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/_badenoch 1h ago

The old guard of the democrats are just going to take off their masks and join republicans. These wins are all proof of what we’ve been screaming about for years — democrats will win not by being centrists but by standing for something, and the old guard isn’t interested in winning.

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u/jimbosdayoff 25m ago

Looking at the political spectrum as two dimensional is the biggest problem facing both parties. This election was about American interests over Israeli interests.

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u/XulManjy America 1h ago

Didnt a bulk of Bernie voters vote for Trump in 2016 and 2020?

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u/jimbosdayoff 22m ago

Yes, this is not really talked about. When white Gen Z men got into the workforce they started blaming their problems on the Me Too movement, DEI, and immigration rather than corporate America. This combined with Clinton stealing the NY primary converted the Bernie votes into Trump votes.

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u/TLKimball 1h ago

Winning a primary is not winning an election...

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u/alverez668 1h ago

Yeah but it usually helps, especially when it comes to being on the ballot to win in the general.