El-Sayed leads Rogers by 7 points in new Michigan Senate poll
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Seven points is a real number, not a rounding error, and Republicans in Michigan should stop pretending this race is going to win itself. Mike Rogers has run statewide before and lost before, and right now he's behind a guy who spent a chunk of his primary getting called too far left even by his own side. That El-Sayed is already at 46 percent, with Democrats apparently falling in line after a primary that was supposed to leave scars, tells you something about where the energy is right now.
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Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed is leading Republican nominee Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely watched open Senate race, according to a new poll, showing signs that the progressive candidate is consolidating support from Democrats after a bitter primary.
El-Sayed leads with 46 percent support to Rogers's 39 percent among likely voters, according to a Susquehanna Polling
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Seven points is a real number, not a rounding error, and Republicans in Michigan should stop pretending this race is going to win itself. Mike Rogers has run statewide before and lost before, and right now he's behind a guy who spent a chunk of his primary getting called too far left even by his own side. That El-Sayed is already at 46 percent, with Democrats apparently falling in line after a primary that was supposed to leave scars, tells you something about where the energy is right now. It's not enthusiasm for him specifically. It's what happens when one party's voters come home and the other party's candidate hasn't given anyone a reason to show up yet.
Rogers was supposed to be the safe pick, the guy with the resume and the FBI background who could reassure suburban voters spooked by more combustible Republicans. Safe hasn't translated into support. Nine points down among likely voters this close to a Senate race in a state Trump actually carried is not a rounding error you wait out. It's a signal that the campaign needs to give voters something to vote for, not just a resume to read.
Michigan has been trending purple for a reason: people there are tired of national politics being performed at them. If Rogers wants to close this gap he needs to make this race about kitchen table issues in Dearborn and Grand Rapids, not about being the reasonable alternative. Being reasonable doesn't move seven points. Substance does.
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