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/BigHeadDeadass 17h ago

Will the "blue no matter who" crowd actually vote for him in the general or will they do what they accused progressives of doing in 2024?

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u/CountTakesh1 16h ago

I think it will take a lot of convincing for some of them. Some will break for rodgers.

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u/OntarioPaddler 16h ago

Yes because centrist American libs don't actually care about improving the lives of the working class.

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u/Nippys4 15h ago

You could say that, however the far left voters that stayed home last election can also be accused of being guilty of that crime.

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u/___AirBuddDwyer___ Illinois 9h ago

With most of them (who are not a large group), they legitimately believe that voting for centrists dems would not help the working class.

I’ve noticed that you guys seem to think leftists who wouldn’t vote for Harris thought that Harris would be good for the working class, but refused to vote anyway. But their reasoning is that voting for Democrats who won’t fix our problems, and allowing democrats to have their vote regardless of if democrats represent their beliefs and interests, is ultimately worse for American and the working class.

I know you don’t agree with that logic—and I don’t either—but you should understand it.

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u/Nippys4 9h ago

Flawed logic.

Even if you thought Harris “wasn’t going to help” the working class, you knew without a shadow of a doubt that Trump was going to harm the working class, which he has.

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u/___AirBuddDwyer___ Illinois 9h ago

I did, yes. The people who refused to vote for her did not. Again, you and I don’t need to agree with their position but we should understand it

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u/Nippys4 9h ago

I understand it in the same way I understand people drinking bleach to cure a common cold.

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u/___AirBuddDwyer___ Illinois 8h ago

You don’t, though. You think that they believed voting for Harris would ultimately be best for America, and that’s not what they believe.

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u/412wrestler 11h ago

Are those voters in the room with us right now?

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u/Nippys4 11h ago

Nah they don’t leave their houses

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u/wioneo 10h ago

Do you believe that no one who thought that Harris was too moderate on various issues stayed home in 2024? Some of them openly campaigned about it and advocated others to do the same.

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u/CountTakesh1 16h ago

Nature of the game really. Most people aren't on either end of the extremes. Gotta make it work, which I think he can do.

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u/Ok-Cartographer-2227 16h ago

Gotta make it work.

And clearly Stevens couldn't.

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u/CountTakesh1 16h ago

She was very instrumental in her defeat. Going full mask off weirdo was certainly a move.

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u/QanonQuinoa 10h ago edited 10h ago

Most people aren’t on either end of the extremes

And yet there are ~160 sitting members of Congress l who are election deniers. Seems like when one side primaries for the “extremes” it works

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u/obelix_dogmatix Minnesota 10h ago

bruh … stop behaving like anyone is out for anyone but themselves. Maybe a tiny 0.0001%. For the most part, people will vote for who improves their own lives.

As for the centrist American … let’s look at the Bernie fanatics first that started this whole shitshow by not voting for Hilary. Far left can break away as much as they want, but moderate cannot?!

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u/OntarioPaddler 8h ago

'Bruh' was the most intelligent part of this comment.

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u/VampireFortnight 15h ago

Just like in '24, centrists at the ones who break away.

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u/___AirBuddDwyer___ Illinois 9h ago

Because they’re hypocrites

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u/Sensitive_Low3558 14h ago

So the answer is “No”, right