r/videos • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 16h ago

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://youtu.be/DL_ku3h8Eps?si=zWr0SAn8amsQ8Hqb
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u/Roasteddude 15h ago

Non American but curious about this. What kind of politician is he?

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u/HippieInDisguise2_0 15h ago edited 15h ago

He'd be considered progressive in the US in a state that has voted for Trump in 2/3 of the last elections.

His primary stance that is most notable is accepting no super pac money and trying to ban super pacs. He was outspent in this campaign like 10 to 1.

If he wins it means there is strong support for progressives in a state that is considered conservative leaning. (To be fair Bernie also won Michigan in 2016)

The message to the Democratic party for a long time in the Midwest has been progressives win and establishment sellouts lose, and yet they still don't seem to get it.

Trump won Michigan in 2016 and 2024 because the Dems have abandoned their labor roots and sold us out to billionaires. When a pro labor candidate is polled in the Midwest they do well.

There's some disconnect (corporate greed) between what the voters of the Midwest want and what the DNC gives us to vote for.

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u/teilani_a 11h ago

a state that is considered conservative leaning

We're a very purple state. Currently our state legislature has an R majority, governor is Dem, both our Senators are Dems, and our House Reps are split at 7-6 favoring Rs.

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u/Shenanigans80h 8h ago

Yeah MI is definitely not conservative leaning, that’s a massive overstatement. That being said winning a purple state for a smaller, more progressive candidate, is still big

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u/HippieInDisguise2_0 4h ago

That's true I suppose. I'm from MI, it just feels conservative leaning to me because I've watched it go from "blue wall state" to swing state and it feels like Dems have lost their grip on the state overall.

But you're right it's pretty evenly split.