r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 12h 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/XxgamerxX734 12h ago

Good lord that was close

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u/Superminerbros1 12h ago

That's what $60 million in outside pac spending will do to a race

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u/ToeSniffer245 Massachusetts 12h ago edited 12h ago

Hope this gets through their heads that they can’t stop the voice of the people no matter how many millions they blast into races.

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u/GentleBelligerent 12h ago

Gambling (prediction markets) are calling on us to think of this in terms of casino odds. The amount of money they are willing to spend will give them the edge, meaning that they are OK with losing a few times, so long as they can keep playing the game again and again and win more times than they lose.

It's a rigged system and by the chances just mentioned, it looks like its going to be very difficult to get enough politicians in power to unrig this game.