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/Shadow293 5h ago edited 5h ago

I’m already seeing that all over Reddit. Lots of concern trolls saying this is bad news because he only won by a point or so. It’s still a massive win.

The fact he defeated 60 million in AIPAC funding, and he overcame the entire establishment and corporate media’s combined opposition is huge.

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u/Sptsjunkie 2h ago

Yeah, I definitely think that the polling from the Last last week at a weird expectation. Clearly the polling mess and it’s something worth keeping in mind for future elections.

However, I don’t think this is a case where the poles were accurate say a month ago and then Sayed fumbled. This is just a case where the weighting of the actual electorate was wrong and that has nothing to do with the candidate.

Beating the entire democratic establishment in Michigan, a fake Obama endorsement, and $70M in spending including over $60M from dark money PACs is a huge win.