{"id":2209293,"date":"2024-03-29T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urged-to-leave-ballot-blank-in-rebuke-of-biden-by-working-families-party\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T16:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:07:39","slug":"democrats-urged-to-leave-ballot-blank-in-rebuke-of-biden-by-working-families-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urged-to-leave-ballot-blank-in-rebuke-of-biden-by-working-families-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Families Party calls on Democrats to abstain from voting as a form of protest against Biden"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fdemocrats-urged-to-leave-ballot-blank-in-rebuke-of-biden-by-working-families-party%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=2209293&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--><p>The New\u2063 York Working \u200cFamilies Party calls on Democratic voters to leave their ballots blank in protest of President Joe Biden&#8217;s actions regarding the Gaza war. This initiative seeks to pressure Biden to use his influence to\u2063 end the conflict. The movement mirrors a growing \u200dtrend of protest votes against Biden, echoing sentiments of dissatisfaction with his handling of international matters. The New York Working Families Party\u200c urges Democratic voters \u200cto abstain\u200c from voting as a protest against President Joe Biden&#8217;s handling of the Gaza war,\u2063 aiming to push him to act decisively\u200d to\u200b resolve the conflict. This call reflects a broader trend of protest votes targeting Biden, highlighting discontent with his\u2063 approach to international issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A third-party group is urging Democratic voters to leave the ballot blank during the Empire State\u2019s primary in protest of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> Working Families Party announced Friday afternoon that it is \u201cencouraging Democratic voters to #LeaveItBlank to pressure President Biden to use his full leverage to end the war on Gaza\u201d ahead of the Monday primary in New York. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This latest move is part of a campaign against the president, whom left-leaning members of the Democratic Party have lambasted over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAbandon Biden\u201d movement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2917809\/warning-signs-flash-for-trump-and-biden-that-could-hobble-them-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gained traction<\/a> during Michigan\u2019s primary last month, where more than 101,000 people cast an \u201cuncommitted\u201d ballot. The movement then spread to some Super Tuesday states and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>During the March 19 primary, Biden lost <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/kansas\/?r=17721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15%<\/a> of the vote in Kansas to \u201cNone of the Names Shown\u201d (10%), author Marianne Williamson (3.4%), and Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) (1.2%).<\/p>\n<p>The Working Families Party\u2019s \u201cLeave It Blank\u201d campaign is the latest instance of the protest vote Biden is facing ahead of his November rematch against former President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>The group is urging Biden to \u201ccorrect course\u201d after accusing Israeli leaders of killing and starving Palestinian families living in the Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Hamas\u2019s attack on Oct. 7 took the lives of more than 1,200 Israelis, Netanyahu\u2019s army has killed 30,000 Palestinians, including over 13,000 children,\u201d the Working Families Party wrote on X on Friday afternoon. \u201cCurrently, one million people in Gaza are facing starvation because Netanyahu is preventing the flow of humanitarian aid.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since Hamas&#8217;s attack on Oct. 7 took the lives of more than 1,200 Israelis, Netanyahu&#8217;s army has killed 30,000 Palestinians, including over 13,000 children. Currently, one million people in Gaza are facing starvation because Netanyahu is preventing the flow of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NY Working Families Party (@NYWFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYWFP\/status\/1773769794451320865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The war has created tensions among the Democratic coalition that Biden desperately needs to win reelection. Arab, Muslim, and young voters have particularly been incensed by Biden\u2019s hesitation to support a permanent ceasefire during the Israel-Hamas war. <\/p>\n<p>Protesters have repeatedly interrupted Democratic leaders on the campaign trail, with the latest instance happening at a star-studded fundraiser Biden held in New York on Thursday with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. <\/p>\n<p>Ceasefire protesters have also interrupted GOP campaign events, including a Trump rally. <\/p>\n<p>Yet the issue is more salient on the Democratic side, which includes the sole Palestinian American member of Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). <\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Democrat did not vote for Biden during her state\u2019s primary and urged Democrats to vote for the \u201cuncommitted\u201d option. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving your ballot blank is how you can lean into your democratic power and pressure President Biden to correct course,\u201d the Working Families Party urged on X. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Biden, however, is expected to win the heavily blue Empire State after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>But the protest votes pose a serious issue his campaign will need to address in an election year where every vote is important and third-party meddling could cost either Trump or Biden their reelection bids. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Working Families Party calls for Democratic voters to leave their ballots blank in the state&#8217;s primary to protest President Biden&#8217;s actions on the Gaza war. 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