General Election Concerns Rise Over Haley Stevens After Weak Q2 Showing
Haley Stevens fails to generate excitement in pivotal Senate race while Abdul shows clear strength against Mike Rogers
MICHIGAN – With only 19 days until the Democratic primary for Michigan’s senate seat, Haley Stevens’ campaign is showing major signs of weakness as her grassroot support lags. Between the massive amounts of outside spending by corporate billionaires, AIPAC, and Trump donors and a barren ground game, Haley seems to be content letting corporations buy the election for her – a clear sign that she’d struggle to engage voters in a general election matchup.
Which of these looks like the strongest general election campaign to you?
| Abdul El-Sayed | Haley Stevens | |
| Fundraising in Q2 | $4.5m | $2m |
| Fundraising growth Q1 to Q2 | +99% | +3% |
| Small-dollar fundraising growth | +108% | -16% |
| Currently listed volunteer events | 86 | 13 |
| Average poll margin over Rogers | Abdul +2.5 | Haley +1.3 |
| Amount of supportive super PAC spending on TV | $853k | $52 million |
| Net favorability average last three primary polls (DFP, Glengariff, Tavern) | +45 | +30 |
| Number of donations on ActBlue through last report | 149,650 | 84,857 |
| Michigan donations | 39,498 | 22,090 |
In addition to the comparisons above:
- Abdul is the #1 Democratic fundraiser: ActBlue’s leaderboard says he’s raised more in the past seven days than James Talarico, Jon Ossoff, Sherrod Brown, etc.
- Public availability: Abdul El-Sayed has attended 475+ public events to reach voters, answer questions, and invite press.
- More than 10,000+ volunteers: Team Abdul is converting a powerful message into on-the-ground enthusiasm from more than 10,000 volunteers.
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