'...there are a lot of kids—especially in the lower income, minority neighborhoods—who literally just haven't seen it work. There isn't somebody they know personally who testifies to the value of education,' Buttigieg said in 2011.
In South Carolina, the first Southern state to hold a presidential primary, less than one percent of black voters surveyed said they would vote for Buttigieg in a recent poll by Quinnipiac University. That's compared to 44 percent support for Biden, 10 percent for Senator Bernie Sanders and 8 percent for Senator Elizabeth Warren, while 20 percent of black voters remained undecided in the state.
At the same time, 60 percent of black voters in the survey said they hadn't heard enough to form an opinion on the former mayor in a separate question. On July 11, Buttigieg introduced a plan to increase diversity in the classroom by implementing regulations like new rules around the use of Title II funds for recruiting and training teachers of color, according to the campaign. It's a part of a larger strategy, dubbed theDemocratic presidential candidate Buttigieg speaks during the Nevada Democrats'"First in the West" event on November 17 in Las Vegas.
"Mayor Pete, you're looking adorable tonight in your little suit," said SNL's Melissa Villaseñor as Rachel Maddow, a host on MSNBC."You're polling at zero with black voters. Any idea why?" asked Villaseñor.
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