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The US president won Michigan easily, but early results showed strong support for voting to protest his Gaza policy.
US President Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan, according to projections, but early counts show he faces significant opposition over his support for Israel's war in Gaza. It has been shown.
In Michigan, a state with a large Arab-American electorate, Democratic voters were urged on Tuesday to mark their primary votes as “unconfirmed” in protest of Biden's Gaza policy.
According to Edison Research, when 10% of the Democratic Party's estimated votes were counted, Biden's approval rating was 79%, with the “non-committal” approval rating at 16%.
Michigan regularly offers a “non-commit” option as a way to question whether a nominee has the support of the party's base.
It is unclear how many of those votes were in protest of Biden's Gaza policy.
Meanwhile, according to forecasts, Donald Trump won by a large margin in the Republican presidential primary in the state, with his last remaining rival, Nikki Haley, coming in a distant second place, leading to the party's white The push to secure the House nomination has further strengthened.
When 8% of the estimated Republican votes were counted, Mr. Trump's approval rating was 64% and Ms. Haley's approval rating was 32%, according to Edison Research.
Michigan is expected to play a decisive role in the head-to-head US presidential election on November 5, which is likely to be a rematch between Biden and Trump.
It's a battleground state that could swing to either side.
In the 2020 election, Biden defeated Trump in Michigan by just 2.8 percentage points.
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