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Buttigieg focus groups found being gay “a barrier” for black South Carolina voters
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 22, 2019 11:51am |
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| Category | Focus Group |
| Author | David Catanese |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 22, 2019 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Internal focus groups conducted by Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign this summer reveal a key reason why he is struggling with African-American voters: many see his sexuality as a problem.
The 21-page report, conducted by the Benenson Strategy Group with black Democratic South Carolina voters in mid-July and obtained exclusively by McClatchy, found that “being gay was a barrier for these voters, particularly for the men who seemed deeply uncomfortable even discussing it. … [T]heir preference is for his sexuality to not be front and center.”
While the report stated that Buttigieg’s sexuality was not a “disqualifier” for these voters, some of the focus group participants questioned why Buttigieg even brought it up. |
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