Pete Buttigieg is more electable than Bernie Sanders — and more progressive than you think

Vox ^ | February 4, 2020 | Dylan Matthews

[C19fan]

The case for Pete Buttigieg is simple: The Democratic Party wins when it nominates young, charismatic leaders who are able to convince people outside the party’s base that Democratic values are their own.

It is a model that drove Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and John F. Kennedy to the presidency. And it could be the model that puts Pete Buttigieg there.

As the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he’s not the most experienced candidate running. And while he would probably be the most left-wing nominee since at least Walter Mondale, he is hardly the leftmost candidate in this primary, and he’s worked hard to differentiate himself from the maximalist platforms of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

[abclily]

Perhaps voters view Buttigieg as the most honest Democrat candidate.

[mykroar]

bahahahahahaha

[MrEdd]

I do not.

In fact, I will assert outright that if Buttcrack were awarded the nomination after what the Democrats are doing with announcing caucus results that do not bear resemblance to who attendees say that they voted for Bernie Sanders will run and Buttcrack would come in third in the general election.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

he can’t win because the Black vote is not supporting him, in fact, they protest him.

Given the 30% favorability Trump has gotten from blacks, a Trump-Buttigieg contest could be a unique watershed election.

[Czech_Occidentalist]

I am not sure. Many moderate white suburban voters, who would never vote for Sanders because of his radical economic views, may vote for Buttgieg to prove their tolerance for homosexuals just like they voted for Obama to prove their tolerance for blacks.