It will now be Buttigieg’s turn to try to transform a surge of positive feeling into enduring support. He has, polls suggest, begun to break through with one group that had eluded him: whites without college degrees. But he is still being virtually shut out among African Americans, the most loyal component of the Democratic coalition.
It is a Buttigieg strength that he is a fresh and intelligent voice well removed from past Democratic fights. But this leaves him without a history that sustains old loyalties of the sort that have benefited Biden and Sanders, candidates nearly twice his age.
Whatever they disagree on, Democratic primary voters are united by their passion to defeat President Trump. The indecision in their ranks reflects their difficulty in deciding who among their current choices can get that job done.
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