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Was there (enough of) a protest vote in Michigan [1]

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Date: 2024-02-27  

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.

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There was a Democratic effort to get Michiganders to vote “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza. And on the Republican side, Haley has pressed the idea that the GOP base’s continued reluctance to fully embrace Trump makes him a liability in November.

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. Then, “uncommitted” got about 11 percent. That was a much lower turnout race, though.

Another thing to remember is that the 2012 nominating process featured lots of substantial performances for “uncommitted.” The option got 42 percent in Kentucky, 21 percent in North Carolina, and between 11 and 14 percent in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Maryland and Massachusetts, in addition to Michigan.

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