US voters’ attitudes towards the Israeli Palestinian conflict have changed, but media commentators and political consultants haven’t figured that out. They are stuck in the past with outdated assumptions about the electorate and as a result continue to operate from an old playbook.

A feature article in last week’s Washington Post—“Ones to Watch as the 2026 Midterm Races Kick Into Gear”—provides the best evidence of just how out of touch the analysts are. The piece featured six races Post writers deemed worth watching next year.

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One of the highlighted races was Arab American Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s bid for the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat from Michigan. After describing El-Sayed’s “unapologetic progressivism”—i.e. he supports Medicare-for-all and raising taxes on billionaires, and has been endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders—the author delivers this blow:

“His views on foreign policy are perhaps his most controversial. He has called Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide and favors cutting off military aid to the Jewish state.”

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