GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Loretta Sanchez, Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, 2016, Economic Justice
Document Summary
The 2016 presidential election and the election of donald trump. Immigrants demonized; latinos and muslims alienated; black patronized. Nativism: a key driver of identifying as a republican. President trump was able to unify people into 1 issue. Repiblican primary race pulled to the nativist right. Resonates with republican voters in early primary and caucus states. Opposite of what republican leadership - the dreaded establishment - wanted. Democrats spoke of inclusion, with few specifics. Economic justice message speaks to minority/immigrant concerns. Long and positive history with latinos and african americans / strong ground game. Supreme court ruling in texas v. u. s. Outreach focuses on likely minority voters in battleground states. African american electorate less excited than 2008 and 2012. Latino/asian american anger from primary trump rhetoric. Latino votes narrowed the republican majorities in arizona and. Texas (and prolly won nevada for the democrats. Trump (white) electorate mobilized by increasingly nativist rhetoric. New restrictions on voting potentially dampen turnout in battleground states.
