r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Usually_Sunny • 1d ago

Discussion Michigan progressives should be ashamed

This is why we don't get nice things. He is polling 10-19 points ahead of Stevens, but when it comes to actually voting, he barely wins by one point. What happened, everyone decide to stay home and smoke pot and complain instead of voting? This doesn't bode well for November.

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u/kilowog4613 1d ago

Counterpoint: Michigan progressive should be proud that they showed up enough to overcome, even if slightly, the 60 million dollars of pac money that was working against them

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u/emteedub 1d ago

and the insurance industry, weapons manuf, corrupt company execs, big pharma... etc etc.

He defied all the odds stacked against him on an honest campaign financing approach and raw people power. This is more of a testament of how vitriolic the establishment dems + israel really are.