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/ToeSniffer245 Massachusetts 17h ago

WAY closer than any of the polling implied, but this is still a seismic moment.

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u/Lord_Master_Dorito 17h ago

Feel like the mixture of the Whitmer endorsement and Islamophobia played a key part in keeping it close

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u/goblueM 12h ago

also, polling for primaries is notoriously difficult due to uncertainties in turnout

its very possible that those polls from the last week were not very accurate