MI-GOV: Who wins Dem primary?

[JMT]

Whitmer wins (I'm rooting for her, too!)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Whitmer. El-Sayed probably has far too low of a ceiling.

[Politician]

Whitmer. Closer than expected, though.

[RedPrometheus]

Whitmer. Closer than expected, though.

[libertpaulian]

If it's close, that'll suck.  El-Sayed needs to be Evans'ed.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Not every woman is going to end up like Clinton. Whitmer will probably win.

Every woman is potentially subject to misogyny - which some folks here will never accept, but I was proven right about Hillary when very few people agreed with me, and it looks like I'll be proven right about Whitmer.

Sexism is a broad problem in most of the world but this year seems somewhat different with how successful female candidates have been. We're seeing a change.

By the way, I must note how interesting it is that you still advocate against sexism in politics yet now identify as a Trumpian Republican. More than likely, someone like that is in denial of sexism.  Embracing the most chauvinistic, toxic masculine President in our country's history, while scorning misogyny is a bit of a confusing ideology.

The left doesn't really care about sexism. It's a lost cause. In politics, the mechanisms are always too vague to get a handle on, it usually manifests itself in very general ways like enthusiasm gaps or unexplained likability/unlikability. So there's no real way to fight against it. You end up looking like an idpol-obsessed idiot chasing phantoms. So I gave up that fight. Stacey Abrams won because her race is more significant than her gender in the eyes of Democrats. Other than that, I have a hard time seeing the Democrats let a woman have the nod for the Governorship of a state was big as Michigan, in this day and age.

Trump has some chauvinistic tendencies but he has hired plenty of women (Press Secretary, CIA Director, DHS Secretary). Misogyny will always be an issue close to my heart but there are more important problems right now.

Hiring women is a positive action but it doesn't necessarily mean that those women represent American women at-large or their interests.

[VPH]

Whitmer - 49%
El-Sayed - 30%
Thanedar - 21%

[Bojack Horseman]

State-of-the-race update from the MDP:

https://mobile.twitter.com/danielstrauss4/status/1026486728830406656?s=21

[The Other Castro]

Whitmer wins, by exactly as much as people expect.

[libertpaulian]

State-of-the-race update from the MDP:

https://mobile.twitter.com/danielstrauss4/status/1026486728830406656?s=21

Hopefully this works for El-Sayed the way the HOPE Scholarship ad worked for Stacey Evans.

[Politician]

If it's close, that'll suck.  El-Sayed needs to be Evans'ed.

What's wrong with him?

[libertpaulian]

If it's close, that'll suck.  El-Sayed needs to be Evans'ed.

What's wrong with him?

He'll blow away a perfectly winnable state for the Democrats.

[ShadowRocket]

I think Whitmer wins fairly comfortably albeit the race perhaps winding up somewhat closer than expected.

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

Cast my absentee ballot for Gretchen. Should be an easy victory for her. Hoping that Shri gets 0.0%.

[Zaybay]

If it's close, that'll suck.  El-Sayed needs to be Evans'ed.

What's wrong with him?

He'll blow away a perfectly winnable state for the Democrats.

Riiiiiiiiight, A lean D state in a lean D year wont elect a D governor after an unpopular R governor because the D candidate is a Scurrry Muslim /s

The only candidate that can throw away this race is Shri, and even then, he would probably lose by maybe 1 or 2 points. The R is just a bad candidate, and the state lean along with the wave year should carry the D to victory.

[aaroncd107]

I voted Whitmer in the poll earlier on, but i’ve changed my mind. Change Research conducted a poll BEFORE Sanders came to MI to stump for El-Sayed, and the result was:

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After rallying with Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (and less notably,) Nina Turner, Shailene Woodley, Linda Sarsour, and Kendrick Sampson, I think all the momentum will be behind El-Sayed today. He may not emerge victorious but he is going to keep it close.

[Xing]

Whitmer will win pretty easily.

[Beet]

Anyway, my prediction is El-Sayed, of course.

[SingingAnalyst]

With 2% reporting, Whitmer leads El-Sayed 47% - 34%.

[Oryxslayer]

Everyone who said El-Sayed would be close...LOL.

[SingingAnalyst]

With 211% reporting, Whitmer leads El-Sayed 4749% - 3433%.

[aaroncd107]

Shri Thanedar is safely my least favorite Democrat right now...

[SingingAnalyst]

Just called for Gretchen Whitmer. She'll face Bill Schuette in the fall.

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

Big win for my girl Gretchen! I love how people like HuffPo are calling this a big loss for progressives, like Whitney is this blue dog or something... Anyway, glad the both of them crushed Shri who is just an all around HP.

[Bojack Horseman]

When I heard of precincts in Oakland County running’s out of ballots, I thought that was bad news for Whitmer. As glad as I am that she won, I’m shocked that she’s winning an outright majority of the vote.