I've identified as a leftist for pretty much my entire life. Yet, over the past 5 years or so, I've felt gradually nudged toward the center, and today I find myself closer to the right than to the left. Perhaps it's a mix of the left changing radically and me becoming more conservative with age.
I hold a PhD in history and I'm European. Still, when I turned on the TV this morning, I caught myself hoping Trump would win. The me of five years ago would barely recognize, let alone agree with, the person I am today. And I blame the left for that shift.