driver in politics, more so than economic issues, shaping voter behavior and party loyalty. He also notes that Trump&#8217;s appeal as an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-establishment figure responding<\/a> to the public&#8217;s anger has made him possibly the most vital president in a century. Buchanan stresses that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-plays-the-political-long-game-ahead-of-2024-and-beyond\/\" title=\"Newsom strategizes for future political success beyond 2024.\">future political success<\/a> will depend on candidates connecting passionately with voters&#8217; emotions rather than relying on cautious or purely rational strategies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump &lsquo;most important president in maybe 100 years&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1870531\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Everybody has an opinion on what happened in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\">2024 election<\/a> and how Donald Trump pulled out a win over media darling Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3838710\/joe-concha-mocks-kamala-harris-book\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cygn.al\/\">Cygnal<\/a> poll founder <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cygn.al\/people\/brent-buchanan\/\">Brent Buchanan<\/a> has done extensive research to nail what he believes happened a year ago and has boiled it down to a couple of basic points:<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3905865\/virginia-election-black-friday-gun-sales-background-checks-spike\/\">Virginians scramble to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-burchett-launches-bid-to-chair-doge-subcommittee\/\" title=\"Tim Burchett launches bid to chair DOGE subcommittee\">beat liberal gun grabs<\/a> and bans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3905682\/liberal-media-disguised-politics-charlie-kirk-alleged-assassin-tyler-robinson\/\">Liberal media disguised politics of Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s alleged assassin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3903847\/jd-vance-runaway-lead-2028-election-gop-nomination\/\">Vance in runaway lead for 2028 GOP nomination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&mdash; Trump spoke for voters fed up with former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s bumbling liberalism and represented a path to &ldquo;getting back what was lost.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harris, well, was an incompetent spendthrift.<\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Americas-Emotional-Divide-Navigating-Decision-Making\/dp\/B0G2MVP7QN\/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7c3yRAvm6uCNrDz4agMF3O6QY3zUj6xj63BK4U2nlCol32B1qMmAG1WUQcbKfIj1.XwA6XYmP3ws6vrrfybGSo5JUKWhW9D6n6lNaL5UDEaQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;qid=1764600169&amp;refinements=p_27%3ABrent+Buchanan&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-3&amp;text=Brent+Buchanan\"><em>America&rsquo;s Emotional Divide: Navigating the Powerful Decision-Making Forces Impacting Politics, Policies &amp; Personal Choices<\/em><\/a>, Buchanan uncorks new polling and analysis of the election and how it is likely to influence future contests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The bottom line, he wrote, &ldquo;was a perfect storm of unique factors that built up over time. Trump&rsquo;s personality. Joe Biden&rsquo;s obvious mental decline. Kamala Harris&rsquo; laugh. The undeniable &mdash; but ignored by the media &mdash; corruption and sleaziness of the Biden family. How they manipulated things to shove Kamala Harris into the candidate role. Her breathtaking incompetence. The bizarre show of a campaign that swung from assassination attempts and serious issues to Democrats abandoning their traditional base to the craziness of the final weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buchanan tapped into Cygnal&rsquo;s pre-election, Election Day, and post-election surveys, as well as others, to conclude that voter emotions, especially on cultural issues, have become the driver more than the economy. And on that, Trump won hands down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Emotions rule,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Emotion fuels which issues surface, which frames stick, which messages carry, and which loyalties persist &mdash; or diverge &mdash; across households and years. They affect how and why voters embrace parties, candidates, and issues. It is the energy under the strategy and the reason a voter chooses whether to show up&hellip;or not,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, voters were emotional. Biden&rsquo;s presidency, he said, had split the nation on several cultural lines and issues. Trump tapped into that with authenticity, and his campaign played up his voter-teasing antics, such as when he served French fries at a McDonald&rsquo;s and drove a garbage truck to mock the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, the media and leading Democrats, meanwhile, ignored all that and stuck to the old campaign playbook. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a surprise gift the Left seems set on giving: smug arrogance,&rdquo; said Buchanan, whose outfit has polled for groups including the late Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Turning Point USA.<\/p>\n<p>The former vice president, who is eyeing another presidential bid, is currently on a national tour for her book that even <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3906780\/shapiro-lost-his-cool-learning-harris-book-complete-bulls\/\">supporters have called<\/a> out-of-touch and full of &ldquo;lies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the GOP to fully become the party of the working class, they must relentlessly talk about working-class issues in a way that is authentic.<\/p>\n<p>Go read <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Banks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Banks<\/a>&#8216;s memo. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/13n0da4DPy\">https:\/\/t.co\/13n0da4DPy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brent Buchanan, Pollster (@brentbuc) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brentbuc\/status\/1993757351049134486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Buchanan&rsquo;s analysis, aimed at newsrooms, campaigns, and boardrooms, also compared Trump&rsquo;s 2024 victory to his 2016 win. The difference, he said, was that in the earlier contest, Hillary Rodham Clinton was simply unlikable, and in 2024, Trump was the &ldquo;hand grenade&rdquo; frustrated voters wanted to blow up the swamp.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If America in 2024 didn&rsquo;t have Trump to recognize what was happening and lead the charge, we would have had the nearly impossible task of inventing someone like him. By winning and starting his second term, he&rsquo;s become the most important president in maybe a hundred years. The impact has been positive because he&rsquo;s responding to what angry voting groups wanted and is giving them what they&rsquo;ve been asking for,&rdquo; said the pollster.<\/p>\n<p>On the question of whether Trump&rsquo;s MAGA coalition can stay together, Buchanan suggested an equally emotional candidate could capture the president&rsquo;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Perhaps one of the most provocative lessons of 2024 is that playing it safe is emotionally flat. Candidates who inspire passion (pro or con) were those who took bold stands and painted big visions. In contrast, cautious or bullet-point approaches failed to inspire. This doesn&rsquo;t mean be extreme for extremity&rsquo;s sake, but it means having courage to strike a clear emotional tone. Lukewarm doesn&rsquo;t win hearts,&rdquo; said Buchanan.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, Buchanan cited Kirk, whom he had planned to write the forward to his book before the conservative activist&rsquo;s September assassination at a Utah college.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His success didn&rsquo;t come from superior policy knowledge or political connections &mdash;&nbsp; both of which he had &mdash; but from his willingness to authentically engage with the feelings driving political beliefs,&rdquo; said Buchanan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In what he dubbed the &ldquo;final call of this book,&rdquo; Buchanan said winning in today&rsquo;s world comes down to passion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Embrace the fact that emotions rule and adjust your mind-set accordingly. The old playbook of rationality is obsolete. Whether you&rsquo;re campaigning for president, building a brand, or advancing a policy, make emotional connection your first priority. Issues come and go, but emotions endure and drive action,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump &#8216;most important president in a century,&#8217; says pollster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2517527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP24294746952914.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[67325,68226,68227,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2517526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-20th-century","tag-important-president","tag-presidential-legacy","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP24294746952914.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517526"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517530,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517526\/revisions\/2517530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}