References
Alberta, T. (2020, November 7). The Election That Broke the Republican Party. Retrieved from Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/06/the-election-that-broke-the-republican-party-434797
Tim Alberta, educational background attending Michigan State University receiving a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science.
According to an article written, “Tim Alberta is the chief political correspondent for POLITICO, where his long formwork is often published in the publication’s magazine. Tim is widely recognized as one of his generation’s most skilled political reporters, covering a range of topics, including The Trump presidency; Capitol Hill; the ideological warfare between and within the two parties; demographic change in America; and the evolving role of money in elections. He recently received critical acclaim for co-moderating the final Democratic presidential primary debate in 2019 hosted by PBS News hour and POLITICO. Based in Michigan and tasked with roving widely across battleground states, Tim writes a regular “Letter to Washington,” a 2020 dispatch highlighting stories, trends, and people from outside the political bubble for the political bubbles” (Alberta T. , 2020).
Alberta has written many articles in Politico, MSN, Bloomberg City Lab, The Atlantic, Yahoo Finance, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Yahoo, National Review, Real Clear Politics, Politico Europe, New York Review of Books, Hot Air, Defense One, National Journal, Real Clear Markets, Real Clear Policy, Onet.pl.
This election has taught us how divided our country is, also how the Republican Party is really divided in itself. The party has created its demise, and they’re caught in a complicated place between Trump and the voters. Some of the Republican Party “After four years of turning a blind eye to the president’s subversive rhetoric, manic behavior and relentless dishonesty, the ultimate test for the Republican Party was whether it would accommodate the president’s rebellion against this country’s democratic norm or denounce it” (Alberta, 2020). Some are concerned that their voters might destroy the Republican Party. So, if Trump doesn’t get another four years, their voters’ movement can go against the Republican Party who does not support Trump to retake office in 2021. It was fascinating that the Republican Party picked up House seats but lost the presidency, which is a telling sign. Did the Republican Party voters want to vote Trump out because of his behavior and rhetoric?
The article can establish how the Republican Party is very delicate with their voters. This lesson can help us all in the future by not allowing one person to control their party by leading a potential dictatorship. This is why we have three branches of government and keeping a balance in our Democracy. This will be useful to show how polarized the Republican Party was because of President Trump. These last five years has been a lesson for all in how we conduct Democracy but the real question will there be a change?
Galvin, D. J. (2020). Party Domination and Base Mobilization: Donald Trump and Republican Party Building in a Polarized Era. Retrieved from Northwest Institute for Policy Research: https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/our-work/working-papers/2020/wp-20-18.html
Daniel J. Galvin’s educational background at Yale University, Department of Political Science, receiving a Ph.D., 2006, with distinction, M. Phil, 2003; MA 2002. He also attended Brander’s University, Department of Politics, Legal Studies receiving a B.A., 1999, with highest honors in politics, magna cum laude, 1999.
Galvin has a professional background at Northwestern University and is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 2013-present, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, 2011-present, Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy, 2019-present.
Here are a few of his newest journal articles. There are too many to list: 2020 (forthcoming), “Labor’s Legacy: the Construction of Subnational Work Regulation,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 2020 (forthcoming), “The Political Effects of Policy Drift: Policy Stalemate and American Political Development,” with Jacob S. Hacker. Studies in American Political Development 34, 1 (April), 2020 (forthcoming), “Party Domination and Base Mobilization: Donald Trump and Republican Party Building in a Polarized Era,” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics, (Summer), 2019. “From Labor Law to Employment Law: The Changing Politics of Workers’ Rights,” Studies in American Political Development 33, 1 (April): 50-86.
• Winner of the 2020 Mary Parker Follett Prize for Best Article, given by the American Political Science Association’s Politics and History section.
Galvin seems to have extensive experience in politics and writing, including teaching. His research focuses on developing political institutions, political organizations, and public policy in the United States. His current research examines the changing politics of workers’ rights.
Galvin’s abstract discusses how President Trump is controlling the Republican Party. Trump needed to mobilize his party, and at the same time, he needed to persuade the voters to support his party and ideology. While Trump is intensifying his party with his rhetoric, he is disenfranchising the opposing party delegitimizing it and calling them the enemy. In the meantime, he is challenging our Democracy with the help of his supporters. This is unbelievable in how one person can change the Republican Party to where their core belief is built on lies and deception. Therefore, “Since the 2016 election, President Trump has achieved an unparalleled dominance over the Republican Party. He has also given his party a central role in his reelection campaign and invested heavily in its organizational capacities,” (Galvin, 2020). In order for Trump to achieve mobilization, he needed to ignite his supporters to cause chaos and distraction while challenging the Democratic Party and our Democracy. Trump is setting the stage for his further reelection hoping the momentum will continue with his supporters.
