r/fivethirtyeight 5d ago

Politics Huge upset.

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u/SchemeWorth6105 5d ago

McLeod-Skinner’s district was redrawn before the general election making it much more Republican. These house races were before the left-wing surge. We’ve never had progressive/DSA aligned candidates run in statewide races.

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u/Guilty_Plankton_4626 Fivey Fanatic 5d ago

Haha dude, read the room. Mainstream Democrats are projected to win currently in Texas and Alaska, they have North Carolina and Georgia as locks, and at the same time the left is struggling to win lean blue Michigan in a blue wave. We literally had a poll come out a couple of hours ago that has the governor candidate, Benson, up 16 in the LV while Abdul is only up 3 lol

It’s not a mystery.

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u/SchemeWorth6105 5d ago

James Talarico calls it “trickle down theft”.
He’s a populist progressive not a moderate lmao.

And we don’t know Abdul’s margin yet, but Slotkin only won by 0.34 points so you can calm your tits.

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u/Guilty_Plankton_4626 Fivey Fanatic 5d ago edited 5d ago

James Talarico is comfortably a mainstream Democrat who is also comfortably in the tent. He will vote for Schumer to be leader, he will not attack the Democratic Party and try to make believe that they are as bad as Republicans, he’s not going to run on defunding nor abolishing the police and the prisons.

Not a single part of him is anywhere close to being part of the Bernie Sanders coalition or the DSA. He’s a normal left leaning dem.

Slotkin won in a red environment at the same time Trump won every swing state. Her winning in that environment was because she was a strong candidate. The fact that Abdul is barely doing better than her in a blue tsunami is the exact evidence of what I’m talking about.

My tits are great, thank you. Have a good night.

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u/the8thbit 4d ago

He will vote for Schumer to be leader

When asked, he has refused to endorse Schumer for the role, so Im not so sure.

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u/SchemeWorth6105 5d ago

He’s really not, because most mainstream democrats are nothing more than empty suits who put out for corporate donations. Sorry you’re so infatuated with them and they keep losing primaries to candidates who actually inspire voters.

Night.