Wordpress Query

I am writing an AJAX call with Wordpress.  I have a simple query and for some reason it is not working.   The result of the following query is "access_registration" and I have written it that way so it always passes.  However, it the Console (Chrome) the JSON I get back is:
Object
Am I running the query correctly?

function checkPassword(){
    global $wpdb;

$return = "";
$return = $_POST['regpass'];

$result = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT user_login FROM wp_dd6xmx2by0_users WHERE ID = '8'");
if($result == 'access_registration') {
    $return = "GO";
} else {
    $return = 'NO GO';
}
wp_send_json($result);
   
}
add_action('wp_ajax_checkPassword', 'checkPassword');
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_checkPassword', 'checkPassword');

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