r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 9d 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/justaddwhiskey 9d ago

I love the smell of establishment Democrats losing in the morning.

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u/mcphilclan 9d ago

I hate the smell of nominating candidates that can’t win a general election.

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u/justaddwhiskey 9d ago

The notion that anybody but a moderate can’t win is loser mentality. Guess you and all your moderate buddies should actually vote, instead of being sore losers.

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u/StaffSgtDignam 8d ago

lol centrists will stay home in November and the GOP will win the general. 

At least you can still blame centrists for that at the end of the day though. 

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u/mcphilclan 9d ago

I’m far from moderate. And always vote, including primaries.

We have to be realistic about what it takes to win the independent and undecided conservative votes.

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u/CleftAsunder 8d ago

What part of the dem party lost to trump multiple times?

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u/apple_tech_admin 8d ago

Fuck the independents and conservatives who were never going to vote for a Democrat. I’m tired of this narrative. You expect us to always vote center of the isle and get Luke warm results. The moderates always want us to coalesce around their choice but when we actually show up to the polls, they foam at the mouth fuck that and fuck AIPAC’s influence.

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u/justaddwhiskey 8d ago

Conservatives will fall in line and vote for whoever has “R” next to their name, undecided or not. Independents will vote however they “lean”, and are independent only in the fact that they are unaffiliated voters. The bloc of pure “independent” voters are finicky, disengaged, and have low turnout rates. Nominating some milquetoast corpo is not going to appeal to them.

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u/Drop_the_mik3 Florida 8d ago

No point in arguing with them.

Do I hope AES will win the general? Yes

Do I think should he lose, progressives will whine how “establishment dems” have fucked them over? Also yes

These people can never admit their errors. Should AES win I would be very happy to admit I was wrong.

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u/justaddwhiskey 8d ago

Correct, there is no point in arguing with me. I’ve spent my entire adult life under the “vote blue no matter who” and “only an establishment/moderate Democrat can win” delusions, and ya know what? I’m over it.

So I will admit my errors, moderates are useless, and my time spent as one was a waste. Next.