President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term. Every successful modern presidential campaign has been built on the notion of addition, winning over voters beyond core supporters. The
1 / 5TrumpPresident Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term.
"I do think I am winning the political fight," Trump declared at the White House."I think I am winning it by a lot." That approach is likely to face significant headwinds in those three key battleground states that he won by a combined 78,000 votes in 2016. Democrats will be far more aggressive in targeting female and minority voters. Most analysts agree that the potential universe of Democratic-leaning voters is larger, if they turn out. Trump is betting they will not.
"They are now the top, most visible members of the House Democrats, who are now wedded to this bitterness and hate," Trump boasted on Twitter. Trump's allies say they think many voters, both Republican and Democratic, are cool to the"woke culture" of 2019, just as they were to the focus on political correctness in 2016.
Veering sharply away from the inclusive tone GOP leaders called for in 2012, groups charged with electing Republicans up and down the ballot in 2020 have embraced Trump's fiery style and message, which has long relied on demonizing immigrants and minorities.The share of Americans who say the country's openness to people from around the world is"essential to who we are as a nation" is shrinking, according to a new Pew poll.
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