SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- As Mayor Pete Buttigieg contends with the fallout from the shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his city, a POLITICO analysis of data from his earlier mayoral elections shows he struggled to win the confidence of the city’s black voters following a series of controversies in his first term.
South Bend Common Council member Henry Davis Jr. speaks during a meeting on Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Emmanuel Community Church in South Bend. | James Brosher/South Bend Tribune Others felt that the mayor's reforms prioritized attracting college-educated professionals to South Bend at the expense of local input from black residents who lived in the corridor between the airport and downtown. And his decision to demote the city's first black police chief — the handling of which Buttigieg calls his "first serious mistake as mayor" — further inflamed tensions between the city's police force and its black communities.
Buttigieg's struggles to nail down the support of South Bend's black voters provide crucial context for his early difficulties winning black backers for his presidential race, an Achilles heel he's tried to address with high-profile events like his sit-down at a Harlem restaurant with Rev. Al Sharpton. Over lunch, he tried to make the case that as a gay man, he understood the pain of those who confront discrimination. But public polling suggests he still has a long way to go.
In this Nov. 3, 2014 photo, South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a presentation ceremony for the newly redeveloped area along Jefferson Street, near Howard Park, in South Bend, Ind. | Robert Franklin/AP Photo/South Bend Tribune "The Chief Boykins debacle was one of the first things that was a clear indicator that he wasn't connected to this community, he wasn't interested in hearing what the community was saying," said Davis. "He was interested in what he thought, and he kept saying what he thought was the best for our community."
To create a sense of urgency, Buttigieg set an ambitious goal for his initiative: the city would tear down or repair 1,000 houses over the course of 1,000 days. But to achieve that goal, Buttigieg needed to quickly spur homeowners into action or otherwise get neglected properties into the city's hands.
This is Pete Buttigieg:
Yeah. About that black homophobia everyone said didn't exist. He came out before his reelection.
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Simple question, Buttigieg or trump?
Indiana voters know Buttigieg is a fake. he is not for Medicare for All, when he says choice. his plan will make less choice for Americas as doctors will say I only take private insur in place of Medicare for All. This is the lie Buttigieg telling Americans. Period. Only Bernie.
For Buttigieg to have chance, needs to go full Soul Man. Needs to Rachel Dolezal that skin of his & go for broke. Powers that be know 2020 is not Dems' year. So need a woman (or gay man) of color to sacrifice for the Trumpslide. Then say Trump won due to racism, sexism.
Should have ran for governor.
The blacks are not going to support a white man, no matter what party he is in! They are all too invested in racial politics and one-up-man-ship.
He’s finished
Such a sad little man......
What a disappointing effort to shape data around a narrative. In 2015 Buttigieg won 78-22%, he won all council districts in the city-- including opponent Davis's--and he won 80 of 85 precincts. With a shift in under 200 votes, he would have won those 5 too.
This is why people get misinformed because they read the hook line but don’t bother to read the entirety of the article which points out his political opponents views & the fact that his homosexuality became an issue to not vote for him. do better at informing people!
“He's not a regular married man like the average person.'Buttigieg's identity as a married gay man could hurt his pitch to black voters nationwide in 2020. Among voters in the 2016 presidential primaries, 41%of black Democrats said they oppose the legalization of gay marriage...”
Once again an article that struggles to make its point and heavily relies -for negative aspects- on the words of the same people (2 of them) who were defeated by Buttigieg in 2015 (Davis) and Preston-Williams (defeated by the candidate endorsed by Buttigieg in 2019).
All three of them dropped their support 🤨
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