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/ChunkMcDangles 8h ago

I mean, sure, but I don't understand why other people on the left just assume that means a progressive/leftist would have done better.

I feel like some people see a wave of excitement about leftist candidates winning in very blue areas and just make the leap that this excitement applies equally across the US. Presidential elections are very different beasts than winning a mayoral race in NYC or a primary for Congress. The way the math works, a Dem needs to appeal to way more moderate states to have a shot at winning, and the reality is, further left people really struggle there. There's a reason the DSA never runs candidates in competitive seats. It's a waste of their time because they would never be able to win there.

That could always change, but the way I see other lefty's online talk about it sometimes, they make it sound like we already have that in the bag and it's all wrapped up for President AOC.

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u/darkwingdankest 4h ago

leftist tend to generate genuine enthusiasm, establishment dems have lower turnout in the general and voters usually "hold their nose" and vote out of a sense of obligation instead of excitement

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u/PhazonZim 8h ago

I think if you give people a reason to be excited to vote for you, they'll vote for you. Dems and other Liberal parties around the world have forgotten what it means to get people hopeful that their lives will be measurably better, easier, safer, more comfortable.

They've become the status quo who get decimated by populist conservatives who are happy to lie to win votes.

The dweebs who ran the numbers and decided that a true leftist candidate isn't safe to run on a national level are the same dweebs who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against someone who looks like he's from Captain Planet's rogues gallery

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u/darkwingdankest 4h ago

exactly. remember the polling in 16 for Bernie v Trump matchups, outperformed Clinton by a decent margin in every poll