We know that the presidential election in the United States is decided in several rounds.
If the finalists in the race for the White House are designated in the primaries, the votes of these elections have a capital role which often allow us to better understand the forces present in the November duel.
Trump triumphant
And in this regard, the results of the Michigan primaries must be closely scrutinized.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, who won the election handily, seems increasingly unstoppable in his march towards the Republican nomination this summer.
After having taken over South Carolina on Saturday, her victory in Michigan allows her to now be several lengths ahead of her only opponent, the former ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley.
If the latter still decides to continue, her chances dwindle as the days go by.
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On the Democratic side, Joe Biden also crushed the competition, his main opponent Dean Phillips, a wealthy parliamentarian from the state of Minnesota, only collected 2.8% of the votes, according to initial estimates.
But the President of the United States was also severely sanctioned for his support for Israel in this state with a large Muslim and Arab population.
Biden penalized by the conflict in Gaza
Activists in this key Midwestern region launched the “Listen to Michigan” campaign, to deliver a “powerful and unequivocal message” that funding and support for the war in Gaza is “at odds with the values of the Democratic Party.
“President Biden is funding the bombs that are falling on loved ones of families living right here in Michigan, people who voted for him and who feel completely betrayed,” explained Layla Elabed, a leader of the group.
According to initial estimates, more than 50,000 “uncommitted” votes, the equivalent of a blank vote, were cast at the ballot boxes in this state, responding to a call to put pressure on the American president for a cease-fire. -immediate fire in Gaza.
As civilian casualties rise in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Joe Biden is seeing his support erode significantly among Muslims and Arab Americans.
Except that this electorate played an important role four years ago during the presidential election.
Biden then won the state of Michigan in the north of the country against Trump by a narrow head with a lead of 150,000 votes.
This time, with the defection of this electorate, the balance could tip to the other side.
US aid to Israel
Reacting to his victory in this primary in a press release, Joe Biden thanked “all the residents of Michigan who made their voices heard”, without mentioning this protest vote.
Even as the Biden administration tries with intense efforts to negotiate a second truce in the war sparked by the bloody Hamas attack on October 7, White House officials are increasingly displaying growing frustration with the Israeli prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu and his conduct of the war in Gaza.
However, the United States continues to deliver quantities of weapons to the Jewish state.
Joe Biden has asked Congress for billions of dollars in additional military aid for Israel, and his administration has vetoed several UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire.
A perilous balance that could well bring down Biden.