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Many Democrats Decide Uncommitted is Better Than Biden

Unsurprisingly, many Democrats in Michigan are so against Joe Biden that they would cast an uncommitted vote.

Many voters are voting uncommitted based on Biden’s stance on the war in Gaza, hoping he will reassess his stance prior to the general election in November.

The Washington Post provides a few in depth statistics of the voting in Michigan:

More than 100,900 Democratic presidential primary voters (13.3 percent) were uncommitted after 98 percent of the votes had been counted early Wednesday. In the last two presidential elections, the number of uncommitted Democratic primary votes in Michigan has hovered around 20,000, and not passed 2 percent of the total vote.Here’s what to know.

In the last two presidential elections, uncommitted voters have represented a fraction of Democratic primary voters in Michigan — 1.2 percent in 2020 and1.79 percent in 2016, according to state data. An exception is 2008, when Hillary Clinton was the only major Democratic presidential candidate to appear on the primary ballot in Michigan and supporters of other candidates, including Barack Obama, used thesame strategy to oppose her. Some 40 percent of Democratic primary voters voted uncommitted that year. During Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, 20,833 Democratic primary voters (10.69 percent) voted uncommitted.

Many people may be wondering, what exactly is an uncommitted vote, and why do they matter?

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An uncommitted vote indicates how many voters within a party would be reluctant to vote for the party’s candidate in the general election.

The Washington Post continues to add more about what the uncommitted votes could mean for Biden:

For Biden, the uncommitted vote in Michigan serves as an alarm bell for his prospects in this year’s presidential election. The growing discontent among a group of voters who might normally have voted for Biden means these voters may choose not to vote at all in November, or to vote for a different candidate. In Michigan, a purple state, that could help tip the balance toward the Republican Party candidate.

On the other end of the political party, President Trump dominated the polls, both within his party and compared to Biden.

CBS News has more on the voting breakdown:

With 62% of the vote counted, Trump led with 67% to former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s 27%. Haley, fresh off her defeat in her home state of South Carolina, has vowed to stay in the race through Super Tuesday on March 5.

On the Democratic side, with 85% of the vote counted, Mr. Biden has 81% of the vote. While he did not have any challengers, there was an effort launched by Arab and Muslim Americans to vote “uncommitted” in the primary as a protest of his policy toward Israel. With 85% of the vote reported, “uncommitted” had passed the 100,000 mark with 101,050 votes, or 13%.

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Overall, it is great to see President Trump leading handily in a state that he lost in the previous election.


 

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