President Joe Biden won Tuesday night's Democratic primary in Michigan, with 117 contested delegates, but opted for the “non-commit” voting option in protest of the president's handling of the war in Gaza, according to the Associated Press. He faced a campaign urging voters to support him.
Arab and Muslim-American activist groups are looking to send a political message in November to Democratic voters in Michigan who oppose Biden's support for Israel in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamast terrorist attack. He encouraged people to vote against the president in the primaries. Still, Biden won more than 78.8% of Democratic primary voters, with 15.8% support among “noncommitted voters,” and Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips secured support of 2.7%, according to the Associated Press. Reported. projected At the time of writing.
Democratic lawmakers in the state rallied around the “Listen Michigan Voices” movement. motion, which led voters to support the “uncommitted” voting option rather than voting for Biden.Rep. Rashida Tlaib younger sisterLeila Elabd, the group's campaign director, also supports efforts to label Biden's support for Israel as “financing war and genocide in Gaza.”
More than 20,000 individuals supported the “no-commitment” voting option, pushing Elabd past the 10,000-vote threshold for measuring the success of “Listen to Michigan.” The “uncommitted” voting option has received a similar number of votes in recent voting cycles, but only 1.2% of the share. 2020 and 1.8% 2016.
The state has one of the largest Arab-American and Muslim-American populations in the country, with a large concentration of these communities in Dearborn, Michigan. There are about 200,000 registered Muslim voters in Michigan, and about 145,000 participated in the 2020 election, according to the Michigan branch of the state. engageaimed at increasing Muslim voter turnout.
Biden only beat In the last election, he lost to former President Donald Trump by 154,000 votes. (Related: 'Punish Joe': Biden's response to Israel-Hamas war could cost Michigan)
Alba Obeid is urging voters to cast a secret ballot instead of voting for U.S. President Joe Biden outside Dearborn's Maples Elementary School during the Michigan presidential primary. (Jeff Kowalski/AFP via Getty Images)
As a similar initiative, abandon biden The campaign, formed in response to Biden's rejection of calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, is calling on Muslim Americans to vote for someone other than the president. The group is active in Michigan and other battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump also defeated former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in the Michigan primary, 65.5% to 30.2%, according to Associated Press projections. Haley has yet to win a nomination battle, losing to his home state of South Carolina by about 20 points on Saturday.
The Real Clear Politics average Based on a poll conducted between February 13 and February 25, the former president has a 2.1 percentage point lead in the likelihood of a 2024 rematch between Trump and Biden. . Biden is also lagging in several key battleground states, including: michigan.
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