2024-02-28 04:34:00
In a serious warning for November, tens of thousands of Democratic primary voters in Michigan cast their ballots for “nonconformist” rather than for president joe biden, This means that the voter is committed to voting for the Democratic Party, but refrains from supporting Biden.
This is due to Israel’s war in Gaza, as it damaged Biden’s image among some Arab-American and Muslim voters who were key to his victory in 2020 in the swing state, according to Axios.
The war has become a symbol of what many see as a lack of respect for Arab Americans’ longstanding contributions to American life. Biden’s early support for the Israeli attack on Palestinians in Gaza marked a turning point.
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told Axios on Tuesday before the “non-committal” vote: “This is not an Arab issue. It is not an Islamic issue. This is a moral issue.”
Biden said on Monday that his “hope” is that Israel and Hamas will reach a ceasefire agreement next week, the Axios report said.
His administration is trying to secure a hostage deal that might bring the fighting in Gaza to a halt for six weeks before the start of Ramadan.
Historically, Michigan’s Arab and Muslim-American population voted for the Republican Party until the US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000s, when they switched to the Democrats, but indications indicate that some may once once more turn to the right.
The Arab American Institute told Axios that since the group began tracking Arab American attitudes in 1996, the population has leaned toward the Democrats with gradual shifts toward the Republican Party. But the group’s latest poll showed a significant decline in support for Biden.
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