‘Uncommitted’ push in Minnesota scores 11 delegates

President Biden easily won the Minnesota Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, but the state party said he won enough support in the protest vote to win 11 delegates to the national convention.

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party announced Wednesday that Biden had won. 64 out of 75 possible participants The “no commitment” voting option received 11 votes in the state, indicating the strength of voters’ dissatisfaction with the president over the Gaza war.

The Minnesota results follow a “dedicated” push in which Biden won at least one delegate in Michigan last week, even though he easily won that state’s primary.

The Hear Michigan campaign was pushing for a preliminary protest vote to send a message to the incumbent president about the Israel-Hamas war, choosing the “non-commit” voting option instead of Biden. . Many progressives and Arab Americans are outraged by the administration’s actions during the conflict, and organizers of the “No Commitment” movement hope Biden will turn the screws and change course.

The success of Michigan’s campaign fueled third-party hopes and motivated Biden’s critics to try to replicate the results in other states’ primaries. At the same time, broader “abandon Biden” efforts will likely turn voters away from the incumbent in the general election.

Biden campaign officials acknowledged Michigan’s efforts, saying the team worked hard to capture every vote and that Biden was working for peace in Gaza. Biden won there with more than 80 percent of the vote, while “non-committals” received about 13 percent with more than 100,000 votes, according to Decision Desk headquarters.

Biden won the Minnesota primary with 70% of the vote. According to the latest tally “Non-Commitment” on the other hand, garnered more than 45,000 votes, reaching about 19 percent, outperforming Biden’s leading challengers.

The effort also showed success in other Super Tuesday states, with tens of thousands of votes cast for the “no preference” option in North Carolina and Massachusetts. The president touted a string of victories on Tuesday night, but it also hints at weaknesses within his party as Biden seeks re-election in what is likely to be a rematch with former President Trump in November. There is.