Abolitionism
Movement to end slavery
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| 2025 | Trump imposed the largest tariffs in American history since World War II, effectively raising taxes on corporations by the largest amount of any Republican president. |
| 2025 | Mitch McConnell stepped down as Senate Republican leader after 18 years (2007-2025), marking the end of the Republican establishment. |
| 2025 | Gallup poll shows Republicans at 46% and Democrats at 45% in party identification and leaning, representing a nearly even split in political alignment. |
| 2025 | Trump and the Republican Party began threatening, signing executive actions, and ordering investigations into political opponents, as described by The New York Times. |
| February 2025 | During the Trump–Zelenskyy meeting, Donald Trump and JD Vance hostilely berated Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
| January 27 2025 | Scott Bessent was confirmed by the United States Senate as Secretary of the Treasury with a vote of 68-29, becoming the second openly gay man to serve in the Cabinet and the highest-ranking openly LGBT person in American history. |
| January 20 2025 | By this date, only 121 out of 293 Republican members of Congress from January 20, 2017, remain, indicating a significant turnover in the party's congressional representation. |
| January 20 2025 | An unnamed Republican president (potentially Ron DeSantis) begins their presidency from Florida. |
| 2024 | Donald Trump expressed support for the commutation of Ross Ulbricht during his presidential campaign. |
| 2024 | Trump wins the presidential election, further cementing the party's shift towards Trumpism and right-wing populism. |
| 2024 | Donald Trump became the first Republican nominee in modern American political history to perform better among lower-income voters than high-income voters in the presidential election. |
| 2024 | Trump won majority-Mormon Utah with a 22% margin, which was notably smaller compared to previous Republican presidential nominees. |
| 2024 | Tulsi Gabbard joined the Republican Party, embracing populist policies. Trump also led a takeover of the Republican National Committee, installing Lara Trump as co-chair. |
| 2024 | The Republican Party officially adopted pro-cryptocurrency policies, originally advocated by the party's libertarian wing. |
| 2024 | No former Republican presidential or vice presidential nominees attended the Republican National Convention, signaling a major shift in party dynamics. |
| 2024 | The Republican National Convention approved a platform that no longer states marriage should be between 'one man and one woman', though it opposed transgender women in women's sports and teaching about LGBT topics in schools. |
| 2024 | The Republican Party's proposed platform called for mass deportation of all illegal immigrants in the United States. |
| 2024 | Trump won the Republican nomination for the third consecutive election and defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, becoming president again and securing a Republican federal trifecta. |
| 2024 | Republican Party platform reaffirms support for Israel, calls for deportation of 'pro-Hamas radicals', and expresses desire for Middle East peace. |
| 2024 | Donald Trump won nearly every state with a significant presence in the Bible Belt, except Virginia, due to the influence of the Democratic-leaning Northern Virginia region. |
| November 2024 | Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent for United States Secretary of the Treasury, who would be the second openly gay man to serve in the Cabinet if confirmed. |
| September 2024 | Donald Trump endorsed the legalization of recreational marijuana during his presidential campaign, marking a notable change in the Republican Party's traditional stance on drug policy. |
| 2023 | An ABC poll revealed majority support (52% of Americans and 75% of Republicans) for the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which prohibited race as a factor in college admissions. |
| 2022 | Republicans begin to hold an edge in party identification polling. |
| 2022 | Despite predicting a 'red wave', Republicans underperformed in elections, winning a narrow House majority but losing the Senate and several state legislative majorities. |
| 2022 | Republicans solidify their edge in party identification according to Gallup polling. |
| October 2022 | Elon Musk acquired Twitter and began sharing far-right misinformation and conspiracy theories, becoming a notable proponent of right-wing populism. |
| 2021 | Right-wing populist movement gained further dominance in the GOP during the early years of Joe Biden's presidency, influenced by the inflation surge and Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2021 | A Quinnipiac poll revealed that 62% of Republicans supported marijuana legalization for recreational use, indicating a significant shift in party stance on drug policy. |
| 2021 | A comprehensive study revealed the Republican Party's congressional voting patterns consistently align with business interests and policies favoring affluent constituents. |
| 2021 | Republicans begin to gain an edge in party identification, ending the Democratic Party's previous long-term advantage. |
| 2021 | A research paper in the International Journal of Maritime History critically assessed the West Africa Squadron, arguing that the Royal Navy was not fully committed to ending the slave trade, with the Squadron representing less than 5% of Royal Navy warships and being inadequate for its vast patrol area. |
| 2021 |
Underground Railroad
Streaming television limited series 'The Underground Railroad' was released, based on Whitehead's novel.
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| 2021 |
Underground Railroad
Maria Esther Hammack completed her doctoral dissertation on runaway slaves at the University of Texas at Austin
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| November 6 2021 | RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announced the creation of the 'RNC Pride Coalition' in partnership with the Log Cabin Republicans to promote outreach to LGBTQ voters. |
| January 20 2021 | Donald Trump's first presidential term ends. |
| 2020 | 35% of Muslims voted for Donald Trump. 52% of Catholic voters voted for Biden. |
| 2020 | The Republican Party platform reused the 2016 platform, retaining statements against same-sex marriage. |
| 2020 | Donald Trump won white voters without college degrees 67-32%, while losing white voters with a college degree 48-51%. |
| 2020 | Declining support for Israel emerges among nationalist Republicans, with figures like Tucker Carlson leading this shift. |
| 2020 | Republican officials increasingly adopted anti-vaccine activism and policy, representing a notable shift in the party's public health stance. |
| 2020 | The breakdown of the income-based voting correlation continued in the presidential election, further disrupting previous demographic voting trends. |
| January 6 2020 | Trump supporters attacked the United States Capitol following a rally where Trump spoke, leading to subsequent political consequences. |
| 2018 | President Trump signed the First Step Act, expanding good behavior credits for nonviolent crimes and requiring the U.S. Attorney General to develop a recidivism risk assessment system for federal prisoners. |
| 2018 | 56% of Mormons supported Trump's presidency, with 76% expressing preference for generic Republican congressional candidates. |
| 2018 | Republican Majority for Choice, an abortion rights PAC, was dissolved. |
| 2018 | Lona Manning published historical novel 'A Marriage of Attachment' featuring the West African Squadron. |
| 2017 | Only 36% of Republicans agreed that free trade agreements were good for the United States, indicating a substantial shift in party trade policy perspectives. |
| 2017 | Republicans reached a historic high point of control, holding 69 of 99 state legislative chambers, 33 governorships, and full government control in 25 states. |
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