Are Politicians Motivated by Self-Interest?

Pete Buttigieg sat down with 25 undecided voters for a Surrounded debate before the 2024 US Presidential Election. He laid out four core arguments: Donald Trump is running for himself while Kamala Harris is running to improve people’s lives, the economy would be stronger under Harris, Americans would gain more rights and freedoms with a Harris–Walz administration, and crime would continue to fall under a career prosecutor rather than a convicted criminal. How did his case land with voters caught in the middle?

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