Buttigieg in first place in New Hampshire poll, making him the target in tonight’s debate

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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) has come under increasing fire as he has surged to the top of polls in Iowa and New Hampshire ahead of tonight’s Democratic presidential candidate debate. The polls matter because both states will be the first to cast votes in the Democratic presidential primary.

The most recent New Hampshire poll, taken from a survey of 512 voters by the state’s Institute of Politics at Saint Anslem College, shows Buttigieg as the preferred candidate among 25% of voters. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) both follow him as the preferred candidate among 15% of voters each.

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The same poll showed that 65% of voters have a favorable impression of him, compared to 39% for Warren and 31% for Biden. Among the poll’s 255 participants who’ll vote in the February 11, 2020, New Hampshire primaries, approximately 23% believe he’d make the best president over Warren (17%) and Biden (14%).

This chart from the New Hampshire Institute of Politics shows the shift of voter preferences from April 2019 to September 2019.
This chart from the New Hampshire Institute of Politics shows the shift of voter preferences from April 2019 to September 2019. the New Hampshire Institute of Politics

However, while “Buttigieg is benefiting today from his strong positive image,” the New Hampshire Institute of Politics says, “he will likely have to convince voters that he has a good chance of beating Trump in order to consolidate his new support.”

A recent Iowa poll conducted by the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom found that 25% of likely Democratic caucus-goers say that Buttigieg is their first choice for the Democratic nomination, a wide margin above Warren (16%), Biden (15%) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (15%).

Three recent gaffes haven’t tripped up Buttigieg’s rise so far

Most recently, Buttigieg was criticized for using stock photo of Kenyan woman to promote his plan to address U.S. racism, blasted for a 2010 video in which he said he had a lot in common with Republican Tea Partiers, and pooh-poohed for a portrait he took at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial.

When Buttigieg released “The Douglass Plan” in July 2019, “a comprehensive and intentional dismantling of racist structures and systems,” the plan included an image of…

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