The president has long taken a hardline stance on unrest across the nation, which could win back voters ahead of November.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Yuma International Airport August 18, 2020, in Yuma, Arizona. He has brought issues of law and order front and center to his speeches.She said the message that Democrats approve of the unrest might be"starting to land," which could tempt back center-right voters who were unsure where to go in 2020.
"We know that if a protest is largely peaceful, but there is one window smashed in or store looted, that is what voters will see over and over again—and a lot of voters will give a Trump a longer leash and the benefit of the doubt for him to stamp that out," he said. Heye said it is unclear if the points Trump is raising will receive more attention nearer the election."But if there is any more unrest in the streets, Trump is poised to capitalize on this as an issue," he said.David Barker, professor of government and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, thinks the messaging could have an impact—though it also risked moving some voters away from Trump.
He said"race-baiting language" around discussions of law and order could prove divisive."The politics of race—and race-baiting language around 'law and order'—have changed radically since Nixon, Reagan and George HW Bush used it in their national campaigns. It is even quite different than it was just a few years ago," Barker said.
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