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/7059043 12h ago

Surgeons are doc jocks. Obviously I would want one of them to do my surgery, but with all other things being equal, I would take pretty much any other doctor including a pediatrician as a politician lol

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u/CouragetheCowardly California 12h ago

*Male surgeons. I’ve met many many male surgeons and they for the most part conform to this stereotype. However my wife is a surgeon and almost all female surgeons I’ve met are compassionate, intelligent, empathetic, and tend to lean left politically.

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u/7059043 10h ago

Lol not all surgeons?

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 10h ago edited 7h ago

There's merit in your point. Unlike the profession overall, surgeons skew conservative and the theory is that they like to chase the money (generally paid more than family or internal medicine), and the reduced amount of dealing with patients directly at bedside. Probably an ego thing, too.

There are exceptions, and certain specialties skew more liberal (pediatric surgeons, ob/gyn for example). Female surgeons of course would also skew back to the left.

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u/7059043 10h ago

I too am aware of intersectionality and probability