Midwestern voters aren’t sold on socialism

Midwestern voters aren’t all in on the progressive movement.

Michigan’s primary election provides a case in point. Gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, former executive director of the Detroit Health Department, campaigned with the new progressive superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders in the run-up to Tuesday’s primary election. Embracing his role as progressive challenger to the Democratic establishment, El-Sayed ran on the issues that have become standard for the progressive base: single-payer healthcare, a $15 minimum wage, and free college tuition.