Richard Hanania, founder and president of the Center for Study of Partisanship and Ideology, broke down why voters who previously voted for former President Obama chose to vote for President Trump.
“I mean it’s not as simple as Barack Obama’s race and his name and his background,” Hanania told Hill TV’s Rising. He noted that between 2008 and 2016, racial and cultural issues became more salient.
“[Obama] also did a lot of things to sort of downplay these fears like for example being a little bit tougher on illegal immigration than say Hillary [Clinton] or Biden would be. And then, Republicans were playing up the immigration issue,” he said. “And then, Republicans were playing up the immigration issue.”
Hanania added that voters across the midwest, less college-educated white voters, college-educated white voters and some minorities hooked on to Trump, who was heavily against political correctness.
“It’s not a cultural thing,” Hanania said. “It’s not about Obama’s background and who he is, it’s also the positions people take.”
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