Minnesota Democrats Use Uncommitted Vote to Protest Biden’s Gaza Policy

Published on March 6, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—“Uncommitted” did not win the Democratic presidential primary election in Minnesota, but the protest vote against President Joe Biden was noticed and highlighted division within the party. A sizable 19 percent of Minnesota’s Democratic voters, 45,752 people, went to the polls Tuesday to vote “uncommitted” and express dissatisfaction with President Biden’s performance. President Biden managed to win 170,726 votes, earning 70 percent of Democrat votes. Minnesota is a firmly blue state that has been electing exclusively Democrat candidates in presidential races since 1972. Yet, far more people voted on the Republican ticket, giving former President Donald Trump 231,489 votes, or a 69 percent slice of the Republican vote. Republican challenger Nikki Haley, with 96,621 votes, had 28 percent....

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