'Every time my party has actually won in the last 50 years, it's been with a nominee who represented something new,' Pete Buttigieg told hereandnow. 'A new generation, a voice from outside Washington ... somebody who is new on the national scene.'
showed the former mayor winning 2% among black Democratic-leaning registered voters.
In the competitive field, the 38-year-old Afghanistan veteran stands out because of experience considering his age and his status as a Washington outsider, he says. “I'm not running because I'm interested in being president someday,” he says. “I'm running because this moment calls for what I have to offer.”“Well, you know, the relationship that I have has obviously been formed over months rather than decades. So there's stiff competition among voters who want to have a very pragmatic sense of a candidate who can win. But I do believe that we have what it takes in order to be competitive in South Carolina and in the other early states, too.
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