Michigan U.S. Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed (a progressive) and Haley Stevens (a centrist). Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: AP Photos You don’t need to be a political scientist or even a Democrat to know that the Democratic Party has some factional divisions. They are different in nature from the factional divisions among Republicans, which used to be over ideological orientations and policy arguments, but are now over relative degrees of loyalty to the chaotic views and corrupt