No surprises: Biden sweeps Vineyard primary

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The Martha's Vineyard Times
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President Joe Biden swept the Vineyard vote. — Nicole Jackson

Islanders cast their ballots on March 5 for the presidential primaries, and Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden received by far the most votes. 

Super Tuesday saw voters in 15 states cast their ballots for their preferred presidential candidate for the upcoming election in November, including Massachusetts. 

Biden received 74 votes in Aquinnah, 238 votes in Chilmark, 504 votes in Edgartown, 565 votes in Oak Bluffs, 538 votes in Tisbury, and 427 votes in West Tisbury. 

On the other hand, the Republican primary race between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley was neck and neck on the Vineyard. Haley even beat Trump in Chilmark. 

Trump received 8 votes in Aquinnah, 19 votes in Chilmark, 195 votes in Edgartown, 185 votes in Oak Bluffs, 125 votes in Tisbury, and 101 votes in West Tisbury. 

Haley received 8 votes in Aquinnah, 38 votes in Chilmark, 161 votes in Edgartown, 126 votes in Oak Bluffs, 121 votes in Tisbury, and 90 votes in West Tisbury. 

Ballots were also cast for the Libertarian presidential candidates, although the turnout was minimal compared with the Democratic and Republican primary elections. 

Islanders voted for state committee and town committee candidates from each party’s ballot, as well. 

Voter turnout in Chilmark was on par with prior primary elections. Town clerk Jennifer Christy said that about 30 percent of voters came out to vote. “It was healthy for a primary,” Christy said. She added that early voting helped get voters to cast a ballot.

On the other hand, Edgartown town clerk Karen Medeiros said voter turnout in Edgartown was a little over 22 percent, lower than other years. “It was steady, but not too crazy,” she said. 

Following the Super Tuesday primary election, Haley and Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips both dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday, March 6.

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18 COMMENTS

  1. When I saw the headline, I was hoping to see how many Democrats did not vote for Biden as they know he is old, feeble and out of touch with reality. Democrats are looking for someone and that is not Biden, but as Mark Cuban said he will vote for Biden, even if he is on his deathbed.

    • As indicated by the results, Republicans are looking for someone who is not Trump, he barely got half the Republican vote, 12% of the Island vote. Democrats are looking for someone that has proven that they can beat Trump.
      It’s not an easy choice, deathbed Biden or Trump?
      Mark Cuban’s thinking is welcome on Island.

      It’s so hard to believe that the man who got more votes than any other sitting President got only 12 percent of the Island vote. Is this something that Mike Lindell’s lawyers should be looking at? Smartmatic internet connected voting machines?

    • Lol. Clearly you posted that before President Biden rocked the State of the Union address.

  4. Yes. Because persons with a conscience who believe that all people matter more than money and “things”; persons who believe that character matters; persons who will vote for the deathbed candidate over the rapist racist misogynist repeatedly bankrupting morally and ethically corrupt narcissistic fraud – understand that these are our choices, whether we like them or not.

    • “persons with a conscience who believe that all people matter”

      Is this race about the greater good or stroking one’s ego in public? This reads like the latter.

      As for All Lives Matter…

      The heads of our most bragged-on, donated-to, liberal universities agreed, in full public view, that calling for the mass murder of Jews is acceptable, provided they like the context.

      And they like it just fine.

      Countless Dems either participated in this evil nonsense, loudly and proudly, or stayed quiet while it went down, refusing to take a stand against Nazi-era tactics and rhetoric.

      I think we can give up the inclusivity pretense now. That ship has sailed. Clean off Earth’s edge.

    • You and 12% of your friends and neighbors.
      Were you MAGA proud on J6?
      Of Victor Orban?
      “Trump held ‘friendly’ meeting with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago and then took autocrat to a concert”

  6. Follow the money. Tim Dunn is a Billionaire and lay preacher and Texas oilman who is donating millions $ to influence our politics. He has paid for massive campaigns on social media to discredit renewable energy of all kinds. An oilman investing millions to protect his oil interests. Who would have thought? Which political party receives the money?

    • I will vote the same way I voted in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022, not Trump.
      Whenever on the ballot I have voted for Romney and Baker. I like good balance.

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