多名黑人选民称，这位前总统的背书“令人反感”或与自己的投票决定无关
2026-10-16T16:11:32-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
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发布于2026年10月16日 美国东部时间下午4:11
“这令人反感”：奥巴马对埃尔赛义德的背书在部分黑人选民中遇冷
底特律的未表态黑人选民告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，前总统巴拉克·奥巴马的背书并未对他们产生任何影响。
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底特律——前总统巴拉克·奥巴马对密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德的背书，在底特律的黑人选民中反响不一，一些未表态的选民表示，这位前总统的支持不足以让他们转而支持他。
福克斯新闻数字频道采访了底特律的十余名黑人选民，其中大多数人表示计划在11月的选举中支持埃尔赛义德，但几名未表态的选民称，奥巴马的背书并未说服他们支持这位民主党人。此番表态之际，共和党参议院候选人迈克·罗杰斯正试图争取不满的民主党人，包括底特律的黑人选民——这是密歇根州民主党至关重要的票仓。
“老实说，这令人反感，因为我见过太多候选人利用他来操纵民主党选民的投票，”未表态的黑人选民默西迪斯在谈及奥巴马的背书时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
黑人选民痛斥民主党在埃尔赛义德的大本营将他们视为理所当然：“把我们当哑巴”
三名底特律选民（罗伯特·施马德/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“一点都没有，”另一位未表态的黑人选民安东尼在被问及奥巴马的背书是否让他倾向支持埃尔赛义德时说道。“他所能做到的只是从‘希望’这个形象角度出发，传递了这一理念。但说到真正回馈社区、扶持少数族裔企业，以及惠及所有人，我真不认为他做到了……他完全没有动摇我的投票意向。”
尽管民主党参议院候选人埃尔赛义德曾尖锐批评这位前总统，但奥巴马和埃尔赛义德正准备在密歇根州共同开展竞选活动，这一政治转向也让福克斯新闻数字频道采访的底特律黑人选民反应不一。
尚未表态支持埃尔赛义德的黑人选民胡安妮塔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我不想因为别人都支持他，就被推着去投他的票。”
曾无家可归的黑人选民丽塔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她更愿意自己做研究，而不是依赖奥巴马的背书。
密歇根州参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德表示，领导人必须解决对黑人社区的“未偿债务”
2026年8月2日，密歇根州民主党联邦参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德在底特律的一场竞选活动中（保罗·斯坦豪斯/福克斯新闻）
即便一些支持埃尔赛义德的选民也表示，奥巴马的背书对他们影响不大。
“我认为很多人更看重候选人本身，而非他人的支持……他的支持与否都不会改变我的想法，”其中一位选民告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
不过，底特律的非裔居民并非都不认可奥巴马的背书。大约一半接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访的选民表示，这位前总统的背书提升了他们对埃尔赛义德的好感度，但这些选民中没有人表示自己在奥巴马背书前处于未表态状态。
“当然，我是奥巴马的铁杆粉丝，”计划支持埃尔赛义德的黑人选民贾梅尔在被问及奥巴马的背书是否让他更有可能支持这位民主党人时说道。
“得到奥巴马背书的人，我会愿意投票支持他们，因为我认同他当时背书的那些理念，我认为奥巴马的背书对我们社区意义重大，”另一位黑人选民凯尼亚告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
底特律的黑人选民对于埃尔赛义德过往批评奥巴马的言论也存在分歧，尤其是在两人即将共同开展竞选活动的当下。
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在2012年的一篇专栏文章中，埃尔赛义德指责时任总统奥巴马发动战争、侵犯公民自由，且驱逐的移民人数超过历届总统。他将奥巴马的连任称为“毫无胜利可言”，并写道：“那不过是我们在两难之境中选择的一块石头。”
埃尔赛义德后来收回了这些批评，称赞奥巴马处理其上任时面临的局势的能力，并指出即使不认同某人，也仍然可以欣赏他。
“是啊，我不明白你怎么会背书一个在你任职期间几乎是对手的人，”胡安妮塔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“我的意思是，这说不通。”
