{"id":2188249,"date":"2024-02-27T22:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T03:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-uncommitted-voters-send-loud-message-to-biden-over-israel-hamas-war\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T22:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T03:43:56","slug":"michigans-uncommitted-voters-send-loud-message-to-biden-over-israel-hamas-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-uncommitted-voters-send-loud-message-to-biden-over-israel-hamas-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan&#8217;s undecided voters strongly signal their concerns to Biden regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigans-uncommitted-voters-send-loud-message-to-biden-over-israel-hamas-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2188249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Grassroots Campaign Sends Message to President Biden \u2064in Michigan Democratic Primary<\/h2>\n<p>In the Michigan Democratic primary, President\u2063 Joe Biden emerged\u200b as the \u200bclear winner. However, a grassroots campaign aimed at \u2064expressing dissatisfaction\u2062 with\u2062 his response to the Israel-Hamas war exceeded expectations, highlighting the growing discontent within his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cAssociated Press declared Biden the winner shortly after\u200d the polls closed at 9 p.m.\u200c Although he secured \u200b80% of the vote in an uncontested race, approximately 15% of voters marked \u200cthemselves as \u2064&#8221;uncommitted&#8221; with\u200b about a fifth of the ballots counted.<\/p>\n<p>Led \u200dby Muslim and Arab American voters, the organizers set\u2064 a modest goal\u2063 of 10,000 uncommitted votes, equivalent to the margin of victory in Michigan during\u200c the 2016 election. Surprisingly, \u2063this goal was quickly surpassed.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, four years ago, \u200cBiden received 840,360 votes (53%), while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earned 576,926 votes (36%). Only 1% of Democrats voted as uncommitted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Our\u2063 movement emerged victorious tonight and massively surpassed our expectations,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>posted one organizing group, Listen to Michigan, on Tuesday night. <strong>&#8220;Tens of thousands of\u200d Michigan Democrats, many of whom voted for Biden \u2064in 2020, are\u2062 uncommitted to his re-election due \u2064to the\u2064 war in Gaza.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s primaries, both Democratic and Republican, are the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-breaks-silence-on-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Biden breaks silence on impeachment trial\">nominating contests<\/a> to \u2064be held in \u2062a battleground state before the general election in November. Former President\u2063 Donald Trump easily won the Michigan GOP primary, \u2064receiving\u200c 67% of the vote\u200d compared to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki\u200c Haley&#8217;s \u206428%, with 30% of the vote counted.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple organizations, primarily based in Michigan&#8217;s Arab and Muslim communities,\u200d supported the uncommitted effort. \u200dThese \u2064include the Listen to Michigan campaign, which includes Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) among its proponents. They have indicated that they \u200bare more likely to vote for Biden in the general election. On the\u2064 other hand, the Abandon Biden campaign continues to encourage people not\u200c to vote for Biden, even in November.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to be scared into voting for Biden,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>said Samra&#8217;a Luqman, co-chair of the Abandon Biden campaign in Michigan, \u200cto the Washington\u2064 Examiner. <strong>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a real insult to \u200cMuslims\u2064 in the United States to act as if we don&#8217;t know what\u2062 living through a Trump presidency\u200c would \u200dmean.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Listen to Michigan campaign had hoped for at \u2063least 10,000 uncommitted votes, \u200cwhich\u2064 was Trump&#8217;s margin of victory over \u200bHillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016. In 2020, Biden won the state \u2062by 154,000 votes. To provide\u200d perspective, there are 100,000 Arab Americans in the\u2062 city of Dearborn,\u200d which borders Detroit, and 146,000 American Muslims registered to vote\u2064 statewide.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I was proud today to walk in and\u2064 pull a Democratic ballot and vote uncommitted,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>said Tlaib in a video posted on social media. <strong>&#8220;We must protect our democracy, we must make\u2063 sure that our \u2064government is about\u200d us, about the people.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michigan has seen protest\u2062 votes\u2063 of\u2064 uncommitted voters in the \u2063past,\u2064 including in\u200d 2008 when Hillary Clinton and\u2064 in 2012 when former President Barack \u200bObama faced similar challenges. These protest votes were\u200d in response to Biden&#8217;s\u2063 suggestion of a ceasefire in Gaza the following week.\u2063 In 2008, Clinton received 55% \u2064of the votes compared to\u200c 40% uncommitted. In\u200b 2012,\u2063 Obama received 89% of the\u2063 votes compared to\u200c 11% uncommitted.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about \u200cBiden&#8217;s age, minority outreach, the economy, and the border have \u2062led to \u2062discussions \u200babout the impact\u2064 of uncommitted votes\u2062 on his \u2063candidacy. However, Matthew Grossmann, Director of the Michigan State University Institute of Public Policy\u200b and Social Research, believes that while it is a problem for\u200c Biden, \u2064it may not \u2064be\u200c the biggest challenge he faces within the community in November.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The situation that&#8217;s going on with Israel and Palestine breaks my heart, but I&#8217;m not in agreement with some Democrats, like\u2062 Andy Levin, \u2062suggesting that we vote uncommitted because anything that\u200d can give Donald Trump\u200d an opportunity to become our\u2063 president again is detrimental to my family,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>said \u200dJackie \u2064Kelly-Smith, the Macomb County Democratic Committee&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-democrat-to-introduce-basic-income-plan-to-pay-up-to-5000-city-residents\/\" title=\"Chicago Democrat To Introduce Basic Income Plan To Pay Up To 5,000 City Residents\">black caucus chair<\/a> and a\u2063 retired UAW worker. <strong>&#8220;I\u2062 believe \u200cin a ceasefire, but I also believe in releasing the hostages. I\u200b believe that Israel has a right to protect their land, but I don&#8217;t\u200d believe in genocide.