The first party-run state elections of the Democratic party, for the state of Missouri, was held on 24th of March, this Saturday.
The state saw over 64 seats up for competition, with an estimation of 20,000 registered voters participation. Biden won more than 85% of the total votes while ‘Uncommitted’ received 11.7% of the majority share.
As per the polling results, Biden gained 61 out of the 64 delegates to his- Democratic National Convention while the Uncommitted bagged three. The election held gravitas and significance, since this was the first party-operated presidential election after the new law came into being in August, 2022.
( As per the new law, political parties that contested their primary elections had to pay and organize the electoral contest themselves). 
Predicted Biden’s victory
Without any major or serious competition in his way, Biden’s victory was undoubtably expected. The Missouri Democratic Party, congratulated him on his decisive victory. “…Missourians are feeling the real impacts of the Biden Administrations’ investment on their daily lives” quoted Russ Carnahan, the Democratic Party Chair, while congratulating the incumbent president. It is worthy to note that the Democratic leader won “majority” of the votes and not “all” them in the weekend’s primary election. A considerable chunk of the votes went under the ” Uncommitted” head.
This could be largely due to the recent ongoing Israel- Gaza genocide and Biden’s outlook on it. A significant number of groups rallied and campaigned in various parts of Missouri ( especially the St. Louis area ), pleading voters to cast their votes under the Uncommitted ballot.
Both the Republican and the Democratic parties were upset over the law established in August 2022. While the Republicans held their primary elections in the state through a caucus event, the Democrats went for mail-in and in-person voting system. As quoted by the Chair of the Democratic party- more than 450 volunteers worked effectively to organize the state-wide election, in a total of 100 in-person voting locations.
The Missouri elections have built the political momentum, preparing the Democrats for the upcoming party-run election in North Dakota, which has a total of 13 delegates for competition.
