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Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections

Rapper criticises Democrats as 'petty and childish' in Fox News interview.

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What this story says

  • Nicki Minaj encouraged young Americans to "vote red" in a clip released by Fox News.
  • Minaj stated that Democrats have become "petty and childish" and "way too caught up in pop culture."
  • She previously expressed admiration for Donald Trump, calling him "smart, fun, grounded, and easy to connect with."
  • AllHipHop reported that Minaj previously stated she is not a U.S. citizen and therefore cannot vote.

Who covered it

Left 32%(13)Centre 12%(5)Right 56%(23)

Percentages are shares of the 41 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 20 of the 61 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

41/100

61 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 13 of the 41 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Rapper Nicki Minaj has urged young Americans to "vote red" in the upcoming midterm elections. In a clip released by Fox News, Minaj encouraged young voters to make their voices heard and stated that the Democratic Party has become "way too caught up in pop culture" and is "petty and childish."

Minaj's comments were made in a preview of an interview with Lara Trump for Fox News' "My View with Lara Trump." The rapper has previously expressed admiration for Donald Trump, calling him "smart, fun, grounded, and easy to connect with" during an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle."

Disagreement on citizenship status

AllHipHop reported that Minaj previously stated she is not a U.S. citizen and therefore cannot vote. This contrasts with a statement made in January, where she said she was finalising citizenship paperwork. The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume expanded citizenship checks using the SAVE program, a system used to identify people not eligible to vote.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports mention the Supreme Court's decision to allow the Trump administration to resume expanded citizenship checks using the SAVE program.

Coverage settled. We checked this 49 times and stopped on 3 Oct 2026, 05:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

How other outlets pictured it

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

13 rated outlets

  • The left‑rated outlets all reported that Nicki Minaj appeared on Fox News with Lara Trump in late September 2026 and told young Americans to vote for Republican candidates. They noted that the clip was released on 25 September and that Minaj framed the appeal as a call for youth participation in the midterm elections.
  • Bossip’s full article added that Minaj praised Trump as smart and fun, recalled her appearance on The Ingraham Angle, and mentioned her role judging a Small Business Administration competition that awarded $1 million. IBTimes UK’s report added Minaj’s earlier statements about not being a U.S. citizen, the Trump Gold Card controversy, and clarified that non‑citizens cannot vote in federal elections.
  • Digest summaries from Daily Kos, Black America Web, theGrio, Joe.My.God., News.de and Media Take Out focused solely on Minaj’s “vote red” message and her alignment with Trump, without mentioning the citizenship debate, the SBA competition, or fan backlash. None of those digests quoted Minaj beyond the brief appeal, and they omitted the detail that she said politics should stay out of concerts.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports focused on Minaj's call to "vote red" and her criticism of Democrats. AllHipHop reported that Minaj urged people to "vote red" even though she stated she is not a U.S. citizen and cannot vote. The report also detailed the Supreme Court's decision to allow the Trump administration to resume expanded citizenship checks using the SAVE program. The New York Ledger and EURweb reported Minaj's message to young midterm voters to "vote red."

Right

23 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports focused on Nicki Minaj urging young Americans to "vote red" and doubling down on her support for Donald Trump. Several reports, including those from Fox News and the New York Post, highlighted her comments that Democrats have gotten "way too caught up in pop culture" and are "petty and childish."

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections?
Of the 41 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 32% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 56% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 61. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 41 rated outlets on this story, 32% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 56% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections biased?
Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections is one event reported by 61 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Nicki Minaj urges Americans to 'vote red' in midterm elections?
61 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Nicki Minaj say about the midterm elections?
Nicki Minaj urged young Americans to "vote red" in the upcoming midterm elections. She also stated that Democrats have become "petty and childish" and "way too caught up in pop culture."
Has Nicki Minaj expressed support for Donald Trump before?
Yes, Minaj has previously expressed admiration for Donald Trump, calling him "smart, fun, grounded, and easy to connect with" during an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle."
Can Nicki Minaj vote in the US elections?
According to AllHipHop, Minaj previously stated she is not a U.S. citizen and therefore cannot vote. She had mentioned in January that she was finalising citizenship paperwork.

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