5 Takeaways From A Sweeping 2024 Super Tuesday

It’s not just Michigan.

Just a week after proponents of a permanent cease-fire in Gaza got more than 100,000 Michiganders to cast ballots for “uncommitted” rather than for President Joe Biden, the movement pulled off a similarly impressive feat in Minnesota.

With more than 95% of ballots counted, “uncommitted” had received nearly 46,000votes in Minnesota’s Democratic presidential primary ― more than 19% of the total votes cast ― while Biden was leading with 171,000. Since Michigan is a bigger state, “uncommitted” actually got a smaller percentage of the vote there (13%)than in Minnesota.

Pro-Palestinian activists in Minnesota, frustrated with the Biden administration’s support for Israel as it bombards the Palestinian territory, began organizing in the state only in the past few days, using a budget of about $20,000 to reach people through online channels .

Crossing the 15% threshold entitles “uncommitted” to at least one delegate at the Democratic National Convention in August.

It’s not clear if this spells real trouble ― or any trouble at all ― for Biden in November. Appearing on CNN, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said the Democratic Party needs to take protest votes “seriously.”

“Their message is clear that they think this is an intolerable situation and that we can do more, and I think the president is hearing that,” Walz said, while also predicting of the protest voters: “We’ll get them back in November.”

Here are three more takeaways from the Super Tuesday primaries, at least the ones where races have been called. (California likes to take its time.)

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