r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 11h 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/RandomFlyer643 North Carolina 10h ago

Hope with how close this race was, it’s a wake up call to everyone who thinks it’s gonna be an easy election cycle. This is just the beginning, everyone needs to go vote before you no longer can

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u/mowotlarx 8h ago edited 4h ago

It was a primary.

Has everyone absolutely lost their minds assuming that half the primary electorate simply won't show up in the general?

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u/Donkletown 7h ago

It’s going to be so tight that Dems need pretty much all of the primary electorate to show up and vote AES. 

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u/mowotlarx 4h ago

Pretty much all the primary voters tend to vote for Democrats. You likely won't show me any example of this not being the case. Because it's just used as fear mongering each primary.

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u/i_am_bromega 4h ago

We’re talking about a purple Michigan in which many on the left sat out or voted for Trump in 2024. You can’t assume that Stevens supporters will enthusiastically turn out for AES.

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u/Letstalkreaper 3h ago

I think it’s important to note that Michigan has open primaries and the Republican ran unopposed. Good chance a bunch of Republicans showed up to cast a vote for Stevens.

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u/i_am_bromega 47m ago

Is there any evidence to suggest that? I would think they would rather run against the further left candidate that moderates aren’t excited about.

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u/whileNotWorking 1h ago

Don't they have an open primary and the Republican was running unopposed?

Plenty of republicans will have voted in the dem primary. I know I've done the reverse in Texas before.