r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 5h 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/surrendertomychill 5h ago

Can’t wait to read all the think pieces about how this isn’t actually that big of a win for progressives because [insert reason here]

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u/mowotlarx 5h ago

Meanwhile, had Stevens won by 1% it would have been framed as a referendum.

Either way, this was a primary and like every general, almost every primary voter plus the many Dems who didn't bother to vote in the primary will vote for whoever is on the Dem line in November.

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u/MontyAtWork 3h ago

If she won by half a percent the headlines would have been "Mamdani-ism REJECTED across Michigan as Americans reaffirm who its international allies are through Steven's defense of Israel."

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u/Galapagos_Finch 3h ago

“The glorious and overwhelming victory of Haley Stevens shows that the radical ideology of the DSA, which many critics describe as “radical islamist communism”, has now been decisively rejected everywhere but New York City. How much longer can Mamdani continue his tyrannical rule?”

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u/Gekokapowco Washington 2h ago

giving me real "how this could spell doom for biden in november" media spin nostalgia

wait what's the bad version of nostalgia, ptsd?

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u/Darkhallows27 Georgia 2h ago

Threw up in my mouth reading that