Associate professor of political science and African and African-American Studies; director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences
His research and teaching interests are in race and ethnic politics, legislative processes, state-level politics, Southern politics and comparative urban politics.
Five members of Duke’s political science department provided their predictions for the presidential election at a panel discussion Wednesday. Four of the five professors said they expect Hillary Clinton to win, but low voter turnout could lead to a Donald Trump victory. Clinton supporters “are more animated by the threat of Trump” than by enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate, said visiting instructor Darren Beattie.
Kerry Haynie in Duke Today
Compared to 2008 and 2012, when Obama signs dominated the black community in Durham, Clinton's presence there is so light “you wouldn't even know there was an election,” says a Duke political scientist. "They aren't talking about it with enthusiasm for Clinton but in opposition to Donald Trump. If you're the candidate, you want people to be enthusiastic about you because it might affect turnout.”
Kerry Haynie in U.S. News & World Report
“There’s a sense among many African-Americans that their community is under attack again by Republicans over voting rights issues and civil rights,” says political scientist Kerry Haynie. “It’s a throwback to the 1960s in some respects.”
The Charlotte Observer
In an interview with NPR, Duke political scientist Kerry Haynie says of statewide politics, “This state has come a long way, and to sense that we are sliding back or moving back to an era that we fought long and hard to move away from has motivated me in ways that, you know, I hadn't been motivated in the past.”
NPR
Political scientist Kerry Haynie says Trump needs to back off on name-calling and start appealing to more voters through new policies and details to the policies he’s already promised.
Newsday
Sen. Tim Kaine may help Hillary Clinton win his important home state of Virginia, and other Southern states including North Carolina, says political scientist Kerry Haynie. But, he adds, Clinton needs to go with someone who is more liberal to satisfy the Sanders-Warren wing.
The Charlotte Observer
Donald Trump’s campaign seems to be doing little to counter Hillary Clinton’s attacks on his business practices – and she’s recruiting North Carolina surrogates to spread the message in this battleground state. “For (Trump) to not really have a campaign up and running in North Carolina at this stage is quite troubling,” says political scientist Kerry Haynie.
the Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina will play a lesser role in selecting presidential candidates if the March 15 primary is moved to May or early summer because of legal wrangling over redistricting, according to a pair of Duke political scientists who spoke Tuesday to local reporters.
With North Carolina’s 1st and 12th U.S. congressional districts ruled unconstitutional by a federal court, an appeal of that decision to the Supreme Court will “very likely” delay the state's primary elections to spring or summer, says political scientist Kerry Haynie.
Duke Today
As the Obama presidency draws to a close, the director of Duke’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences weighs in on how his legacy on race will be perceived.
NPR’s “Here and Now”
“Blacks are still elected from districts that are predominantly black. Until there’s a time that blacks can run and win in districts that are not majority-minority, you won’t see significant increases in their representation.”
Governing
