Yes black people voted for Obama but to make real change it has to be consistent which is why I said vote each and every time. I keep saying this but I'll say it again, voting, consistently, should be a part of a bigger plan. A plan that begins with finding solidarity between people like you and me about how to go about things. I don't trust government to solve my problems I don't approve of what's happening to people who look like me, shit I've been profiled, stopped and frisked and all that so I think it's going to take a WHOLE LOT of us doing a whole lot of things to overcome what happens in this culture.
To answer your question though, the elected officials I worked for and with stood wherever the people with the most money and the people most likely to vote wanted them to be on any issue.