{"id":254,"date":"2020-11-14T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2020-11-14T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:09:27","slug":"celtic-connections-reading-the-roots-of-biden-and-trump","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/celtic-connections-reading-the-roots-of-biden-and-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic connections: reading the roots of Biden and Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_mhnov20.png?resize=454%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_mhnov20.png?w=454&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_mhnov20.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_mhnov20.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_mhnov20.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"US203bio\"><strong>Dr Michael Higgins<\/strong><br><br>Heads the Media and Communication programme at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He has published widely on political communications, conflict culture and populism. His most recent books are Belligerent Broadcasting (Routledge, 2016) and The Language of Journalism (2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2020), both co-written with Angela Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_higginscoauthorEshlemanRuss2016.png?resize=454%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_higginscoauthorEshlemanRuss2016.png?w=454&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_higginscoauthorEshlemanRuss2016.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_higginscoauthorEshlemanRuss2016.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Michael_Higgins_-_higginscoauthorEshlemanRuss2016.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"US203bio\"><strong>Prof Russ Eshleman<\/strong><br><br>Head of the Department of Journalism at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University, USA, having formerly been a reporter and Pennsylvania statehouse bureau chief with The Philadelphia Inquirer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_3_candidates.png?resize=400%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_3_candidates.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_3_candidates.png?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"US203\"> Section 3: Candidates and the campaign<\/h5>\n<div class=\"page-list\"><ul class=\"list-group-item\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-245\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/the-emotional-politics-of-2020-fear-and-loathing-in-the-united-states\/\">The emotional politics of 2020: fear and loathing in the United States<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-248\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/character-and-image-in-the-u-s-presidential-election-a-psychological-perspective\/\">Character and image in the U.S. presidential election: a psychological perspective<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-251\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/branding-and-its-limits\/\">Branding and its limits<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-258\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/kamala-harris-bobby-jindal-and-the-construction-of-indian-american-identity-in-political-campaigns\/\">Kamala Harris, Bobby Jindal, and the construction of Indian American identity in political campaigns<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-261\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/stratagems-of-hate-decoding-donald-trumps-denigrating-rhetoric-in-the-2020-presidential-campaign\/\">Stratagems of hate: decoding Donald Trump\u2019s denigrating rhetoric in the 2020 presidential campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/campaign-finance-and-the-2020-u-s-election\/\">Campaign finance and the 2020 U.S. election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-268\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/the-emperor-had-no-clothes-after-all\/\">The emperor had no clothes, after all<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/trumps-tribal-appeal-us-vs-them\/\">Trump\u2019s tribal appeal: Us vs. Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>As elections become more driven by the marketability of the personalities of individual candidates, so increases the emphasis placed on their backgrounds.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/9780203715406\/chapters\/10.4324%2F9780203715406-13\">Personal narratives<\/a>&nbsp;are brought to the fore, invoking a rich inheritance of adversity and triumph. For all that, there has been a lack of sustained attention given to the claimed and projected heritage myths around presidents and presidential campaigns. This gap in the literature is surprising, since national ancestry has frequently been a factor, not just in the image-building around candidates, but also in the negative mobilisation of ethnic and religious belonging. Examples range from the anti-Irish Catholic strains in the campaign against Kennedy to the racist undertones of the \u201cbirther\u201d movement against Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biden in Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In spite of historic anti-Catholic prejudices,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/politics-of-diplomacy\/EE4F8472CBA6BF9981A9DA6CA63144D4\">scholars<\/a>&nbsp;have long highlighted the power of the Irish American vote. In this context, the Democrat candidate Joe Biden has made a virtue of his Irish forebears,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishcentral.com\/news\/politics\/joe-biden-irish-roots-success\">quoting Seamus Heaney in speeches<\/a>&nbsp;and using the first presidential debate to assert an ancestral heritage characterized by tenacity. Indeed, his Secret Service codename is widely named as \u201cCeltic.\u201d Biden campaigners, moreover, established an \u201cIrish Americans for Biden\u201d committee, describing Biden as a \u201cfellow Irish American\u201d and \u201ca friend of Ireland and Irish America\u201d. In Ireland itself, obvious links with previous Democrats are highlighted, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/irish-news\/news\/irish-americans-a-driving-force-in-campaign-to-get-joe-biden-elected-39608938.html\">journalist Niall O\u2019Dowd<\/a>&nbsp;predicting \u201cthe most Irish election since John F. Kennedy\u201d. Also, a hook for a sidebar story was provided by a local relative eccentrically campaigning for Biden in his \u201chomeland.\u201d However, the bulk of coverage in Ireland centres on what importance may be attached to Biden\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/opinion\/commentanalysis\/arid-40073738.html\">\u201c5\/8ths\u201d Irishness<\/a>&nbsp;in securing U.S. votes, and the final weekend of the campaign sees the<em>&nbsp;Irish Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>emphasise the potential of the Irish diaspora in the potential swing states of Florida and Ohio, along with the ultimately significant Pennsylvania. In terms of its utility, Biden\u2019s association with Ireland draws myths around self-betterment, social class and a culture of religious observation. These are discourses that reach beyond the Democrat constituency to appeal to elements of the conservative right, while remaining entangled within complex mythologies around the left-leaning fight for Irish self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump in Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While incumbent President Trump\u2019s ancestral association with Scotland is more palpable \u2013 his mother was born on the Scottish island of Lewis \u2013 the greater focus within Scotland is on his business interests in the local leisure and hospitality sector. While there have been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-94069-4_8\">strained links<\/a>&nbsp;between Trump\u2019s political style and the often rancorous politics of Scotland, the political consensus in Scotland is some way to the left of the President. While Trump has a minority of well-wishes \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/18798998.us-election-donald-trump-support-12-per-cent-scots\/\">a recent poll<\/a>&nbsp;found that 15% of Scots would give him their vote \u2013 Scots media tends to portray Trump disobligingly, as a cartoonish blowhard. In the public sphere more broadly, an iconic image of Scottish comedian Janey Godley bearing a handwritten sign insulting Trump is widely shared whenever there is deliberation of the president\u2019s character. The irreverent humour enabled by Trump\u2019s singular personality and demeanour even extends to conventional news coverage, with local Scottish newspaper the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayradvertiser.com\/news\/18765053.turnberry-hotelier-president-trump-tests-positive-coronavirus\/\"><em>Ayr Advertiser<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em>producing a parodic clich\u00e9 of parochialism in the Trump-related headline \u201cTurnberry hotelier tests positive for coronavirus\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As attitudes towards Trump in Scotland tend to show, shared heritage does not necessarily equate with goodwill, and remains subject to deeper ideological commitments. Moreover, the previous focus by Trump on President Obama\u2019s heritage points to a malign articulation between national origins and deeper cultural and racial prejudices. While discourses of Scots\/Irish origins sit safely within a conservative United States mythology, a more diverse candidacy seem likely to generate more complex and dynamic set of alternatives. Future research should be alert to the shifting racial and ethnic hierarchies within which these heritage claims are circulated and reproduced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Michael Higgins Heads the Media and Communication programme at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He has published widely on political communications, conflict culture and populism. His most recent books are Belligerent Broadcasting (Routledge, 2016) and The Language of Journalism (2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2020), both co-written with Angela Smith. 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