What Makes Trump's Victory So Historic?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Trump, however, becomes the first Republican president to be elected to nonconsecutive terms.
60% : Instead, Trump won a historic victory that became clear shortly after midnight.
54% : The political Left may be likely to remind Americans that Trump is the first convicted felon to win the presidency.
54% : At age 78, Trump also becomes the oldest president to be elected.
51% : Trump is only the second president in U.S. history to win two nonconsecutive terms.
41% : Endorsements and support from figures such as entrepreneur Elon Musk, activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and comedian-podcaster Joe Rogan apparently attracted voters to Trump who otherwise might have chosen to back another candidate, or not vote at all.
36% : Although Musk, Kennedy, Rogan, and Trump himself promote many conservative policies, they are a far cry from the Republican Party of 50 or 60 years ago.
27% : Early Wednesday morning, Americans not only learned that Trump had won the electoral vote but the popular vote, which eluded him in 2016 and 2020.

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