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It Wasn’t a Blowout, but El-Sayed Won. Get Behind Him, Democrats. (newrepublic.com)
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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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