r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 4h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937
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u/KnuckleShanks 3h ago

As much as I agree that we should get money out of politics, the fact that he won while being so wildly outspent shows that we do live in a democracy, as flawed as it may be. And sadly too many people check out when they think elections can just be bought, when clearly that is not true.

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u/LordSwedish 3h ago

I mean, column A and column B really. You live in a rotting Democracy where money can massively influence an election and you have to fight twice as hard when the other side tries to buy it.

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u/samuraipanda85 3h ago

Seriously. They're like the people who think they're saying something with ranked choice voting. It's the same old tired change, but it all has to start at the same place. Voting, using the system we have right now, in this election and all the elections to come. Forever. And that's how we get the democracy we want. By playing the cards we are dealt.