Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic primary in Michigan

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 60 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Damn, true tho. Also it's Michigan, a lot of michiganders know some Arab-Americans. This is like someone running for a New York office being criticized for being named Moses Goldstein. It's hard to find Arab names scary when you know an Ahmad and he's a chill dude

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Most Arab and Middle Eastern peoples are, in my experience, pretty damn good people.

    But really that applies to everyone. Most people from most places are pretty damn good people.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    In the southern half, maybe. The southeast, more likely. The northern half - don't count on it. Looking at the polling I'll be gobsmacked if he wins any jurisdictions above a line from grand rapids to Saginaw. And there'll be a lot of red on that map below that too.

    Yes, I know land doesn't vote, but there's a lot of combined votes to offset with diminishing populations and plenty of voter suppression in the big SE cities.

  • source
  • parent