President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have won the Michigan primaries, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men.
Michigan will hold its primary election today making it the last early state to vote before Super Tuesday.
Michigan will hold its primary election today making it the last early state to vote before Super Tuesday.
Michigan will hold its primary election today making it the last early state to vote before Super Tuesday.
Michigan will hold its primary election today making it the last early state to vote before Super Tuesday.
President Joe Biden handily won the Michigan primary Tuesday night, but still faced protest votes over his handling of the war in Gaza.
Critics of the president have protested the Israel-Hamas war across the state, which is home to a large Arab American population. However, it remains unclear if the “uncommitted” ballot option Tuesday, which organizers urged Democratic voters to choose to send a message to Washington, will garner enough votes to earn any delegates at the party’s national convention this summer.
On the Republican side, former President Donald Trump again romped, easily beating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley, though, showed once again that an unignorable minority of Republicans aren’t thrilled about the prospects of a third consecutive Trump nomination.
Here are three takeaways from the results Tuesday night in Michigan.
Biden was expected to win Michigan’s primary, but the growing effort to get progressives to vote for the “uncommitted” option on the ballot sparked speculation over what his margin would be.
With About 49% of the estimated vote tallied at publication time, the president had nearly 81% of the vote, with uncommitted stuck at just over 13%, a substantial enough margin to easily avoid a worst-case scenario for Biden’s campaign.
Sensing the threat posed by progressive critics, Biden and his allies looked to finish strong in the home stretch of campaigning.
A friendly pro-Israel group had rolled out advertisements urging Democrats to vote for the president rather than for uncommitted, and Biden himself said in an interview that aired Monday night that a ceasefire in Gaza could be days away. And while the president and vice president themselves didn’t campaign extensively in the state, Gretchen Whitmer, the popular Democratic governor, and her political action committee held several events backing the president just this month.
