With one week to go before the presidential election, momentum seems to be decisively shifting away from Kamala Harris and to former president Donald Trump.
Journalists Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag are calling it “an epochal realignment of American politics” and say that toxic femininity and wokeism are what’s turning the tide in Trump’s favor.

Just a few weeks ago, a Kamala Harris victory seemed near-inevitable. Today, it appears unlikely. Whatever happens Nov. 5, toxic femininity and Wokeism are driving men, Jews, Billionaires, and Muslims away from the Democrats. We’re on the cusp of an epochal political realignment. pic.twitter.com/UOqXxSx3dQ

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 26, 2024

In an article published on Public, Shellenberger and Gutentag say that Trump is seeing increased support from men, billionaires, Muslims and Jews who have been driven away from Harris and the Democrats by toxic femininity and wokeism.

Among the indicators that the political tides are turning is the growing public support for Trump’s immigration plans which has forced Harris to move back toward the center.

Shellenberger and Gutentag point to the fact that, in under 24 hours, more than 20 million people viewed Joe Rogan’s three hour interview of Trump where taboo subjects like the JFK files were discussed.

They point out that Harris struggled to clearly answer questions put to her in a CNN town hall meeting with Anderson Cooper.

Meanwhile, Harris’s closing argument as to why she should be elected president came off as desperation as she devolved into calling Trump a fascist and Hitler sympathizer.

The best evidence that this claim is not being taken seriously by the public can be seen in the growing number of black, latino and young male voters telling pollsters that they’ll be voting for Trump in larger numbers than in 2020.

Trump also has drawn endorsements from several Arab and Muslim leaders and has narrowed Harris’s lead among Jewish voters.

Shellenberger and Gutentag also mention Trump’s growing support among the elite class, including billionaires like Elon Musk and Bill Ackman, many of whom were either Democrats or previously had voted for Biden.

One reason they give for the growing rejection of Harris is the populist backlash against the mainstream media at a time when public concerns over free speech are second only to concerns about immigration.

The journalists concede that next week’s election could still go either way but they also note that, even if Harris wins, she will not have a mandate to pursue her progressive agenda.

Shellenberger and Gutentag say the 2024 election may go down in history as having demonstrated a significant realignment of the electorate where Republicans gain and maintain a majority by capturing greater support from those who were driven away from the Democrats by woke policies.