Buttigieg Barnstormers Flock to Iowa to Boost Candidate

[left-of-center2012]

Wearing their team’s colors of blue and yellow, they arrived here from around the country at their own expense to support the Democratic presidential bid of Pete Buttigieg. Barnstormers for Pete, a grass-roots effort organized online, helped give the mayor of South Bend, Ind., one of the biggest cheering sections at a closely watched Democratic Party event Friday. Members of the group are planning to show up again in Iowa and other states early on the nomination calendar.

Mr. Buttigieg has seen a recent growth spurt in his polling nationally and especially in Iowa, where he is selling his credentials as a Midwesterner with a more moderate message than Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders ahead of the Feb. 3 caucuses.

A Quinnipiac University poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers released Wednesday showed him at 19%, just below Ms. Warren at 20%. Mr. Sanders was at 17%, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 15%.

Mr. Buttigieg received stronger support among those 50 and older.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/buttigieg-barnstormers-flock-to-iowa-to-boost-candidate-11573128000

[democratisphere]

1. Iowa. Rigged BS.

[blm]

3. Iowa voters didn't like it when Dean supporters did that in 2004.

The campaign might want to rethink that strategy.

[brooklynite]

4. Every campaign brings in outside volunteers

Good campaigns make sure they're trained to talk about local issues.

[blm]

5. I know that, but, surely you recall the blowback in 2004.

The Dean crew went a bit overboard to the point where Iowans started to resent their enthusiasm, earnest as it was.

Hopefully the Pete team will keep that in mind.