The Democratic Party, fails by allowing, believing and by trusting the Republican Party to do the right thing when there is a change in power. For example, they selected a new Supreme Court judge, and when Obama was at the end of his tenure, the Republican Party said to wait for the new president. Just recently we lost Ruth Ginsburg and the Republicans didn’t want to wait to see who would be the next president. Did the Republican Party have an idea that Trump would lose the re-election? “Although Democratic presidents also asserted control over their party organization, installed loyalists in key positions, and directed party operations from the White House, their approach differed significantly from their Republican counterparts. Crucially, they did not make significant investments in their party’s organizational capacities” (Galvin, 2020).
In the 2020 election, can Trump get re-elected using the same platform as he did in 2016? The strategies he used over the last five years demoralizing people will help him with the black voters. As a result, “If enough African American voters were affected, it could make a difference at the margins in key swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia” (Galvin, 2020). In these swing states are the ones Trump won in 2016.
Jacobson, G. (2020, October 24). Donald Trump and the Parties: Impeachment, Pandemic, Protest, and Eletoral Politics in 2020. The 2020 Election and Trump Legacy, p. 27.
Gary Jacobson is a Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego. His educational background is from Yale University with a degree Ph.D. 1972, study in American Politics and Congress Election. Professor Jacobson has a long-standing history with some political connections related to his degree. He served on the board of overseer of National Election studies from 1985 through 1993.
What has made him an expert? Is it because he studied, taught, and wrote books on this topic? This article is in an academic journal he wrote at the University of California, San Diego. Jacobson’s interest is in American national politics and he is an author of many books related to the congressional election. One of the books is The Politics of Congressional Elections (currently in its 6th edition); The Electoral Origins of Divided Government; and co-author of Strategy and Choice in Congressional Elections, American Parties in Decline. There are additional titles that he wrote. The reason I chose this particular author besides his credentials; an article on page 27, “The 2020 Election and Trump’s Legacy” (Jacobson, 2020). Did Trump set the stage in 2016, leading up to the election in 2020 to get re-elected? Reading this article is very lengthy, realizing there seems to be a process in his Trump rhetoric.
The original question is about Trump’s strategies for voter suppression; and if it backfires, that could cost him the re-election. In a summary of the article, Jacobson wrote it was prepared adequately in stages, according to the author he outlined in subtitles as “Divided Opinion of Donald Trump, Trump’s Effect on Attitudes toward the Parties, Impeachment, Pandemic, and Protest, Trump’s Electoral Effect, The Party Coalitions, and The 2020 Election and Trump’s Legacy” (Jacobson, 2020). The sub-section that is appealing for the annotated bibliography is Trump’s legacy. Trump had such a stronghold on The Republican Party and leaders that his command pigeonholed them. He had taken over the party as no others have in the party’s history and they found it challenging to go against his wishes. Moving closer to the campaign re-election, Trump did not expect the killing of George Floyd, which sparked a protest within the U.S. in addition to the pandemic. The beginning of his campaign was thrown into panic because a few members of the White House, including his wife and Trump, contracted COVID 19. With all of these events happening, recently it turned his campaign inside out. Trump lost control of the campaign, and the rhetoric he used in 2016 did not apply within his party, including some of his voters. The environment was much different then but now, people are experiencing COVID-19, extreme voter suppression, shutdowns and other issues.
The writer’s stance is the demise of Trump’s legacy and the Republican Party for years to come. The writer’s agenda was to show how the stage was set for his re-election in 2020 until the last two years of his presidency. The cracks started to show with the pandemic, riots, police brutality, looting, and destruction in late 2019 and all of 2020. The rhetoric Trump used in the last election was not taking shape nor was the momentum for his re-election platform other than with his die-hard supporters and select members of the Republican Party. According to this source, it showed how Trump planned to lock in his re-election for 2020. Going back to the original question, did voter suppression backfire or succeed for Trump?
Jin, H. C. & Montanaro, D. (2020, November 18). How Biden Won: Ramping Up The Base and Expanding Margin In The Suburbs. Retrieved from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/935730100/how-biden-won-ramping-up-the-base-and-expanding-margins-in-the-suburbs
Connie Hanzhang Jin, educational background at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving her degree in Media and Journalism. Her minor in Computer Science and Studio Art, the field of study communication journalism, and related programs she attended from 2015 – 2019. Honors College, The Daily Tar Heel, St. Anthony Hall Xi Chapter, Associate Graphic Design Editor of Couture Magazine.
