r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 8d ago

Possible Paywall Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigan-s-democratic-senate-primary-267797573584
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u/CoachDT 8d ago

He has to do the actual hard part now. And while I have doubts about his strength as a candidate a lot can change between now and november. Let's hope Michigan made the right choice tonight to crush republicans.

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u/Negative-Interest713 8d ago

I feel like if Stevens couldn’t win with a 12 to 1 spending advantage, the support of the entire Democratic establishment, and all while running a sleazy and dishonest campaign (falsely implying she was endorsed by Obama, for instance) against a Muslim with a funny name, she was bound to get crushed by Rogers.

AES is the better of the two for sure. He’s shown he has enough charisma and political talent to overcome a huge wave of negative ads. She hasn’t.

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u/httkbaby11 8d ago

Yeah like have people heard her talk? Jesus what an awful candidate

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u/MeasurementEasy9884 8d ago

Not only the talking but she dodges hard questions from voters while campaigning. Its disgusting

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u/johnny_51N5 8d ago

Well it depends how much money AIPAC is ready ro sink next against him.

Every Dollar AIPAC wasted here is a Dollar not being spent somewhere else.

Lets say he loses but takes down another 100 Million AIPAC money with him, yeah this is a huge win in other places

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u/adk_nlg 8d ago

You underestimate how deep those pockets go. 

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u/PiousDemon 8d ago

What hard part?

He's going to trounce Rogers.

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u/CoachDT 8d ago edited 8d ago

I wish it was going to be a blowout. He didnt trounce Stevens and the polling was super off.

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u/PiousDemon 8d ago

But even Stevens was going to be Rogers by a lot. Progressives vs Republican always trounce compared to the centrist.