His ascent is driving a wedge between Iowa progressives. Warren supporters I talked with in the state told me that, while they may not find Buttigieg sufficiently progressive on certain issues, they're dazzled by his intellect and attracted to his folksy charm. Most Sanders backers, though, tended to feel the opposite: Buttigieg, they told me—with his elite education, his moderate policy positions, and his appeals to Donald Trump–wary Republicans—represents everything that's wrong with the current Democratic Party.
Nationally, roughly 14 percent of Warren supporters have said that Buttigieg is their second-favorite primary candidate, according to the most recent data from Morning Consult. But only about 3 percent of Sanders backers said the same. In Iowa, the contrast is even more stark. Some 20 percent of Warren supporters in the state said their next choice would be Buttigieg, according to a new poll from Civiqs and Iowa State University, compared with 3 percent of Sanders backers.
"Nobody was surprised by Biden being a conservative, neoliberal jackass," says Caroline Schoonover, a Sanders supporter and the co-chair of the Central Iowa Democratic Socialists of America. For someone who appears to share broadly the same ideology as Biden "but brands themselves as 'new' like Pete, it's kind of more gross."
I guess you could say that Pete is a divisive candidate who touts endorsements that haven't been made
As I mentioned a few weeks ago Pete is spending a big chunk of his money into Iowa and New Hampshire, while also investing 2 million in ad buys in South Carolina. He has already eaten away from Biden's support in Iowa/NH and recently it seems Warren's support is also being effected. She needs to invest a lot more into either Iowa or New Hampshire because she can't afford to allow Pete to win both. As examined a few weeks ago Biden is heading for a 4th place in Iowa and 4th place in New Hampshire. I don't think his campaign will recover. Pete has won out so far, so Biden's campaign really needs to attack him in the coming weeks and also do a lot more in Iowa/NH in order to not be 4th or worse. Warren needs to do the same. Momentum going into to be key factor for Warren beating out Biden and Pete. She needs to focus all of her efforts to come out top in both places.