What Next - Biden’s Commitment Problem
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
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Summary
With Biden losing thousands of votes to “uncommitted” and Trump unable to pull incumbent numbers, the Michigan primaries seemed to show that the electorate isn’t exactly enthusiastic about either candidate. What options remain for two known quantities to win votes?
Guest: David Faris, political science professor and Slate politics writer.
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| 0:56.5 | Terms apply, C3.co. UK. Earlier this week there's a kind of strange victory party for the runner-up in Michigan's Democratic primary. |
| 1:15.0 | It was strange because it was not celebrating a person. |
| 1:19.7 | The runner-up in this election was uncommitted, a protest vote. |
| 1:23.4 | Seings fire now, cease fire now. |
| 1:27.2 | And the thing the uncommitted voters here have been protesting is Joe Biden's handling of |
| 1:32.1 | the war in Gaza. |
| 1:33.3 | This is the only way we can raise the flag to Democrats |
| 1:36.2 | that you are going to win |
| 1:37.7 | unless we call for an ultimate speech liar. |
| 1:40.7 | The results are now waiting for the Michigan primary races and they may offer some new clues about the general election in November. |
| 1:48.0 | It was... Biden went about 81% of the vote, but over 100,000 voters or more than 13% cast their ballots for uncommitted. |
| 1:57.0 | I've been wondering what to make of this sudden blip in the primary calendar. |
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