floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours ago'Organized People Won': Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Racewww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-link'Organized People Won': Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Racewww.commondreams.orgfloofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoThis is good, sure, maybe even great, but these are primaries. Our leftier-than-thou bubble here is not a perfect sample of the electorate. It doesn’t matter if they don’t win the election. TL;DR: win the election.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoThis was a special election, not a primary. Wahab does have to stand in the General Election in November, but as an incumbent now.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoFair; my mistake. Taken as a larger trend, the point stands.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoThis was a special election. Will serve until November at least.
This is good, sure, maybe even great, but these are primaries.
Our leftier-than-thou bubble here is not a perfect sample of the electorate.
It doesn’t matter if they don’t win the election.
TL;DR: win the election.
This was a special election, not a primary.
Wahab does have to stand in the General Election in November, but as an incumbent now.
Fair; my mistake. Taken as a larger trend, the point stands.
This was a special election. Will serve until November at least.