Michigan primary voters on Tuesday gave President Biden and former president Donald Trump unsurprising and lopsided victories that will hasten their respective marches to their party’s nominations. Late Tuesday night, Biden was leading “uncommitted” 80 percent to 15 percent, while Trump led former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley 67 percent to 28 percent. [...]There was a Democratic effort to get Michiganders to vote “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza. The raw number of people voting for that option was substantially higher than it was in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Michigan primaries, when around 20,000 people picked “uncommitted” each time. But the actual percentage was only modestly higher than it was in the last Michigan primary featuring an incumbent president, in 2012.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2024 04:16 UTC