{"id":5120,"date":"2024-03-07T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2024-03-07T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:04:10","slug":"a-clarion-call-democratic-donors-sound-the-alarm-to-biden-about-strength-of-uncommitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=5120","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A clarion call&#8217;: Democratic donors sound the alarm to Biden about strength of &#8216;uncommitted&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240306-uncommitted-al-1255-2ddd45-1024x685.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240306-uncommitted-al-1255-2ddd45-1024x685.webp 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240306-uncommitted-al-1255-2ddd45-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240306-uncommitted-al-1255-2ddd45-768x514.webp 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240306-uncommitted-al-1255-2ddd45.webp 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A network of major Democratic donors is raising the alarm about Joe Biden\u2019s performance in Michigan, calling the traction of \u201cuncommitted\u201d in last week\u2019s Democratic presidential primary a \u201cwake-up call\u201d for the president in the critical battleground state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a memo to donors shared with NBC News by a recipient, Way to Win, the network of deep-pocketed progressives, urged members to \u201cnot try to argue ourselves out of the fact that Michigan is a major warning signal that something needs to change\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMichigan\u2019s 100,000+ uncommitted voters in 2024 are a siren, and a clarion call,\u201d wrote Way to Win\u2019s co-founders, Tory Gavito and Jenifer Fernandez Ancona. \u201cThe energy behind \u2018uncommitted\u2019 is not something that should be ignored, taken lightly, or dismissed as isolated to Michigan. Michigan 2024 is not an anomaly, just as Michigan 2016 was not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Biden won a resounding 81% of the vote in the Feb. 27 Democratic primary, about 13% voted \u201cuncommitted,\u201d largely over concerns about Biden\u2019s support for Israel in its war in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Super Tuesday, thousands more Democrats voted for either \u201cuncommitted\u201d or \u201cno preference\u201d in six other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Minnesota, \u201cUncommitted\u201d received 19% of the overall vote, where activists mounted a last-minute campaign based on the Michigan blueprint and far surpassed their public goals. The \u201cListen to Minnesota\u201d campaign noted that the strongest support for uncommitted came in areas with significant young voter turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTonight, Minnesota proved to the country that the \u2018Uncommitted\u2019 movement is not going away nor is it slowing down,\u201d said Listen to Michigan campaign manager Layla Elabed after Tuesday\u2019s results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polls show former President Donald Trump leading Biden nationally and in many battleground states as the war in Gaza has heightened dissent for Biden among young people, Muslim and progressive voters inside the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a tight race \u2014 Trump won Michigan by fewer than 11,00 votes in 2016 \u2014 even a relatively small number of voters staying home or voting third party could be decisive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like some Michigan Democrats, Way to Win, which has moved more than $300 million in political contributions since its founding in response to Trump\u2019s election, urged Biden to change course on Gaza, elevate Vice President Kamala Harris and do more to curb third-party candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBiden is the nominee and we are 100% behind the Biden-Harris ticket and are doing everything in our power to help inspire and mobilize the multiracial and multigenerational coalition we need to win,\u201d Gavito said in a statement to NBC News when asked about the memo. \u201cWe wrote this memo because we need to unify our winning coalition, and that has to start now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anxious Democrats note that 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton was caught off guard when Bernie Sanders beat her in Michigan\u2019s primary that year, despite polls showing her ahead, but her team nonetheless headed into the general election thinking Michigan\u2019s and other Great Lakes states were safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden campaign, however, has been working to reassure fellow Democrats that they are clear-eyed about their challenges and working to address them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign opened its first field office in Michigan on Monday, and the president is expected to launch a campaign swing through battleground states after Thursday\u2019s State of the Union address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got energy heading into November. But we also have work to do,\u201d Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., said at an office opening in Lansing. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to deny that some people sat their vote out. We want to bring them back in the fold. Joe Biden was made for this moment of listening, bringing people in, leading with heart, compassion and grace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Harris over the weekend notably went further than Biden, rhetorically at least, in calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, as she wages a behind-the-scenes push for other administration officials to speak more forcefully about the humanitarian situation there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe President believes making your voice heard and participating in our democracy is fundamental to who we are as Americans. He shares the goal for an end to the violence and a just, lasting peace in the Middle East. He\u2019s working tirelessly to that end,\u201d Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., who has not been shy about voicing her concerns to Biden\u2019s high command, said the November election will come down to which party can get more of their voters to the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a turnout election,\u201d she said on NBC News\u2019 &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dingell, who lived in Dearborn, a Democratic city with a large Muslim population where \u201cuncommitted\u201d earned 57% of the primary vote, said that while overall turnout for \u201cuncommitted\u201d was not much higher than the norm, the war in Gaza is visceral for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is one issue that needs to be paid attention to. I got a lot of people that are hurting in my district, and in the district that I used to represent,\u201d she said. \u201c I have families that have lost 40 members of one family. \u2026 They\u2019re going to be an important group in November, but there\u2019s a lot of other groups that we have to make sure turn out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By moving Michigan\u2019s presidential primary up into its new early voting window, Biden advisers hoped to highlight his strength among key voting coalitions: Black voters, union workers and suburban women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strength of the \u201cuncommitted\u201d protest vote there, though, instead highlighted the challenges Biden faces with other key groups whose turnout \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 could be significant in November: young voters, progressives and Muslim and Arab Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On college campuses and downtowns, protests against the war in Gaza have been fierce and frequent, often portraying Biden as a villain and dubbing him \u201cGenocide Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Harris over the weekend notably went further than Biden, rhetorically at least, in calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, as she wages a behind-the-scenes push for other administration officials to speak more forcefully about the humanitarian situation there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe President believes making your voice heard and participating in our democracy is fundamental to who we are as Americans. He shares the goal for an end to the violence and a just, lasting peace in the Middle East. He\u2019s working tirelessly to that end,\u201d Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., who has not been shy about voicing her concerns to Biden\u2019s high command, said the November election will come down to which party can get more of their voters to the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a turnout election,\u201d she said on NBC News\u2019 &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dingell, who lived in Dearborn, a Democratic city with a large Muslim population where \u201cuncommitted\u201d earned 57% of the primary vote, said that while overall turnout for \u201cuncommitted\u201d was not much higher than the norm, the war in Gaza is visceral for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is one issue that needs to be paid attention to. I got a lot of people that are hurting in my district, and in the district that I used to represent,\u201d she said. \u201c I have families that have lost 40 members of one family. \u2026 They\u2019re going to be an important group in November, but there\u2019s a lot of other groups that we have to make sure turn out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By moving Michigan\u2019s presidential primary up into its new early voting window, Biden advisers hoped to highlight his strength among key voting coalitions: Black voters, union workers and suburban women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strength of the \u201cuncommitted\u201d protest vote there, though, instead highlighted the challenges Biden faces with other key groups whose turnout \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 could be significant in November: young voters, progressives and Muslim and Arab Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On college campuses and downtowns, protests against the war in Gaza have been fierce and frequent, often portraying Biden as a villain and dubbing him \u201cGenocide Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A network of major Democratic donors is raising the alarm about Joe Biden\u2019s performance in Michigan, calling the traction of \u201cuncommitted\u201d in last week\u2019s Democratic presidential primary a \u201cwake-up call\u201d for the president in the critical battleground state. 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