Biden wins Michigan primary despite Gaza protest vote as Trump holds off Haley: Live

“Frustrated with the lack of response, we are now turning to a more traditional method of democratic expression: our voting power,” the group’s website reads.

Here’s what you need to know:

Joe Biden has been projected to win the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan.

The call was made by The Associated Press at just after 9pm local time on Tuesday night.

The president had faced some criticism from residents in the state, some of whom opted to enter an “uncommited” vote on their ballot.

Donald Trump has been projected to win the Republican presidential primary in Michigan.

The call was made by The Associated Press at just after 9pm local time on Tuesday night.

The result takes the former president one step closer to his goal of returning to the White House.

With polls in Michigan almost closed – deciding the GOP victor between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley – Independent candidate and vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr continued his complaints about lack of governmet protection.

“A congressional advisory committee recently voted in favor of granting Nikki Haley Secret Service protection,” an email from the Kennedy campaign on Tuesdy stated.

“Nikki, who has almost no chance to win her party’s nomination, has clearly won the hearts of Congress, and an adoring national media elite gushing over her every move.

“And while the Congress and the Media continue to prop up the presidential ambitions of their darling Nikki, they are hanging Robert F Kennedy, Jr. out to dry.”

With projections showing another runaway victory for Donald Trump over Nikki Haley, many may be thinking what comes next for the former South Carolina Governor.

The Independent’s Eric Garcia says that those that might be hoping for a more successful 2028 (including team Haley), should perhaps not hold their breath…

Historically, the Republican who comes in second place for the Republican nomination for president becomes the top guy (and it has so far only been guys) in the next presidential primary.

After Ronald Reagan put up an unexpected fight against incumbent President Gerald Ford, he became the 1980 nominee. When George H W Bush lost to Mr Reagan in 1980, he became vice president, which set him up to become the 1988 presidential nominee. And when John McCain lost to Mr Bush’s son George W Bush in 2000, he beat Mitt Romney in 2008 to win the nomination before Mr Romney became the 2012 nominee. You get the picture.

But Donald Trump smashed that norm.

Some may admire Ms Haley’s gumption for staying in the primary and depleting Mr Trump of his resources. But should Mr Trump win, he will undoubtedly never forget and seek retribution.

If Mr Trump were to lose, she would immediately shoulder the blame for dragging out the primary when Mr Trump could have focused solely on Joe Biden.

From The Independent’s Senior Washington Correspondent, Eric Garcia:

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump both hope to put up strong showings tonight in the Democratic and Republican primaries in Michigan, respectively.

But their fates will ultimately lie in Wayne County, the state’s most populous district, and one of the four major Detroit counties. For Mr Biden, the district has the highest concentration of Arab American voters as it houses Dearborn. Arab-American voters have sharply criticised Biden’s support for Israel in its assault on Gaza as it wages war against Hamas. More than 29,000 people have died as a result of Israel’s bombing.

If a large swath of Dearborn votes “uncommitted,” it will send a significant dent in Mr Biden’s margin of victory.

But Wayne counties is also Michigan’s blackest county. Black people make up a little less than 38 per cent of the county’s population, most of them located in the city of Detroit. The Biden campaign has feared a lack of enthusiasm among Black voters for some time, so if it sees low turnout from blacker precincts, they will know they have more work to do.

Mr Trump’s campaign has to worry too. So far, he’s performed the worst in suburban counties. When he won 98 out of 99 counties in Iowa, he lost Johnson County, home of Sioux City and the very type of college-educated white voters that broke for Nikki Haley. On Saturday, he lost wealthy educated parts of South Carolina like Beaufort County, home of Hilton Head, and Charleston.

Wayne County includes numerous suburbs like Belleville. Trump’s weaknesses in the suburbs might be on full display in these areas.

Ahead of the results of the GOP primary in Michigan on Tuesday, Donald Trump is projected a clear lead over Nikki Haley.

Polling site FiveThirtyEight put the president at commanding 78.7 per cent of the vote as of Monday.

Ms Haley, Mr Trump’s only significant remaining rival in the competition, lags far behind on 21.8 per cent.

Ever since Israel began its campaign in Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attacks, there has been much speculation around how President Joe Biden’s support for Israel will affect his prospects in Michigan – a state with a sizeable Muslim population.

Some Muslim-Americans – including congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American lawmaker in Congress – have chosen to vote “uncommitted” in Tuesday’s primary as a mark of protest over his handling of the conflict. And this has left some Democrats fearing that a poor showing in February might hurt him in the November general election in a state that Donald Trump won in 2016, before Mr Biden turned it blue again in 2020.

Most of the focus has been on Dearborn, a town with an overwhelmingly Muslim population, and the abandonment its residents feel after backing Mr Biden to beat Mr Trump in 2020.

But, while this may be the biggest talking point as voters cast their ballots, the support of Muslim Americans might actually be the least of Mr Biden’s problems in Michigan.