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TRUE: The biggest loser of election 2020: Identity politics. For five years, Trump has been subj?

By Glenn Reynolds

TRUE: The biggest loser of election 2020: Identity politics.

For five years, Trump has been subjected to a daily barrage of attacks branding him as a racist. Democrats ran heavily against his immigration stances, and the media tried to tie him to white supremacists. And yet, instead of seeing his share of the nonwhite vote dwindle, it increased.

Politics occurs at the margins. Trump?s improved performance with key Democratic constituencies has surely kept him competitive. In several of the key swing states, Democratic chances hinge on their ability to pile on votes from nonwhites, and they did not get the margins they wanted. And this all happened in spite of this summer?s wokeness marathon, which, in hindsight, appears to be mostly a media creation and not something sincerely felt by members of racial minorities.

Most Americans just want to get on and live their lives. Only a few shrieking neurotic upper-class White People, and those grifting off of them, take this stuff seriously.

Related: The best news from last night was Trump?s gains with minority voters.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 05, 2020 (boomark / email).