Monday, July 25, 2016

How Trump Nod Could Cause Record Muslim-American Voter Turnout

Donald Trump will cast a long shadow in September when Muslims across the U.S. gather to celebrate Eid al-Adha, known as the Feast of Sacrifice.

Now that Trump, whose anti-Muslim rhetoric has punctuated the campaign season, has secured the Republican presidential nomination, his candidacy could propel Muslim-Americans to head to the polls and vote against him.

"The rhetoric that Trump is putting out there is creating a lot of mobilization," said Amaney Jamal, a politics professor at Princeton University who has studied Muslim American political participation and voting behavior.

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