To Trend

[Grant Barrett]

An interesting appearance of "trend" as a verb. I wonder if there's some
conflation with "to tend (toward something."

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/16/campaign.wrap/index.html

"Many Republicans in the state believe Clinton has fallen out of favor
enough at home to give Bush an opportunity there. Still a fundamentally
Democratic state, Arkansas has trended Republican recently. It has a GOP
governor and senator, and two of its four House seats are Republican-held."





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