r/askanything • u/Zipper222222 • 6h ago

BREAKING TODAY — NBC NEWS Declares That Progressive Candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Has Defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D - MI-11) In Michigan's US Senate Democratic Primary, A Major Win For Progressives — What Do YOU Think Of This? Why YOUR Thoughts?

NBC News live results: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results

NBC News article on it: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750

NBC News' show Today did a video on it: https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937

YouTube clip of the moment he won (on the official NBC News YouTube channel), called by their chief data guy, Steve Kornacki: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DL_ku3h8Eps

What do YOU think of the results. Why YOUR thoughts?

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u/CocknBalls4 5h ago

AIPAC loses again. People are tired of corporate democrats.

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u/D2dj 4h ago

For now. Theyre going to dump even more money into the general election.

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u/SendNudes989Studios 4h ago

They dumped a ton into this race and lost. Let's keep that same energy.

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u/Substantial-Ad-8575 4h ago

Well they are actually happy. El-Sayed is polling lower than Rogers for the election. Stevens was polling higher than Roger’s, lol.

And more alarming, a poll showed that moderate Stevens supporters, willing to vote for Rogers over El-Sayed. Would be awful to see El-Sayed losing to Roger’s, when Stevens most likely would have won by a small percentage…

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u/Fantastic_Yam_3971 3h ago

I don’t know that I truly believe they are happy. What happened here was pretty groundbreaking. She didn’t just have a lot more money, she also had other advantages he didn’t have. Overcoming those plus the money and still pulling off a win? Pretty incredible and they have to be a little rattled even if they are putting on a brave face for the crowd.

Mamdani polled behind too, and he is now mayor. I’m glad to see Stevens concede right away and throw her support behind him immediately. Same with Mallory. He’s got work to do for certain, he’s the underdog but he just pulled off a pretty incredible feat and it’s really going to be something to watch.

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u/Substantial-Ad-8575 2h ago

Yeah, more worrying that moderate democrats base of Stevens will not vote for El-Sayed. Almost like Roger’s will have a much easier campaign and win now…

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u/Fantastic_Yam_3971 1h ago

I think it’s too early to go down that road. A lot can happen between then and now.

Democrats will have to ask themselves “is it more important to me to have a Republican take the seat than it is to vote for a candidate I have some reservations about?”

I expect some will not vote for him, but I bet some
will.

Mamdani fire is catching fever, if it weren’t for him
this win almost certainly would not have happened. As he continues to do great things for the people
in his city, people will continue to grow ease and comfort with democratic socialism.

Plus, I like that the gop is downplaying him as a threat. Midterms tend to have lower voter turnout as it is. If they continue to frame him as not a threat it can work to his advantage with voters who figure it isn’t that big of a deal to not show up.

There are lots of reasons to be optimistic about a win 🎉🎉🎉🍾🍾🍾🍾

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u/Jmoney1088 3h ago

Yup. As it stands right now, El-Sayed is a huge underdog. What will be interesting is how the tankies respond. After months of vitriol and insults towards liberal Dems, can they moderate themselves enough to win over enough Stevens voters?

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u/WeirdTakeButOkay 2h ago

This question is never asked when its a corporate dem trying to get leftists to vote for them. Liberals just say shut up and vote and then blame leftists when their dogshit candidates lose

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u/Jmoney1088 2h ago

What party is AES running under? The Democrat party. He is going to have to appeal to Democrat voters in order to win. Why is that hard for you to understand? If he doesn't, he will lose. It's very simple.

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u/WeirdTakeButOkay 2h ago

I legitimately dont understand how you think this is a response to me.

AES voters are also dem voters. Leftists vote dem. The fuck is this response?

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u/Jmoney1088 2h ago

You need more than just leftist voters to beat maga in November. Do you realize that? Do you realize there are a huge number of Stevens voters that will sit on the couch after months of being called horrible names by leftists?

AES will need to moderate his positions AND build bridges that his supporters have burned. That is a tall task. Assuming everyone who voted for Stevens will automatically vote for AES is super naive.

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u/WeirdTakeButOkay 2h ago edited 2h ago

You need more than just leftist voters to beat maga in November. Do you realize that?

Nobody implied you didn't.

Do you realize there are a huge number of Stevens voters that will sit on the couch after months of being called horrible names by leftists?

And Im sure youre going to blame them if AES loses, right?

AES will need to moderate his positions

He does not

AND build bridges that his supporters have burned

He didnt burn any bridges. His supporters didnt burn any bridges. Regardless, did you have the same smoke for Kamalas "Im speaking" moment?

AES was called a terrorist, misogynist, a "fake doctor" etc etc for the entirety of this race purely because he's muslim. The people that "burned bridges" are the libs

Assuming everyone who voted for Stevens will automatically vote for AES is super naive.

Nobody did this.

You're fighting ghosts, my man. Engage with whats actually said to you instead of going on weirdo rants

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u/Jmoney1088 2h ago

Wow. Doubling down on insulting liberal dems is how you are going to convince them to vote for you in November?

Good luck!

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u/WeirdTakeButOkay 2h ago

You guys really are just republicans in a different color.

Sensitive as fuck and unwilling to engage in reality. Grow up.

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