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According \u2062to RealClearPolitics, Trump currently holds a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-super-pac-underscores-former-presidents-israel-record-as-war-rages\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump super PAC highlights ex-president's Israel achievements amid ongoing conflict.\">5 percentage point advantage<\/a> over Biden in head-to-head Michigan polls, with 47% support compared to Biden&#8217;s \u200d42%. \u200bHowever,\u200c this does not account for independent candidates, such as\u200c Robert F. Kennedy Jr. \u2062When considering other candidates, Trump&#8217;s nationwide \u2062lead over Biden increases from 2% to 3%.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has received the endorsement of the United Auto Workers union, a significant political organization in Michigan. However, the state&#8217;s car manufacturing industry has grappled with the president&#8217;s green policies, including his approach to\u2064 electric vehicles.\u200c Trump argues that\u200d rank-and-file members of \u2062the union remain loyal \u200dto him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[Trump] fools our \u2062members, here&#8217;s my point, just like he fools the general public,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>said former Michigan\u2064 AFL-CIO \u200dpresident Mark Gaffney. <strong>&#8220;So we always \u2063had 15, 20% of our members voting Republican, but now with Trump, it&#8217;s as\u200b much as \u2062twice that.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden did not visit Michigan before the primary, instead sending Vice\u200d President Kamala\u200c Harris the week \u2064before. The Michigan\u200c Democratic Party will hold a\u200b virtual call\u2063 with Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), \u2062both Biden\u2063 campaign co-chairs, rather than hosting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-when-the-hateful-think-they-are-the-virtuous\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: When the Hateful Think They Are the Virtuous\">election watch party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1 million Michigan voters cast their\u200d ballots early in 2024, representing a 13% increase\u200b in pre-Election \u200cDay voting compared to 2020. In the 2020 Democratic primary, only 1.6 million voters\u2063 participated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/michigan-democratic-primary-biden-uncommitted\">Click here\u200c to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200c What impact do the uncommitted votes \u2063in\u2064 the primary \u200chave on Biden&#8217;s candidacy, particularly in relation to concerns\u200b about his \u200cage, minority outreach, the economy, and the border? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Commissioner, in an interview with the \u200dDetroit\u200b Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b uncommitted movement in the Michigan\u200b Democratic primary serves as a\u2063 clear message to President Biden that there \u2062is growing discontent within his\u2062 own \u200cparty regarding his response to the Israel-Hamas war. Led by Muslim and Arab American voters, this grassroots\u200b campaign aimed \u2064to express dissatisfaction and highlight the concerns\u200b of a significant portion of the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2063 Biden emerging as\u2064 the clear winner in the primary, with 80% of the vote in an uncontested race, approximately 15% of voters marked themselves as &#8220;uncommitted&#8221; with \u200cabout a \u2063fifth of the\u200b ballots counted. This exceeded the modest goal set by \u2063the organizers of 10,000\u2064 uncommitted votes,\u2064 equivalent to the\u2062 margin of victory in Michigan during the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple organizations, primarily based in Michigan&#8217;s Arab and Muslim communities, supported the uncommitted effort. \u2064The Listen to Michigan campaign, which includes Rep.\u2062 Rashida\u200b Tlaib\u200b among its proponents, indicated that they are more likely\u2062 to vote for \u200cBiden in the general election.\u2064 However, the Abandon\u200d Biden campaign continues\u2062 to encourage people not to vote for Biden, even in November.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of uncommitted votes on Biden&#8217;s candidacy has sparked discussions about\u200c concerns regarding his age, minority outreach, the economy, and the border.\u200b However, Matthew Grossmann, Director of\u2062 the \u200dMichigan State University\u2063 Institute of Public Policy and Social Research, believes\u200d that while \u200bit is a problem \u2062for Biden, it may\u200b not be \u200cthe biggest challenge he \u2062faces within the community in\u2062 November.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan has seen protest votes of uncommitted voters in the past, including during the 2008 and 2012 primaries. \u2063These protest votes were in response to Biden&#8217;s suggestion of \u200da ceasefire in Gaza the following week. In 2008, Clinton received 55% of the\u2063 votes\u200d compared to 40% uncommitted. In 2012, Obama\u2062 received 89% of the votes compared to 11% uncommitted.<\/p>\n<p>While the uncommitted \u2064movement in the Michigan\u2062 Democratic primary may not affect the outcome \u2064of the primary \u2063itself, it sends a\u200d strong message to President Biden. It highlights the growing discontent within his own party and the \u2064need for\u200c him to address the concerns of Muslim and Arab American \u2063voters. As the first nominating \u2064contests \u200cheld \u2064in a battleground\u2063 state before the general election \u200bin November, Michigan&#8217;s primaries serve as an important\u2063 indicator of the sentiment\u200c within the party and the challenges that lie ahead for Biden&#8217;s candidacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEARBORN, Michigan \u2014 President Biden&#8217;s victory in Michigan&#8217;s Democratic primary was overshadowed by a grassroots campaign expressing discontent with his handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Surpassing their target, this movement highlights the increasing dissatisfaction within his own party. 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