According to Decision Desk Headquarters, President Biden has won the Democratic primary in Illinois.
Biden has already reached the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination, but a win in the Prairie states could add as many as 147 delegates, according to Decision Desk Headquarters/The Hill tracker. It is said that there is.
The incumbent easily defeated front-runners Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Rep. Marianne Williamson, but asked Illinois voters to leave their Democratic ballots blank. , also faced state pressure to write “Gaza” on the ballot. As reported by chicago sun times.
Progressives and Muslim Americans are organizing preliminary protest votes in several states amid dissatisfaction with the administration’s handling of the war in Gaza. The initiative first made headlines in the Michigan primary last month, and has since been followed up in states such as Minnesota and Hawaii.
Biden won the Democratic race in Illinois, and former President Trump is expected to win 64 Republican delegates for a rematch in 2024.
Mr. Biden defeated Mr. Trump in Illinois in the following points: Approximately 17 points In 2020.
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