However, although on March 1, 2020 he stated on NBC’s "Meet the Press" that, “Every day we are in this campaign is a day that we have reached the conclusion that pushing forward is the best thing we can do for the country and for the party,”<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-march-1-2020-n1141381</ref> on the same day the New York Times and other sources reported that Buttigieg had decided to drop out of the Democratic race, after a steep loss in the South Carolina primary (8.2%) showed a poor performance with black Democrats and an inability to build a broad coalition of voters.<ref>Reid J. Epstein and Trip Gabriel (March 1, 2020). [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-drops-out.html Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race]New York Times. Retrieved, March 1, 2020 </ref> | However, although on March 1, 2020 he stated on NBC’s "Meet the Press" that, “Every day we are in this campaign is a day that we have reached the conclusion that pushing forward is the best thing we can do for the country and for the party,”<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-march-1-2020-n1141381</ref> on the same day the New York Times and other sources reported that Buttigieg had decided to drop out of the Democratic race, after a steep loss in the South Carolina primary (8.2%) showed a poor performance with black Democrats and an inability to build a broad coalition of voters.<ref>Reid J. Epstein and Trip Gabriel (March 1, 2020). [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-drops-out.html Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race]New York Times. Retrieved, March 1, 2020 </ref> |