It’s an earthquake to have Bernie Sanders’s candidate defeat Gretchen Whitmer’s candidate in Michigan. But the real goal is to keep Donald Trump’s candidate from winning this seat.
In this case, that could be strategic voting. We in Michigan can vote for either the blue or the red primary (no party commitment ahead of time), but it has to be consistent the whole way down.
James was clearly going to win, so the strategic option for team red was to vote for whichever blue candidate they’d rather face in the general for this more competitive race.
In this case, that could be strategic voting. We in Michigan can vote for either the blue or the red primary (no party commitment ahead of time), but it has to be consistent the whole way down.
James was clearly going to win, so the strategic option for team red was to vote for whichever blue candidate they’d rather face in the general for this more competitive race.