President Biden quickly sailed to victory in Minnesota, but he was once again vexed by considerable defections as tens of thousands marked themselves “uncommitted.”

Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War.

With 95% of the expected vote tabulated, 70.5% of voters backed Biden while 19.0% went uncommitted, according to a tabulation by The Associated Press.

In Minnesota, more than 45,000 marked themselves “uncommitted” — a number greater than the margin by which Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the state in 2016.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 months ago

    Either Biden gets this message now or he will lose in fall. That’s up to Biden to decide.

    It is overwhelmingly clear that this is going to lose him the election if he continues. This is his choice not the voters.

    • Zoot@reddthat.com
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      8 months ago

      Doesn’t really make sense to let him lose though if your goal is to end the horror in Israel. Only Biden will even attempt at a ceasefire, Trump will just let the area be obliterated.

          • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            Yep OP and others trying to depress Dem turnout absolutely refuse to acknowledge that piece because it makes it incredibly clear that they’re full of shit.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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            8 months ago

            Oh wow, did he stop his weapons deliveries to israel? Put any pressure on israel whatsoever?

            Or is he trying to win votes from people stupid enough to believe empty words?

            • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              What specific changes to US policy has Biden made that departs from past administrations? What is he doing that Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama/Trump wouldn’t be doing? And how would Trump improve that policy if he wins in the fall?

              Specifics please.

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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                8 months ago

                Bush:

                One of the most controversial moments of his single-term presidency was when Bush delayed Israel loan guarantees until it halted its settlement building in the West Bank and Gaza and entered a peace conference with the Palestinians, what would later became known as the Madrid Peace Conference.

                Obama (Not much but it’s something)

                In a rare and momentous step, the United States abstained from Friday’s vote, enabling the adoption of the first UN resolution since 1979 to condemn Israel over its settlement policy.

                What’s Trump going to different than Biden that’s the question. It’s looking like two sides of the same coin. Maybe you can focus your efforts on getting Biden to change that.

                • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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                  8 months ago

                  What’s Trump going to different than Biden that’s the question. It’s looking like two sides of the same coin.

                  This is how we know you’re full of shit.

                  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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                    8 months ago

                    You very conveniently ignored the other evidence you asked for. Can you say that you were wrong about that?

            • andyburke@fedia.io
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              8 months ago

              Based on news coverage, yes, this pressure is working and he seems to be pushing more to end the conflict.

              Should he need the pressure? No. Would Trump be any better? No.

    • webhead@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Right. We should let the guy who said he’d kill the Palestinians even harder win. That’ll show Biden!

        • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          I worked on the Bernie campaign. He lost. Progressives didn’t show up during the primaries and he didn’t get the votes. It wasn’t rigged or stolen, he just didn’t get enough support from the voters that showed up.

          • LotrOrc@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            I do remember the democratic establishment hamstringing him at every opportunity in favor of Hilary, even though he had a wave of support the same way trump did.

            • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              Yeah and I think that’s a fair critique of the DNC. I just don’t see any evidence that it swung the election. At the end of the day, Bernie could’ve won if more people voted for him. They didn’t, so he didn’t.

          • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            lol ok. I also worked on Bernie’s campaign and that’s not how I remember it. Don’t be surprised when Trump wins because Biden refuses to acknowledge the Progressive voters. It won’t be rigged or stolen, it’ll be on the DNC for not offering appealing candidate.

            • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              So where did Bernie’s votes go then? Are you saying the results were wrong? Did the DNC prevent people from voting for Bernie during the primaries? The numbers would appear to support my position.

              I don’t understand how you can say that Biden hasn’t acknowledged progressives. The IRA has a bunch of great climate stuff, he’s forgiven billions of student loans, and the NLRB has helped drive unionization efforts around the country.

            • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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              8 months ago

              How the fuck are people so angry at hearing this when this is exactly how we got 4 years of Donald Trump as president in the first place?