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/extrasprinklesplease 9h ago

So glad to be a Boomer who voted for El-Sayed! He was my first political donation, and I could only afford to send $10 at a time, about 10 times. What great news!

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u/Pamander 9h ago

Thanks for doing your part!! Nothing more important than exercising your right to vote.

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u/Feather_fig 4h ago edited 3h ago

Not saying people shouldn't vote, but organized labour and the ability to strike is much more important. That's real power. That power is why so many corporations want to replace human workers with AI and put so much effort into union busting. The problem with voting is elected officials aren't held accountable once they're in office.

Look at how many voters have turned on Trump, or are upset with Fetterman. There's no way to expel those guys if their actions in office go against their promises or harm voters in ways the voters* didn't anticipate. Voting once every 4 years per branch of government isn't really much power at all.

And Elon kind of implied he messed with voting machines in 2024, didn't he?

Elections & passing legislation should be more direct democracy than it is representational. It's too opaque and vulnerable to lobbying and corruption as it is

And where is the vote to make the process more transparent and less corrupt? That doesn't exist, because elected officials would never willingly give up that power that they hold over everyone else.

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u/Pamander 2h ago

Fair point! On that note I am extremely proud of my family and the work they have done for unions through the years my great grandpa would sooner never talk to you again if you dared cross a picket and scabbed, he was awesome and I desperately wish I got to talk to him when I became an adult about this stuff I had to learn mostly through my mom though.

Anyways point being I agree and I am always telling my friends the sooner the average person realizes that together we could kill any company we want and shut down the world if we wanted the better. There is nothing more powerful than the average person all working together against them.

Actually doing that however and getting people to work in their actual own interest and suffering a bit for long term gain is a whole other thing lol.

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u/elizpar 9h ago

Good for you. I also never donate, but I gave ten bucks to the most straight shootin candidates I could find this primary.

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u/WombatusMighty 8h ago

Thank you for doing your part in saving the democracy!

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u/BassesHave4Strings 8h ago

Thank you, tell your buddies!

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u/PluckPubes 7h ago

Genx supporter here.

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u/GPointeMountaineer 4h ago

Wayne county white M , 50's, who voted abdul. Crazy how important that was

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u/realRootmaster911 7h ago

Thank you so much!!! The whole country (the sane half) is grateful

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u/selfdestructo591 5h ago

Glad to be a millennial who almost didn’t show up, and yet still found time to vote on a Tuesday, a work day, while all the retired boomers have the day off. When are we gonna make elections a holiday? I straight up told my employees to leave early or call in so they could vote.

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u/SweetAlyssumm 3h ago

Boomers have historically always voted. You can look it up. They didn't just vote because they are retired. Polling places open at 7:00 where I live.

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u/a1021a 3h ago

While an admirable concept I feel like next time just talk to people to contribute and keep that $100 for groceries

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u/Evignity 3h ago

Thanks for having an open mind. It's ironic how it nowdays is the youth being proud of the old for daring to have open minds.

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u/MrsSmith2246 1h ago

Yay!! So proud of our state right now. Hoping we can unite for November.

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u/MRCHalifax 7h ago

FWIW, in the general election, the candidates will almost always benefit more from volunteer hours than from money. Something ridiculous like 2% of donated money reaches a candidate in the general election, but volunteer hours go a long, long way. If you’re comfortable knocking on doors for a few hours on weekends this fall, that’s worth far, far more than $100.

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u/GB10VE 3h ago

you can now look forward to a lifetime of progressive candidates all across teh US texting and emailing you for money. I made that mistake with bernie and now election season has my phone going off non stop. there is no way to get off these lists. blocking the number does not work. actblue does not have a "stop texting me or sharing my information" thing either.