It wasn’t a blowout if you forget to look at how much money AIPAC spent.
$70 million, if I remember correctly
I believe they spent $35 million on Haley Stevens, and her campaign spend $70 million total
And it’s a primary.
Citizens United was a mistake. At this rate, 2026 might have more money put into it than general elections 1-2 decades prior.
Makes sense. General elections don’t matter to the donor class because, to them, an establishment neoliberal dem is only slightly more agreeable than a child raping demonic republican; but they simply will not tolerate a left-winger. Lovely bunch of humans we have running the show.
Abdul got 15899 votes in Dearborn in this primary election.
Kamala Harris got 15189 votes in Dearborn during the general presidential election.
I think that is a meaningful statistic.
Hard to tell much of anything considering this is a primary vs a full blow presidential election but who knows.
That’s entirely the point. Primaries, especially in non-presidential election years, are notorious for extremely low voter turnout.
The candidate in this senate primary pulled more votes than the nominee in a presidential general election.
That simply shows that this was a hotly contested primary that drew out voters in Deerborn, okay no real argument from here, I agree but what else are you trying to point out with this isolated statistic?
I mean okay, 2024 primary had a 24 percent turn out rate and the general had a 75 percent turnout rate while this 2026 primary had a 27 percent turn out rate overall.
All of this doesn’t tell me much outside of the this we’ve both said other than maybe we’d expect a mild uptick in voter turnout in the general.
abdul’s 27% turnout got more votes than kamala’s 75% turnout, which is notable. both directions, too. the other thing i’d draw from this is that harris was not a good candidate and that el-sayed is.
just first glance impressions though, i’d want to dig into the data before making any authoritative claims
what else are you trying to point out with this isolated statistic?
People are slowly, but finally waking up.
Well, Kamala was a woman…
And the traditional rural women predominantly vote the same as the patriarch.
Michigan Dems will vote blue no matter who, we had a primary we know outlr canidates and now we unite going forward.
so the DSA managed to get one out of pure luck because McMorrow didn’t pull out quick enough
this guy seems ok though, hope he doesn’t fuck it up and go full commie
so the DSA managed to get one out of pure luck
Al-Sayed isn’t a DSA member, nor is he endorsed by DSA
hope he doesn’t fuck it up and go full commie
I hope he goes full Tankie. I want him to make Stalin look like an Anarchist and personally drag every healthcare CEO to the Ms. Rachel Zohran Mamdani Memorial Gulag, outside of Dearborn, where they will be summarily 9/11’d to death
We gotta have a serious conversation about these massive dipshits who came out in droves to surrender to Israel, when the alternative was literally free healthcare and a social safety net.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
Now if they aren’t even AIPAC funded… well that’s just sad. Even a reddit mod gets a delusion of power when on a trip.
Yeah, blue no matter who right you bunch of worthless, hypocritical assholes?
I’m stuck having to vote for Katie Hobbs who’s supposedly running with a god damn Republican so you assholes better man the fuck up too.
So now that it’s done Haley Stevens is going to concede and back El-Sayed right? Blue no matter who???
We’re fucking waiting you little hobbit.
Edit: I should have looked harder. She did do those things. My bad.
Yes she did, hours before your comment.
Holy smokes broski! And you made your comment literally hours after I immediately corrected myself in the edit.
So…… I gotta ask, your thinker broken or what?
Yes, bud, she did. Your bad, absolutely.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/abdul-el-seyed-democratic-endorsements
“Shortly after The Associated Press projected El-Sayed as the victor in the closely watched primary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released a joint statement supporting the newly minted nominee.”
"Abdul El-Sayed has run an energetic campaign that inspired thousands of Michiganders across the state, with a clear focus on lowering costs and standing up for working families,” they said. “Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on [President] Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate.”
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), El-Sayed’s top rival for the Democratic nomination, conceded the race on Wednesday morning and offered “my full support as we work to defeat Mike Rogers this November.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who had endorsed Stevens, also threw her support behind El-Sayed and all other Michigan Democratic candidates. “They’ve got my support as we fight like hell together to win in November,” said Whitmer. “Together, let’s stop MAGA Republicans so we can get to work and deliver results for the people of Michigan.”
It explicitly is “vote blue no matter who”, you raging illiterate.
Maybe if you organized and formed a broad grassroots movement based around communication to catch a W, like Michiganders did, instead of being a vitriolic dickhead, you’d have better options.
“Vote blue no matter who” bitch
I can’t tell if you support him or are against him
Depends if he’s blue or not
I mean, lots of consequential wins were by slim margins, this should be celebrated even if it wasn’t a landslide
After two decades of donating and volunteering for progressives, hell yes this should be celebrated.
If Obama endorsed Abdul… It’s over for the Republicans. The older black vote went to Stevens in the primary.
If this was a close lose that would still be a win because of how close it was.
wondering if the state there says “primary winner is the candidate” and if they planned on still running the other guy since the dem leadership is pro israel anyway.
Because terminally online progressives need to find offence or they can’t sleep at night.
Second they’re worried the party will do them what they’ve done to the party
