Two White Lake Voters Say They Backed Rogers Over ElSayed

Two voters in White Lake, Michigan, told a CNN correspondent on Election Day that they backed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic Senate nominee Abdul ElSayed, with one saying he had never voted Republican before. The interviews, recorded outside a polling place and shared in a video, featured voters identified as Deborah and Manny. Their comments document individual choices, not the prevalence of crossover voting or its effect on the Senate race. Deborah said she voted for Rogers because she did not think ElSayed was ready to serve in the Senate. She also said she was Jewish and believed ElSayed did not support Michigan’s Jewish community. She confirmed to correspondent Sunlen Serfaty that she had supported Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary before backing Rogers in the general election. Manny said he had never voted for a Republican before and had voted for Rogers. Asked why he could not support ElSayed, Manny replied, “Because I’m against hate.” He also told Serfaty to draw her own conclusions when asked about the significance of his vote. The remarks reflect the voters’ stated views; they do not establish the accuracy of their assessments of ElSayed. The video...