2016 Postmortem

hollowdweller

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8. Union members vote their guns more than their jobs these days.

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:02 PM

Dec 2016

Neither party has really gone to bat for them so they vote on other issues.

In the last 30 years union members may have done better than non union, but they have faced a steady stream of pay and benefit cuts, so it's like neither side is really pushing for them.

Sort of like gov't workers. Dems do not treat public employees any better than the GOP so they do not turn out in a block and vote for the dems.

I've always thought it interesting how we worship anybody who is in the military, but other public workers have to take cheap shots all the time.

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Re: the Democratic Party and organized labor... [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

Because Nixon used racist code to get the hard hats. duffyduff Dec 2016 #1

The sad fact is trump and conservatives top task is to destroy labor... beachbum bob Dec 2016 #2

2018 "boding well" for Democrats assumes a level of voter awareness not demonstrated in 2016. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #3

...and that Dems aren't five times louder on labor issues. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #4

2018 will not change anything. Washington is a Exilednight Dec 2016 #5

Not true.... beachbum bob Dec 2016 #6

Then you're not paying attention. Exilednight Dec 2016 #7

The Senate map is bad in 2018. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #9

Union members vote their guns more than their jobs these days. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #8