Michigan's midterm election tests progressive politics in the Midwest

Michigan's midterm election has become the most fiercely contested in the US, with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's progressive platform—taxing billionaires and providing Medicare for all—serving as a key test of whether left-wing ideas can succeed in a Midwest swing state. El-Sayed has faced vicious attacks from establishment Democrats and President Trump, who has targeted both his politics and his religion. Trump's aggressive second-term agenda has also dominated the race, even in Detroit, the former manufacturing capital. On the eve of the midterms, Michigan voters are being asked whether they want the pace of change to slow down, reflecting broader national debates over radicalism, racism, and economic policy.