“我认为这看起来像是政治投机，但我也认为这是一个机会，可以着重强调这些事情，以及他实际上是如何改变的，以及为什么他们现在的目标可能会一致，”安东尼说道。“你知道，人们的目标会改变，他们的观点也会改变。”
打算支持埃尔赛义德的非裔选民妮娅表示，埃尔赛义德这类立场转变在政界很常见，并以副总统JD·万斯此前对唐纳德·特朗普总统的批评为例。
尽管对奥巴马的背书和埃尔赛义德过往的批评存在不同反应，但几位接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访的黑人选民承认，这位前总统在民主党内部仍有持续的影响力。
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2026年8月5日，密歇根州联邦参议院民主党初选的进步派候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德在底特律皇家戏院的初选当晚活动上发言（朱莉娅·德马雷·尼基森/美联社照片）
“他确实有影响力。我的意思是，你不能否认他拥有庞大的追随者群体，很多人会追随他，会听他的话，”提前为埃尔赛义德投票的黑人选民文森特告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“但我们现在正进入一个时代，我们希望看到双方都拿出成果。我们看不到任何一个政党有成果，所以我们必须看到成果。所以他现在可能在党内仍有很大的影响力，但我认为政党政治正快速走向终结。”
尽管福克斯新闻数字频道的采访样本有限，但它们呼应了其他报道和民调中凸显的、埃尔赛义德在黑人选民中支持率的担忧。初选前的民调显示，黑人选民对众议员黑利·史蒂文斯的支持率更高，外界一直质疑埃尔赛义德能否在11月大选前巩固这部分支持。
例如，MS NOW最近对黑人选民的焦点小组访谈发现，密歇根州的黑人选民不愿将票投给埃尔赛义德。福克斯新闻9月底进行的一项民调显示，仅有77%的非裔选民支持埃尔赛义德，远低于该群体通常的民主党支持基准。
“我认为他在利用我们黑人都是民主党人这一点，他觉得我们无论如何都会投给他，”一位中年黑人女性在MS NOW的焦点小组中说道。“而我想说，‘不，先生，我要在那个小圆圈里填未承诺，然后继续。’如果你要去国会代表我，那你得谈谈这个社区正在发生的事情。”
尽管共和党认为这是一个机会，但该党长期以来一直试图争取少数族裔的支持，结果喜忧参半。
坎迪亚·米尔顿是一位与底特律非裔社区关系密切的政府事务专业人士，她驳斥了埃尔赛义德在11月大选难以获得黑人选民支持的说法。
密歇根州民主党人黑利·史蒂文斯在以微弱优势击败初选对手后背书埃尔赛义德，称社会主义“危险”
据Terminix公司数据，底特律的老鼠侵扰情况从第11名跃升至前十，首次进入榜单前十（iStock）
“阿卜杜勒的一大优势是，他对底特律人来说并不陌生。……所以一旦底特律人了解了他的背景、他的主张以及他过去所做的一切，你就会看到人们对他的竞选活动和他的参议员候选人身份充满了更大的热情，”米尔顿在谈及埃尔赛义德时说道。
“他一直积极深入社区。事实上，明天我们在教堂有一场公开会议，阿卜杜勒会在那里向社区发表演讲，阐述他所坚持的立场和坚定的主张。”
米尔顿将奥巴马对埃尔赛义德的背书称为其竞选活动的“一剂强心针”，称赞这位前总统“在我们社区的公信力”，并认为该背书“消除了人们认为他与前总统奥巴马之间存在紧张关系的看法”。不过，她并不意外有些黑人选民表示，仅靠奥巴马的背书不足以让他们支持埃尔赛义德。
“我认为我们常常理所当然地认为，许多选民都是知情选民，他们所有人都是知情选民，所以不仅仅是因为奥巴马支持他，我就会投票给阿卜杜勒。很多人都在自己做研究，”米尔顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“他们对阿卜杜勒非常好奇。他们在社交媒体上、媒体上，包括全国性媒体上，都看到了很多关于他的报道。所以这引发了人们的关注和好奇心，想知道这家伙到底是谁。”
奥巴马的背书之际，双方都在尽力争取每一个可能的优势，因为这场竞选很可能会势均力敌。
福克斯新闻最新的实力排名将密歇根州参议院竞选归类为“势均力敌”，意味着两党均无优势。
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Obama’s star power gets a reality check from Black voters in crucial Senate race: ‘It’s a turnoff’
Several Black voters called the former president’s backing ‘a turn-off’ or irrelevant to their decision
2026-10-16T16:11:32-04:00 / Fox News
By Robert Schmad Fox News
Published October 16, 2026 4:11pm EDT
‘It’s a turnoff’: Obama’s El-Sayed endorsement flops with some Black voters
Undecided Black voters in Detroit told Fox News Digital that former President Barack Obama’s endorsement isn’t moving the needle for them.
