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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.

《纽约时报》报道，皮特·布蒂吉格退出了2020年的民主党初选。这位印第安纳州南本德市前任市长最初在爱荷华州核心小组中胜出，成为最成功的公开的同性恋候选人。但他在内华达州和南卡罗来纳州表现欠佳，最终这位候选人退出了竞选。

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.

说实话，布蒂吉格退出之前的那场竞选活动比所有人最初预想的更成功。众所周知，皮特市长知名度不高，不太符合正常标准，但却在爱荷华州胜出，最终退出竞选之前在新罕布什尔州名列第二。

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.

这位市长最初在2019年3月的媒体闪电战（Vox是他反复联系的一个渠道）中表现很突出，他为自己打造了一个睿智的、相对进步的年轻人的人设，致力于改革操纵民主党的政治体系。布蒂吉格最终败在了中心问题上，他在辩论和竞选活动中抨击全民医保（曾经他也支持过）。

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.

随着竞选活动的继续，很明显皮特市长在民调中成为了支持率稳定的候选人，而不是昙花一现。因此记者和对手开始对他进行更严格的调查。随之而来的争议主要围绕着他担任南本德市长期间关于种族问题的错综复杂的记录、他在麦肯锡公司担任管理顾问的职业生涯，以及在加利福尼亚州一个酒窖里特别惹人注目的筹款活动。

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.

总体上来说，这个记录对受过良好教育的白人选民来说很有吸引力，但影响力很难再扩大。他的竞选方式超出了人们的预期，但最终这位前任市长的竞选之路还是无法继续下去。