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‘Uncommitted’ Vote Still Plagues Biden Despite Sweeping Tuesday Primaries

FILE - This combo image shows President Joe Biden, left, Jan. 5, 2024, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Voters in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2024 presidential primary race.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have already clinched their parties’ presumptive presidential nominations, so neither candidate faced real competition.

However, Democratic voters in New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin were encouraged to vote “uncommitted,” “uninstructed,” or leave the ballot blank in protest of Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas.

Trump held a campaign rally in Wisconsin Tuesday evening, his first in the state of the 2024 election cycle as he seeks an edge over Biden in their November rematch in the crucial swing state. Trump also made a visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier in the day,

Delaware canceled its GOP presidential primary race, originally set for Tuesday, after Trump became the presumptive nominee upon former Republican candidate Nikki Haley dropping out of the race. Biden was the only candidate to file for the Democratic primary in the First State. Due to a lack of a contested race on the Democratic side, no primary was scheduled.

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