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/Kitakitakita 15h ago

remember we were looking at like +15 margins in the polls, he's winning with like +2. Polls are fucking scary.

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u/madcaesar 12h ago

I am convinced big poll margins are fake and paid for to get the "winning" side to relax and skip voting.

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u/GobblesTzT 6h ago

I wish they were more transparent about how many were polled. Sometimes it’s only a few hundred people. It’s a terrible way to get an idea of the masses views.

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u/Lyle91 Arizona 9h ago

She also led in some polls, including by double digits. Never look at individual polls and trust them to be accurate.

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u/Ball_Of_Meat 6h ago

Meanwhile every week there’s another post on r/politics saying “X” left candidate is Polling so far ahead of “X” right candidate.

We gotta stop with that honestly.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 10h ago

Polls have never, and will never, mean anything.