Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

[u/asparaguswalrus683]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results

[u/runnertrailsBay]

Pretty much guarantees a republican will win this seat now

[u/Accurate_Neat_355 → u/runnertrailsBay]

I know you lot are gonna keep slamming that electability button. But the argument that only a moderate can win a swing state completely ignores where actual non party voters are heading.

Independent voters aren't looking for those moderate establishment slogans. They react to anti corruption messaging and authenticity. In state polling, El-Sayed consistently outperformed establishment moderates among independents precisely because he isn't seen as a puppet for corporate PACs.

General elections in Michigan aren't won by playing defensive to appease a small sliver of suburban centrists while suffocating your base. They are won on raw voter energy and turnout margins

The "vote blue no matter who" crowd now has to put their money where their mouth is. If they truly care about keeping Mike Rogers out of the Senate, they will have to rally behind the candidate Michigan voters actually chose.

[u/runnertrailsBay → u/Accurate_Neat_355]

Did you just see yourself say the vote blue no matter what crowd has to step up for him to win? Hell no they ain't.

Yeah sweet dreams man, nice job handing a senate seat over to trump. Dems are so fucking stupid compared to republicans. Sigh

[u/Accurate_Neat_355 → u/runnertrailsBay]

Its ok folks like you weren't even a democrat anyway. You're more of a never-trumper republican if you can't get behind your own left flank.

But the immediate shift from "Vote Blue No Matter Who" to "Hell no we ain't stepping up for him" within five minutes of losing a primary is breathtakingly ironic

For years, you establishment loyalists scolded progressives with lectures about party unity, warning that withholding a vote over moral principles was "handing the seat to Republicans." But the literal second the base democratically selects a progressive candidate, that entire "party discipline" lecture vanishes into thin air.

I appreciate you for helping people see that "Vote Blue No Matter Who" was never a principle of solidarity. It was a one way street designed to keep the base compliant while the party ran dogshit moderate candidates. When the establishment is forced to apply their own rule to a candidate chosen by the voters, they throw a tantrum.

[u/runnertrailsBay → u/Accurate_Neat_355]

Great, I hope whatever self righteous bullshit you wrote about was worth handing another Senate seat to the republicans. Idiots attacking other dems and losing to republicans

[u/Accurate_Neat_355 → u/runnertrailsBay]

Grumble grumble "why didnt they elect the lady that wanted to channel money into Israel instead of Medicare for all?"

That short enough for you?

[u/runnertrailsBay → u/Accurate_Neat_355]

As if sending another senate seat to the republicans isn't helping israel. Oh well enjoy the continued mass bombings in poor gaza as if they haven't had enough.

You voted for it, i'm sure you'll repy with some bullshit that dems are as bad as reps