President Biden sailed to victory in Tuesday’s Minnesota Democratic primary, but he was once again vexed by thousands of voters who marked themselves as “uncommitted.”
With 95% of the expected vote tabulated, 70.5% of voters backed Biden while 19.0% went uncommitted, according to a tabulation by The Associated Press.
Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War.
Last week, more than 101,000 Michiganders — 13.2% of the Democratic primary — went “uncommitted” in protest of the lack of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
In Minnesota, more than 45,000 marked themselves “uncommitted” — a number greater than the margin by which Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the state in 2016.
While Michigan is home to the largest Arab-American community in the US, Minnesota’s Twin Cities boast a large Somali-American community as well as a surplus of college-educated white progressives who are more likely to advocate for the Palestinian cause.
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