Poll Shows Buttigieg with Zero Percent Support from Black Voters in SC

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg failed to win a single percent of support from African Americans who are likely to vote in the South Carolina Democratic primary, The Hill reports.

The Post and Courier-Change Research poll has former Vice President Joe Biden leading the Democratic contenders among black voters, a demographic that makes up 61% of Democratic voters in South Carolina, with 58%, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with 15%, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., with 12%.

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has not announced a presidential campaign, won two percent. Buttigieg won zero percent.

Buttigieg fared better among white voters in South Carolina, winning 18% compared to Biden’s 38, and coming in fourth overall among the Democratic candidates with eight%.

The Hill notes that the mayor’s lack of support among black voters could be linked to a speech Buttigieg gave in 2015 that recently resurfaced. In the speech, Buttigieg uses the phrase “all lives matter,” which has been used to dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement, while addressing controversial incidents involving police in his city.

He also encountered controversy after South Bend’s first black police chief was awarded a $75,000 settlement from the city after being demoted.

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