More than 100,000 voters in the Michigan Democratic primary cast ballots for “uncommitted” instead of President Biden on Feb. 27 due to his handling of the ongoing Israel–Hamas conflict, according to reports.
President Biden won Michigan’s Democratic primary election with 81.1 percent of the vote, with the Associated Press calling the race for President Biden immediately after the last polls closed at 9 p.m. ET.
However, roughly 13.3 percent of Michigan voters cast a ballot for “uncommitted” in the primary—making up around 100,995 of votes cast—with over 98 percent of the estimated votes counted, according to results compiled by the Associated Press.
The votes followed a weeks-long push by Arab and Muslim community leaders behind the “Listen to Michigan” campaign, which hoped to reach at least 10,000 “uncommitted” votes in the Democratic primary in an attempt to send a clear signal that some voters strongly reject President Biden’s “funding war and genocide in Gaza.”…
