"Of course they cheated. Nobody actually votes for communists," a Facebook post claimed, linking to an article headlined: "Abdul El-Sayed got three times as many votes in Detroit as there are registered voters."

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DW Fact check: False. According to the Michigan Voter Information Center, Michigan has approximately 7.3 million active registered voters, while El-Sayed received 743,455 votes statewide in the Democratic Senate primary, not 1.4 million votes in Detroit alone.

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ · August 14, 2026