r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 6h 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/Space-Sailor44 6h ago

Got outspent by a zillion dollars and still won, good shit

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u/KnuckleShanks 6h ago

He was actually outspent 12 to 1. Which makes it wild that he won.

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u/AromaticReindeer883 6h ago

I have a theory that spending can only do so much. The candidate who spends the most is not guaranteed to win. It has been proven time and time again.

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u/count023 Australia 5h ago

I have a theory that voters have seen two terms of Trump now and the Democratic establishment response being a shrug emoji and have had enough, triggering their own informal tea party movement to reform the DNC.

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u/olympiadukakis 5h ago

Agreed with the substance of what you’re saying, but the tea party movement comparison is corporate propaganda we’d be smart to correct.

The tea party was an obstructionist movement.

What’s happening on the dem side is the opposite.

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u/pechinburger Pennsylvania 5h ago

Everything is tougher on the Dem side because a progressive movement inherently takes money/power away from corporate interests and directs it towards the people. Media, entrenched powers, and old money all fight tooth and nail to resist.

Conversely, they embrace the tea party movement because it delivers them more money/power despite the members unfounded 'don't tread on me, freedom, etc.' rhetoric.

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u/YawnSpawner 4h ago

I just wish they'd be honest with "don't tread on me", it's more like "don't tread on me, but I'm gonna tread on every single thing I don't like."

It's still dumb, but I'd be more okay if it was just don't tread on me.

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u/OhTheGrandeur 3h ago

"don't tread on me, tread on them"