Black Michiganders helped push Abdul El-Sayed to victory – but the numbers show he was less popular with this key voting bloc than some other Democratic candidatestheconversation.com· 9d
A Conversation article by a political scientist examines how Abdul El-Sayed, who won Michigan's 2026 U.S. Senate race and will be the first Muslim senator, drew strong but not unmatched Black voter support — about 86% per exit polls, while 62% of Detroit primary voters had backed Haley Stevens. The author says small shifts in Black turnout and support may help explain El-Sayed's win over Mike Rogers versus Kamala Harris' 2024 defeat, and a quoted Detroit voter criticized Stevens' last-minute Rogers endorsement, saying "I felt like she pimped my community."
