Actually cool results: Last night, Michigan's primaries brought a welcome surprise: As of this morning, over 100,000 Democratic voters had chosen "uncommitted" instead of casting votes for Joe Biden—up from roughly 20,000 uncommitteds in each of the last three Democratic presidential primary races. This means that Biden won 81.1 percent of the vote, while "uncommitted" won 13.3 percent, with 98 percent reporting. (Archetypal L.A. woman/self-help queen Marianne Williamson won just 3 percent, alas.)
Biden still won the Democratic primary, and Donald Trump still beat former South Carolina governor (and drop-out refusenik) Nikki Haley in the Republican one, as was to be expected. But the uncommitted results show that more people are choosing protest votes than in the last few races, perhaps reacting to historically unpopular candidates. ("Biden vs. Trump: The 2024 race a historic number of Americans don't want," declares a recent CNN headline.)
