Buttigieg has raced ahead in Democratic polls this month, but still struggles to attract the black and Hispanic vote, crucial blocs for any presidential contender, especially a Democratic one.
Pete Buttigieg said Monday night during a CNN Town Hall that incarcerated felons should not be allowed to vote while serving out their sentences.
Democratic Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, of South Bend, Indiana, attends a campaign stop at Stonyfield Farms, in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on April 19. Recent polls are showing Buttigieg is gaining ground with Democrats in the presidential nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire—but not among black voters. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Buttigieg acknowledged the problem. “I think we need to do better,” Buttigieg told CNN. “We’ve got our work cut out for us.” He said he was working on creating a more diverse campaign staff and focusing on issues like housing and criminal justice reform. He also said he would work on “digital organization and reaching out into different media venues.” During a recent trip to New York, he visited hip hop radio station Power 105.1 for an interview on “The Breakfast Club.
“People will always use the most egregious and heinous examples of violence to legitimize the entire social project of prisons,” Clint Smith, author of Counting Descent, wrote on Twitter. “Using the Boston Bomber to ask if people in prison should be allowed to vote only reifies the caricatures of a system that throws millions of people away.”
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