Moderate Democratic Rep.Haley Stevens holds a seven-point lead over far-left rival Abdul El-Sayed, and leads big with working-class and Black voters, in a crucial political fight not only for the Democratic Senate nomination in battleground Michigan but potentially for the fate of the party, according to new polling.Stevens, who is backed by longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen.
Chuck Schumer and the party establishment, stands at 48% support among Democrats likely to vote in the Aug.4 primary, with El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director endorsed by progressive champions Sen.
Bernie Sanders and Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, at 41%.The Detroit News/WDIV poll, conducted by Glengariff Group, indicated roughly 10% of respondents remained undecided with the primary just three weeks out.In the wake of attention-grabbing victories by socialist and far-left candidates in blue congressional districts in New York City and Colorado in recent weeks, the primary in Michigan is viewed as the biggest battle to date between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party.DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S CIVIL WAR HITS PRIMARY DEBATE STAGERetiring Sen.
Gary Peters, D-Mich., has abandoned his neutrality in Michigan's high-stakes Democratic Senate primary, backing U.S.Rep.
Haley Stevens, pictured left, as party leaders rally to stop progressive rival Abdul El-Sayed, pictured right, from winning the nomination.(AP Photo/Kristen Norman)The poll indicates Stevens with a large 22-point lead among non-college educated voters, while El-Sayed holds a seven point advantage among those with college degrees.El-Sayed is up by 12 points among White voters, while Stevens holds a massive 46-point advantage among Black voters in the survey, which had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.The results are reminiscent of polling that came out shortly before Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, a progressive similar to El-Sayed also...