"Donald Trump took full advantage of a racial backlash to the presidency of Barack Obama. He successfully rebooted and gave new life to the Southern Strategy 2.0 – which rallied white voters on the back of heightened racial animosity.
The president-elect’s campaign of coded, “dog whistle” language worked to consolidate a solid 58% majority of white voters. His successful rise was fueled by many things: the fact that there is a black man in the White House, America’s steady advancement towards becoming a majority-minority country and the fact that minorities are flexing their political muscles.
His supporters turned to him, in part, because they feared that the political will of the white voter in this country no longer ruled the day. This backlash was fueled by fear of an America where minorities are becoming the majority...."
Trump is the inevitable backlash to an Obama presidency | Cornell Belcher | Opinion | The Guardian
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