The Abandon Biden movement urged NC voters to deny the president their vote. This isn’t the first time thousands of voters have snubbed the party’s likely nominee.
Susan Roberts, a professor at Davidson College, said that this falls in line with a nationwide trend nationwide affecting both parties. “Parties don't want moderates: Dems didn’t want Joe Manchin; Krysten Sinema switched and now she's retiring,” said Roberts. “If you don’t fit in the party mold, you’re out of luck.”
The university established controversial demonstration guidelines after Oct. 7. Now, it has implemented new ones—this time incorporating faculty and student feedback. As protests raged on college campuses after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October, Columbia University set out to codify clear-cut guidelines for on-campus demonstrations.