‘Message has been received’: Biden’s campaign reacts to ‘uncommitted’ votes

By Mary Louise KellyErika Ryan, Kathryn Fox

In Michigan, a push to encourage voters to send President Biden a message about his refusal to call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza may have worked.

The group Listen to Michigan did not ask their followers to stay home from Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Instead, they asked them to vote for “uncommitted.”

Statewide, just over 13% of voters did, taking a little of the shine off of President Biden’s victory.

All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly spoke to Mitch Landrieu — the national co-chair of the Biden campaign and former mayor of New Orleans — about the Michigan results, the campaign’s direction going forward, and how it plans to connect with younger, Arab American and Muslim voters.

Read the interview at NPR.org.