America's tectonic shifts

America witnessed tectonic shifts in politics and society in 2024 that will reshape elections, business, culture and the nation for years to come.

• X displaced Fox News as the most powerful platform for Republicans.
• Elon Musk and tech billionaires emerged as lasting, public forces in U.S. politics.
• Traditional media power waned and fragmented profoundly.
• Immigration and energy debates shifted in a decidedly conservative direction.
• A loose bipartisan consensus on China and domestic industrial policy hardened.
• Unfathomably high deficits are largely irrelevant to both parties.
• Hispanic voters are the most potent, fastest-growing swing group in U.S. politics.

The future of politics and information will never be the same. It'll play out on new platforms—featuring new, powerful billionaires and info stars, fighting over a reordered political landscape in which misinformation thrives.