मंगलवार, 26 जनवरी 2016

US President Elections: Will Trump Prove to Be 'Modi" Of US?

There is an striking similarities between aggressive campaigning by US Republican presidential front-runner   Donald Trump and the pre-parliament polls BJP prime ministerial candidate  Narendra Modi. For one thing, both relied on their radical conservative image- Modi rapped in saffron color and Trump in "racism' gonna.  Most of Indians won't like Trump and would bat for democratic Hillary Clinton, despite her "simian traits". Trump is successful business magnate, billionaire, socialite,  television personality, and  so on. His career, branding efforts, personal life, wealth, and outspoken manner have helped make him very well-known. But he is also a  'tongue-in-cheek' kind of man with "convenient conscience". Earlier,  he didn't care to vote even in primaries  but now after a year of campaigning he is over confident and seeking votes on anti-Muslim and anti-migrant planks. So much so that the other day he boasted "his supporters would vote for him even if he shoots people". All said and done, he is a smart guy and understands  the psyche of  World most  powerful nation voters. The spread  of world wide terrorism has  deeply dented the mind of people.  And like Indian, most of US ab-original nationals have started feeling alienated from immigrants. Undoubtedly, US is a country of immigrants and the native American now count for minority.  The US  Native Americans are people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation's modern boundaries. These peoples were composed of numerous distinct tribes, bands, and ethnic groups, and many of these groups survive intact today as sovereign nations. After the terror 9/11 terror attack on World Trade Center, the native Americans have started asserting their identity. As the epic-center of terrorism is rooted in Islamic countries, Muslims are now being cornered out in most of Western Countries. US is not an exception. Bizman  Trump  has seen writings on wall and he has started  invoking the racist 'black vs white' . Whites ( constitute the majority, with 77.35% of the population as of 2014. White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or reported as White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Trump is targeting the whites as majority of them are Republican party supporters while most of the "Blacks" are solidly behind Democratic party. Trump racial stance is aimed at polarsing majority  votes, the same way Modi and his saffron party did in India during  Lok Sabha elections. That's why he has called for complete ban on entry of Muslims in US. Despite,  his party not endorsing his stand, he is still sticking to it. His business acumen  guides him to invoke racism at a time White Americans are in deep identity crisis. Now, question is can US voters also swayed away by radicalism as were Indian voters in 2014. US voters are more educated and their past voting pattern doesn't suggest they will. But the way Trump has gained popularity in the last few months and  reached  close to Democratic party  front-runner Hillary Clinton, it speaks for paradoxes of US voters. In India, even BJP poll strategists didn't expect a two-third majority for Modi- an feat even a tall BJP leader AB Vajpayee couldn't achieve, but it did happen. BJP anti-Muslim stance did it as voters were polarized. Will it be replicated in US?