Jin’s professional experience with the NPR position in News Apps Design Intern dates from September 2019 until December 2019. She creates graphics for short and long-term stories and projects on a team of six. Also, she is a graphic designer and web developer with D3, HTML, CCS and JavaScript data analysis, visualization, and web design skills duties as an intern position.
Jin worked on this publication with Montanaro. From reading and looking at the article, she had some involvement in the graphic design although it is not clear what her position is in contributions to the article. By reading her education and background, she had studied in graphic and web development.
Domenico Montanaro, educational background at Columbia University- Graduate School of Journalism receiving his degree Master in Journalism Field of Study Broadcast specialization he attended 2005-2007. He attended The University of Delaware Field of Study English, concentration in journalism. Receiving his degree Bachelor and the years attended from 1998-2001. His activities and societies: The review school newspaper, National Society of Collegiate Scholar, and Blue Key Honor Society.
Montanaro’s professional background is at NPR and his current position is Senior Political Editor/Correspondent. He started this position in August 2019 until the present. He writes an analysis of major political events, the White House and presidential campaigns. Montanaro appears on-air regularly for the morning edition and other NPR shows and member stations. The other position he held is Lead Editor for Politics and Digital Audience from March 2015 until the present in Washington D.C. Montanaro led political coverage across platforms and a team that developed and implemented a digital strategy that saw a record in traffic, up more than triple previous highs for political coverage.
His overall total of employment with NPR spans five years until present. Montanaro received Emmy in 2008 academy of Television Arts & Science. Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form again in 2010 nominated for outstanding live coverage of a current news story. In 2001 Robert P. Kelly Award New Jersey Press Association was first awarded to the best first-year reporter in the state.
How did President-elect Biden successfully win the vote against President Trump? It seems that his campaign was focused on inner-city, suburban voters and disenfranchised minorities. As a result, to his “Based on an NPR analysis of the more than 3,000 counties, it was, in fact, mostly a base election with some key persuasion in Democratic-leaning suburbs that went for Joe Biden by wider margins than they did for Hillary Clinton in 2016” (Jin, H. C. & Montanaro, D., 2020). Looking back at Arizona, the 2016 election, Trump received 1,252,401 votes equal to 48.1% of the state, and Clinton received 1,161,167 votes equal to 44.6% an article in the NY Times Election Results (2016 Arizona Results, 2017). In the 2020 election for Arizona, Trump 1, 239,000 votes equal to 46.8% versa Biden 1,372,000 votes equal to 51.8% an article written in Newsweek “Did Donald Trump Win Arizona in 2016?” (Morris, 2020). President Trump’s total numbers went slightly down by 13,401 and 1.3%, so Trump did not pick up any new voters overall. The issue in the last election was that the voters did not want Trump or Clinton, so they didn’t vote at all. So Biden out preformed by 210,833 voters and 7.2% over Clinton in 2016. In some of the states that Trump won in 2016, the only difference is Biden running against him, so the voters felt he was the better choice of the two. The issues I have always felt strongly about when other people critique work of others, many forget the facts need consideration when making assessments. It’s easy for others outside to formulate their opinion without having and gathering all facts to make a solid opinion. I know from experience being in mid-level management that decisions are based on facts at the current time. Like the current president’s actions doing different things on national TV, it has no fact base other than his response of not thinking his thoughts thru. Looking at all of the states Trump won in 2016 and the states he lost in 2020 to make a comparison will show a story just like Arizona.
Putting together a report of the states that Biden won in 2020 election against Trump and making some comparisons to 2016 election Clinton versa Trump will be an eye-opening to see the total voters and the percent. I do not believe that there was voter fraud across all of these states. Is there any such thing that it does happen? Sure! No system you implement has a guarantee. Taking a look at both the election and the surrounding environment is entirely different today than in 2016; establishing the difference between the two elections will have different results. Sometime the Democrats are too lax with the Republican Party and they don’t push back when necessary.
Kaczynsk, A. (2020, October 27). Kayleigh McEnany once praised Biden as a ‘man of the people’ who resonates with “middle class” over ‘tycoon’ Trump. Retrieved from CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-biden-2015/index.html
Andrew Kaczynski attended college at Ohio University but got involved with political reporting and then transferred to St. Johns University to study early American history. He enrolled in online courses to meet his degree requirement but did not eventually graduate.
