Opinion: A simple taxonomy of 2020 Democrats
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is also a Democratic candidate for president, in Austin on March 9. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 21 at 3:27 PM What do Democratic presidential primary voters want? There’s no one answer, of course.
You probably haven’t heard of a couple of people on that last list, and they’re surely jealous of Buttigieg, who is the mayor of South Bend, Ind. Williamson is a self-help guru, and Yang is an entrepreneur and leader of a nonprofit, so many dismiss them out of hand since they’ve never held public office. Messam, on the other hand, is the mayor of Miramar, Fla., which at 140,000 residents is somewhat larger than Buttigieg’s home city, which has a little more than 100,000.
There’s another factor that makes voters more likely to consider a young person such as Buttigieg, who’s only 37 years old. In the 2018 midterm elections, we saw a wave of new Democrats elected to the House , many of whom were quite young. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the most visible example; at just 29, she’s the star of the freshman House class, not just because she’s media-savvy but because she’s offering ideas meant to challenge the status quo in ambitious ways.
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