In American politics, the Sailer Strategy is a proposal by paleoconservative Steve Sailer to gain political support in the American elections by appealing to working-class white workers by heterodox right-wing nationalist and economic populist positions. In order to do this, Sailer suggested that Republicans support economic protectionism, identity politics, and express opposition to immigration; among other issues. The goal of this is to increase the share of the white electorate, and decrease the minority share of the electorate, with the belief that minority votes could not be won in significant numbers.
The strategy was similar to that used by Donald Trump in the 2016 election, and has been claimed to have been one of the reasons Donald Trump was able to win support from rural white voters.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Due to this, Sailer has been described as one of the most influential conservative thinkers of the 21st century.<ref name=":0" />
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