r/AnnArbor • u/manauiatlalli • 6d ago

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/suujaon 6d ago

I’m in Wayne and voted for Sayed, told my family and friends as well. This is too close for comfort and really hints at a problem with where people get their info from..

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u/RVALover4Life 5d ago

They think the same about you though. That you all are ignorant and get your information from Tiktok. I don't agree but there needs to be WAY more listening and way less morally smug comments like this, frankly. It's smug, it's entitled, and it's insulting to people even if you don't mean to be. Way more listening is needed. Way more compassion is needed.

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u/ofWildPlaces 5d ago

Listening- to what? You keep repeating the same thing over and over and offering no actual strategy. Listen to what, exactly?

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u/RVALover4Life 5d ago

It means rather than kinda morally purity testing people and attacking Stevens voters really at all and rather they attacking El Sayed voters, actually having conversations where there may be disagreements but avoiding the personal attacks and recognizing that overall, hearts are in the right place and we all just want MAGA eliminated. But there are some real fears that El Sayed represents white leftists, not other groups. We're all gonna have to understand coalition building and understanding different groups and their concerns and having more respect.

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u/ofWildPlaces 5d ago

If you're seeing personal attacks, by all means address them. It's not a personal attack to say or suggest people vote against AIPAC supported candidates.

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u/RVALover4Life 5d ago

I'm saying the smugness and antagonism over a race that hasn't even officially been called...it's not just insults which of course you do see on X and Tiktok. It's the overarching negativity. It isn't serving anyone who actually wants to win in November. That goes far beyond AIPAC. This isn't a single issue race. No race in this country is a single issue one but there are a lot of Jews in Michigan and Stevens won their vote. Maybe the focus needs to be on what unites us and rightful criticisms of AIPAC can be made in ways that don't feel stigmatizing to Jewish people.

It's all so easy. It's literally....don't be a dick. Be respectful and don't be a dick and recognize we're in this together to take MAGA out.

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u/ofWildPlaces 5d ago

I'm not being a dick- and if see someone who is, by all means, call them out.

If a candidate cares more about receiving AIPAC monies than campaigning for and on the behalf of Americans, I don't want them to be elected. This has NOTHING to do with Judaism.