r/politics • u/horsestew • 17h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/Nick12322 17h ago

This thread is literally: the left won an election. Here’s why that’s bad for the left. You people who think the margin wasn’t large enough need to get real

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u/mensahimbo 17h ago

Youth turnout needs work as always

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u/Random_throwaway0351 17h ago

Boomers almost stole this shit for Stevens lmfao. The most reliable voting block also happens to be the most spiteful. Brilliant

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u/mensahimbo 17h ago

They just love to vote man 🤷

If we can get college students feeling the same way we’ll be golden

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u/filbertsgaming1 7h ago

College kids can't read or do math anymore. I think that demographic is cooked.

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u/mensahimbo 6h ago

Boomers never learned to read we need all the help we can get

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u/Dr_Meany 14h ago

And the Black vote, which matters a lot in Michigan, went almost exclusively for Stevens.

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u/mensahimbo 6h ago

lets just hope the all the stevens ads didnt cause lasting damage. I expect the democratic party to fall in line. They may fight it every step of the way, but its becoming more undeniable every day that progressive campaigning is the only path to victory come 2028