The openly-gay mayor says he is running a values-focused campaign and has been slow to roll out many detailed policies.
The Navy veteran talks a lot about how to reframe the concepts of freedom, security, and democracy as progressive values and reach voters in the Midwest.
Policy-wise, Buttigieg has focused on democratic reforms, including ending gerrymandering, expanding political representation for Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, getting rid of the Electoral College, and reforming the Supreme Court.
He supports a public option rather than Medicare-for-all, and has said he doesn't support free public college for all Americans.