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Democratic Socialism Has a Big Problem
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Democratic Socialism Has a Big Problem

It’s deeply unpopular with voters.
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A smiling woman with long black hair claps her hands while seated in a church pew, engaged with another congregant during a service.
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong claps during a Sunday service at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Racine, Wisconsin, on July 19, 2026. (Photo by Sara Stathas/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Progressive Democrats are on a roll, Michigan has become ground zero in this fall’s midterms, and—stop me if you’ve heard this one—the polls got it wrong. These are among the topics dominating political discourse following Abdul El-Sayed’s hairbreadth victory in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary in Michigan.

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Carroll Doherty

Carroll Doherty is the former director of political research at Pew Research Center.

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