More than half a million people have cast protest votes against President Biden’s support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza in Democratic primaries across the country.
According to The Nation, 530,502 people voted “uncommitted” or “uninstructed” where it’s available on the ballot. The movement started in Michigan, a significant swing state, where over 100,000 people voted “uncommitted.”
Last week, 48,091 votes were cast for “uninstructed” in the Wisconsin primary. The turnout far exceeded organizers’ expectations, as their goal was to secure 20,682, the margin of victory for Biden in Wisconsin for the 2020 election.
The opposition to Biden was strongest in the area of Wisconsin where University of Wisconsin–Madison students reside, historically a Democratic stronghold. In that area, 30% of voters cast ballots for “uncommitted,” something Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) called “a big, f**king deal.”
The campaign has caused fear among Democratic strategists that Biden’s support for Israel’s genocidal war, which has killed over 33,000 Palestinians, will cost him come November. President Biden’s campaign events have also been frequently interrupted with protesters calling him “genocide Joe” for his support for the Israeli campaign.
Voting for the Republicans or Democrats, is voting for more War, they are in it to enrich themselves and don’t care about our Republic. We need Third Party Candidates, who are antiwar, anti-spending, Constitution First and not aligned with any Foreign Country. Being “Uncommitted”, should mean never again, the Two Zionist Parties need to implode.
It hasn’t mattered whom we elect for many decades. “Democracy” in the USA is a complete sham at the national level. Perhaps this is why conservatives have always focused on local control.
I say dump the worthless SOB.
Luckily, Democrats have the Super delegates to overrule any noise coming from the peasant class.
This is a growing opportunity to make a new country with a capital nearer the center. Political parties have proven they are not the answer.
If your state does not have a line fie someone else or nobody, write in friends or pets. The difference between how many voted and candidate totals will say we the people are sick and tired of being sick and tired of war mongering idiots unconcerned about people or the environment.
Weird how all you crackpots love Hamas and the killing of almost 2000 Jews. Bunch of communist terrorist loving antisemites. Hitler would have loved you.
That is the tip of the iceberg.
What is so political about mass murder? Murder is murder in an absolute sense! Those Palestinians being murdered in Gaza are human beings, not pawns on a chess board. Anyone who treats them as pawns should be at the end of a rope!
Hamas has used the people of Gaza as pawns.
And Israel obliges them by being murderous bastards. You keep trying to blame Hamas for Israeli brutality. The genocide was Israel’s choice.
FOX news managed to find ONE protest where 3 people said, ‘death to the U.S., death to Israel’ with the headline, ‘protestors shout …’ I watched the video, and I only heard 3 voices. I was expecting a crowd. This was an obvious attempt to depict a stereotype to discredit all protests.
I need 3 more friends apparently.
Well the thing with FOX is that they might be wrong about everything and everything might be wrong about FOX, but you can never fault them for being unpredictable.
Uncommitted Choice is a strong voice and should also be in the main election…!
What’s funny, or sad actually, is that those 500,000 voters would be more than likely be countered with even more protest voters if Biden did the right thing and cut off aid to Israel.
Support for ending weapons transfers to Israel is polling at >2:1 support in the US.
Good to hear. I’d love to be proven wrong on this issue.
The article conflates lack of support for Biden with his Mid East policies.People may also dislike him for a wide variety of reasons.
Not really any here here.
Protesting would consist of leaving the party, running your own candidates, voting third party, withholding money and volunteer time. And little of that is happening nor will happen. These people will line up behind Biden in the general election as they always do. Many will end up donating cash and volunteering labor.
Like everything else Democrats do, this is meaningless masturbation intended to make themselves feel better for having “tried,” in a sense that doesn’t include overly much trying. Not one dollar nor bomb will be diverted.
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It doesn’t mean anything. The American public was hypnotized decades ago.
The illusion that we have legitimate choices is persistent.
This is why I find democracy so insidious – it gives people the ILLUSION of choice and legitimacy. At least in an autocratic form of government, there’s no pretension about “well that’s what we as a collective have voted for, majority rules : )”