史上最可能成爲美國總統的gay退選了

Pete Buttigieg has dropped out of the 2020 Democratic primary, according to the New York Times. The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor, the winner of the Iowa caucuses and most successful openly gay candidate in primary history, didn’t perform well enough in Nevada and South Carolina — ultimately leading the candidate to conclude that the fight was over.

《紐約時報》報道，皮特·布蒂吉格退出了2020年的民主黨初選。這位印第安納州南本德市前任市長最初在愛荷華州核心小組中勝出，成爲最成功的公開的同性戀候選人。但他在內華達州和南卡羅來納州表現欠佳，最終這位候選人退出了競選。

Buttigieg’s withdrawal came after a campaign that was, frankly, more successful than anyone first expected it to be. Mayor Pete, as he’s known, was little-known and unqualified by conventional standards — yet managed to win Iowa and come in for a strong second place in New Hampshire before his ultimate withdrawal.

說實話，布蒂吉格退出之前的那場競選活動比所有人最初預想的更成功。衆所周知，皮特市長知名度不高，不太符合正常標準，但卻在愛荷華州勝出，最終退出競選之前在新罕布什爾州名列第二。

The mayor initially surged to prominence in March 2019 through a media blitz (Vox was one outlet he spoke to repeatedly), selling himself as an intelligent and relatively progressive young voice committed to reforming a political system rigged against Democrats. Buttigieg eventually tacked to the center, blasting Medicare-for-all (which he had once supported) in debates and on the campaign trail.

這位市長最初在2019年3月的媒體閃電戰（Vox是他反覆聯繫的一個渠道）中表現很突出，他爲自己打造了一個睿智的、相對進步的年輕人的人設，致力於改革操縱民主黨的政治體系。布蒂吉格最終敗在了中心問題上，他在辯論和競選活動中抨擊全民醫保（曾經他也支持過）。

As his campaign went on, it became clear that Mayor Pete was a candidate with a steady share in the polls and not a flash in the pan — leading to more serious scrutiny from reporters and his competitors alike. The ensuing controversies focused primarily on his checkered record on racial issues while mayor of South Bend, his career as a McKinsey management consultant, and a notably ostentatious fundraiser at a wine cave in California.

隨着競選活動的繼續，很明顯皮特市長在民調中成爲了支持率穩定的候選人，而不是曇花一現。因此記者和對手開始對他進行更嚴格的調查。隨之而來的爭議主要圍繞着他擔任南本德市長期間關於種族問題的錯綜複雜的記錄、他在麥肯錫公司擔任管理顧問的職業生涯，以及在加利福尼亞州一個酒窖裏特別惹人注目的籌款活動。

Overall, it was a record that appealed to a swath of highly educated white voters, but largely failed to expand beyond that. His campaign way overperformed expectations, but ultimately could never make the former mayor quite viable.

總體上來說，這個記錄對受過良好教育的白人選民來說很有吸引力，但影響力很難再擴大。他的競選方式超出了人們的預期，但最終這位前任市長的競選之路還是無法繼續下去。