No millennial bump for Buttigieg, but hints of broad appeal
Pete Buttigieg would like to turn the fight for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination into a contest about generational change. But theres one looming problem: He has yet to win over his own.
His lack of any ample base of support, even among his fellow millennials, is a central challenge of the 37-year-olds long shot bid to rise from mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to the nations highest office. He plays well across a broad spectrum of Democratic voters, but in small fragments that have left him an intriguing candidate stuck in single digits in national polls.
There was hope for Buttigeig in a Register poll in June that showed his overall viability footprint measuring Iowans listing him as their first or second choice, or merely considering him closely trailed the surveys top choices: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sanders and Warren.
If you look at the history of successful Democratic nominees, they tend to be younger, they tend to be from outside, David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama said, referring to Obama and Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. The question is whether the overhang of Donald Trump creates a different environment where people are risk-averse and reaching for comfort and stability.
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