Racial, religious and ethnic minority voters delivered the presidency and Congress to Republicans in 2024. From Koreans in Queens to border community Tejanos and Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles, key voter groups swung decisively to the right, delivering a popular vote victory to President Donald Trump. These trends have forged a less racially polarized, and more economically polarized, national electorate. And these first-time Republicans have ushered in a new GOP — one that is more working-class and diverse than anybody alive has ever witnessed.

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This report examines Pennsylvania’s political realignment by highlighting three of the most rapidly transforming areas of the commonwealth — areas that illustrate the larger state of play in American politics, and define a path forward for Republican elected officials and campaigns to understand and build on the shifts reshaping our politics.