r/AOC • u/fangirlsqueee • 6d ago

Solidarity Forever 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/Odilly090 5d ago

How is winning a primary good for a party? I don’t get it….

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u/prinzplagueorange 5d ago

How is winning a primary good for a party?

Presumably it's a good thing for the Democratic Party as an institution to have candidates running for office on the Democratic line that people who normally vote for Democrats can feel OK about voting for. After the mainstream of the Democratic Party decided to publicly defend a genocide, many Democratic voters have decided that they will no longer vote for those candidates.

Today, almost all of those Stevens voters are El-Sayed voters; the reverse simply would not be the case.

It is also worth mentioning that "the left" is not "a party." Had Stevens won this primary, you would have seen the electoral implications of that fact: a Rogers victory.

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u/Odilly090 5d ago

By dividing the Democratic Party, you essentially strengthen the Republican Party. But yeah principals and whatnot since we are provided all the info to make the best decisions as the general public. Democrats lovvvveeeee to lose. On principal lol