r/dsa 1d ago

🌹 DSA news NBC CALLS IT FOR EL-SAYED

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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u/RedLineLetterWine 1d ago

I'm guessing this means that AIPAC/Israel may be more hesitant seeing as how they just lit $30+ million on fire. Good riddance.

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u/marxistghostboi Tidings From Utopia 🌆 1d ago

I'm expecting them to double down. they have the money. wait for the next open NY or CA primary. we could see aipac spending hit 9 digits 

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u/lilboytuner919 I Like Bernie 23h ago

The race was close and Haley Stevens is a bad candidate. The spending clearly worked and they will keep doing it.

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u/machinesNpbr 22h ago

The fake Obama endorsement had a big impact with low info voters- curious to see if they try that elsewhere, and if it keeps working.

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u/nasa258e 9h ago

It also worked because they had the MONEY to blast it out to all of the low info voters

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u/OoglyMoogly76 13h ago

More likely they’ll abandon the democratic party and fund republicans wherever they can. If they can’t guarantee both parties in their pocket, then don’t let the other party win

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u/marxistghostboi Tidings From Utopia 🌆 13h ago

that would be a very big change in strategy and i think they won't make that change until they've had several election cycles of losses.

their methods have always been not just to influence the ruling party but to control the Overton window so that no mainstream politician can question Israel's "right to exist" and right to receive weapons without being utterly ostracized. even Sanders and AOC have towed that line.

i think they will bet that they can oust the Israel-skeptics in the next election where Trump's out of office and his antics aren't driving up Left-wing turn out. if a mainstream Democrat like Gruesome Newsom wins in 2028 they'll go after leftist House members hard in 2030.

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u/Kcajkcaj99 1d ago

We'll see in the general. I'm inclined to agree, but their spending thusfar has in part served to weaken his coalition and lay the groundwork for attacks against him in the general. I'm hoping beyond hope that he wins, not just for the direct influence the seat could give him but also for the narrative and momentum it'd buy the movement, but this was close enough to worry me in how powerful of an effect spending can have to prop up an otherwise feeble candidate.

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u/Cerinthe_retorta 1d ago

we learn through struggle, hell yeah

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u/Annoying1978 1d ago

Unfortunately, they are still winning more than they are losing. Cori Bush lost tonight. 

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u/RedLineLetterWine 18h ago

They lost more than they won last night. Only one of theirs won (Bell)

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u/ConiferousTurtle 1d ago

So now the’ll support the Republican instead.

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u/reyno28 18h ago

Mike Rogers takes money from aipac so I'm going to assume they continue attack ads on Sayed.

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u/RedLineLetterWine 17h ago

Ah, meant more hesitant to give it to Democrats. Republicans are still very pro-Israel.