Biden’s win was overshadowed by a boycott campaign organized by Gaza cease-fire protesters.
LANSING, Mich.—As expected, incumbent President Joe Biden scored a decisive victory in Michigan’s Feb. 27 Democratic presidential primary.
The Associated Press called the race for President Biden immediately after the last polls closed at 9 p.m. ET.
“My hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a ceasefire,” the president said while eating ice cream at New York’s Van Leeuwen ice cream parlor with late night talk show host Seth Meyers.
“Uncommitted” activists in the state include Layla Elabed, a close relative of left-leaning “Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).
Ms. Tlaib also backed the campaign, saying she was “proud” to vote uncommitted on Tuesday.
The Epoch Times has reached out to Ms. Elabed for comment on the campaign.
President Biden previously won primaries in New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, giving him 90 delegates. His chief competitors, author Marianne Williamson and Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), have so far garnered zero delegates. 117 delegates were at stake in Michigan, [all of which went to President Biden.]
As expected, President Trump won the Feb. 27 Republican presidential primary in Michigan, receiving 65.6 percent of the vote. Ms. Haley garnered just 30.2 percent.
But just 16 out of the state’s 55 delegates to the Republican National Convention (RNC) were doled out based on that vote.
Voters Weigh In
After departing a polling place in Lansing, Michigan, Paul Mink said he voted for President Biden but sympathized with the “uncommitted” voters.
“I understand their feeling behind it, but I disagree with doing it that way because the stakes are so severe if Biden loses,” he told The Epoch Times.
Greg Ondrus, another voter leaving the same polling place, told The Epoch Times he filled in the uncommitted bubble on the Republican primary ballot.
“I’m not a Republican, but that’s what I voted,” he said.
The National Conference of State Legislatures categorizes Michigan’s primaries as open. Voters can get ballots for specific parties without being registered with them.
He said he knew many people who participated in the “uncommitted” campaign on the Democratic ballot.
Mr. Ondrus likes Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) but thinks he’s too old.
“I’d love to see a Buttigieg-AOC ticket,” he said, referring to current Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
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