Kaczynski is an American journalist reporter. His occupation is an Investigative reporter. In December 2011, he started working with Buzz Feed. He appeared on many news channels C-Span, PBS, Fox News, NPR, MSNBC, and CNN, where he later joined as a journalist in 2016.
Kaczynski was named by Time “The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013.” The Daily Beast was awarded “Beast Best” for his Twitter feed. The New York Magazine in 2014 called him one of the 13th most influential tweeters in New York City. David Weigel, a political reporter, called him “the Oppenheimer of archival video research. Politico named him one of the breakout stars of the 2016 election. He was nominated for the Shorty Award for the best journalist in 2017.
Kaczynski found a news clip of Kayleigh praising the former Vice president Joe Biden. I am paraphrasing that “most people like Biden echo with many middle-class voters.” She proceeds with an interview on CNN in 2015 talking about how Biden could win an election against President Trump. If there were a runoff, according to “Kayleigh McEnany once praised Biden as a ‘man of the people’ who resonates with “middle class” over ‘tycoon’ Trump” (Kaczynsk, 2020). Now, five years later the press secretary McEnany is defending President Trump.
Roy, A. (2020, November 9). No, Trump Didn’t Win ‘The Largest Share Of Non White Voters Of Any Republican In 60 Years’. Retrieved from FORBES: https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2020/11/09/no-trump-didnt-win-the-largest-share-of-non-white-voters-of-any-republican-in-60-years/?sh=5d06bc064a09
Avik Roy’s educational background at Yale University School of Medicine, 1993 until 2000, and he attended Massachusetts of Technology studies molecular biology from 1990 to 1993. Other schools attended Detroit Country Day School and Keystone School.
His professional experience is being a Managing Partner at Roy Healthcare Research from January 2012 until the present. His employment duration is 8yrs 11 months with the company Roy who provides healthcare investment and policy research.
He has been the president of The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity from July 2016 to the present. He is a Co-founder of a think tank that conducts original research on expanding economic opportunity to those who least have it. Web: FREOPP.org
Roy also works for Forbes as a policy editor from January 2018 until the present. His position is Policy Editor for Forbes, with responsibilities for managing Forbes contributors who cover public policy and as Opinion Editor January 2014 until January 2018. The Position he also had as Opinion Editor for Forbes Magazine and Forbes.com, responsible for managing over 140 Opinion contributors.
Accordingly to his profile on LinkedIn, Roy’s work has been praised widely on both the right and the left. The National Review has called him one of the nation’s “sharpest policy minds.” The New York Times’ Paul Krugman described him, as a man of “personal and moral+- courage.” Roy is the author of How Medicaid Fails the Poor, and Affordable Health Care for Every Generation: A Patient-Centered Plan for Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency.”
The Republican Party has struggled with the minority parties since the early thirties. In an article that “No, Trump didn’t win ‘The largest share of non-white voters of any Republican in 60 years” (Roy, 2020). In many of his speeches, Trump has degraded the minority groups and tried to disenfranchise them in any way he could. It would not surprise anyone that Trump did not get many voters from this group.
Looking at the minorities who voted for Trump and he receiving 12% which was surprising, this can be an opportunity for The Republican Party to bridge the gap; maybe it is a good idea to start mending and building a rapport within the minority groups.
Using this source can be secondary to support the main claim. This report is storytelling, but this can help the Republicans improve in this area to gain new voters. However, they will need to rebuild trust, especially in the black and Hispanic communities.
Siders, D. (2020, July 11). Trump gets some good election news: GOP voter registrations outpace Dems. Retrieved from Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/11/trump-voter-registration-355152
David Sider’s professional background is as a National Political Correspondent at Politico from October 2016 until the present. He was also a reporter for The Sacramento Bee June 2010 until October 2016 and The (Stockton) Record January 2004 until June 2010. He graduated from Northwestern University 1998-2002, receiving his degree in B.A., Journalism. He attended The University of Westminster, receiving an M.A. in Journalism. He has a profile on LinkedIn and a Twitter account with a long history of writing articles that cover political stories. This particular article is talking voter registration for the GOP and Democrats during the pandemic for the 2020 election.
An article was written on July 11, 2020 on how the pandemic could play a role for the Democrats and the Republicans. Will this play a vital role that could help or hurt them in the 2020 election? Although “Late last month, the Democratic data firm TargetSmart found that while new voter registrations had plummeted amid the coronavirus pandemic, those who were registering in competitive states tended to be whiter, older and less Democratic than before” (Siders, 2020). Will this affect the voter turnout at the election polls. The Democrats had to take a closer look at how they could reverse the declining trend for registration. Their anticipation expected registration to pick up as the Democrats got closer to Election Day. However, the Republicans had gained some voter registration but will this be enough at the election booths? They are watching their numbers too. The writer’s stance discusses the Republicans and Democrats’ voter registration four months before the 2020 election. Can either party achieve their goals by increasing new voters for their party? Using this source will help break down demography for each party by voter age, race, and the rhetoric in the last four years of voter suppression did it help either party?