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DETROIT —Former President Barack Obama’s endorsement of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is getting a mixed reception among Black voters in Detroit, with some undecided voters saying the former president’s backing isn’t enough to win them over.
Fox News Digital spoke with more than a dozen Black voters in Detroit, most of whom said they plan to back El-Sayed in November, but several undecided voters said Obama’s endorsement had not persuaded them to support the Democrat. The reactions come as Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers seeks to win over disaffected Democrats, including Black voters in Detroit, a key constituency for the party in Michigan.
“Honestly, it’s a turn-off just because I’ve seen too many candidates use him just to manipulate the Democratic vote,” Mercedes, one undecided Black voter, told Fox News Digital of Obama’s endorsement.
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Three Detroit voters(Robert Schmad/Fox News Digital)
“No, not at all,” Anthony, another undecided Black voter, told Fox News Digital when asked if Obama’s endorsement had swayed him toward El-Sayed. “What he’s been able to do is from an image standpoint, as far as ‘hope,’ he drove the point there. But as far as really giving back to the community, minority owned businesses, and everyone across the board, I don’t really think he really got there for me … he really hasn’t swayed me one way or another.”
Obama and El-Sayed are preparing to campaign together in Michigan despite the Democratic Senate nominee’s history of sharply criticizing the former president, a political reversal that also drew mixed reactions from Black Detroit voters interviewed by Fox News Digital.
Juanita, another Black voter who has yet to commit to El-Sayed, told Fox News Digital that, “I don’t want to be pushed to vote for him because somebody else is backing him.”
Rita, a Black voter who said she had recently been homeless, told Fox News Digital that she would prefer to do her own research rather than relying on Obama’s endorsement.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan, at a campaign event in Detroit Aug. 2, 2026(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Even some voters who support El-Sayed stated that Obama’s endorsement didn’t do much for them.
“I think that a lot of people put more stock into who the person is than what he does … his yay or nay doesn’t sway me either way,” one such voter told Fox News Digital.
Detroit’s African American residents were not uniform in dismissing Obama’s endorsement, however. Roughly half of those who spoke with Fox News Digital said the former president’s backing improved their opinion of El-Sayed, though none of those voters claimed that they were undecided before the endorsement.
“For sure, I’m an Obama stan,” Jamel, a Black voter planning to support El-Sayed, told Fox News Digital when asked whether Obama’s endorsement made him more likely to back the Democrat.
“Somebody who is endorsed by Obama, I would want to vote for them, because I stand behind the things he endorsed at the time, and I think that Obama’s endorsement means a lot to our community,” Kenya, another Black voter, told Fox News Digital.
Detroit’s Black voters were also divided over El-Sayed’s past criticism of Obama, particularly now that the two are preparing to campaign together.
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In a 2012 opinion column, El-Sayed accused then-President Obama of perpetuating war, violating civil liberties and deporting more people than any previous president. He described Obama’s reelection as “no victory,” writing, “it was the rock we chose over the hard place.”
