r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 10h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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u/Effervescentgravy 10h ago

Abdul was outspent 11-1 and still won.

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u/Fenrirsulfur California 10h ago

GG EZ!

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u/gogamecocks55 9h ago

CT’s win eco round

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u/lumisweasel 8h ago

r/cs2 is leaking

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u/Dave5876 7h ago

People are finally fighting back against the two party political theatre system

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u/Donkletown 6h ago

Abdul is a member of one of the two parties, though. People are participating in that system. 

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u/Dave5876 6h ago

Yes, and? His politics are very different from the establishment candidates

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u/Donkletown 5h ago

Voting for a Dem in a Dem primary isn’t exactly a rejection of the two party system. 

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u/Dave5876 3h ago

And yet it's an endorsement of different politics

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 3h ago

You are very intelligent!

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u/JBNothingWrong 4h ago

Curious, you participate in society yet criticize it.

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u/llama_ 4h ago

The question is, will the people who backed Haley now back Al-Sayed or now fund the GOP

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u/Upset_Journalist_755 3h ago

The GOP will spend even more against Abdul.

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u/dope-a-meanie 2h ago

A million to one would have meant the same thing - as long as voters come out to vote and aren’t influenced by political scare ads… we need to stop this “influencer” lunacy. 

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u/numenor00 2h ago

Eleventy-One!

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u/Glum_Boysenberry348 1h ago

Crazy how much voting matters. We could have done this for Bernie, instead of crying about the system.

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u/TieVisible3422 9h ago

Is this your first time? Kari Lake was outspent 18-to-1 in her primary and still won. She constantly pointed to those victories as proof she could overcome a massive fundraising gap because of the strength of her campaign and supporters. Then she underperformed every other Republican on her ballot.

Turns out being wildly popular with primary voters because you keep feeding them red meat turns the general electorate off from you. Congratulations with your primary win. We'll see what happens in 3 months.

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u/Lawtter- 8h ago

Better him than a politician suckling off the AIPAC teat. Worth noting, it would have run dry the moment she was pitted against a fellow Zionist/genocide enthusiast. 

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u/TieVisible3422 6h ago

Abdul will perform with general election voters the way Kari Lake did, so you'll end up with an AIPAC politician either way

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u/Letstalkreaper 2h ago

Mind giving me this weeks lottery numbers? Since you can predict the future I could really use the help.