OnPolitics: Both Biden and Trump won the Michigan primary. Here's what to know

Sudiksha Kochi Paste BN

Hey OnPolitics readers! Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were victorious in the Michigan's primary, bringing them closer to a 2020 rematch in the general election. But Biden did face a setback on Tuesday - a significant portion of voters chose the option “uncommitted” over him.

Early results had “uncommitted” hovering at around 13%, which was about three times more than the other candidates challenging Biden, Paste BN’s Phillip M. Bailey reported. Left-leaning voters, led by Arab-American activists, launched a campaign against Biden over his support of Israel, which urged Democrats to wage a protest at the ballot box.

Here are some other key takeaways from the primary:

❓What happened to Haley? Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s losses are adding up as she searches for a state to win. But at the same time, she is receiving a significant chunk of support from anti-Trump Republicans. In her home state of South Carolina, she raked in about 40% of the vote, and early margins showed her pulling roughly 31% in Michigan.

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🔴 Michigan mutiny in divided state GOP: Just beneath the surface of the Haley-Trump primary is a messy Michigan Republican Party, which has been plagued by infighting for months. Michigan Republicans also had to navigate a new and confusing hybrid system to award their 55 delegates, thanks to a law change by state Democrats.

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