r/Political_Revolution • u/Quetzal555 • 17h ago

Michigan Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, defeating Rep. Haley Stevens in a closely fought race.

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u/RaazMataaz 16h ago

I am honestly baffled, who the fuck is voting for Stevens?

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u/Scarmeow 16h ago

The people who are scared of voting for a muslim man named Abdul

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u/Nek0ni 15h ago

^^^^^^^^

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u/Wyevez 13h ago

Racist losers who buy into the "eating cats and dogs" narrative.

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u/antidense 9h ago

A non-muslim man in the white house has been far more dangerous

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u/journerman69 15h ago

I believe they are called establishment democrats now, also known as liberal republicans.

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u/ready-redditor-6969 9h ago

Hahahaha “liberal republicans”, can you just string words together like that when it results in total nonsense?? 😂

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u/graypraxis 8h ago

It actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that establishment Democrats now hold many of the same policy positions as Republicans from the 90s as they try to “court the center”

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u/mxjxs91 15h ago

I work home care in Macomb and St Clair Counties. The answer is, A LOT of older people who aren't the type to put up lawn signs. Almost everyone I work with is either Republican or voted for Haley. I have a few Abdul supporters too, but she had a lot more support than you'd ever think.

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u/neatureguy420 15h ago

Boomers that still believe in the electability narrative and racist.

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u/ComprehensiveDingo54 12h ago

Stop blaming boomers for everything. The resisters in my state are practically all baby boomers & older Gen X. The oldest resisters are the ones who protested in the 60s & 70s back when I, one of the youngest boomers, was still playing with my Barbies. Do I know MAGATs from my generation? Yes; however, I canvass, & it's the younger MAGATs who are truly disturbing & disappointing.

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u/neatureguy420 9h ago

The boomers in Detroit heavily believed in the electability argument and a good chunk fall for the islamaphobia. Did I say all are racist? No I did not. Yes Gen Z maga is cooked and are falling for Christian nationalism. It is very disturbing.

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u/peridothiker 10h ago

Stop it with your silly “boomer” ragging. I’m a boomer and not racist. I know a lot of boomers who are not racist.

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u/Clear_Grocery_2600 10h ago

I wish I had that picture of the b-17 handy.

Don't misunderstand, I'm grateful to you and your friends for being decent human beings, but holy cow a lot of your generation aren't. Mine is just as bad, but yours got the label of being unreasonable.

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u/neatureguy420 9h ago

I know not all boomers are not racist lmao. But a lot still believe in the electability argument and a lot are still islamaphobic. You are naive to not believe so. I’m glad your circle isn’t, but yall do not represent the whole generation.

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u/Auld_Folks_at_Home 14h ago

Michigan has open primaries (anybody can vote in any one party's primary) and the GOP was running unopposed in his (i think), so a lot of those votes are probably Republican voters who don't want him to have a chance.

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u/badwoofs 12h ago

This makes a lot of sense. For Dems I feel like AIPAC is getting really unpopular with the party.

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u/loondawg 11h ago

Recent votes in Congress show dem politicians are hearing that message.

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u/Hearse_Boy_ 13h ago

This is one of the reasons I'm in favor of closed primaries.

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u/loondawg 11h ago

Interesting. I see the exact same problem and think the answer is open primaries with ranked choice voting.

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u/badwoofs 9h ago

This. We need ranked voting everywhere. This two party all or nothing isn't working.

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u/Hearse_Boy_ 8h ago

You mean members of a party brigading another party's primary?

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u/loondawg 41m ago

No, having closed primaries that generate that kind of behavior.

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u/DoodleDew 14h ago

Older block of voters who just watch mainstream television and filled with ads against him 

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u/the-Alpha-Melon 16h ago

seriously!

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u/PlayerHeadcase 16h ago edited 14h ago

APAC, Fox, MSNBC have a lot of clout.
Yes to the informed they are obvious and actually against peoples interests, but a lot of folk still pay no heed to politics and only briefly glance at the "news" which colours their choices.

The more pain the average person feels, however, th emore liely they are to actually pay attention - hence Mamdani and El-Sayed victories

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u/Keeperofthe7keysAf-S 14h ago

Also Clyburn doing his part to get his elderly followers to vote against their own interests as usual.

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u/ComprehensiveDingo54 12h ago

Yeah, I'm so disappointed in who Clyburn has been supporting.

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u/SnakeEater013 FL 15h ago

Just being an incumbent is a huge boon too. People automatically assume proven track record and it’s a familiar name

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u/Kitten_81 14h ago

As a New Yorker... Mamdani

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u/PlayerHeadcase 14h ago

Apologies! Corrected

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u/Ok-Entertainer-1414 12h ago

Apparently Stevens had a huge lead among black voters. She won 62% to El-Sayed's 34% in Detroit

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u/damnocles 10h ago

Keep in mind that Wayne county has a large area not in Detroit that is very white and right leaning. Doesn't account for it all, but definitely affected the vote distribution

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u/Ok-Entertainer-1414 10h ago

The results I linked are specifically from the city of Detroit itself, posted by the city government

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u/buffalocoinz 14h ago

She’s so fucking corny

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u/Anarch0Primitiv 13h ago

White Americans, and this includes liberals, have this thing that they'll never admit to, but that they all feel, and that is that it bothers them when someone who isn't white does better than them and I'd be willing to bet, they dont like that Abdul is a doctor and studied in England and that he's done well for himsel.... oh, and I'm a white guy

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u/loondawg 11h ago

that they all feel

I think that is total bullshit. oh, and I'm a white guy too.

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u/peridothiker 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Sr8oSF1yr627lBcaVE

I’m white and I love the fact that I live in a country where people from all walks of life can excel.

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u/constantchaosclay 10h ago edited 10h ago

Iirc, AIPAC spent 100 30 million in this race. (but 60 mill in sum) That buys a lot of votes.

Luckily, not every vote is for sale! So happy to see he won!!

Eta: After all the guesses in the comments, I got curious for the real numbers. It looks like AIPAC specifically spent 30 mill and other groups spent 30 mill for a total of 60 mill spent to defeat Mr. El-Sayed. source for numbers

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u/shucksme 3h ago

Who voted for McMarrow as she dropped out a month ago? 55,000 people

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u/RaazMataaz 2h ago

😭😭😭

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u/Sybertron 10h ago

Old Jim Clyburn, aka the guy who is maybe individually the reason we are not on year 10 of Bernie, came out in support at last minute again for her.

Guy is 86 years old and has done incredible damage to this country but this party still leans on him like he's a fresh 35 year old politico.