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[–] 73 points 3 months ago (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Hard to tell much of anything considering this is a primary vs a full blow presidential election but who knows.

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  • [–] 63 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago*

    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

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