Vance, J. (2020, November 4). Trump’s 2020 election strategy is to desensitize America to brazen GOP voter suppression. Retrieved from MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/trump-s-2020-election-strategy-desensitize-america-brazen-gop-voter-n1246369
Joyce Vance is an American Lawyer. Her educational background began in 1982 from Bates College receiving a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude and continues her education at The University of Virginia School of Law in 1985, earning a Juris Doctor. She worked in various law areas combating terrorism, public corruption, crime, Medicare fraud, and civil rights enforcement. President Barrack Obama appointed Vance to the U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 until 2017. With her professional work experience, she can identify corruption and knows how the law would apply.
Reviewing this article on MSNBC had some appeal to the U.S. current situation regarding the election process with the American people desensitized by Trump. The publication authority on the topic can resonate with the majority of American people over the last four years. Interestingly, this article is how the GOP is upfront in the voter’s face about voter suppression, so it is critical to incorporate this article.
President Trump is not a favorite or popular with some of his constituents. The tactics he uses such as voter suppression are real. Can the voter overcome this type of suppression at the polling booths? After all “Trump’s 2020 election strategy is to desensitize America to brazen GOP voter suppression” (Vance, 2020). The interesting fact is that since we are in the middle of the pandemic; let us make it easier for the voters to feel at ease for having the option to have mail-in ballots or going to vote in person. At some point, both parties would have to agree for the safety of the voters. Now the election process is over, and The Republican Party is trying to suppress the new rules by going to court to reject those counts. As Trump was trying to stop the counts, President-elect Biden told the American people to be patient and let the election system do its job. Over the last four years, Trump has used a tone as no other president has ever done. By desensitizing Americans, he planned to conquer and his conquest in your face rhetoric that polarizes voters. Before the election, Trump was sure he was going to win in a landslide. It was amazing to see how Trump worked hard to discredit Biden and his supporters, yet the voters had determined the outcome as they knew a change was needed. The writer’s agenda is telling the American people how Trump has polarized his voters and The Republican Party with his unlined agenda. I agree with Vance on how he almost conquers the U.S.
Waldman, P. (2020, May 18). Republicans are serious about voter suppression. Here’s how to stop them. Retrieved from Washingtonpost: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A624313217/OVIC?u=ivytech7&sid=OVIC&xid=b9dfeee0
Paul Waldman is an American writer. He was an opinion writer for The Washington Post. Before his current position, Waldman was a writer for Plum blog, and an advocacy group edited online magazine. He is also an author of many books, including many news clips related to politics. He attended Swarthmore College, receiving a B.A. in Political Science and The University of Pennsylvania, receiving a Ph.D. in Communication.
In this publication, “Republicans are serious about voter suppression. Here’s how to stop them” dated May .18, 2020. In a recent article, Waldman wrote, “Trump’s strategy to have the courts steal the election for him lies in tatters.”
If the courts have found the Republican Party engaging in voter fraud, what are the penalties for the violation if this? Despite “The efforts are bolstered by a 2018 federal court ruling that for the first time in nearly four decades that allows the national Republican Party to mount campaigns against purported voter fraud without court approval. The court ban on Republican Party voter-fraud operations was imposed in 1982, and then modified in 1986 and again in 1990, each time after courts found instances of Republicans intimidating or working to exclude minority voters in the name of preventing fraud. The party was found to have violated it yet again in 2004” (Waldman, 2020). It seems that the court does find them guilty of voter fraud/ suppression and how it can be a claim for an argument by both parties discussing the seriousness of the violation. So the Republicans send in “security personnel” in the Democratic areas by challenging the voters. This happening will cause a delay to discourage the voters in those areas. The other tactic for Republicans, they would do gerrymandering. In Wisconsin 2018, they received 64 percent of the seats in the state Assembly. Waldman talks about the platforms given to the GOP with voter suppression that could turn the votes, especially in Democratic areas.
On the other hand, Democrats pushed back with the public’s attention concerning outrage of the Republican rhetoric in the campaign ad against them. Now, Trump is using the Supreme Court to try and steal the election. Using this source can be an argument about how Republicans used voter suppression, but the Democrats turn their own words against them.
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