Maryland voters are contributing to a nationwide trend to vote “uncommitted” in the Democratic presidential primary to push President Joe Biden to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to the state board of elections, 9.72% of voters statewide checked the “uncommitted” box. That’s over 56,000 voters. In Baltimore City, 13.86% of voters did the same — and 10.74% did so in Baltimore County.
Maryland’s results trail behind those in other states President Biden won in 2020 — with 19% of Minnesota Democrats and 13.2% of Michigan Democrats voting uncommitted this year.
Anna Evans-Goldstein, one of the organizers for the Listen to Maryland coalition — the group of state organizers who urged voters to check ‘uncommitted’ — said that lag is because Maryland is a “deep blue, very Democratic state.”
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