Joe Biden comfortably won the Democratic primary in Michigan on Tuesday, despite significant defections from a group of voters in his party angry at his support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
Progressive activists and Arab-American leaders had urged Michigan Democrats to vote “uncommitted” rather than support Biden, in a warning sign for his expected re-election bid against Donald Trump in a crucial swing state.
The dissent within his own party in Michigan has emerged as one of the biggest political challenges for Biden’s campaign in recent weeks, raising fears among some Democrats that he will struggle to unite their centre-left coalition around his candidacy in November.