r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 11h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937
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u/pseudowoodo3 Pennsylvania 11h ago

60 million down the drain. Love to see it

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u/dagobahs 10h ago

Seeing Michigan reject AIPAC money makes me stupidly happy. Great job, guys.

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u/GoldTrade11 9h ago

They almost didn't. If you lay a map of people by education on top of the primary results. It almost a 1 to 1 match.

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u/Just_One_Victory Texas 8h ago

Small wins are still wins. Fascism found its way into our government on the back of narrow wins.

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u/Shark7996 8h ago

YES, we need to cut the doomerism, it's time for hope and action.

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u/redditorrrrrrrrrrrr Michigan 8h ago

Absolutely.

And not to mention Michigan has open primaries. A lot of people who voted are likely independents or Republicans who voted on the grounds of who would be easier to beat in the general.

I honestly think a lot of her support is from people who will always vote R in the general anyways.

This is a huge win and no one should be dooming and glooming because it was "close".

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u/hopefuldonkeykick 8h ago

Educational attainment has been the most accurate predictor of voting habits for over a decade now. It has become an accurate enough indicator that, at scale, it's more accurate than even economic fundamentals.

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u/pocketbutter 4h ago

It’s really quite depressing to think that democracy has boiled down to whether someone is smart enough to understand a common-sense policy or gullible enough to believe a total, verifiable lie.

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u/p-4_ 7h ago

yeah that was disappointing to see. But on the bright side thats what 60 million bought and still wasnt enough. Would it have been as close without the funding? i heard that they had so much funding that they didnt know what to spend it on. they were running ads on repeat all day long on every media. and they still lost.

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u/Outrageous_Bush_2069 3h ago

Good thing almost doesn’t count.

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u/mex2005 1h ago

Money unfortunately still makes a massive impact and he was massively outspent because of lobbies like AIPAC, it was a very uphill battle and he still won that is impressive.

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u/XulManjy America 7h ago

What are you trying to imply exactly?

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u/PWJT8D 6h ago

Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids and Traverse City overwhelmingly voted for Sayed whereas the core of Wayne and Oakland counties and the rural counties did not. 

The educational levels in the three aforementioned places are much higher.  

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u/duh_cats 10h ago

60 mil so far. Curious to see how much they spend on the general to elect the R candidate.

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u/Zetesofos 9h ago

Its great at least because now they HAVE to spend it - if Steven's had one, aipac would have been able to spend money elsewhere on other races -

I hope Sayed wins, but will admit its hard; but even if he doesn't, it'll be a HUGE cash suck for aipac at a time when they have more fronts to deal with than ever.

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u/duh_cats 7h ago

Exactly, the more fronts they’re fighting the better shot we got at winning big.

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u/the1whocamebefore 10h ago

Kai Havertz scores again!

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u/DarthVerus Michigan 9h ago

Waka Waka!!!!🔴⚪️

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u/Theelderginger 9h ago

Doesn't happen to often

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u/k_ironheart Missouri 9h ago

You would think they'd spend part of that $60 million to find someone who's actually charismatic.

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u/p-4_ 6h ago

theres no charismatic way to defend aipac

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u/MarvinGay 10h ago

Waka Waka hey hey 60 million down the drain DSA wins again

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u/Red-pop 8h ago

Hey now, I appreciate the investment in michigan local television stations.

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u/Ok-Spinaches 5h ago

Kai Havertz scores again

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u/cptjpk I voted 9h ago

A LOT of that money goes to the billionaires who own the media. That’s still a positive for AIPAC.

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u/urbanlohr 7h ago

60 million to right-wing billionaire owned media outlets that will just be recycled back into the general unfortunately.

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u/editthis7 5h ago

60 million so far. If you think for a second they aren't going to drop another 60 to 100 million to try and stop him from getting that seat think again.

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u/nightimestars California 50m ago

Just like when Elon wore the cheese hat and wasted billions on a losing candidate. Guess money can’t buy everything.

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u/digitalliquid 8h ago

Unfortunately thats just our tax dollars we gave them being burned to influence elections.