In the recent Pennsylvania primary, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced significant protest votes, reflecting challenges in their campaigns. Nikki Haley, despite having withdrawn from the race, received over 157,000 votes, indicating a substantial dissent within the Republican base against Trump. This accounted for one-sixth of the Pennsylvania vote. The Biden campaign responded by targeting these disaffected Republican voters with a six-figure digital ad buy in Pennsylvania. The protest votes against Biden were largely driven by dissatisfaction with his handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, with over 60,000 Democratic voters casting write-in ballots. The primary results suggest a volatile political landscape in this key battleground state as the presidential election approaches.
Turnout in Pennsylvania's primary this year dipped compared to previous elections, particularly the 2016 surge during President Trump's candidacy. What can we expect from the state in the general election? https://t.co/kb265rxAz2
Newsmax host confronts Trump’s press secretary about the problem the Trump campaign has with Nikki Haley voters “Clearly,Trump still got a Nikki Haley problem…17% is a significant percentage of the vote in [the GOP primary] Pennsylvania for Nikki Haley” https://t.co/kPf0zSRwG0
Ghost candidate Nikki Haley is haunting Donald Trump. Since she quit campaigning 2 months ago, Haley has won roughly a million votes from Republicans who are backing ANYONE BUT TRUMP. If Trump can’t get them back, he won’t win WI, MI or PA in November. https://t.co/g0lOeiDPnL
Newsmax host: Clearly Trump has a Nikki Haley problem Trump press secretary: I don’t think there’s a Nikki Haley problem Newsmax host: Trump just lost 17% of the Republican vote in Pennsylvania to Nikki Haley, who dropped out a month ago https://t.co/AdRyG2I2rq
Pennsylvanians cast their votes in Tuesday’s primary election for the candidates who will represent each political party in November’s general election — with President Joe Biden’s victory on Penn’s campus marred by a substantial number of write-in votes. https://t.co/mvw64NEv1S
The Biden campaign made a six-figure digital ad buy in Pennsylvania to target voters who chose former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley over Donald Trump in the state's primary this week, reported the Hill. https://t.co/s9fNXH2wxX
Write-in votes exceed 60K in Pennsylvania Democratic primary after ‘uncommitted’ campaign against Biden https://t.co/47S2GixtXb https://t.co/Hc1MVRgYv1
Trump faced about 36,000 more protest votes than Biden in Pennsylvania, even though Biden faced an organized protest campaign from left-wing critics of his policy on Israel and its military campaign in Gaza. https://t.co/FXuzpxiilC
Despite Nikki Haley dropping out of the presidential race, nearly one in four GOP voters in Montgomery County voted for Haley in the primary. While some voted in protest, others voted because they still support her former campaign. @laurenjmayk has more. https://t.co/BehCvrMrNt
Former Republican Sen. Pat Toomey: “There is a non-trivial, significant minority of Republicans who are not going to vote for Donald Trump.” Toomey was part of the 16% of voters who voted for Nikki Haley in the Pennsylvania GOP primary on Tuesday and said he’ll probably write in… https://t.co/3mGKipVd8I
Biden efforts to pocket Pennsylvania in jeopardy after write-in votes pass 60,000 mark in primary https://t.co/RqkndPErzp https://t.co/RqkndPErzp
A campaign urging Democratic voters to write “uncommitted” in the presidential race to protest President Joe Biden appears to have boosted write-in totals in Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know. https://t.co/dV9G3rTLup
Professor: Republicans are moving toward Biden. A significant number of Haley voters are open to vote for Democrats if Trump is the nominee https://t.co/ZMoQNVkX9v
The media ignored the anti-Biden protest votes among Pennsylvania Democrats | @ZitoSalena https://t.co/FAIEBDBSMl https://t.co/FAIEBDBSMl
.@jimmykimmel: This has to be worrying for Trump. Nikki Haley, who dropped out a month ago, got more than 155,000 votes from Republican voters. Trump posted a poll and claimed he "crushed" Biden in Pennsylvania, but he got about 200,000 fewer votes than Biden did https://t.co/v4s1eDtBSC
Trump team stresses polls showing he’d beat Biden after Nikki Haley gets one-sixth of Pennsylvania vote https://t.co/hbpkNb4PmQ https://t.co/9fqTs3kA7f
The Biden campaign announced a “six-figure digital ad buy targeting the more-than-157,000 Republican primary voters who chose Nikki Haley” in Pennsylvania. They say the spot they released last month will now “run twice as frequently, targeting Pennsylvania Haley voters.”
A surge of Democratic voters cast write-in ballots in Pennsylvania's presidential primary on Tuesday — a potential warning for Biden over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/ijHOm6AuPz
‘Haley voters for Biden’ target Georgia for anti-Trump effort https://t.co/PmFDN1h4Qb
.@NikkiHaley protest vote gives Biden chance for outreach in swing state Pennsylvania https://t.co/6IPSKPQktc https://t.co/6IPSKPQktc
PG A.M.: ‘Haley voters for Biden’ target Georgia for anti-Trump effort https://t.co/iUSMn0uhVR
The Pennsylvania primary is giving us more insight into the Presidential election in the key battleground state. Both President Biden and former President Trump are dealing with protest votes. @LaurenJMayk has more. https://t.co/a22PjTOHsC
In the upcoming presidential election, both Biden and Trump are facing challenges. For Biden, one is voters concerned about the Israel-Hamas conflict. For Trump, one is dissatisfaction — more than 150,000 people cast votes for Nikki Haley. https://t.co/tWpROOWimi
Fox News’ Dana Perino was wowed by Nikki Haley taking 150,000+ votes way from Trump in Pennsylvania despite having dropped out of the race. https://t.co/bS2VktH1Ek https://t.co/PnvCXSmsNc
More on the protest votes against Trump (and Biden) in swing-state Pennsylvania's primaries, with @ColbyItkowitz https://t.co/nVzpMnkXBM
Some Nikki Haley supporters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump https://t.co/aS7PE3n5s3