El-Sayed has since walked back those criticisms, praising Obama’s handling of the circumstances he inherited and noting that it is possible to disagree with someone while still admiring them.
“Yeah, I don’t understand how you can endorse somebody that was kind of the opposition when you were in office,” Juanita told Fox News Digital. “I mean, that doesn’t make sense.”
“I think I see it as a flip flop, but I also see it as an opportunity to pretty much highlight those things and how he’s actually changed and why their objectives may align now,” Anthony said. “You know, people’s objectives change, their perspectives change.”
Nia, an African American voter who said she intends to support El-Sayed, said that pivots like El-Sayed’s are common in politics, pointing to Vice President JD Vance’s past criticism of President Donald Trump as an example.
Despite mixed reactions to Obama’s endorsement and El-Sayed’s past criticism, several Black voters interviewed by Fox News Digital acknowledged the former president’s continuing influence within the Democratic Party.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
“He is. I mean, you can’t deny that he has a gigantic following and a lot of people will follow him and will listen to what he has to say,” Vincent, a Black voter who voted early for El-Sayed, told Fox News Digital. “But we’re coming into a point in time now where we want to see results on both sides. We’re not seeing results from either party, so we have to see results. So he may still have a big sway in the party now, but I think party politics is coming to an end kind of quick.”
While Fox News Digital’s interviews were limited in number, they echo concerns about El-Sayed’s support among Black voters that have surfaced in other reporting and polling. Pre-primary polling showed stronger support for Rep. Haley Stevens among Black Democratic voters, and questions have persisted about whether El-Sayed can consolidate that support heading into November.
A recent focus group of Black voters held by MS NOW, for instance, found reluctance among Black Michigan voters to cast their lot with El-Sayed. A Fox News poll conducted in late September found that just 77% of African American voters were supportive of El-Sayed, significantly below the usual Democratic benchmark for the demographic.
“I think he’s taking advantage [of] we as Black people are Democratic, and he think we gonna vote for him anyway,” one middle-aged Black woman told the MS NOW panel. “And I’m like, ‘No sir, I’m gonna put uncommitted down on that little circle and move on.’ If you’re going to Congress to represent me, I need you to talk about what’s going on in this community.”
While the GOP sees an opportunity here, the party has long attempted to court minority support, with mixed results.
Kandia Milton, a government affairs professional with deep ties to Detroit’s African American community, pushed back against the narrative that El-Sayed would struggle with Black voters in November.
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“The great thing about Abdul is that he’s not new to Detroiters. … And so Detroiters, once they understand his background, understand what he stands for and all the things that he’s done in the past, you see greater enthusiasm for his campaign and his candidacy for Senate,” Milton said of El-Sayed.
“He has been very active in getting out into the community. In fact, tomorrow we have a public meeting with Abdul at our church. Where he will be speaking to the community around, you know, the issues that he stands on and stands firm on.”
Milton characterized Obama’s endorsement of El-Sayed as a “great shot in the arm” for his campaign, citing the former president’s “credibility in our community” and arguing that the endorsement “puts to rest this notion that there’s some tension between him and former President Obama.” Milton wasn’t surprised, however, that some Black voters said Obama’s endorsement alone wasn’t enough to win their support.
“I think so often we take for granted the fact that many of the voters are informed voters, all of them are informed voters, and so it’s not just the fact that Obama supported him, thus I’m going to vote for Abdul. A lot of folks are doing their own research,” Milton told Fox News Digital. “They’re very curious about Abdul. They see a lot of him on social media, in the media, national media as well. And so it has raised eyebrows and a lot of curiosity around who this guy is.”
Obama’s endorsement comes as both sides are trying to eke out every possible advantage they can in what is likely to be a very tight race.
Fox News’ most recent Power Rankings has Michigan’s Senate race categorized as a “toss-up,” meaning that neither party has an edge.
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A representative for Obama and the El-Sayed campaign did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Friday.
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