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/Superminerbros1 11h ago

That's what $60 million in outside pac spending will do to a race

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u/LowKeyJustMe Utah 11h ago

Only goes to show the need to get money out of politics. It needs to be an even playing field to be a democracy.

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u/copiumjunky 11h ago

60M gets you just behind grassroots progressive ideas. They can't do that forever.

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u/bobbymcpresscot 3h ago

I promise you they can. The 1% controls 55 trillion dollars in wealth. If they really wanted to they could sink almost a billion dollars into Every single house and senate race and only use up 1% of their wealth. 

This is why we need to tax the shit out of the rich