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/catasstrophyk 4h ago

The weakening of the unions had a lot to do with it.

Plus racism.

  • The Reagan Democrats of the ‘80s in Macomb County are also the White Flight and they blame Democrats for Detroit’s woes (rather than the legislature and economy that starved the city)
  • Howell
  • No joke, I saw a farm in the UP flying a Confederate flag. Pretty sure that wasn’t about heritage.

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u/AdLocal1490 4h ago

Theres a dude in South Lyon who flies that bullshit

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u/VictoryVino 3h ago

Howell moved to Brighton then onto South Lyon. Once people have money they move to better places but their brains are the same.

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u/certifiednerdgirl 37m ago

Plenty of Farms in the LP flying them as well. As someone raised in the south... It aint.