Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Pete, what were you thinking? [View all]Celerity
(43,372 posts)ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, profession, etc) and if you felt insecure, then it could be seen as not speaking to your concerns.
It also was not good messaging as it was projected into the face of a 'change election'. It literally could be perceived as saying the status quo was already great, when for a very very diverse group of people it was not.For example, A-A voting levels cratered from not just 2012, but from even 2004 levels, see an extensive discussion of that here ( https://www.democraticunderground.com/128736610#post18 )
The dialectic was moved from what we could do to make peoples' lives better to a 'we are not them' and attempts to shame or outright bait (basket of deplorables) when then boiled down into a food fight and many people felt like it was no long about them, they were being talked past, not talked to. Buttigieg never ever went after Sec. Clinton on a personal level, it was a critique of the messaging of the campaign.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden