| | Former [[Obama]] [[Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign|2008 Presidential campaign]] manager [[David Axelrod]] tweeted after Buttigieg's announcement to run: {{quotebox|“Crowd seems very large, very impressive but also very [[white]] — an obstacle he will have to overcome. And by obstacle I mean deficiency.}} | | Former [[Obama]] [[Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign|2008 Presidential campaign]] manager [[David Axelrod]] tweeted after Buttigieg's announcement to run: {{quotebox|“Crowd seems very large, very impressive but also very [[white]] — an obstacle he will have to overcome. And by obstacle I mean deficiency.}} |
| − | His overwhelmingly white crowds were especially noticeable during his four March 23 events in [[South Carolina]], an early primary state where 28 percent of the population, but 55 percent of the Democratic electorate, is Black. Buttigieg polled stronger among voters who are white, earn more than $100,000 a year, are college educated and self-identify as “liberal” or “very liberal.” | + | His overwhelmingly white crowds were especially noticeable during his four March 23 events in [[South Carolina]], an early primary state where 28 percent of the population, but 55 percent of the Democratic electorate, is Black. Buttigieg polled stronger among voters who are white, earn more than $100,000 a year, are college educated and self-identify as “liberal” or “very liberal.” When asked in a private meeting about his support from African-American leaders in South Bend, the mayor couldn’t think of one person. Rep. [[Marcia Fudge]] (D-OH), the former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said “I don’t know of one black person out of Indiana that supports him.” Fudge said he depicts a sense of “arrogance” and “entitlement.”<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-buttigieg-has-a-black-problem-top-african-american-leaders-say-he-is-naive-on-race?source=twitter&via=desktop</ref> |