Buttigieg to focus on converting Trump voters for final week in Iowa

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"The number one issue for voters is defeating Donald Trump and they are doing the math themselves," Sevugan said, noting that a candidate who can woo voters in these counties has a good chance of making up ground in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, all states that will be key in November. "Pete is uniquely qualified to reach out to a broad coalition of voters. He can turn out the base, he can solidify our gains in the suburbs, and he can reach into exurban and rural communities and bring people home."

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"We've got to remember that we're all more than how we voted in the last election," Buttigieg said Saturday night at a campaign stop in Storm Lake. "How you vote in the last election doesn't define you, and this is our opportunity to focus on the future."

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Bobbi Jo Hancock, a 44-year-old teacher from Glenwood, Iowa, told CNN that she grew disillusioned with Trump shortly after voting for him in 2016 and was drawn to Buttigieg when she heard him offer "a presidency where you can turn on the news and have your blood pressure actually go down" -- a familiar line from the former mayor's stump speech.

"I just thought, 'It would be so nice for the country to have that!" said Hancock, who has now seen Buttigieg five times. "He seems to have ideas, he's never seemed to be caught flat footed and I find that reassuring."

More: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/politics/buttigieg-iowa-last-week-strategy/index.html

[No2Trump2]

1. All of our candidates should try to convert Trump voters

Not attack each other

[Cuthbert Allgood]

2. Unless they go on Joe Rogan apparently.

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[No2Trump2]

3. It does us no good if our fight re-elects Trump

[femmedem]

5. Exactly! And welcome to DU.

I love your username.

[femmedem]

4. Especially in areas that swung from Obama to Trump

and have a good number of voters who could potentially swing back if we don't openly scorn them for their 2016 mistake.

[No2Trump2]

6. Thank you and I am distressed by the campaign so far

All the polls say the main thing voters are thinking about is defeating trump. So it makes sense for our candidates to contrast themselves with Trump and say why they are better them him. Not attack and tear down each other.

[MBS]

8. Agreed. n/t

[David__77]

7. That's good.

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