How Abdul El-Sayed actually did with Jewish voters

Abdul El-Sayed ran well behind other Michigan Democrats in places with more Jewish voters, according to a detailed POLITICO analysis of precinct-level results.Statewide, the progressive senator-elect only ran two points behind Democratic Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson, getting 52.5% of the vote compared to her 54.5%.

But the gap was much larger in heavily Jewish communities: In Huntington Woods, a Detroit suburb that is roughly two-thirds Jewish, El-Sayed ran nearly 15 points behind Benson, getting 65.3% of the vote compared to Benson’s 80%.In West Bloomfield, the site of the March synagogue attack that shook the Senate primary and a town where roughly a quarter of residents are Jewish, El-Sayed ran 8.8 points behind Benson.El-Sayed faced blowback from some Jewish Democrats during his campaign, particularly over his calls to end U.S.

military support to Israel and his remarks after the synagogue attack that “hurt people hurt people,” for which he later apologized.El-Sayed, who will be the first Muslim senator in U.S.

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