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Rank-and-file union members drifting from Democrats

Trump received highest rate of support since ‘84

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 11/15/24

Only once since Mondale vs. Reagan in 1984 — a span covering nine presidential elections — had a Democratic presidential aspirant polled a smaller proportion of union votes than Kamala Harris did last week. 

According to exit polling, 54 percent of persons in union households voted for the vice president. While that is 10 percentage points more than Donald Trump tallied, Harris' share of the union vote was two percentage points less than Joe Biden tallied four years ago.

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