Black Voters Keep Voting Against Socialists

The Detroit News is out with a new poll showing Haley Stevens opening up a seven-point lead over the socialist Abdul El-Sayed. Especially interesting is that she is beating El-Sayed among black voters 67 percent to 21 percent — a margin of 46 points.

Whenever I hear people talk about resurgent socialism or the possibility that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) could be the 2028 Democratic nominee, I keep questioning where her path would be to win over black voters, who are crucial to winning the Democratic primaries. Time and again, black voters have proven to be more pragmatic than their progressive white counterparts by prioritizing electability over ideology and being less utopian in their expectations for government.

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The Detroit News is out with a new poll showing Haley Stevens opening up a seven-point lead over the socialist Abdul El-Sayed. Especially interesting is that she is beating El-Sayed among black voters 67 percent to 21 percent — a margin of 46 points.

Whenever I hear people talk about resurgent socialism or the possibility that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) could be the 2028 Democratic nominee, I keep questioning where her path would be to win over black voters, who are crucial to winning the Democratic primaries. Time and again, black voters have proven to be more pragmatic than their progressive white counterparts by prioritizing electability over ideology and being less utopian in their expectations for government.