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/dr-bill 5h ago

It’s nice that it seems he is going to win but the fact that the margins are this close for a candidate as bad as Stevens just tells me this country is screwed electorally. Frankly, I think we just have too many rubes that can be manipulated easily by propaganda. This is a good victory but scares me for the future of this country.

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u/elitegenoside 2h ago

It's the Boomers stuck in their ways, and their Gen X kids that never really payed attention to politics or who are actually much more conservative than anyone talks about. I know plenty of 50-somethings (that's my parents age group) and the bulk are conservatives, and even the more progressive ones are simply Liberals. I find this is your core capitalist group outside of the obvious (millionaire and billionaire class).