Analysis: Nikki Haley’s astute, doomed assessment of American politics
Being racially “different” is offered by Haley in her announcement video clearly to position her as standing outside of the historical White-Black line of racial tension. It’s a presentation of race that’s meant to appeal to Republicans who want to treat racism as sufficiently addressed, who want to insist that the United States is now colorblind.
But consider the results of the 2020 election. The only racial group to prefer Trump to Joe Biden was Whites. Trump did as well as he did — losing the popular vote by a wide margin but the electoral college vote more narrowly — in part because Whites are vastly overrepresented in the electorate. White Americans made up 57 percent of the population in 2020 but 72 percent of the presidential vote, according toof turnout. By contrast, Hispanic U.S.
about such an outreach effort. But it’s clear that a nominee like Haley — a woman who isn’t White — could bolster the idea that the Republican Party isn’t primarily the domain of White men.“It’s time for a new generation of leadership …” , but the framing of Haley as young instead of old — contrasting her with Trump, who turns 77 this year — is an effort to get ahead of a trend that hasn’t yet taken root within the GOP.
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