Pete Buttigieg, the two-time Mayor of South Bend city of Indiana and the former Democratic presidential hopeful, wrote in his book Trust that the election system in America is flawed and can be fixed only if citizens trust it and elect people committed to fixing it.
Trust came out a month before the US presidential election. Though he claimed that it was not an election book, its subtitle America’s Best Chance sent out a clear message to the voters that now is the time to get the flaws fixed.
The results are out and Buttigieg might want to add that the citizens trusted the right people to fix the system. But considering the fact that the results are challenged like never before by the rival candidate, Donald Trump, Buttigieg will have to ask himself why nearly one half of America didn’t vote for his party.
While the voter turnout this time, one of the highest since 1900, has vindicated the author’s belief that trust is key to the electoral system, it is time Democrats introspected why they failed to win the trust of so many voters despite the raging coronavirus pandemic and the widely prevalent negative perception about the Trump administration.
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