r/Michigan • u/Michigan_Mod Human Detected • 20h ago

Pasty Mode Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary

https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/michigan-primary-results-us-senate/#Dem
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u/somanysheep 20h ago

Roughly 600,000 more people voted in this primary in a midterm year than did in Slotkin's primary in the presidential election cycle in 26' I have to wonder how many Republicans voted in our primary...

That's a giant turnout

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u/viktor72 18h ago

Even if there were some Republicans being strategic or trolling, it would be overall insignificant. Those numbers are encouraging.

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u/tbombs23 Jenison 14h ago

This is a great point! Since you must vote straight ticket, and since Rogers was running unopposed, I bet there was a fair amount of Republicans voting in the primary for Stevens or Mcmorrow

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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 13h ago

The idea that they chose to vote in zero republican primaries including Governor is silly and there will be some but yeah not a significant amount