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AFL-CIO poll finds Trump losing support among union members
Republican presidential nomi-
nee Donald Trump’s support
among union members has rap-
idly declined since June, accord-
ing to polling conducted for the
nation’s largest labor federation.
“In June, when we polled
union members in Trump target
states, we found that 41 percent
supported him. But today, only
33 percent support him, even as
working people constitute the
greatest share of his base,”
wrote AFL-CIO political direc-
tor Michael Podhorzer.
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According to the AFL-CIO,
which has endorsed Democrat
Hillary Clinton for president,
Trump’s support in Ohio has de-
creased by 11 percentage points
since June. It has fallen in Penn-
sylvania by 9 points and dropped
in Florida by 7 points, the feder-
ation said.
“Trump is actually running
behind Mitt Romney with union
members,” Podhorzer wrote,
adding that “about a third of
union members self-identify as
Republicans.”
The reason for the rapid de-
cline in support, according to
Podhorzer, is due to union mem-
bers losing trust in Trump”s
“blue collar rhetoric.”
“Union members now know
that Trump outsources his prod-
ucts and uses low-quality Chi-
nese steel in his buildings.
Union members now know that
Trump has routinely stiffed peo-
ple working for him, and he
won’t negotiate with newly
unionized workers at his prop-
erty in Las Vegas,” he wrote.
Podhorzer concluded his
statement by calling unions “a
powerful defense against dema-
gogues like Donald Trump.”
“Union members will vote
for Hillary Clinton, and a better
future,” he added.
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