While President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump won overwhelming victories in Tuesday's state primaries, a small but significant number of protest voters from both parties continued to make their case against each candidate.
Mr. Biden, who has already secured the nomination, and Mr. Trump had wide margins in the primaries in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin, and their races were announced immediately after polls closed in each state.
As of 11 p.m., Trump had at least 75% of the vote in every state, while Nikki Haley, who withdrew from the race early last month, still had at least 10% of the vote in all four states. There are signs that it remains. Dissatisfaction within the Republican Party with Trump's candidacy. Trump was weakest in Connecticut, winning less than 78% of the vote, while Haley won about 14%.
Mr. Biden held at least 80% of the vote in each primary as of 11 p.m. Activists used protest voting in the primaries as a way to express disapproval of Mr. Biden's handling of the Gaza war. The “no-commitment” voting option received 8 percent of the vote and 15 percent of the vote in states where it was an option. In Rhode Island, 14.9% of voters, or 3,750 votes, chose the “non-commit” voting option, with Democratic turnout about a quarter of what it was in 2020.
Because New York state doesn't have a write-in option, organizers of the “No Commitment” initiative called on voters in the Democratic primary to leave their ballots blank instead. Initial unofficial results from the primary showed no blank votes reported, and Biden won more than 90% of the votes counted.
In the New York state Republican primary, Mr. Trump received over 80% of the vote, Ms. Haley received 13%, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received over 4%. He withdrew from the race in January.