Biden Wins Michigan Democratic Primary, With ‘Uncommitted’ in Second Place

DEARBORN, Mich.—President Biden won the Michigan primary Tuesday evening, but lost votes from some who are angry over his support of Israel’s military campaign against Hamas as he heads toward a re-election rematch against former President Donald Trump in November.

Democratic voters in heavily Arab-American suburbs of Detroit and elsewhere chose “uncommitted” on the ballot in protest of Biden’s foreign policy. With 24% of the ballots in, Biden has 174,949 votes compared to 31,459 for uncommitted. In 2016, Trump won Michigan’s electoral votes by just shy of 11,000 votes more than Hillary Clinton. Biden won the state in 2020 by some 154,000 votes.