Why Do Young Voters Hate Mayor Pete?
This writing is "stolen" Why Do Young Voters Hate Buttigieg? The answer is not as complicated as it seems Mark Weiss Follow Dec 16, 2019 · 6 min read South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Derek Thompson of The Atlantic recently wrote a piece in which he theorized about why young, progressive voters appear to loathe Pete Buttigieg. The 33-year-old journalist was puzzled as to how we haven’t gravitated to Mayor Pete on the basis of age alone: This level of is vitriol is confusing [sic], for several reasons. Buttigieg, 37, would be the youngest elected president in American history. Nobody ought to vote for Buttigieg (or anyone, for that matter) just because they almost share a birth date. But one might think that historic youthfulness would be enough to buy him at least, say, three whole percentage points of the national youth vote. I’d like to first call attention to the obv